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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: sgmypod on January 11, 2008, 08:00:15 PM

Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sgmypod on January 11, 2008, 08:00:15 PM: Same as subject
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sgmypod on January 11, 2008, 10:02:24 PM: anyone?
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: WezV on January 11, 2008, 10:30:16 PM: they havnt been doing them long so its unlikely many people around here will have one. I know a few people here have the original one though.

I was going to order one but they reckoned a little rock would suit me better for a good all round pleaser... so i had a little rock on the provison that they made it red with a white face plate.. and they did.. and i love it!!
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sgmypod on January 11, 2008, 10:36:02 PM: yeah like the look of the little rock and the minimat2
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: Twinfan on January 11, 2008, 11:23:24 PM: Apparantly the Little Rock and Minimat 2 are very similar, that's why the Little Rock has been discontinued. The built in attenuator of the Minimat makes it a better option for most people - the master volume on the Little Rock isn't the best.

The Little Rock is a cracking amp, and has a superb tone. That's why, out of the two, I sold my Tiny Terror........
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sgmypod on January 11, 2008, 11:28:21 PM: Yeah shame your keeping hold of the little rock *S*
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: Twinfan on January 11, 2008, 11:32:32 PM: Kicks the TTs butt for tone IMO
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sgmypod on January 11, 2008, 11:35:53 PM: think even if I buy one will keep the TT love mine
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: Tellboy on January 12, 2008, 04:53:12 PM: Quote from: Twinfan
Apparantly the Little Rock and Minimat 2 are very similar, that's why the Little Rock has been discontinued. The built in attenuator of the Minimat makes it a better option for most people - the master volume on the Little Rock isn't the best.

The Little Rock is a cracking amp, and has a superb tone. That's why, out of the two, I sold my Tiny Terror........

Errr ??? :? What changed your mind?

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If you're all basing your Little Rock opinions on my clips then you should really hear one in person. My clip recording gear is cr@p.

However....

In my opinion, the Little Rock sounds cack when compared to a Tiny Terror. I'm actually going to get mine checked to see if there's a fault with it. It permanently sounds like there's a c--ked wah in front of it.

Your comments on 25th October and my previous disappointment with my Minimat 1 stopped any GAS I had for the Little Rock.
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: Ted on January 12, 2008, 06:11:53 PM: I think we need to take this topic to the Matamp board!
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: Ted on January 12, 2008, 06:20:23 PM: Quote
Your comments on 25th October and my previous disappointment with my Minimat 1 stopped any GAS I had for the Little Rock.

It is such a shame I cannot make decent soundclips because the minimat is a stonkingly good amp when you work out how to use it.

I plugged mine in recently and it instantly brought a huge smile to my face.
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: opprobrium_9 on January 12, 2008, 07:57:37 PM: Yeah, but they have that new Little Rock combo 2x12 out now.
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sambo on January 12, 2008, 08:03:02 PM: ^COMBO?!
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sgmypod on January 12, 2008, 08:05:17 PM: ain't that a custom...WEM dominator lookalike
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: sambo on January 12, 2008, 08:09:18 PM: Just checked the site. The combo looks VERY cool.

£800 though. Jeez.
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: WezV on January 12, 2008, 08:12:12 PM: yeah it was just a one off and cost about £800.

They do offer the new minimat in a 1x12 combo format but i havnt seen one of those yet.
Title: Minimat 2 who has one what they like
Post by: Tellboy on January 13, 2008, 11:32:00 AM: Quote from: Ted
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Your comments on 25th October and my previous disappointment with my Minimat 1 stopped any GAS I had for the Little Rock.

It is such a shame I cannot make decent soundclips because the minimat is a stonkingly good amp when you work out how to use it.

I plugged mine in recently and it instantly brought a huge smile to my face.

Ted - it's all a matter of personal preference - I'm probably one of the oldest members of this forum and had a Matamp OR100 back in the 70's so I have managed to "work out how to use it" - after all there are only a limited number of combinations you can get with Boost, Volume and Tone . (At the risk of eternal damnation from Matamp users I prefered the 100watt Marshall Plexi I traded for the Ormat - sorry). To my (old) ears the best Matamp clips I have heard are all with pedals in front the amp (DAM for stoner/doom, tubescreamer etc for rock). I prefer to have an amp with a good basic sound which is not overly dependant on pedals. I found that I could get a much better sound with my Cornford Hurricane and Hellcat at minimum volume settings (no pedals) than the Minimat dimed out with a multitude of pedals in front of it (including Xotic BB, modifed tubescreamer, DS1,SD1). BUT, as I said, that's my taste - I know a lot of people don't like the Cornford sound.

P.S. It appears there may be some issues with the Minimat 2 tone. Comments in this thread by The Finn are exactly what I found with my Minimat 1:-
http://p219.ezboard.com/Minimat-tone-control-Minimud/fofficialmatampownersclubfrm7.showMessage?topicID=1923.topic
As the "cure" seems to be a simple single component change it would be great if Matamp could provide either a switch or two seperate inputs to give "Normal" (standard Matamp setting) and "Bright" (more sparkle/top end)