Members sg79 Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by profgalen 1 valve (12AX7). 20W.I tried one at GC through a 2X12. I was impressed. I A/B with a Tiny Terror. In the ballpark.Priced like a pedal at $150 ( MF 15% coupon = $122.50 )Orange rhymes with door hinge. Just FYI, Humbuckermusic.com is the orange amps authority for best price. They are the #1 dealer of orange amps and the micro is only $119 there, no coupon game needed. For example, tiny terror is $419, whereas others are $599. Things come back in stock very soon there as well.http://www.humbuckermusic.com/orange-terror-amp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sg79 Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by profgalen 1 valve (12AX7). 20W.I tried one at GC through a 2X12. I was impressed. I A/B with a Tiny Terror. In the ballpark.Priced like a pedal at $150 ( MF 15% coupon = $122.50 )Orange rhymes with door hinge. Just FYI, Humbuckermusic.com is the orange amps authority for best price. They are the #1 dealer of orange amps and the micro is only $119 there, no coupon game needed. For example, tiny terror is $419, whereas others are $599. Things come back in stock very soon there as well.http://www.humbuckermusic.com/orange-terror-amp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 ^^ No no, forget what I was saying up there.I was forgetting just how interactive all the controls are on Orange amps.Drop the volume (from dimed), and then you can increase the gain and now I'm getting a bigger clean headroom. Each of the controls, volume and gain, contribute towards the OD tone, they are very interactive.Get one, try it out. I also have an Orange Crush Pix CR35LDX and it is also VERY interactive. Even the EQ controls will affect that amp's gain.I started the demo out as I mention above. But then I dropped the volume to about 2:00 and cranked the gain to about 12:00 and it's still a clean full tone with more clean headroom than I had before.Get one, you'll enjoy it. Doesn't hurt the wallet much and has minimal impact on your home's footprint. I mean, these things are no wider than from the end of your wrist (start of your hand) to the tip of your index finger. A bloody David of amps they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 ^^ No no, forget what I was saying up there.I was forgetting just how interactive all the controls are on Orange amps.Drop the volume (from dimed), and then you can increase the gain and now I'm getting a bigger clean headroom. Each of the controls, volume and gain, contribute towards the OD tone, they are very interactive.Get one, try it out. I also have an Orange Crush Pix CR35LDX and it is also VERY interactive. Even the EQ controls will affect that amp's gain.I started the demo out as I mention above. But then I dropped the volume to about 2:00 and cranked the gain to about 12:00 and it's still a clean full tone with more clean headroom than I had before.Get one, you'll enjoy it. Doesn't hurt the wallet much and has minimal impact on your home's footprint. I mean, these things are no wider than from the end of your wrist (start of your hand) to the tip of your index finger. A bloody David of amps they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by GAS Man Well, I broke mine out tonight to jog the memory.It's clean with the gain up to about 9:30 (O'clock) and the volume max'd. However, the overall volume is fairly limited at that point.At about 10:00, the volume is fine/sufficient for home practice, but it's starting to get gritty by then. Think "John Lee Hooker" tone. From there it get progressively more distorted, but in a nice linear sort of way. So I'd say the clean headroom is somewhat limited, but not too bad. The cab will also make a difference (depending upon efficiency). But I do think that if you're concerned about it being distorted from the get go, don't be. But do expect that it will get gritty before it gets loud.I hope that helped a bit. Awesome! Thanks man!For the price I may as well just grab one as check it out for myself. If all else fails I have been looking for something I can plug headphones into anyway. Plus they are so darn cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billythegoat Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by GAS Man Well, I broke mine out tonight to jog the memory.It's clean with the gain up to about 9:30 (O'clock) and the volume max'd. However, the overall volume is fairly limited at that point.At about 10:00, the volume is fine/sufficient for home practice, but it's starting to get gritty by then. Think "John Lee Hooker" tone. From there it get progressively more distorted, but in a nice linear sort of way. So I'd say the clean headroom is somewhat limited, but not too bad. The cab will also make a difference (depending upon efficiency). But I do think that if you're concerned about it being distorted from the get go, don't be. But do expect that it will get gritty before it gets loud.I hope that helped a bit. Awesome! Thanks man!For the price I may as well just grab one as check it out for myself. If all else fails I have been looking for something I can plug headphones into anyway. Plus they are so darn cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted January 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 I picked one up from GC (last one in stock) on my way to work this afternoon. No bigger than a McRib sandwich with all the sauce. I'm running it through a 2X12 Laney cab with G12T-75s. Cab wired to 8 ohms. Sounds great. Plenty of clean HR for home use. I have a old 12" Fane UK speaker I think would work well with this amp. I need to buy or build an empty 1X12 cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted January 4, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Just a thought...this thing runs off of a 15V DC power supply. Do you think I could rig a battery pack, say 10 D cells, to power it? It would be cool for jamming in the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 HappyNAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 It has a cool little sound. Doesn't take dirt pedals well though (it is a hybrid amp). Congrats! It certainly has had a place in my avatar for quite a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FlyingV Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by billythegoat Sweet thanks! I am currently using a Fender Champion 600 through a 2x12 and it's doing the trick for the gigs I am doing but I am making 2-3 trips just to get everything inside.I was thinking if the Micro Terror can give me the same clean volume I could somehow incorporate it into my pedal board and get it all in with one trip. For that use I think the Electro Harmonix 44 Magnum would be even better suited. It's even in a stomp box form factor. I have one and I have used it both for rehearsals and a couple of gigs.Check it out! http://www.ehx.com/products/44-magnum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fission Hole Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by profgalen Just a thought...this thing runs off of a 15V DC power supply. Do you think I could rig a battery pack, say 10 D cells, to power it? It would be cool for jamming in the park. Seriously just 15v? What kind of low voltage games are they playing with the the preamp tube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by Elessar [sly] It has a cool little sound. Doesn't take dirt pedals well though (it is a hybrid amp). Congrats!It certainly has had a place in my avatar for quite a while now. I remember when I was having that back yard jam, we ran a Fulltone OCD into it and seemed to get good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Originally Posted by sg79 Just FYI, Humbuckermusic.com is the orange amps authority for best price. They are the #1 dealer of orange amps and the micro is only $119 there, no coupon game needed. For example, tiny terror is $419, whereas others are $599. Things come back in stock very soon there as well.http://www.humbuckermusic.com/orange-terror-amp.html That's it, dagnabbit. I was on the fence at $149 (as my heart's set on a used Korean TT, not a Micro). Now that thing's in the shopping cart.Edit: The blood is coming back to my head, so I'm thinking straight and backing off from this tempting purchase. I'm probably going to hold out for the TT, because if I get both, one of them will get neglected. Whew, that was close.Welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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