Terror v. MB Fusion 500

[mathanmlb55]

I've been looking for a new head for awhile and have found two i really like one is the Orange Bass Terror and the other is a GK MB Fusion 500. I was wondering what people had to say about these compared to each other. I have palyed the orange and love it. I havent gotten the chance to play the GK, but i love the small size. They are both 500 watts and have simple controls, but how do they compare?

[RickenBoogie]

The GK has motorized control knobs, and while that's really cool, it's also something else that *could* go bad. Either way, I'd pick the Orange, but it's really your ears that need to pick. Enjoy whichever you get.

[yamaha]

I played the TT quite a bit before I decided on the Markbass F1. It does sound really good. But I found it to have quite a bit of a ROCK tone, more rock than Markbass for sure, and not as versatile. That beeing said, it was a close 2nd. I'm sure anyone that decides on the Terror will be quite happy, seems super well made too.

[autofile]

I use the GK as my #2 head, and have NEVER had an issue with it. I use it several times a week for rehearsals and smaller gigs and for me it is the only solid state amp I can enjoy playing through.
I use a Morgan MP200 tube head as my #1.

If you are really worried about the motorized controls as "one more thing that can go wrong", I would offer that #1 G-K's customer service is EXEMPLARY. They are a USA company, the Fusion is made in the USA by the way, and they are responsive to emails and telephone calls.
My experience with Orange was quite the polar opposite. I owned an AD200b and while I did love its sound, I sold it entirely because of how they treated me.

[Antares]

The Orange and GK will give you pretty much the exact opposite of each other. The GK is a nice clean amp with alot of sound possibilities. The Orange doesn't offer a lot of versatility and is a pretty rock gritty kind of sound.

Thats why i have my TT and a GK 1001RB. Both are great, but i find them to be exact opposites of each other tonally.

[blendermassacre]

I'm really partial to the terror. It was ear bleedlingly loud through an 8ohm orange 410. It had tone for days and the volume was on 1/2.

[knucklehead G]

The MB-Fusion does not have the motorized knobs that the Fusion 550 has, so the argument that they'll go bad doesn't apply.

[silky smoove]

The MB-Fusion is also unavailable.

To the OP: Are you thinking of the MB-Fusion or the Fusion 550?