Cheap Practice Amp?

[GuitarIv]

In deed a very nice backup and practice amp. I just happened to try it out half a year ago, it was standing around in my local music store and when I saw it, I thought of it as a joke as well. My girlfriend was like "OH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS SWEET LITTLE BOX" and I was like what in the name of Guitar God is this supposed to be? Tried it out in the store and bought it the same day, especially for that small price. Amazing. It even helped me through the 2 months where my Valveking was dead and I had no cash to change tubes, perfect rehearsal backup and oh my how loud it gets through a 4*12 - Orange outdid themselves with that little fella. :D

[TheyCallMeVolume]

In deed a very nice backup and practice amp. I just happened to try it out half a year ago, it was standing around in my local music store and when I saw it, I thought of it as a joke as well. My girlfriend was like "OH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS SWEET LITTLE BOX" and I was like what in the name of Guitar God is this supposed to be? Tried it out in the store and bought it the same day, especially for that small price. Amazing. It even helped me through the 2 months where my Valveking was dead and I had no cash to change tubes, perfect rehearsal backup and oh my how loud it gets through a 4*12 - Orange outdid themselves with that little fella. :D

Yup. It still pales in comparison to my 2203 or a Rockerverb or something of the sort IMO, but it does what it does very well. And basically for the price of a pedal. I still can't believe at how cheap the thing is.

[Philly Q]

The only thing which surprises me about the Micro Terror is that (unless I've missed something), it again doesn't have a "less than 1 Watt"  setting - which on the face of it seems to make even the Tiny Terror more appropriate for home use, as it least that goes down to 7w...?  :?

[TheyCallMeVolume]

The only thing which surprises me about the Micro Terror is that (unless I've missed something), it again doesn't have a "less than 1 Watt"  setting - which on the face of it seems to make even the Tiny Terror more appropriate for home use, as it least that goes down to 7w...?  :?

Indeed. Never had a problem with volume or gain though. My guess would be because it's part SS.

[Lucifuge]

Yeah, I guess the point of a low power setting is to get power valve breakup at bedroom volumes; the Micro Terror has a solid state power amp (Class D, AFAIK) so you won't get that at any volume.

[Philly Q]

Good point, thanks gents.

[GuitarIv]

No problem with the volume, you just have to play with the knobs. :)

[Telerocker]

I have to snap myself this little monster too. Big smile when you hook it up to a big cab.

[GuitarIv]

I have to snap myself this little monster too. Big smile when you hook it up to a big cab.

Do it! :D

[TheyCallMeVolume]

I have to snap myself this little monster too. Big smile when you hook it up to a big cab.
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Big smile is an understatement.

[tommyionni]

The Peavey Bandit 65 is quite loud and takes pedals well. I find them for 60-75$ on craigslist all the time.  For a bit more you can look for a Crate Stealth GT-50 combo.  Really nails the 80's metal tone.  I got mine for 250$.

[Dr.Pain]

I have a HT-5RH and HTV-212 cab.  I run an MXR 10 band eq KFK in front of it to get a better metal tone from it.  It does need help for that.  I did try the eq in the fx loop but for what I wanted, in front as a boost was better.  Added more mid range and made it sound more aggressive and brightened it up a good amount.  The amp worked really well with the 112 cab from the HT range which I used for a short while but going to the 212 was better.  Only complaint is the clean channel is nothing special and the amp sounds a little dark.

[JDC]

If it's 20 watt SS, the micro terror has plenty of headroom then?

[Dave Sloven]

I'm contemplating the new Laney Iommi 15W practice amp.

Any opinions on it?

$600 for a practice amp is not really 'cheap', but then again my Cube 30X cost $400 according to the 2008 receipt

[Telerocker]

I'm contemplating the new Laney Iommi 15W practice amp.

Any opinions on it?

$600 for a practice amp is not really 'cheap', but then again my Cube 30X cost $400 according to the 2008 receipt

The small Laneys like the Cub's have a lot of fans. At home I use a Blues Junior with a Suhr Riot in front. Mature sounds at low levels.