Santa brought me a tiny thing

gearaddict

ICBM

Have you been unusually bad this year?

Voxman

Didn't realise Orange made paperweights as well as amps!   

gearaddict

Oh, you're just jealous.

Voxman

gearaddict said:9

Oh, you're just jealous.

Mmmm noooo, fraid not. But its still a nice paperweight! 

The_Ethical

gearaddict said:

Just add water...

richardhomer

The_Ethical said:

gearaddict said:

Just add water...

‘Lol’ duly awarded!

gearaddict

I was keen on  of these as an easy take-to-practice rig along with my ppc112, rather than lugging the TH30 and 1936v. Can't wait to try it out.

Sassafras

gearaddict said:

I was keen on  of these as an easy take-to-practice rig along with my ppc112, rather than lugging the TH30 and 1936v. Can't wait to try it out.

To avoid disappointment, DON'T try it out.
  

GoldenEraGuitars

https://i.imgur.com/8GXmSgx.jpg


I thought everyone loved these smaller orange amps?

HNAD @gearaddict hopefully it’ll do the job you got it for. If not, that’s one helluva nice paperweight you have there  

TTBZ

I still want to try one of these - it does seem possible to get good tones out of them, have a look on youtube at the demo by House Of David studios through a badcat 4x12.

gearaddict

lonestar said:

https://i.imgur.com/8GXmSgx.jpg


I thought everyone loved these smaller orange amps?

HNAD @gearaddict hopefully it’ll do the job you got it for. If not, that’s one helluva nice paperweight you have there  

Yeah, consider my chips thoroughly pissed on. Oh well.

Merry Christmas!

GoldenEraGuitars

gearaddict said:

lonestar said:

https://i.imgur.com/8GXmSgx.jpg


I thought everyone loved these smaller orange amps?

HNAD @gearaddict hopefully it’ll do the job you got it for. If not, that’s one helluva nice paperweight you have there  

Yeah, consider my chips thoroughly pissed on. Oh well.

Merry Christmas!

Hey, as long as you’re happy bud. I’m yet to hear these amps first hand but I had heard good things about them until this thread  

Merry Christmas

m_c

I've seen mixed reviews about them.

They're not a bad amp as such, it's just they either produce a tone you like, or one you hate.

olafgarten

I think the main issue with the Orange Micro amps is the annoying fizzy overtone you get with every note and that you can't dial out.

Some people have no issue with it though. 

Apart from that it's a perfectly decent amp. 

thecolourbox

I really liked the standard micro terror I had, so I imagine this is just a heavier overdrive sound than that right? I only sold the one I had because I also had a Vox Lil Night Train which fit better with the pedals I was using at the time. Happy new amp day, enjoy!

ICBM

gearaddict said:

Yeah, consider my chips thoroughly pissed on. Oh well.

Merry Christmas!

I would have been clearer earlier, but I always think that Christmas presents are better if they're a surprise .

But don’t be put off - it can’t possibly sound as bad as the standard Micro Terror.



It just can’t, surely...


I'll be honest, I have not played the Micro Dark - but I've played several of the standard ones, and for me it's the worst-sounding amp I've ever experienced.

olafgarten said:

I think the main issue with the Orange Micro amps is the annoying fizzy overtone you get with every note and that you can't dial out.

For me it was the incredibly grating, fatiguing character to the sound that literally made my ears itch and made me 'hear' it even after I'd stopped playing. Truly nasty, in a way that goes beyond just 'harsh' or 'fizzy'.

I hope you like it - and more importantly, that it doesn't have the same effect on your bandmates as it would if I was in your band .

If there is one positive thing I can say about it, I found that it sounded marginally less horrific at 16 ohms - but that gives much less output volume... and may make it too quiet to use with a band.

gearaddict

Well, had a brief try of the amp today and first impressions are that it sounds really good and is very loud for it's tiny size. I could easily gig with this thing. Having the fx loop and the emulated out are great additions which you don't get on the non-dark version. Nice.

It has made me think about maybe trading in the TH30 for the slightly bigger brother of the tiny dark...the dark terror. I never really use the clean on the TH30 anyway...

Anyway, really pleased with this...basically fits in my pedalboard and is a fully functional amp! Awesomes.

nick79

Glad you like it. I've played through both the micro and the micro dark, and i know what ICBM means about the standard one but i found the Dark to be much better. We ran one through a 4x12 cab and the amount of noise it put out was quite impressive!

shaunm

Bit harsh this thread. If the OP is pleased with his amp it seems a little bit out of order for everyone to react as they have. 

Glad you like the amp @gearaddict ;

gearaddict

To be fair, they got the boot in well before it was clear whether I liked the amp or not