Is it an Amp! Is it a pedal! NO! It's Terror Stamp!

[Blues Twanger]

The Orange Terror Stamp was the missing link in my desktop practice and recording setup. My Micro Dark used to perform this job for me but the Terror Stamp is a better format IMO. Line out to cab sim to phones/board/pc and you wouldn't know I wasn't standing in front of a stack or combo in a studio but just chilling on the couch.

I've spent the evening playing around with this setup with a trebly low drive and a darker medium OD playing into the Orange set for barely perceptible breakup.

A fun rabbit hole has been using the A and B outputs of the CabDryVR into L and R of the cans and mixing cab type and cab size settings. A stereo chorus before or stereo reverb after the cab sim is a helluva sonic trip as well.

 

[daveIT]

This little thing looks great. I saw Ola Englund's review on YT. Don't have a cab at the moment, but I'll probably grab it one of these days!

 

[Blues Twanger]

This little thing looks great. I saw Ola Englund's review on YT. Don't have a cab at the moment, but I'll probably grab it one of these days!

Can confirm, does chug but pedal needed.

The included cab sim on the headphone out is ok but can get overpowering if the gain from the Stamp is your only source of drive tone. I would use it for practice if I didn't have the cab sim pedals.

FWIW Musicians Friend is selling the CabDryVR on eBay new for $70 down from $170. No clue why just them and just there but for what it gives it's a good deal.

 

[daveIT]

Can confirm, does chug but pedal needed.

I have an HM-2, I'll survive...LOL!

 

[northernguitar]

Nice! I was thinking about one of these to make going to rehearsal easy or to have a small backup for gigs. How does it clean up? I know that's not Orange's thing....but they can do it. My Rocker 15 Terror has sweet cleans.

Join the Terror club!
https://www.tdpri.com/threads/orange-terror-owners-club.1058970/

 

[Peegoo]

I'm surprised these kinds of things are not more popular.

I have a Traynor Quarter Horse (25-watt amp in pedal with efffects) and it's a killer little rig when paired with a 2x12 cab.

Here's Marty McFly putting the QH through its paces.

 

[northernguitar]

I'm surprised these kinds of things are not more popular.

I have a Traynor Quarter Horse (25-watt amp in pedal with efffects) and it's a killer little rig when paired with a 2x12 cab.

Here's Marty McFly putting the QH through its paces.

I was thnking about one of those for a backup. They sell used around Toronto for <$100.

 

[Peegoo]

I was thnking about one of those for a backup. They sell used around Toronto for <$100.

That's a steal, considering they're no longer made. You can still probably find them new at off-the-beaten-path vendors or fleabay. They just never caught on.

 

[northernguitar]

That's a steal, considering they're no longer made. You can still probably find them new at off-the-beaten-path vendors or fleabay. They just never caught on.

Yeah, Toronto is Traynor town. The factory is just outside the city limits. I love their combos and owned a couple. I also had a Dark Horse. They haven't released much of late. Not a lot of innovation, either. But rock-solid gear and great sounding gear!

 

[jvin248]

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So how does this compare with a Joyo American Sound pedal for Direct In to recording/PA?




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[Blues Twanger]

I'd take the Terror Stamp over the Joyo sight unseen because it is a real amp with a tube preamp that just so happens to fit on the pedalboard.

I really appreciate that as it makes using the fx loop with pedals on the board much simpler. This itself is worth it's weight in cable runs.

 

[Leonardocoate]

I noticed it requires a 15v power supply. That is an odd voltage, I am guessing that most power blocks don't have that(mine doesn't). Not a major problem...just something to consider if you are using it on your pedal board. I heard one in a music store hooked up various speakers. They sound pretty good

 

[Blues Twanger]

I noticed it requires a 15v power supply. That is an odd voltage, I am guessing that most power blocks don't have that(mine doesn't). Not a major problem...just something to consider if you are using it on your pedal board. I heard one in a music store hooked up various speakers. They sound pretty good

I thought about that a bit as my power supply won't run it but that was counterbalanced for my needs by having the effects loop directly on my pedalboard. I'm in the process now of reconfiguring a smaller board for recording and headphone noodling with one rail holding my before amp effects and the other my fx loop effects.

 

[Asmith]

I noticed it requires a 15v power supply. That is an odd voltage, I am guessing that most power blocks don't have that(mine doesn't). Not a major problem...just something to consider if you are using it on your pedal board. I heard one in a music store hooked up various speakers. They sound pretty good

I thought about that a bit as my power supply won't run it but that was counterbalanced for my needs by having the effects loop directly on my pedalboard. I'm in the process now of reconfiguring a smaller board for recording and headphone noodling with one rail holding my before amp effects and the other my fx loop effects.

You need to run an amp with its own power supply, they use far too much power to be ran off a pedal PSU. It needs 15V @ 2A minimum (30 Watts), the PSU they supply will probably is designed to give more to ensure longlivity.

Even a Boss ME-80 only needs 9V @ 200mA which is less than 2 Watts

 

[Blues Twanger]

You need to run an amp with its own power supply, they use far too much power to be ran off a pedal PSU. It needs 15V @ 2A minimum (30 Watts), the PSU they supply will probably is designed to give more to ensure longlivity.

Even a Boss ME-80 only needs 9V @ 200mA which is less than 2 Watts

Yup, I wasn't even going to try. I knew my $100 brick wasn't the proper thing to run it.

 

[telemnemonics]

I noticed it requires a 15v power supply. That is an odd voltage, I am guessing that most power blocks don't have that(mine doesn't). Not a major problem...just something to consider if you are using it on your pedal board. I heard one in a music store hooked up various speakers. They sound pretty good

Well when you eliminate having to bring an entire guitar amp, the need for a dedicated power supply for a guitar amp that fits on your board is a non issue!

What I would like to see from one of these little amp in a pedal things is a great British clean sound that doesn't lose clarity in the bottom end when using a fair portion of the headroom.
Interested in the Vox nutube heads but all demos do the bass getting ratty thing.
What I hear from demos of this little guy has a similar lack of rich clean bass.

I'd be happy to deal with a whole extra pound added to one of the many one pound stomp size amps, but they seem to all be designed around the same idea of ultra light with compromised bass clarity.

Much of Rock guitar has the chunky/ crunchy bass thing, but some rock was made with Hiwatts or big Marshalls that didn't mush the bass out.
Where are those sounds in mini amps?
Hell even my Orange OR15 doesn't do loud clear bass.
Maybe I'm just in the minority?

Due to gettin old I'm open to a pedal amp if it sounds good and suits my fairly basic (HA!) needs.

 

[Asmith]

Yup, I wasn't even going to try. I knew my $100 brick wasn't the proper thing to run it.

I don't think any brick would do it, I reckon these new compact amps use SMPS to power them a traditional 30 Watt linear power supply would take up a lot of space and weigh a bit too.