![]() But I also know when I’m not soloing, my rhythm tone needs to sit back in the mix. That’s why I play gigs after all, to show off and make sure everyone can hear me. Why Dual Volumes And Not A Clean And Dirty Channel?īelieve it or not, this is the feature that made me say “holy cow, I need this amp in my life!!” For the gigs I play, it’s on me to boost my solos up to the appropriate level to take front and center stage. DO NOT try to use a light duty extension cord, like the one grandpa uses for his Christmas lights, this is an amp, it needs some juice flowing to it and it will melt an extension cord that can’t handle the miliamps. Then the rest of the power cord I’ll zip tie to the underside of my board. How I have my board set up (a cheap knockoff of a Pedaltrain) is I have a medium duty extension cord with 2 outlets on it and I have it secured to the underside of my board, one of the plugs for a power brick, the other is now for this amp. The power supply is a bit cumbersome and you’ll have to work out how to either hide it under your board, or deal with it coming out of your board to whatever wall outlet or extension cord you can find. As it comes, it’s a nice flat bottom that is easy to stick Velcro to. If you still want to keep this on your cab on the back line, the box comes with rubber feet you can add, but this will defeat the purpose of the footswitchable dual volume, and I would recommend just getting the original Micro Dark Terror for less money if that’s how you’re going to use it. Orange is selling this as a pedalboard based amp, which I see more and more companies coming out with this pedal sized power amps, but this is combined with a good sounding preamp. I’m not saying this is a good or bad thing, I actually kinda like the immediate response of a solid state amp, it gives me a bit more urgency in my playing. This is something that I guarantee 99% of an audience won’t notice, but it affects how the amp responds to you, the player. With the power amp being solid state, the response is very immediate, like a solid state amp. But cranking the volume won’t give you more power amp breakup. The tube is in the preamp section, which does give it half of the tube amp equation, and it will take overdrive pedals well as it will breakup more in a pleasing way. I’m not saying that it’s a bad thing, but it’s just managing expectations with anything with a solid state power amp. Being that this is based on the Micro Dark Terror, the same kind of comparison applies here. I know there have been videos comparing the Micro Dark Terror to the Dark Terror, and the all-tube dark terror did have a bit more low end thump to it as well as some additional power tube harmonix as you crank it up. It’s crunchy, it’s got some bark, and it can get loud and mushy at the highest settings. The gain characteristic is all classic Orange. It should be noted that the lower gain is also quieter overall, so if you want a pristine clean, you really won’t be loud enough to keep up with a drummer. About 11 o’clock to noon is a very mild crunch, and anything earlier than 10 o’clock is really clean. The knob past that gets you to the modern hard rock and metal tones. This was a pleasant surprise because it means you could use this as a “pedal platform.” With the gain knob in the noon-2 o’clock area, you get that Orange crunch that will be right at home for any classic or roots rock. There is still plenty of gain on tap, but it gets pretty clean once you get the gain knob below 11 o’clock. ![]() I find the gain knob seems to be closer to the original Micro Terror. It would have a be a combination of a really weird guitar and speaker cab to need those settings. Turning it below 10 o’clock or above 2 o’clock just got into unusable territory. But right at noon is super balanced and pleasing. I find the tone knob sounds the best around noon, maybe it’ll need a tweak if I plug it into a dark/brighter speaker cab, or if I use a brighter/darker guitar. It’s not a scooped mid sound either, like most except on a “metal flavored” amp, the tone knob at about noon-1 o’clock, it’s got plenty of mids to sit in a mix. The Stamp has the nice full sound of the Micro Dark. While the original Micro Terror still sounded good, it just had a lack of low end oomph, which make it sound a bit thin in a mix. Now, I’ve had both versions of the Micro Terror, and I went with the Micro Dark over the original because the way the EQ is set up on it resulted in a much more full sound. Don’t let the white color fool you, EQ is based on the Micro Dark Terror, not the original Micro Terror.
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