“An Efficient Dynamo Transforming Ideas into Infinite Opportunities”: Laney Launches the Prism-Mini, a Versatile Modeling Amp and Bluetooth Speaker Aiming to Eclipse the Spark Mini.]

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.

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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.

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