Thoughts on amp replacement?

Grolschevik · 27-01-2010 1:08pm #1

The short version is that last year I moved house and decided to downsize my amps. So I sold two non-master volume heads and associated cabs, picked up a tasty channel-switching combo, and spent the change.

Now I miss my old amps! The combo is too bloody heavy, and I miss the handiness of my old, relatively portable 30w head and 2x12". So I was thinking about going back in that general direction...

First thought was to go for the same amp as I had before, a JTM45 reissue. Nice and light, simple, not too many valves to replace.

But then I thought about the 30w Orange Dual Terror. Even lighter and with a handy gig bag. Cheaper, too!

What do you reckon?

As more background, I only ever use amps set clean and warmish, with hoiked mids. Don't need switching or an effects loop. Sound is shaped by my pedalboard...

thecatspjs · 27-01-2010 3:37pm

the dual terror looks/sounds sweet. Looked it up there.
I'd say if that's in your price range that you could do an awful lot worse.
Versatile little thing

ball ox · 27-01-2010 3:48pm

Grolschevik wrote: »

The short version is that last year I moved house and decided to downsize my amps. So I sold two non-master volume heads and associated cabs, picked up a tasty channel-switching combo, and spent the change.

Now I miss my old amps! The combo is too bloody heavy, and I miss the handiness of my old, relatively portable 30w head and 2x12". So I was thinking about going back in that general direction...

First thought was to go for the same amp as I had before, a JTM45 reissue. Nice and light, simple, not too many valves to replace.

But then I thought about the 30w Orange Dual Terror. Even lighter and with a handy gig bag. Cheaper, too!

What do you reckon?

As more background, I only ever use amps set clean and warmish, with hoiked mids. Don't need switching or an effects loop. Sound is shaped by my pedalboard...

You might want to try out the dual terror with your setup to make sure it will give you the headroom that you want. I play through an AD30 and I just about get the headroom but it does break up pretty easily. My clean channel has the gain set to 1 like....
I'm not 100% but I think the dual terror is a little more aggressive than the AD30 so it might offer less headroom than that even.

Grolschevik · 12-02-2010 4:33pm

Turns out that the Dual Terror head is actually heavier (though smaller) than the JTM45 reissue head! There goes my mental image of me slinging it nonchalently over my shoulder as i stride purposefully out my door...