Anyone gigging with a tiny terror???!! I'd love to!!

[pattyzero]

Again and again I keep coming back to the tiny terror hardwired as my favourite amp. It just sounds fantastic and gives me pretty much exactly the sound I want with very little effort.

However, I stopped using it in a band context as it just wasn't loud enough for some situations, and at the time I was only getting a few months out of a set of tubes as I was running it flat out a lot of the time.
I was using it with an old marshall 2x12 loaded with g12h blackbacks.
Now I only use it at home with an orange 1x12 as the marshall 2x12 cab is gone.

Recently though I've been thinking that the TT and a 2x12 would be a really compact, practical rig that would sound amazing.

Is anyone gigging with a tiny terror??Anyone using it as their main amp?? Anyone using it in a band context??

I'd be keen to know if I can use it as my main amp, and any tips for getting the required volume out of it.

[Ronnie Robinson]

The TT HW certainly sounds fantastic, I've not been brave enough to use mine for gigs yet but I would love to give it a try.

[Ronnie Robinson]

So there's another forum member in County Durham!

[BJC]

I'm a tad confused. You used to use the TT with a 2x12 in a band situation but stopped because it wasn't loud enough. Now you're posting to ask if that same setup can be used in a band situation? I'm interested in hearing people's experience gigging with a TT, but it sounds like you've tried it and got your answer already.

[Hubaxe]

So there's another forum member in County Durham!

My office is around there (Sunderland). We could even make an international County Durham meeting once


About the TT, a band opened for us and the guy had his TT into my 4X12, and he sounded fantastic. (power trio config). The Tiny Terror is perfectly giggable if you have a cab efficient enough.

[pattyzero]

Thanks guys I think that's the issue I have, I need to have an efficient cab and am interested in people who have had setups that worked for them.


Yeah I'm in county durham, we should book out DK studios for an hour or 2 and get all the amps together for some "testing" !!

[stuart_tate41]

Well this is a bit disappointing as I've just purchased on to use for gigs with a Marshall 2x12!

[pattyzero]

Well this is a bit disappointing as I've just purchased on to use for gigs with a Marshall 2x12!

Let me know how it goes, not everyone plays such dives with such cack handed drummers as me!!

[John_BlackWolf]

My TTHW & PPC212 is more than loud enough to gig with (Loud drummer and 2nd guitarist with Rocker 30)

I don't gig it because I need more flexibility (FX loop, solo boost)

[Ronnie Robinson]

I agree it must be gigable with a good cab.

[Thinline_slim]

I've used mine at a number of gigs paired with a pair of Eminence Ramrods in a 2x10 cab I built. I don't really need a clean tone unless I roll back the guitars volume, which works for me. I usually run my gain around 12:30/1 o'clock and the volume usually runs around the noon mark. This is all fore more of a classic rock tones.

I've used it as my main amp and when I bring one of the big amps the TT comes as the backup.

[Randy Bass]

I think a vertical 2x12 with Vintage 30s is your best bet to get the most volume out of the TT or maybe one Vintage 30 and one G12H-30 if you want more balance. A cab with a front slot port would probably give you the most stage volume and low end.

[ironlung40]

I have a TTHW and I usually just practice with it. My main sound is an OR120 that I have a MV installed on so it is useable (not to loud) to get good drive from. I think that I can get OR'ish sounds out of the TT enough that I feel like I still sound like me when I am playing the OR. Recently though, I got a R30 combo and I have been using it and taking the TT along for a back up amp to run through the combo cabinet if necessary....anyway, in a roundabout way, I am getting to the point that I am starting to itch to try a Dual Terror with the 30 watts. I think that might be the answer to the TT not loud enough dilemma. I really wonder how similar a dual sounds to the TT?

After I got the 30 watt rocker I thought, damn....now I have to try a dual terror too. I think the Rocker 30 crushes the TT, but I really do still like the TT tone so I wonder if a dual 30 would narrow the gap that the awesomeness of the R30 has.

[Spaceboy1]

no gigs but for a long time I did all my band practices with my tiny terror at gig volume. did let a couple band dude it for a show once when the amp shared between them crapped out. it's a loud little amp and sounds great cranked as long as you aren't concerned with cleans. I use my guitar volume for that anyway, and use single coils

[pattyzero]

Tonight I'm practicing with a loud band......loud drummer and the other guitarist has a jcm800 2203. I think I'll take the TT and see how it performs through the room's 4x12 cab.