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.topicAs 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)
