Micro Dark Terror: How to disable preamp?

[ma2marco]

Hello, I'm new to Orange Amps and to this forum. Sorry if this question was already answered but I didn't found an appropriate answer.

I have a Micro Dark Terror and I'm trying to use it as a clean power amp only. I'm connecting my guitar to my pedalboard and it to the FX-Loop Return input. The sound seems to be clear, as I'm bypassing the preamp section, but the problem of doing this is that the amp volume knob doesn't work. I have to control the volume through my pedalboard output level. Is there another way to bypass the preamp section to eliminate distortion?

Sorry for this dumb question: if I remove the preamp valve will the power section work without distortion?

Any help will be welcome, thank you!

[Les Paul Lover]

Not really. What you can do is set the gain as far up as it goes without distortion - and them use the master volume as volume control.

That's all you can do really.

[Jondog]

Put a volume pedal as your last pedal. You do have to realize you're trying to do something it wasn't designed to do and there are better options out there.

[ma2marco]

Thank you guys!