Back to results

Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112 30-watt 1 x 12-inch Tube Combo

Name: Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112 30-watt 1 x 12-inch Tube Combo
Brand: Laney
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)

30-watt, 3-channel, 1 x 12" Tube Combo Amplifier with Reverb, Wattage Attenuator, FX Loop, and Cabinet Emulation

Write your review

Item ID: IH30-112BCC

Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112 30-watt 1 x 12-inch Tube Combo

We Can Get It Fast!

While this isn't an item we normally stock, we can still get it to you as fast as possible due to our great relationship with Laney. Go ahead and place your order and we'll follow up shortly to let you know when to expect it. Estimated May 2026.

Add to Cart

Ask An Expert

Our expertly trained Sales Engineers are ready to help!

(800) 222-4700

What is a Sales Engineer?

Have one to sell?
Check out Sweetwater's Gear Exchange!
Learn More

Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112 30-watt 1 x 12-inch Tube Combo

We Can Get It Fast!

Add to Cart

Add to list

Most Popular Accessories & Related Items

Back to navigation

This article was Written By

Our Product Research Team

Get to know them!

IRT30-112: 30 Watts of UK-built Firepower

Handcrafted in the company's UK workshop, the Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112 pumps 30 watts of tube-fueled muscle through a girthy 12-inch driver voiced for low-end punch. The BCC-IRT30-112 boasts three versatile channels — clean, rhythm, and lead — with overhauled gain circuitry that ensures high-impact high-gain tones without excessive flub or mud. You get a footswitchable pre-boost feature for added punch and saturation, in addition to a flexible 3-band EQ that takes high-gain tone shaping to an entirely new level. The BCC-IRT30-112 includes a built-in wattage attenuator and ample DI options, making it a top choice for practice, recording, and professional routing onstage. Moreover, you also get an effects loop with level switching. Players craving a modern-sounding high-gain amp with truckloads of smooth compression and jam-packed with features will be thoroughly pleased with the Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112. Grab yours from Sweetwater today!

Incredible push-pull EQ

Plenty of tube combo amplifiers pack a powerful punch. But no two punches are the same, which is why this combo lets players shape their tone with a unique push-pull EQ system that renders basic 3-band EQ infinitely more flexible. Each EQ band packs an alternate voice. The natural pushed position keeps frequency ranges conventional, but pulling EQ knobs extends frequency bands for extreme chiseling of lows, mids, and highs. This ingenious system lets players achieve extreme frequencies common to heavy styles without requiring tons of additional gear. Alternate voices are as follows: deep/bass extends lows to be extra heavy and full; shift/mid shifts midrange lower for tighter focus and less width; and shift/treble widens the treble band for rounder, three-dimensional highs (a favorite for giving thinner pickups more presence). Moreover, you still get a traditional tone control, plus Laney's unique dynamics knob that reigns in lows for a tighter punch or loosens them for a wider presence.

Three channels — any wattage!

The Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112's three flexible channels work hard onstage or off. Lead, rhythm, and clean voices spread across two independent control sections offer independent EQ and level controls for workhorse 2-channel switching with a professional feel. Although these channels brim with up to 30 watts of power, an onboard wattage control lets you tame output for any room, whether band practice in the garage or late-night sessions in a crowded home. Five, ten, 30 watts — the choice is yours — and thus, the BCC-IRT30-112 doubles as a practice amp! You can shred with massive gain-polluted saturation at unintrusive levels. Recording and going direct are even a breeze thanks to XLR-DI that's fully balanced and complete with switchable line-level and PA/Desk level modes and optional cabinet emulation for seamless routing.

Laney amps: stunning since '67

The journey of Laney Amplification harkens all the way back to 1967. Lyndon Laney left behind the British group Band of Joy (and members John Bonham and Robert Plant) to venture into the expanding realms of amplifier building. From Lyndon's family garage to stacking huge stages at the disposal of some of history's greatest groups like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Kiss, Laney and its legacy of high-quality amp engineering has found tremendous worldwide acclaim for decades. With a long list of sound systems and characterful heads, cabinets, combos, and pedals for guitar, bass, keyboards, and more, Laney offers a stunning lineup of top-tier products with an enviably versatile appeal.

Laney Black Country Customs Ironheart IRT30-112 Tube Combo Features:

A premium 30W tube combo voiced for high-gain with ECC83 and 6L6 tubes
Laney-designed HH 12-inch driver, custom-built for low-end growl and punch
Handcrafted in Laney's UK workshop
Overhauled gain circuitry offers improved tight-end response at high-gain levels
Clean, rhythm, and lead channels with 2 fully independent channel strips
Highly customizable EQ with extra push-pull functions for precise bass, treble, and mids
Footswitchable pre-boost (footswitch included) works as a solo boost or saturator
Adjustable vari-watt knob tames power amp output to produce big tones at lower levels
Built-in reverb, FX loop, aux-in, and DI-out with level and source controls
Generous 8-/16-ohm extension speaker socket plus switchable cabinet emulation

Resources

Guitar Amp Buying Guide

Warranty Info

Sweetwater's FREE 2-Year Total Confidence Coverage Warranty

Extra peace of mind at no extra cost.

Save money with FREE parts and labor
Get back to making music with the industry's fastest turnaround time
Fix it the first time with our award-winning, factory-certified Service Department

Learn More about Total Confidence Coverage

Back to navigation

Tech Specs

Type: Tube
Number of Channels: 3
Output Power: 30W
Speaker Size: 12" HH Acoustics speaker
Preamp Tubes: 3 x 12AX7
Power Tubes: 2 x 6L6GC
Reverb: Digital Reverb
EQ: 2 x 3-band EQ, 2 x push/pull deep control, 4 x push/pull shift control, Dynamics control
Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (input), 1 x 1/8" (Aux in)
Outputs: 1 x 1/4" (8 ohms internal), 1 x 1/4" (8-16 ohms), 1 x XLR (DI out)
Effects Loop: Series FX Loop
Footswitch I/O: 1 x 5-pin DIN (FS4-IRT)
Footswitch Included: Yes, 4-button footswitch
Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable
Height: 22.8"
Width: 26.7"
Depth: 15.3"
Weight: 56.4 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number: BCC-IRT30-112

What Makes Our Sales Engineers Great?

Sweetwater Sales Engineers are a world-class team of experts dedicated to you. Hand selected from across the globe, each brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the world of music gear to provide you with unparalleled service completely free of charge. Friendly relationships, real trust, and the right gear are only a call or a click away!

(800) 222-4700

Contact Your Sales Engineer

Back to navigation

Reviews

4.9

Customer Photos & Videos

After six months of pondering an amp change, I finally decided it was time.

I wanted at least two channels, mix of not to modern clean and beefy gain tone, tube power, and a low power mode. I kept researching my options based on reviews and really thought I was going to have to shell out a ton to get those features in the tone palate I was. However, I stumbled across this Laney Black Country Custom Ironheart.

I'm shocked there's so few reviews on this series let alone any on the combo! 30-1W power attenuation, 6L6 tubes, clean, rhythm, and lead channels with a built in and foot-switchable boost plus all the other features.

To my ear, the clean channel is in the middle of vintage and modern and can be tweaked to get closer to either spectrum which is great. The rhythm and lead channels are phenomenal. They can be setup to lean from vintage hot Marshall to Mesa/modern metal.

The built in reverb is solid but I'll end up getting a pedal but it's certainly good enough to roll with. Also, the 4 selector footswitch toggles clean/rhythm, lead, reverb, and the boost. Extremely usable.

If you've read this far, you can see how much I love this thing and more people need to try out the Laney IRT BCC Combo.

I have had this amp for a while now. I see a lot of chatter online about certain disappointments. Here is my opinion. It is way different than most modern multi channel cascading high gain amps. Its tone stack is different. Most modern high gain amps have a gainier, darker, more saturated and compressed sound. This amp has a lot of presence, and is very articulate, and defined. The mistake being made is to drastically eq the amp, by extreme bass settings, scooped mids, and cutting the treble. This is an attempt to get it to sound like some of those other amps. I know because I tried it too. I got a usable tone, but it sounded muffled. When I went back to more "conventional" eq settings that is when this amp really shined. Trying to make this amp sound like Slayer does not work. I have found that because of the presence and clarity even at higher gain settings and higher volume, this amp does not cover up my sloppy hard rock riff mistakes. So in my opinion you won't like this amp if you are primarily a bedroom player or if you are looking for that really over the top chug sound. The sound i get out of it reminds me of guys from the seventies. like Mick Jones of Foreigner, early Montrose,, as well as the first two Sabbath albums. I think it sounds great. You may or may not like this amp depending on what you are looking for. IMO it does not generate a modern real heavy sound. But if you like older blues based rock, hard rock and old school metal, you will probably be happy with it. I use other amps i have to get a heavier sound. But this amp is a keeper for me. I bought this amp from Sweetwater. I became a customer in 2018. I was late to the online thing. Sweetwater does a great job. For reference probably my two favorite sounds in my tone chasing journey were the JCM 800's I used in the 1980's and the Boogie Mark series in the 1990's. Yes I am old. Those two amps sound different, and this Laney sounds different than either. It is all about what works for you. Go about dialing in your amp with your ears not your eyes. Many quality amps are uniquely their own sound, and sound best when accentuating what that particular amp offers you rather than trying to make it sound like another. Online tutorials can be very misleading., as well as opinions. Until you can sit down alone and set about dialing in the amp you really won't know for the most part, because it is all subjective.

I just wanted to add, I had an EVH 5150 combo III. I know the tone chasing journey is very personal, and subjective. It did not work for me. People rave about them and make them sound quite good. In my opinion the Laney BCC Ironheart combo sounds much better and is more versatile. Way better articulation and definition even on higher gain settings. Goes from clean to rage and all points in between rather intuitively.

In my opinion it is always a little risky to buy an amp without trying it first. Online demos, reviews, and opinions can be very misleading at times. There simply is no substitute for sitting down and dialing it in for yourself. This seems to be a rather unheralded amp, with little info available. Seems it has been pigeon holed as a heavy metal tone monster. I am not a modern metal player, But I do like to have access to high gain options for certain applications. Look, I got my first amp and guitar when I was 12 years old in 1968. So I have been in and out of bands and recording projects for decades, on my tone chasing journey for many years. It came today. I unboxed it, and within about 10 or 15 minutes I had desirable and satisfying tone on all three channels. The clean channel surprised me. I dialed in a really crystal clean sound that was very funky and percussive. Really cool. Only thing is I had a little problem going between the dirt channels and the clean channel volume wise. The clean was to loud. This was easily fixed by rolling off the guitar volume on the clean. I spent most of my time on the "rhythm" or crunch channel which produced a fat sound for chords as well as really good lead tone. Even at high gain at least with my eq'ing. the notes retained there definition quite nicely, and chords never got flubby. Arpeggiated chord riffs did not sound muddy and sounded very articulate even with higher gain settings. The lead channel was pretty similar to the crunch channel, except it was a little more saturated. I tried to pedal platform the clean channel for an extra gain option, did not like it. Also I tried an o/d on the dirt channels. Did not like that either I did plug a chorus and delay through the front. That sounded fine. The amp on its own with the aid of the built in pre boost was enough. At least for me with this amp o/d and distortion pedals are not necessary. I put my delay and chorus through the front because I have never liked using an effects loop. I prefer the sound through the front. Although I will at some point probably try the loop on this amp and see what happens. In conclusion I was able to dial in great tone for my predominate style of old school blues based hard rock. Also I left the pullout eq options pushed in. I tried them, but they seemed very subtle. So I just left well enough alone. Very happy with this amp.

I have had this amp for a while as my primary amp. Styles include alternative, pop punk, folk, pop, classic rock, blues, country, and others. Have used for small-medium gigs, at-home practice, rehearsal, and recording. Primarily with Les Pauls and other solidbody, humbucker guitars.

This amp is highly usable. I do not even make effective use of all the features it has available. Its sounds tend to lean modern, but it can do a convincing enough vintage for any non-purist at least. Clean channel is very impressive, but if you need or are used to a very distinctive sort of clean sound, then this may or may not be able to replicate it.

Attenuation is incredibly useful. I typically have the amp on the lowest wattage setting at home, which can still get very loud. At full power, there is plenty of room to stay clean at high volumes. The amp is somewhat heavy, but not unusually so for a combo of its size. I did end up purchasing a smaller, more portable amp for small gigs, but it's a matter of preference.

If you are an enthusiast of overdrive and distortion pedals, this amp's three channels and boost may render that somewhat redundant. While the clean channel would be an excellent pedal platform, I find that I rarely bother using any pedals with this amp. If one had a mind to, the effects loop works quite well and would be a great place to layer time-based and modulation effects. The built-in reverb is good for most purposes and has quite a broad range. Spring reverb it is not, so be aware of that.

All in all, this is an extremely versatile amp that is fun to play with. It is possible to get bogged down in all the options it presents, but it is also relatively easy to find a good sound without messing with it too much.

See also: Combo Amps, Laney, Laney Guitar Combo Amps