Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
If there's one thing I love, it's amps. Of course, I love everything else too, but amps more than anything. It's because they're modern day sonic works of art.
I'm always playing the ones I own, and never stop searching for cool classics.....amps that define a sound, a style of music, and are benchmarks.
I've always somehow overlooked Orange amps. I've always plugged into them and appreciated them, but just never connected completely. So today, I stopped by my local GC since it's used section has been good in recent times, and spotted an Orange Tiny Terror 15/7W head in perfect condition for $299! I hooked up an ES-339 and Carvin Legacy 412 with it. I was really intrigued by it's 3 knob simplicity, yet very toneful gainy character.
It's just a beautifully voiced, fat sounding, rock machine! It's definitely it's own thing, because as great as it sounds, it doesn't sound like any of my other amps.
I took it apart, cleaned it, and saw what good quality it is....heavy duty switches, high end PCB construction, etc. It sounds great with it's cheap Chinese tubes, so I can't wait to see how I can tailor it to my liking with my stock of old stock EL-84's and 12AX7 and lower output pres. This amp has tons of natural full on tube gain, so swapping tubes will give a dramatic difference. It instantly sounded better at home, since my SG Diablo, Strat, and Bogner 212 let me fully hear the amp's range.
Real tube gain with a strat's 5 positions is always nice.
Look at the reviews the Tiny Terror has gotten! 5 Stars across the board. It's a good amp!
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampl...iny-terror-series-tt15-15w-tube-mini-amp-head
Here's the amps I currently own. I've owned around 85 amps, so this is my cream of the crop. All of them are well tubed, biased, and sound killer. Soon, I'll start posting sound samples. Up till now, I haven't done that because I lost my studio, and won't do crappy low volume stuff. I'm doing some songs in a good studio soon, and the owner is my friend, so I'll use some of that time to do a sound sample of each of these. He offered that time for free because he's interested in doing it.
Bogner XTC, 412, 212 - 1995
Marshall 2550 Jubilee, 412, 412 - 1987
Matchless Chieftain 212 combo - 1997
Fender Pro Reverb 212 combo - 1974 blackfaced
Gibson GA-30RVS 212 combo - 1998
Orange Tiny Terror 15/7W head - 2008
Vox Valvetronix AD60 blue grill head - 2001
Marshall 1960AHW basket weave 412 - 2007
Fender Vibro Champ - 2010
Vox Tonelab tabletop modeler - 2003
I'm always playing the ones I own, and never stop searching for cool classics.....amps that define a sound, a style of music, and are benchmarks.
I've always somehow overlooked Orange amps. I've always plugged into them and appreciated them, but just never connected completely. So today, I stopped by my local GC since it's used section has been good in recent times, and spotted an Orange Tiny Terror 15/7W head in perfect condition for $299! I hooked up an ES-339 and Carvin Legacy 412 with it. I was really intrigued by it's 3 knob simplicity, yet very toneful gainy character.
It's just a beautifully voiced, fat sounding, rock machine! It's definitely it's own thing, because as great as it sounds, it doesn't sound like any of my other amps.
I took it apart, cleaned it, and saw what good quality it is....heavy duty switches, high end PCB construction, etc. It sounds great with it's cheap Chinese tubes, so I can't wait to see how I can tailor it to my liking with my stock of old stock EL-84's and 12AX7 and lower output pres. This amp has tons of natural full on tube gain, so swapping tubes will give a dramatic difference. It instantly sounded better at home, since my SG Diablo, Strat, and Bogner 212 let me fully hear the amp's range.
Real tube gain with a strat's 5 positions is always nice.
Look at the reviews the Tiny Terror has gotten! 5 Stars across the board. It's a good amp!
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampl...iny-terror-series-tt15-15w-tube-mini-amp-head
Here's the amps I currently own. I've owned around 85 amps, so this is my cream of the crop. All of them are well tubed, biased, and sound killer. Soon, I'll start posting sound samples. Up till now, I haven't done that because I lost my studio, and won't do crappy low volume stuff. I'm doing some songs in a good studio soon, and the owner is my friend, so I'll use some of that time to do a sound sample of each of these. He offered that time for free because he's interested in doing it.
Bogner XTC, 412, 212 - 1995
Marshall 2550 Jubilee, 412, 412 - 1987
Matchless Chieftain 212 combo - 1997
Fender Pro Reverb 212 combo - 1974 blackfaced
Gibson GA-30RVS 212 combo - 1998
Orange Tiny Terror 15/7W head - 2008
Vox Valvetronix AD60 blue grill head - 2001
Marshall 1960AHW basket weave 412 - 2007
Fender Vibro Champ - 2010
Vox Tonelab tabletop modeler - 2003
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