MARCH 2020 TOTAL GUITAR43
NAMM 2020
TheTinyTerrorrevolutionisedthe
smallampgamewhenit arrived,
andnowOrangeis lookingtodothesame
withtheemergingtrendforpedalboard
amps.TheTerrorStampusesa hybrid
design,incorporatinganECC83valve
preampwitha solidstateclassA/Bpower
sectiontogiveyoua 20-wattTerrorat
yourfeet.It’sequippedwitha switchable
mastervolumecontrol (for psuedo
two-channeloperation), a gain control
andorange’sclassic tone shape feature.
Onthebackis an effects loop, speaker
outputandanemulated CabSim
headphoneoutput. If you thought
pedalboardampswerejusta passing
phase,theTerrorStampmight
convinceyoutodip your toe!A practiceampequippedwithan
appforaccessingmoretonesthan
you’reevergoingtoneed?Yep,we’veseen
thatbefore.But,aswellasthis,thelatest
offeringfromPositiveGridalsolooks
torevolutionisethewaywepractise
bygivingusthetoolsweneedtojam
inawaynootherampcurrentlydoes.
Aswellaslisteningtotheincoming
audiofromyourguitartogiveyou
atailor-made backing track to play over,
theSparkcanhookuptomajor
streamingservicessuchasSpotify,
AppleMusicandYouTubeand
intelligentlydecipherthechord
chartfrompopularsongs.
Inaddition,it canalsoactasyour
audiointerfaceforrecording,andeven
respondstovoicecommands!We’ve
seenit in actionandcanconfirmthat
itreallydoeswork.Getreadyforone
of2020’s most exciting new products.LANEY CUB-
SUPERSERIES
Deep amongst the landscape
of intelligent amps and crazy
effects, you’d be forgiven for
thinking that there isn’t room for
simplicity anymore. Well, Laney
thinks otherwise, and the proof that
they’re correct lies in the Cub-Super
series. Picking up where the classic
Cub left off, the redesigned valve
range offers three amps named by
their speaker size – 12-watt Super
Cub 10 combo, 15-watt Super Cub
12 combo and the Cub Super Top
head.Eachversionincludesan
addedboostcircuit(derived
fromthe Black Country Customs
Steelpark pedal), with digital reverb
addedonboth15-wattmodels, and
anall-valve12AX7/EL84design
inthepre-amp/poweramp
respectively.Bestofall?
Theprice.Theseampswillbe
hittingthestreetsatjustover
£300andshouldbeavailable
shortly afteryouread this.ORANGE TERROR STAMP
POSITIVE GRID SPARK 40