LANEY CUB-SUPER12
A wolf in cub’s clothing
Photography: Olly Curtis
£399
In this strange kind of lockdown normality it’s easy to forget what a valve amp sounds like; no practice rooms or stages but families hunkered down at home often means headphones, software and digital modelling for us guitarists. Boy, does the arrival of this Cub feel welcome right now.
But first, a quick recap. Laney are a British amp institution – the Black Country brand that won a young Birmingham lad called Anthony Iommi over from his 50-watt Marshall half a century ago. Much has changed since then, but Iommi still writes righteous riffs and Laney still builds superb amplifiers. The Cubs are its mini valve combos and head line and this single-channel 1x12 model is the largest combo of two.