Laney IRF Dual Top Guitar Amplifier Head, 60 Watts

This is my first ever Amp head and I can tell that I have no regrets of purchasing it. I don't think that one can go wrong with Laney and with this price point, I am absolutely in love it. I am now waiting to buy a matching cab for it. I wish Amazon was selling the matching cab of Laney which comes as a package. However, no complaints with it. I am extremely happy with it.

Please refer to my two edits below. Based on my experience, I would stay away from this amp. First, the pros. The amp head is lightweight, visually appealing, great array of features, lots of tonal options across two channels. The IRs available via headphone and DI sound very good. This is my first Laney amp. I’m a fan of Orange solid state amp sound and Laney is in the same realm. As far as amp sound, this Laney leans much more toward a Vox or Orange sound than Marshall. A few cons. The power amp is hissy. While the amp sounds great through headphones or DI, the speaker output has more background hiss than any of my other amps (all solid state). Naturally, I opened it up and took a look inside and was very surprised at how tiny the heatsink is on the power amp IC. I have a hard believing this thing can sustain 60 W and safely dissipate the heat. Also, in order to use the headphone or DI, the volume has to be cranked way higher than you would typically use with a speaker cab for solo practice, so use caution switching back and forth. The power supply is an external brick, probably so they can switch out modules for different countries. Overall, I would call this a nice amp head for practice and recording with questionable durability for gigging. It sounds great for what it is and has a nice feature set. I’m knocking off a star for the background hiss and external power supply but I like it otherwise. EDIT: after about 6 months the power amp died with the smell of burning electronics. Lost another star! Everything else still works fine, DI, line out, headphone out, IRs, etc., just no speaker output. Still good for headphone practice or recording. I’ve contacted Laney about warranty coverage. I’m guessing it would cost more to ship back and forth for warranty repair, if they even cover it, than it would cost to just run the line out into another small clean power amp. We shall see. EDIT#2: Laney does not honor the warranty for amps sold in the US, that’s on the seller, Amazon. Amazon first said they would send me a free replacement and I could keep the dead one. After no follow up, I chatted again. Then they said I should ship the broken amp back for a refund, even long after the return period. I did end up shipping an incomplete and dead amp back and they refunded with a “restocking fee.” I sure hope they don’t try to sell someone the dead amp as a “used” or reconditioned model.

I’m guessing Amazon sold me the one the other guy returned that smelled like burning, and produced no speaker sound (though the headphone and DI out work, just as he described in the one he returned). Doesn’t work, right out of the box. I could look past the deep scratch/slice on the bottom of the amp being an open box unit, but this thing is a worthless brick at the moment, and potentially a fire hazard. Right now I am hoping Laney will provide a solution to the issue, or else I will be returning it back to Amazon and hoping they don’t resell it to another unsuspecting customer.

Very small and powerful guitar amp with reverb built in

Not a tube sound at all. Great looking head and volume, but horrible worse than solid state tone

First one wouldn't make a sound. Second one lasted about 9 months now just blinks red when powered up. Never used for gig or live, only in the studio. Now I can't return it so I'm just out 450.00. don't waste your time on this amp.