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Tiny Terror 10th Anniversary Editon

Orange Custom Shop

Tiny Terror 10th Anniversary

Shiny Terror – reflecting on 10 years of an icon

2016 marks the tenth anniversary of the amp that rocked the world – the game changing Tiny Terror. Described by Guitarist magazine as one of “the most important guitar products of the last 30 years”, the Tiny Terror is the original ‘lunchbox’ amplifier. Its clever design, unique sound and deceptive versatility single-handedly kick-started the low wattage amp craze. It’s appeared on countless stages and been a mainstay in top studios since its introduction. A decade on, it still continues to set the standard by which all others must be judged. To commemorate this musical landmark, our UK Custom Shop has been busy, working to produce 110 limited edition compact half-stacks.

Codenamed ‘Shiny Terror’, the 10^thAnniversary model is a point-to-point hand-wired version of the original, housed in a stunning mirror-effect, polished stainless steel chassis. Using only the finest quality components without a turret board in sight, each amp head also comes complete with its own open-back speaker cabinet – not sold separately. Finished in British racing green and fitted with a brace of 10” Celestion G10 Gold alnico speakers, the pair dovetail seamlessly to produce the ultimate Terror tone.

Designer Ade Emsley on the 10th Anniversary Edition…

I like to keep things simple. The Tiny Terror is probably the amp I’m most proud of. The idea was to make a small amp that didn’t sound like a small amp – all valve, tight, punchy, springy – that didn’t have that ‘5 Watt single-ended amp sound’, which definitely sounds like a small amp! The Tiny Terror meant you could take a proper amp in a gigbag on the train or the bus to the show, borrow a 4×12″ cab from another band on the bill and blow everyone away.

I love output valve distortion and, for me, EL84s have the most musical saturation. 15 Watts cranked is the perfect volume to achieve it. The circuit I came up with for the Tiny Terror was designed with that in mind. It’s a unique channel with only three controls – gain, volume and tone – but it gives you everything from clean to pretty ridiculous. The first gang of the gain pot increases the gain of the first stage and the second gang of the pot increases the impedance of the second stage. This results in the signal pushing into the output valves evenly all the way up. It’s a real musician’s amplifier, so when you play softly you get glistening cleans, and when you dig in it crunches up into rich overdrive – all with the touch of your hands.

The 10th Anniversary model is a hand wired version of the standard Terror. The more traditional components add a certain character to the sound. Carbon comp. resistors pass a signal in a certain way and, with a proper hard-wired amp, you’re effectively soldering solid core legs of components together, so the top end is even sweeter and more defined. The construction of this 10th Anniversary edition is actually slightly different from my hard-wired prototypes. The first Tiny Terror I made was on a tag board, whereas the 10th Anniversary model is totally true point-to-point on a strip. It’s much more fiddly and involved this way but you end up with something that looks as smart as it sounds.

The cabinet…

There’s something magical that happens when you smash two 10” alnico speakers with two EL84s and a good output transformer. It just rings with a bell-like quality. It’s the last piece of the puzzle and it’s basically the sound I heard growing up with the likes of AC/DC. That was the sound that got me interested in the first place! In a 2×10” cabinet, the two speakers react together in a certain way, which really complements the Tiny Terror. We’ve never made a 2×10 guitar cabinet before, but it’s my favourite configuration.

I’ve worked with Celestion for nearly 15 years, and I had a lot of input into development of the G10 Gold speakers. Before that, there hadn’t really been a proper British 10” speaker since the ‘60s. Horseshoe magnets were about, but they never sounded as good as the classic alnico ring magnet. It’s the most musical sounding magnet with certain properties that no other material has. The Gold was designed from the ground up. We wanted more power handling than the early 10” speakers and every detail was carefully examined. Celestion even had to have the basket re-tooled as the initial one was lacking in articulation in the finished sound. It’s the best 10” alnico speaker in production today.

Adrian EmsleyOrange Technical Director

Key Features

Point-to-point Hardwired Head

Each Tiny Terror 10th Anniversary Edition head is hand crafted in the Orange Custom Shop using the finest components and heavy gauge copper wire. These elements combine to produce sheer tonal perfection – blissful overtones and touch-sensitive breakup by the bucket load. Whilst the regular production version has become a tonal icon, this handwired edition takes the Tiny Terror to another dimension, delivering an even wider frequency response with impeccable clarity and separation. The striking polished steel chassis features our ‘Pic’s Only’ styling, dating back to some of our earliest amps in 1972.

Bespoke Open-back 2×10 Cabinet

Designer Adrian Emsley’s own personal recommendation for the Tiny Terror, this bespoke speaker cabinet has never featured in our line-up before. The cabinet is only available together with its matching Tiny Terror head and will not be sold separately. Its 18mm birch plywood shell houses a a pair of Celestion G10 Gold drivers – the finest alnico speakers available. These speakers were co-developed by Emsley himself.

Limited Edition

Only 110 of these half-stacks will be made to commemorate a decade of the Tiny Terror. The British racing green theme is a celebration of our British heritage and has not been offered before. Each purchase will come complete with a certificate of authenticity, signed by Orange founder and CEO Cliff Cooper.

Specifications:

Overview:	Limited edition half stack: all-valve, hardwired Tiny Terror amplifier head & matching 2×10″ speaker cabinet
Amplifier Details:	Output: 7 or 15W (Switchable) ｜Valves: 2 × ECC83/12AX7 & 2 × EL84 ｜Speaker Outputs: 1 × 8/16 Ohm or 2 × 16 Ohm ｜ Polished stainless steel chassis
Speaker Cabinet Details:	Open back design ｜80 Watts RMS ｜ 2 × 10″ Celestion G10 Alnico Gold speakers ｜ 18mm birch plywood construction ｜ Woven paper grille cloth ｜British racing green vinyl ｜Impedance: 16 Ohms
Unboxed Dimensions (W x H x D):	Head: 30.3 × 19 × 15.3cm (11.93 × 7.48 × 6.02”) Cabinet: 55 × 45 × 29cm (21.65 × 17.72 × 11.42)
Unboxed Weight:	Head: 5.45kg (12.02 lb) Cabinet: 18.3kg (40.34 lb)

Tiny Terror 10th Anniversary Editon