“A compact powerhouse that turns inspiration into endless possibilities”: Laney unveils the Prism-Mini, a feature-packed modeling amp and Bluetooth speaker that looks to steal the Spark Mini's crown

Laney Prism-Mini
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Laney Amplification has unveiled the Prism-Mini, a portable digital combo amp and Bluetooth speaker with multi-effects that appears to be gunning for the throne of the Positive Grid Spark series of amps.

The near-pocket-sized amp, available in classic Laney Black and Blue colorways, is billed as “a compact powerhouse that turns inspiration into endless possibilities”.

It comes loaded with 100 preset slots across 17 amplifier impressions (it's a modeling amp), a swathe of effects, and a “rich stereo sound,” alongside a fairly impressive 14 hours of continuous playtime.

Furthermore, it also features a bright 1.77" full-color screen for dialing in tones, a true stereo 3W+3W output, and dual 1.5” woofers. The ability to run six effects – including delay, reverb, and modulations, simultaneously – helps extract a lot of electric guitar tone from such a tiny form.

The Laney Prism-Mini aims to bridge the gap between the two, standing as a serious speaker for listening to music when the playing stops.

There are plenty of mini guitar amps out there (Laney already has a range of them), but this is its first to offer a tone range as wide as this. But has Laney now done enough to compete with the other small-sized big guns? Time will tell.

The Laney Prism-Mini is available now for $149 – making it cheaper than the Spark Mini 2, and the same price as the Spark Go.

See Laney for more.

Elsewhere, Guitar World has put Laney's new FRFR speaker cabinet, the LFR-110, and Billy Corgan's Supergrace Loudpedal through their paces. Those who prefer Laney's more traditional offerings, well, there's always the ultra-limited signature amp for Tony Iommi that was launched in July 2025.

A freelance writer with a penchant for music that gets weird, Phil is a regular contributor to Prog, Guitar World, and Total Guitar magazines and is especially keen on shining a light on unknown artists. Outside of the journalism realm, you can find him writing angular riffs in progressive metal band, Prognosis, in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original, churning that low string through a variety of tunings. He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot.

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