NAD (about two weeks ago...): Orange Micro Dark + Mojotone Lite 1x12 Cab

[TheDude]

Hey all

Long time since I've had anything to share, but there's a lot coming over the course of the next week. We'll kick things off with my new amp and cab.

This is my first head+cab rather than a combo amp. I started playing electric guitar with a Peavy Rage 265, and quickly grew out of that thin sounding thing within a year. From there moved on to a Crate Flexwave. It handled pedals well, but I could never get a tone a liked. After researching for years I decided to take a jump and go for a separate head and cab so I could experiment with heads. This combo creates one hell of a tone - for the first time I think I can actually develop 'my' sound.

The Micro Dark head is awesome for a small practice amp. Living in a small apartment, the head phone jack is a savior. Having an effects loop is great with my new Pedal PCB Spirit Box reverb (to be posted soon). Anytime I want to dial in a stoner rock sound, this thing isn't just great, it's perfect. The cab is a 1x12 Mojotone Lite cab, with custom cosmetics - green tolex, retro tweed grill cloth, brown faux leather handle, the works. It's loaded with a Celestion G 12 H 15 ohm 55 c/s speaker, and it ROCKS. However, this combo is incredibly bassy. I'm in the process of building a Britannia that I'm hoping will allow me to dial in some more treble and dial back the bass just a touch. The plan is to build a Fender Princeton Reverb head with a mojotone kit in the semi-near future. From there I'll be able to determine if I want to replace the speaker with a 75 c/s, or if its just specifically the Micro Dark > 55 c/s that needs and EQ before it.

Anyway, amp porn can be seen below:
Head + Cab



Micro Dark Front



Micro Dark Back



Cab Front



Cab Back



Speaker

[Jay]

Been wanting one of those little orange amps for a while. Pro tip. If you get an all tube head you can run the orange into the effects loops and have an all tube orange micro

https://youtu.be/IgHxgBwFEb8


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[TheDude]

Been wanting one of those little orange amps for a while. Pro tip. If you get an all tube head you can run the orange into the effects loops and have an all tube orange micro

https://youtu.be/IgHxgBwFEb8


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Wow, incredible how it sounds hooked up that way. I'm definitely going to have to try that out!