Try a Tubescreamer, like an Ibanez TS9 or a TS808. Tubescreamers are commonly used by certain metal bands (usually thrash, speed, death, groove, power and NWOBHM, where the songs are faster and chuggier do a tighter sound is required) to tighten up their amps. For instance, the Reign In Blood guitar tone by Slayer utilised a TS808 in front of a Marshall JCM800, TS808 being the tubescreamer of choice to tighten up the sound.
Slap an eq7 or any other eq pedal in the loop. Well worth it....another thing is an hm2 variant with gain at zero and use it for the eq....its a beast....using the speaker out into a torpedo captor with IRs helps tooo.the factory emulation in the headphone out is usless....
It would be a lot tighter if you put the level at 100%. Start with low drive. The orange sounds better with the shape knob around 1 o’clock. The SD-1 is my favorite. Nice video.
For under 200$, we can afford to tighten up the tone on these micro amps with pedals. I have a Zombie II, with the gain set at high noon, and I run a TS9 through it with the gain set at a quarter. It works really well as I just use the volume on my Ibanez to adjust the gain for crispy thrash, doom, and lead tones. Orange Amps are great for Doom/stoner metal, but thrash riffs do not translate so well through them. Not crispy enough. I would like to hear how it sounds with a TS9 for breakup and more controlled gain. That's just me, though. Nice work! 🤘
Try a Tubescreamer, like an Ibanez TS9 or a TS808. Tubescreamers are commonly used by certain metal bands (usually thrash, speed, death, groove, power and NWOBHM, where the songs are faster and chuggier do a tighter sound is required) to tighten up their amps. For instance, the Reign In Blood guitar tone by Slayer utilised a TS808 in front of a Marshall JCM800, TS808 being the tubescreamer of choice to tighten up the sound.
Slap an eq7 or any other eq pedal in the loop. Well worth it....another thing is an hm2 variant with gain at zero and use it for the eq....its a beast....using the speaker out into a torpedo captor with IRs helps tooo.the factory emulation in the headphone out is usless....
It would be a lot tighter if you put the level at 100%. Start with low drive. The orange sounds better with the shape knob around 1 o’clock. The SD-1 is my favorite. Nice video.
Thank you for the advice! And thanks!
Nice video. What speaker was the amp connected to? I didn't see a cab, so I assume it was playing through the M-Audio monitors?
I was connected to a Boss Katana 1x12 cab, being recorded with an SM57
Cool video! I have a micro dark and experience a very similar problem. Should definitely get around to picking up an SD-1.
Yes! It is a cool pedal. I see why many people have one, and not just because of the price
SD-1 Is One Of my Favorite pedals.
I just bought this amp and run it through my Marshall 4x12, eq7 and boss chorus. Definitely sounds way better.
For under 200$, we can afford to tighten up the tone on these micro amps with pedals. I have a Zombie II, with the gain set at high noon, and I run a TS9 through it with the gain set at a quarter. It works really well as I just use the volume on my Ibanez to adjust the gain for crispy thrash, doom, and lead tones. Orange Amps are great for Doom/stoner metal, but thrash riffs do not translate so well through them. Not crispy enough. I would like to hear how it sounds with a TS9 for breakup and more controlled gain. That's just me, though. Nice work! 🤘