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Orange Tiny Terror
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Versatile small pratice and studio amp, all tube design.
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Classic Orange sound for a much lower price! 
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If you are anything like me and attracted to the dry, crunchy, and unique tones that only Orange can produce, but can't shell out the big bucks for a Rockerverb or AD series Twin Channel - then the Tiny Terror 15 watt lunchbox may be your answer (sure was for me!) From classic Hendrix tones, to high gain Sabbath and the unique intricate sound of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (The Mars Volta); The Tiny Terror's EL84 powered simplicity has them all and more.
It's small stature can fool you at first. Having only 3 knobs for volume, tone (an incredibly full bandpass EQ), and gain (also incredibly powerful), you can conjure a huge selection of creamy smooth classic tones from the 60's that are altogether clean, or edge the gain (or volume) knob ever so slightly more for just a hint of beautiful Orange flavored breakup (that remains wonderfully tube and touch sensative!). With single coils you get a slew of great Hendrix-ish sounds; very dry but chimey and full of life and articulation. Push the tone forward for...well...more tone! Increase the gain for...MORE GAIN! It's not a modern gain, it's a very vintage fuzz style gain, which with humbuckers makes for great stoner style rocking, but can also be dialed in for a modern sound as well (with the tone and gain at around 3 o'clock).
A 7/15 watt switch allows you to run the power section at half power and class A as well. In 7 watt mode, the amp sounds more saturated and sweeter, but in 15 watt mode everything is louder and has less breakup with more headroom. Another way you can command gain from the amp is to turn the gain down and drive the EL84's with the volume knob (plexi style) which generates another altogether different style of gain! This makes the Tiny Terror sound more crunchy and buttery, and with the tone knob near 12 o'clock has a very Steppenwolf sound, but cleans up into jazz territory with the volume knob! The the amp in full swing, the 15 watts of power is very very loud, and driving a 2x12 is more than enough for a practice, but would need to be mic'd for serious gigging.
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| Reliability |
So far, i've owned if for about a month and while I haven't gigged it, seems to be reliable. I played with tube changes to see how it would affect the sound and came out with some decent results. This little lunchbox is 3 knobs full of TONE and surprises and i'm sure is going to serve me well for a very long time!
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| Customer Support |
I haven't had to deal with Orange UK on a personal level, but when I ordered stuff from their distibutors, they were friendly enough.
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| Liked about it |
1) GREAT tones from 3 simple knobs!
2) Small package; easy to transport.
3) Pretty versatile.
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| Didn't like |
1) Only a tone knob; no independent EQ
2) Not in a head shell; this is the first "lunchbox" amp of it's kind - they should have put it in a shell.
No real complaints otherwise; not big enough for a reverb tank, and a buffered effects loop would have taken away from its hardwired gain goodness. This little lunchbox gets five fuzzed out stars!
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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5.0 |
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Tiny sound monster
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Now this is a really small 15 / 7 W all tube amp. It does not offer much control wise, but this is actually a big plus. It is single channel with all you need: Volume, Tone, Gain. Thats it. With the flick of a switch you can put it in 7W or 15W mode.
I put this on my custom 2x12 cab (with Eminence Tonker Speakers) and played it with my JEM.
Now this little puppy can go all the way from smooth tube cleans to insane gains. It is to mention that this is by far no "play at home" amp, it can get really really loud for its small package.
Now to the settings:
Clean it sounds very nice and you get a lot of tube warmth in it. You should not expect to bright and twangy sounds, if you play country you may want to look into an ohter amp. For clean blues, pop and rock songs this amp shines and can do it all equally well. I would however prefer at least a 3-band EQ instead of the tone pot, as it needs some twitching and you tend to compromise.
When you crunch the amp up, again very nice and creamy sound with lots of that tube love. Excellent characteristics but I miss the EQ even more.
In the high gain section it can really crash, but it stays dynamic and you can hear every tone. No overcompression whatsoever, which I loathe in some newer amps. However now in highgain I really really wished I had more mid control.
However this is a lot of bang for the buck, so I did not give up so easily...
So I hooked up my MXR EQ to the tiny terror and it was quite good. However I would have liked to EQ after the preamp which sadly is not possible, due to the lack of an effects loop.
All in all however this little bugger is much am in a small package, for a fair price.
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| Reliability |
This thing is built like it could withstand a tactical nuklear warhead. Which however makes it a bid on the heavy side for such a small amp.
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| Customer Support |
No dealings.
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| Liked about it |
+ Sounds
+ Small Package
+ Volume
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| Didn't like |
- No real EQ
- No effects loop
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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4.0 |
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Tiny box, huge sound
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Plugged this in at my local store through a EBMM JP6 BFR(the most familiar guitar there to me). I wasn't expecting much considering that this thing is the size of a lunchox, but I was absolutely wrong. I started with gain and tone all the way up on the 15 watt setting, just to see what this amp's limits were, and I was able to get an amazing metal sound compared to the Mesa/Boogie Transatlantic that I was comparing it to. Turning down the gain and turing up the volume, the amp produced a nice, slightly overdriven tone, similar to what Alex Lifeson's rig sounds like in 2112. With the gain at at the lowest setting possible where there was still an output signal, and the tone turned down a bit, I found that the clean tones here were just as good as the distorted tones.
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| Reliability |
I've had no problems yet.
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| Liked about it |
-Small and lightweight enough to transport quickly
-A lot of tones with only 3 knobs
-Available as a combo amp too
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| Didn't like |
-No actual EQ. I don't mind it, but some people do.
-Fear of losing it at a gig(haha)
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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4.5 |
 By Jet9 Dec 01, 2010
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