Laney’s Foundry Series was developed – as the storied UK amp-maker’s CEO, James Laney, succinctly puts it – to provide “Everything you need, nothing you don’t”. Inspired by the firm’s acclaimed tube amp ranges, like the Ironheart and Lionheart, the Foundry line keeps that core powerful, dynamic character and reforges them into feature-laden, portable and affordable builds. “It’s not just about mimicking specific tones like some of the modeler amp products out there,” explains Laney design engineer James Morrell.
“But replicating the truly dynamic interactive feel and touch sensitivity that makes a great tube amp so expressive and addictive to play.” Power play The Foundry’s tube-like response maps the natural compression and harmonics of real tubes being overdriven and comes hand in hand with a punchy power section that is equally tube-like, albeit without the price and weight..
. “We settled on a potent 60-watt output because it gives you ample clean headroom,” says product manager, Simon Fraser-Clark. “Everyone loves the clean tones of the tube Lionhearts, so we wanted to preserve that, whilst adding the potential for very hot lead tones too.
60 watts gives you plenty of power to gig with too.” The Foundry Series also features a first for the Lionhearts, in the form of a built-in, footswitchable Boost – allowing you to push a clean tone into slight overdrive, or an overdriven tone into a searing lead. All this power and drive requires a .