'Desktop' amps

Post by **Mike** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:39 pm

benecol wrote:Really, honest guv, the little Orange is ace. And 1/20th the price of the Greta.

Try 1/3
The Greta is Â£99

Does it have a clean setting Jordan?

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:53 pm

It's just one channel mate. Volume and tone control.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:58 pm

Just had a look at the Greta on youtube looks like a cool little thing... Definitely more flexible than the Micro crush.

Benmurray85 · Post by **Benmurray85** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:03 am

Orange micro terror any good? Just run the head into headphones?

Oooh actually forgot, whilst it's a great amp the headphone sound is utterly disgraceful so probably no good

Post by **Mike** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:56 am

JordanD wrote:It's just one channel mate. Volume and tone control.

I know

But when using single coils how much play to you get on the volume knob on the on before things get dirty?

Post by **Doog** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:08 am

Mike wrote:
Thom wrote:
lorez wrote:What about an amp sim & adapter for your iPhone. Didn't you used to have an irig?
This is what I was thinking.
Tried

Doesn't take pedals well and is a faff - fine on it's own but crap with pedals

Did you try the Peavey Ampkit free app? I use that with the non-passive Ampkit Plug (vs the passive iRig) and pedals have always sounded very 'realistic' with it, and extremely comparable to using them into real amps, fancy and non-fancy. It's what I use for every demo nowadays, soundz in that JTK1 demo I did:

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Happy to do a quick demo if you fancy going down this route again and need some further convincing.

Either that or a Mustang I.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:01 pm

Didn't even know you'd demod that guitar!
Will try it out for sure

If I'm not impressed I'll go try to play some tiny amps on Sunday

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:40 pm

What about those Line 6 Pocket pods?

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:48 pm

those things are ace. one of the best Â£60s ive ever spent on equipment, but they really dont like putting pedals into em. they buzz a bit more than youd expect. i suspect for testing pedals, itd be hard to know for certain how much noise to attribute to the pod, and how much to attribute to the pedal in question.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:15 pm

Yeah unfortunately that's what I don't want

I need something with a good neutral clean sound that takes pedals ok at low volume or through headphones

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:49 pm

Mike wrote:
JordanD wrote:It's just one channel mate. Volume and tone control.
I know

But when using single coils how much play to you get on the volume knob on the on before things get dirty?

I tried one in a shop, if you use low output tele pu's, o.k., but anything louder forget it.

But you can turn down the volume(s) on your guitar, or possibly swap a valve.

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:50 pm

take a look round smackconverters, keep an eye out for one of them squier 10w thingys (SP10?), them things are like 15quid all day. thats the kinda direction id be goin in. theyre fucking tiny.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:59 pm

spirograph wrote:take a look round smackconverters, keep an eye out for one of them squier 10w thingys (SP10?), them things are like 15quid all day. thats the kinda direction id be goin in. theyre fucking tiny.

Crack converters surely?

Thanks could be a good shout

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:06 pm

Mike wrote:Crack converters surely?

Thanks could be a good shout

yea i guess we must have more smack than crack round ere! (i heard recently its average 4% purity. hull is traditionally a heroin city id say. being a quick boatride from amsterdam affects the local economy)

the advantage of doin what i suggested would be that its no great loss if you blow it up. and im sure you could fix it in ten mins anyway

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:24 pm

I have one of the tiny orange amps that Tim is talking about, and one of the mini twins. They are both pretty good, but the Orange pips the twin, if only for the built in tuner.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:56 pm

i have the little orange one too. not a bad little amp, been using it today as a sofa/guitar day amp. your welcome to borrow it.

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:08 pm

Mike wrote:
JordanD wrote:It's just one channel mate. Volume and tone control.
I know

But when using single coils how much play to you get on the volume knob on the on before things get dirty?

To be honest mate, not a lot. Unfortunately I don't have a decent way of recording an demo.

James · Post by **James** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:45 pm

Off topic but what type of Princeton do you have, Tim?

Post by **Mike** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:54 pm

Andy does it always clip like that on the cleans? Not down with that if so

Sounds good with the pedal though oddly but I have to know if crackles are pedal artifacts if I hear them

Thanks Rob but i try one at a music store - postage would be speedy for a trial

George · Post by **George** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:23 pm

What the fuck, I had no idea Gretas were so cheap. Seems silly not to