NAMM 2017: Laney launches recreations of Tony Iommi's original Black Sabbath amp and treble booster pedal
Black Country Customs LA100BL and TI-BOOST to be used on final Sabbath tour
NAMM 2017: Of all the guitarists who have played through Laney amps, Black Sabbath riff lord Tony Iommi is surely the most iconic - and now, just in time for the band's final gigs, Laney has issued recreations of the guitar legend's original amp and treble booster rig, as used on the first Black Sabbath album.
Made under Laney's Black Country Customs banner, the LA100BL head and LA412 cab are hand-built, point-to-point wired reissues, with a hand-drilled turret board and original box frame-styled output transformer.
Like the originals, the control set comprises gain one, gain two, treble, middle, bass and presence.
Also integral to Tony's rig was his modified Rangemaster treble booster, something Laney has aimed to replicate with a signature pedal, the TI-Boost.
It offers expanded functionality over the original, with a drive and volume control, along with low and high frequencies, plus a mid switch.
RRP and availability details will be announced soon, but we do know the LA100BL, LA412 and TI-BOOST are supplied as a package and strictly limited to 50 sets globally.
Head over to Black Country Customs for more info.
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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.
