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NAD. Micro and wow is all I can say.

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    Strato50

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    Got this in a trade and I’m floored. It’s cleans are unreal. It’s loud enough to gig with. He put a Celestion 815 in it. Unbelievable. Grab one you will be floored. Reverse the volumes for the clean and it spanks.
     

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    Dismalhead

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    Can you elaborate on what model it is?
     
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    tah1962

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    Cool. Congratulations.
     
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    Strato50

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    It’s the micro dark terror. It will do the heavy stuff to when use the volume in the opposite way. But I’m reversing them and it chimes like crazy.
     
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    Strato50

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    It’s loud to. I’ve yet to try it with a bigger cab. I can only imagine.
     
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    branbolio

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    I had the white one and it really opened up with a vintage tube change too
     
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    ricknbaker

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    I have the non dark one. Take it as a backup amp everywhere. Used it at rehearsals when my sciatica was bad and couldn't carry anything heavy. Great tool!
     
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    Strato50

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    Also it has a NOS RCA 12ax7 in it.
     
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    Nice! I got a Vox MV AC and it’s also surprisingly good in the vol/tone dept.
     
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    backporchmusic

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    What is 'reversing the volumes' other than an obscure back to the future reference?
     
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    cool!hook it up to a 412 and you'll pee your pants.:lol:
     
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    Strato50

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    I just tried with a vintage JBL E120. Wow. Sounds unbelievable.
     
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    Zepfan

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    Congrats. I was wanting one of these before I got the Katana. Sweetwater had a great deal on them.
    From what I understood you could get the Dark Terror tone or the Regular Micro Terror tone from it. And 20watts in that little box, what's not to like?
     
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    bettyseldest

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    I was eyeing up the micro terror for a few years. Then I saw comparisons of the micro and micro dark. At this point I decided that when an opportunity arose I would pick up the micro dark. Then came the micro stamp. So I'm sitting a while to see if a micro dark stamp appears.

    I have a few 1x12s, and a 2x12 waiting, along with plans to build 1X8. Glad that you are enjoying yours.
     
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    Strato50

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    Get one. They are killer. Loud enough to gig with and great for practice as well. I’m on the lookout for a used one to run a pair together.
     
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    Had one and liked it a lot. Not sure why I sold it, probably to help fund a Mesa or my Carmen Ghia. I'm not a high gain player but it sounded great...nice cleans too.

    Actually tried both versions but liked the Dark better.
     
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    Yep me too. I tried the white one. The dark terror has better gain and cleans. These incredible little amps. I have a gig coming up in a restaurant August 7th. Very low volume. This with my one 12 JBL cab will be perfect. It take pedals real well to.
     
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    I've has this one for a few years now and I've always been impressed with it. I played it thru two 1x12s (creamback and v30) before I stuck it in a gig bag for use as a backup.

    And yeah, it's loud AF when cranked. The shape knob is usable but I'd have preffered indivdual bass/treble controls, if not a 3 band instead. Still, it's an amazing little amp especially given cost, size, build, and sound.

    I think they now have the Micro Terror (white) in pedal form now.
     
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    Yep. It’s got the “Shape” control like the dark terror. I think it’s a better option than the regular tone control of the micro terror. So this is basically the Dark in a white pedal box I’m assuming. If so it’s a very cool product.
     
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    DougM

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    I think that maybe it means running the master wide open, and then using the gain pot as the volume control.
     
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