Author Topic: Orange Tiny Terror (Read 12945 times)

Ted · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2007, 01:45:47 PM »

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yeah my minimat is pretty nasty. it just doesn't do any useable tones! it was sort of novel for the first few days, messing around, trying different pedals in front of it, trying to get a nice sound, but after over a year and not really finding one that wasn't coloured entirely by the pedals, I'm a little bit pissed off. It sounds really harsh... like somebody's tried to recreate the sound of a transistor amp on the edge of breakup using valves! it makes no sense.

Christ! What were you trying to play on it! Napalm Death?! :lol:

I was pretty dissapointed with my minimat too, but thats my fault really for not trying one out beforehand.

Its just a very simple Class A valve cuircut, designed primarily to be used with pedals. It did take me a while to work out how to use it and which pedals it liked. This was a pain in the ass...but hey it is a Vintage toned amp after all.

I use mine with a delay and fuzz face clone for really nice shimmery clean fender tones and bluesy playing. Its divine. If you crank it boosted mode with a clean boost / TS type pedal you can get real nice SRV tones too.

I also tried a TT and I was surprised how much gain this puppy had, but I played it through a horrible chinese Hamer 335 semi and that sounded wack.

I have no care for the Little Rock, I still think they got the design (appearance) wrong. :roll:

badgermark · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2007, 01:50:43 PM »

Just played a Tiny Terror today in Sound Control, not a bad little amp. Used my Mother's Milk Strat and it seemed pretty cool. Dunno if I would buy one, as I wasn't as amazed as when I plugged into a Blues Jr.

Also noticed that the 7/15 watt switch never made much difference to my ears. Is it really that useable?

Twinfan · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2007, 01:55:00 PM »

It's fairly useable, but you're only looking at a 10% or so volume difference. Handy for home practice to take the edge off the volume.

_tom_ · « **Reply #18 on:** October 25, 2007, 01:55:57 PM »

The Blues Jr sounds better to me as well I think, though I havent played either so I'm just comparing clips here. This sounds really good - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YpaT_S7cEis He's also using a fuzzface though, which doesnt even sound fuzzy so I dont know if thats a good indication of the quality of the clip or not :lol:

Ted · « **Reply #19 on:** October 25, 2007, 01:59:40 PM »

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The Blues Jr sounds better to me as well I think, though I havent played either so I'm just comparing clips here. This sounds really good - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YpaT_S7cEis He's also using a fuzzface though, which doesnt even sound fuzzy so I dont know if thats a good indication of the quality of the clip or not :lol:

You can almost use the fuzz face as a clean boost sometimes. Its really responsive to the guitar volume pot. Cleans up really easily.

maverickf1jockey · « **Reply #20 on:** October 25, 2007, 02:03:21 PM »

Just curious here,
Do the Orange 1x12"s output to parallel as I think it might need more kick than the one 12"er I'm blasting through right now (I had this image of arranging them into pyramids of power, using the stereo outputs, or even surround sound using 1x12"s (I think this is actually the reason people are shocked by its volume; people are playing it through 4 or 2x12"s as opposed to a smaller cab for practice)).

I'm definitely sold on Orange cabs they are really chunky and well built (mine is actually bigger than my old 2x10" combo amp I used to have but is lighter and easier to carry around (bloody weirdo Indie tilting cabinet).

This thing has got so much gain that adding an overdrive in front of it didn't colour the sound at all and the only change in volume and compression was that the background hiss got louder; it actually eats dist. pedals at high gain - Brilliant :twisted: . Just wish I could turn it up and play a show with it sometime as I think my compression problem stems from not being loud enough :D .

If I were to get the cash together again I'd actually be tempted to get another and an A/B box, so that I could switch between the clean and distorted sounds more intuitively, but that's not the nature of the beast, I suppose. I love the Idea that I could just take it into school so easily; that bag is a fantastic idea, and blow people away with the tone of the thing.

_tom_ · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2007, 02:23:04 PM »

Quote from: Ted

Quote from: _tom_
The Blues Jr sounds better to me as well I think, though I havent played either so I'm just comparing clips here. This sounds really good - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YpaT_S7cEis He's also using a fuzzface though, which doesnt even sound fuzzy so I dont know if thats a good indication of the quality of the clip or not :lol:

You can almost use the fuzz face as a clean boost sometimes. Its really responsive to the guitar volume pot. Cleans up really easily.

I see, I thought they were just full out fuzz machines :lol:

f1jockey - chances are its just because it needs cranking as you say - I always find that my amp sounds compressed at low volume but when you turn it up it opens up a lot.

hunter · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2007, 02:43:39 PM »

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:D Gotta say love my TT. Great little amp & i`ve got no build quality issues with it either, solid as a rock with a great tone to boot all for £300. What more do you want ?

:D 8)

An effects loop would be nice ...

BadMonkey · « **Reply #23 on:** October 25, 2007, 03:11:24 PM »

My 2x12 cab is 8ohms. Would it be OK to use with the TT?

Twinfan · « **Reply #24 on:** October 25, 2007, 03:33:26 PM »

Yep. There's one 16ohm and two 8ohm outputs.

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #25 on:** October 25, 2007, 03:41:01 PM »

If anyones looking for a slightly cheaper TT brand new then look here:

http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/Guitars/Electric_Guitars/Guitar_Amps/Electric_Guitar_Amps/sc1066/p5335.aspx

£269.99 with free delivery!

maverickf1jockey · « **Reply #26 on:** October 25, 2007, 04:20:52 PM »

Quote from: Crazy_Joe

If anyones looking for a slightly cheaper TT brand new then look here:

http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/Guitars/Electric_Guitars/Guitar_Amps/Electric_Guitar_Amps/sc1066/p5335.aspx

£269.99 with free delivery!

Got mine for £450 with a £200 cabinet and speaker cable inclusive deal and carried it home that day so the price I paid is better than that.

Seeing as the forum is going on a grammar drive can I just point out the lack of apostrophe in your post

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #27 on:** October 25, 2007, 04:56:46 PM »

lol alright calm down

maverickf1jockey · « **Reply #28 on:** October 25, 2007, 06:05:46 PM »

Quote from: hunter

Quote from: jt
:D Gotta say love my TT. Great little amp & i`ve got no build quality issues with it either, solid as a rock with a great tone to boot all for £300. What more do you want ?

:D 8)

An effects loop would be nice ...

I'd have said that too but I hate bands which (over)use pitch shifters and delay wouldn't be too hard to set up as the amp doesn't compress your sound that much. The only use for an fx loop imo is a compressor and noise gate the gate being virtually useless as I find that noise only becomes noticeably an issue is cranked on the gain with the master at 12:00.

ailean · « **Reply #29 on:** October 25, 2007, 07:24:45 PM »

I bought an Orange 1x12 with my TT, it uses a different speaker to the bigger 2 and 4 x12, the 2 and 4 x12's use Vintage 30's the 1x12 is a Celestion G12K-100.

The G12K-100 is a 99db efficiency so pretty loud, but I'd really like to try a 4x12 at home :)

I really like the Orange cabs, at first I wasn't sure, but I love the look of them now, they look solid and bold and there is no mistaking them :) (ok I have seen other orange covered cabs, but not that many).

After the success of my TT I'm wondering what the AD30HTC sounds like, it has a clean channel that interests me, has anyone tried one?