The orange micro terror

[Alligatorbling]

Does anyone else own one? I LOVE mine. They are hella cheap at only 150 dollars brand new. Listen to how it stacks up against a marshall. Pretty impressive for the price point if you ask me. I run mine into a 2x12 cab. Cranked wide open it can hang with a drummer.

 

[Lance Chambers]

 

[Alligatorbling]

Its no marshall, but man... for 150 bucks it sounds really good! I've used mine to push 1x12, 2x12s, and even a 4x12.

 

[Iron1]

I tried one in store before buying my DSL1 and it just wasn't for me. I understand if you dime everything and shape the tone with a good pedal or two it can get you places, but for me it just wasn't going where I wanted to go. Easy to see why they're popular and glad you dig yours, though.

 

[RLW59]

Had a Tiny Terror, now have a Micro.

Tiny Terror was one of my faves, but I honestly like the Micro better.

 

[RLW59]

I tried one in store before buying my DSL1 and it just wasn't for me. I understand if you dime everything and shape the tone with a good pedal or two it can get you places, but for me it just wasn't going where I wanted to go. Easy to see why they're popular and glad you dig yours, though.

Did you try it through the crappy matching 8" cab, or into a real cab?

 

[Iron1]

Did you try it through the crappy matching 8" cab, or into a real cab?

I tried it through an Orange PPC112. (did also try the Micro Dark through one of those 8 inchers and yeah... no thanks). The bottom end was muddy, the high end fizzy, using a Jackson SL2 with Duncan Distortions in it, but no pedals. For $150 there's nothing wrong with it at all, it just wasn't my thing.

 

[Alligatorbling]

It sounds best though 1x12

At 4x12s it just didn't have enough to make the cab push air

 

[Matthews Guitars]

My smallest amp is one of those stompbox sized Hotones. I have the one that's voiced like a Friedman BE100. 5 watts and pretty darned good sounding for what it is.

I've toyed with the idea of getting every model of this series of Hotone amps and putting them all in a rack with a switching system, just for giggles.

 

[Sg-ocaster]

I had a tiny terror not a bad amp but needed a bit of high end sparkle imo.
A freibd had a micro terror and his Tele with a tc elec spark booster it sounded pretty decent at apartment volumes through the 8" cab never got to crank it up though so can't really judge it.

 

[Zado]

Does it handle band rehearsal session volumes?

 

[Madfinger]

Had exact one for quite a few years now. Has a nos 5751. Like these tubes in orange amps especially the white MT.

 

[Alligatorbling]

Does it handle band rehearsal session volumes?

Yes, as long as the drummer isn't super heavy handed. You also have to dime it so its basically a one trick pony.

 

[Musicmaniac]

Love my Micro Dark and have used it at small gigs with great results!

 

[FutureProf88]

I've played them before. I don't own one but I'm thoroughly impressed by them.

 

[jeffb]

Had one- pushed a 2x12 with M25s well enough, but you won't get any headroom out of it for clean tones at a gig (roll off those volume controls on your guitar for cleans)

Benefits greatly from a tube swap. As mentioned above it digs old 5751s. Mine sounded best with JAN/GE 5751s from the 70s. The Stock JJ is not the best thing to have in it, IMO. Too dark. Didn't care for RI Tung Sols, EHX or RI Mullards. JJ803S is a good choice too. IME-The amp likes brighter/clearer sounding less gainy tubes.

The thing that turned me off- It just doesn't sound 3 Dimensional like an actual SS or Tube amp. It's very "flat" sounding- no depth. Also, much prefer a TMB tone stack vs "Shape".

Still. for $150 , its a fun, worthwhile purchase-I might pick up another someday.