Orange Micro Terror Reviews

Frighteningly big noise from a diddy little box

It looks like a toy but packs a hell of a punch. Imagine a kitten that, when it opens it's mouth, roars like a lion.

Great build quality and really nice tube break up on the pre amp when the gain is pushed. The cleans are nice too.

Also, a great tip if you have a Line 6 POD or similar Amp modelling / FX box; use the Aux In to patch the modeller / FX direct to the Micro Terror solid state power amp stage (set the O/P settings to Combo Power Arp or Stack Power Amp).

Get one of these!

I am in love.

I couldn't help but laugh when I got this amp out of it's packaging, it was so small and cute! However that changed when I connected it to the Orange PPC108 cab that I bought with it because it sounded incredible!! I was completely baffled at how good it sounds.

Many people complain that this amp doesn't have enough clean headroom but it does. Granted, it doesn't sound Fender clean but it's still nice. But where this amp really excels is when you turn the gain up to 9, or 10 for some face melting british crunch! I play it mainly through a Seymour Duncan Stag Mag neck pickup and can honestly say that even though some people say this amp doesn't work well with single coils, it does! When I disable one of the humbucker coils the sound gets really creamy and crunchy, and sounds very tube-like.

I modified my Fender Mustang 1 amp so that I could connect its speaker to the PPC108 cab and now the amp sounds even better! The sounds seems more rounded and complete somehow, so I recommend running it with two 8'' speakers if you can to get the perfect Orange sound.

Pro's:

- amazing build quality

- awesome sound

- very responsive knobs

Cons:

None

An excellent (and nice amplifier)

This Orange really has something of the famous crunch sound by this company. It's tiny and incredibly nice to look at. i plugged in my fender mexico and a les paul, and this little beast really moved some air. I played it through its default orange 1x8'' speaker, and sounds creamy, quite balanced, of course lacking some bass frequencies, but as soon as plugged to a bigger cab it was capable of a much wider frequency spectrum. I would highly recommend this one for anyone who needs a small portable practice amp or anyone who needs the orange sound for recording purposes. It's not the same as 1000$ orange head, but it's well worth even twice its price. Incredible design. Let the head warm up at least 15 minutes and its sound will come up. After 1 hour the sound really starts to sparkle and to compress a bit more at the same time. Expecially great on les paul for clean, and equally on LP and Stratocaster for crunch. Well worth for every guitarist, any guitar that you may have.

Raise the gain knob.

Plays great with the gain know over the half. Otherwise might sound a bit dull and sterile. But have to recognize that with hot pickups or humbuckers it plays generally very well. With my les paul and gain around half, it has a squashy sound with nice harmonics. With gain at 3/4 it screams. It's a tiny yet VERY LOUD beast. If you're in a home studio and want to buy this for recording, beware: it's not a quiet one. Can get pretty loud. Although, I still suggest it for recording, as it's always easier to record decent stuff at low levels with this amp than with most of the others low wattage amps.

The suggested tiny cab to pair with this is nothing exceptional, but works well if you use this amp mainly for practice at home. You can plug it to bigger cabs though, and will sound more open and full, depending on the cabs. That's a nice feature to consider. I heard it's easier to record this one than the Tiny Terror model, but I don't own it so can only speak for the Micro Terror so far. Highly recommended, worth the money for sure!

Loud Little Terror

Briefly:

-Yes, it is very very small. Smaller than a 1,5 liter milk carton.

-With a 2x12" cabinet (or bigger) it is very loud. LOUD ENOUGH FOR BAND PRACTISES AND SMALLER GIGS.

-The sound reminds me very much of the all-valve Tiny Terror.

-I like the higher gain settings. I adjust the overall volume -- well, with the Volume knob, of course.

-If it sounds a wee bit shrill (with single coils) then I use the Tone knob to dial back the trebles.

-A new 12AX7 valve will change the sound somewhat -- but not that much. The stock valve is perfectly OK.

-The Micro Terror sounds good will all my guitars, but for some reason it really sings with my Fender Pawnshop 51 (the guitar has the stock bridge humbucker and a REAL Texas Special neck pickup).

-The Orange Micro Terror is now my main takeaway amp for rehearsals and small gigs.

Nice machine

This does the job. Pretty loud, and nice distortion.

I use it for my bass, and the only thing is that a clean sound does not go loud enough.

Looks great too! People are really surprised to hear what such small thing can do.

Great price also.

Great practice amp.

It is a great amp but it lacks a bit of volume. I use only the clean channel with my pedals and I get good sounds.

The gain is a bit processed but this was expected.

I would have liked to have an EQ.

A roaring kitten

A totally cute little package that would deserve it's place anywhere even without turning the thing on.

Somewhat limited adjustment possibilities but on the other hand easy to dial in a pretty good sound real quick.

When played through a small 8" speaker, it's surprisingly potent when turning up the volume. Plugging into a 4x12" it's a real monster(looks really cool with this tiny amp on top of a big speaker cabinet as well)

I have mine on my desk at work, using the AUX-in to stream some music from my computer(and playing some nasty riffs during lunch-break)

Small but angry!

The Orange Micro Terror is like that tiny dog of your neighbours: It´s small, but it is loud. Difference: You will like the sound of the Orange way more, than this nasty bugger´s barking! :)

The build-quality is nearly perfect: It´s made mostly of metal, weighs more than it looks, I could best describe it as: "compact". Everything is in place, it is a solid peace of beauty. It comes with some nice spare decals, too. The only things I dislike (but that seems to be a common Orange-theme) are the potis: They are very narrow and very easily turned, thus resulting into the danger of changing your settings accidently, when trying to adjust only one knob...

On to the sound: Though you are a bit limited by the single-chanel design, the sound you get out of the OMT is very variabel. From full bases to singing trebles, you can modulate via the center tone-poty. The loudness this thing creates is amazing: I do not know one person, that was not shaking his head in disbelief after listening to the Micro Terror. It´s specs on paper are good, but I wouldn´t have thought it would translate so well to real life.

In the end, this is a perfect amp for home practise or even in the band-room. It´s power outage may not drive a big speaker on gigs, but it still is a beautiful little peace of loud gear. Highly recommended!

quality/price ratio monster

I got the Orange Micro Terror to use it in our band room. Through a VOXV112TV it is loud enough for me. Bur of course there is not much headroom to play clean. Especially the crunched sound is just great for the money. I think it is worth playing the amp at least through a 1x12" cab. It can handle a 4x12" too without any problems. Although there is no full EQ the small EQ-knob works quite well. The headphone-out is unusable for me, because there is no cab-simulation integrated, which makes the sound really bad. But I don't use or need it, so I'm absolutely fine with it.

Important Note: Don't use the Amp with 4 Ohm speaker. The power amplifier will start clipping very soon. It's a known mistake of the micro terror, you can check the internet. But with 8 or 16 Ohm the Amp will be totally fine.

All in all, if you don't want to play with headphones or plan to use a 4 Ohm speaker, the Orange Micro Terror is a real quality/price ratio champion!

Micro Terror

Micro Terror is a really nice and pretty package. There are not too many features, but what it does, it does it really well. The sound is nice and crunchy and there's a lot of power in this tiny amp. You can really hear and feel the tube sound, although it is an hybrid amp. I would not recommend this for really high-gain metal, but for moderate gain it delivers really nice sound. This amp also works great with pedals.

The mp3 player/cellphone playback feature doesn't work at all at low gain settings, but when you use more gain it works ok.

Overall finish is really good and it has very sturdy design.

If you're looking for a rock/hardrock amp for home use, this thing really is bang for the buck. You could use this for heavy metal also, but it has it's limits with really high gain.

Orange Micro Terror

Bought Mine as a back up when on the road. Had to use it the other night and what a corker. Stick a booster in front and you would think its a large head.

Smart amp Orange!

Mark B

Otis Mack Band/Session Musician

Orange Micro Terror

Tiny little box that makes right noise with good, basic features

Orange Micro Terror

This is a very angry lunchbox! Very, very handy little amplifier, great for any blues or rock musician who likes to travel light. Lovely breakup when driving the distortion with a crisp crunchy flavour. The tone knob isn't overly versatile but I run an EQ and Overdrive pedal into it for more mids and lower chunk.

Very good price for that classic Orange sound.