Name some heads that are the clean version of a TT

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:32 am

What are some lower powered amp heads that could be considered "clean" versions of a Tiny Terror?

I'm looking for a practice/home amp in the 5 to 15 watt with reverb and maybe an FX loop. It should emphasize sparkling cleans rather than crunchy dirt like the TT. I want a head, not a combo, since I've run out of room in my practice corner. I want to run the head into my Avatar 1x12 cab with a G12H-30.

I suppose the Zvex Nano should be on the list.

MSP · Post by **MSP** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:34 am

AC 15.

Joshlespaul1952 · Post by **Joshlespaul1952** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:44 am

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I suppose the Zvex Nano should be on the list.
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I don't.

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:47 am

No love for the Zvex, huh? The YouTube demos look OK, but there isn't much upside to this amp. And it's very expensive.

Joshlespaul1952 · Post by **Joshlespaul1952** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:55 am

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Armchair Bronco
 No love for the Zvex, huh? The YouTube demos look OK, but there isn't much upside to this amp. And it's very expensive.
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I like it for what it is...I just doubt you'd get much clean from it. I dunno though; I've never played one, just going on logic. Orphin/David might be of help though; he owns one.
Good luck!

Joey22 · Post by **Joey22** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:09 am

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Armchair Bronco
 What are some lower powered amp heads that could be considered "clean" versions of a Tiny Terror?

I'm looking for a practice/home amp in the 5 to 15 watt with reverb and maybe an FX loop. It should emphasize sparkling cleans rather than crunchy dirt like the TT. I want a head, not a combo, since I've run out of room in my practice corner. I want to run the head into my Avatar 1x12 cab with a G12H-30.

I suppose the Zvex Nano should be on the list.
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I've spent about an hour with the Nano head...It sounds really great, I played through a 2x12 with G12's, but it didn't have much clean headroom, although I played it with a les paul. It sounded great for break up to crunch, but I can't really remember how the cleans were. It's almost as much as the AC15 though...Sorry, I didn't help much.

Armchair Bronco · Post by **Armchair Bronco** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:21 am

Well, at least it's a lot easier to try out guitar *amps* on site: I just need to show up with one of my guitars in a hard-shell case, get checked out at the door, and plug in. It's a lot harder to try out guitars @ home running into my Tiny Terror.

sleejay · Post by **sleejay** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:21 am

Bad Cat Lil'15?
If I remember correctly, it has a clean channel, small, head, everything a TT has and more...
including price. lol

TJ_Lee · Post by **TJ_Lee** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:15 am

If money isn't an issue, get a Dr. Z or get a Swart AST

the orangewizard · Post by **the orangewizard** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:11 am

Reeves Custom 12.

tugartheman · Post by **tugartheman** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:12 am

Its kind of oxymoronic really. Its hard to have a low wattage amp with lots of clean headroom by their very nature. You want loud clean go with lots of watts and just turn it down.

Le Chat Noir · Post by **Le Chat Noir** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:17 am

How about one of the many small Fenders? Though as others have said, for usable cleans at low volume you might as well just get something with a little more power and headroom but keep the volume down.

nguideau · Post by **nguideau** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:24 pm

As I've said before, for this type of application, I'm a big fan of the Deluxe Reverb because it has enough headroom to get Twin-ish cleans and lower to mid volumes, but if you do ever want to crank it you can since it's relatively low power.

notagain · Post by **notagain** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:47 pm

One word....."Carter"
check them out, hand wired,
can use 6V6, EL34's or 6L6's.
for the price they are in a class
all their own...incredible

http://www.carteramps.com

great headroom and it easily destroys many "boutique" amps costing triple the price!

hellhazard · Post by **hellhazard** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:53 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Armchair Bronco
 What are some lower powered amp heads that could be considered "clean" versions of a Tiny Terror?

I'm looking for a practice/home amp in the 5 to 15 watt with reverb and maybe an FX loop. It should emphasize sparkling cleans rather than crunchy dirt like the TT. I want a head, not a combo, since I've run out of room in my practice corner. I want to run the head into my Avatar 1x12 cab with a G12H-30.

I suppose the Zvex Nano should be on the list.
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No extension speaker capability, unless you doctored it ..... Orange Crush 30r

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