New Ampeg Micro CL Stack is now available

[marko138]

Those things look so cool.

 

[Mastermold]

I bought the micro CL because I loved the tone, but it had too much fizzy digital distortion (not the good kind-sounded a little like a blown speaker), so I returned it and got the vr, which is clean, but has that fan going all the time. I thought maybe the cl was defective, but the other one in the store had the same fuzzy distortion at any volume or input level and with a passive jazz bass. The micro vr is pretty nice, though it actually seems to have less low end than the cl. Whatever. I like the vr as a practice amp and I think it will record well when I get around to it. I don't know how anyone can tolerate the cl's distortion though.

I guess one man's "fizzy digital distortion" is another's warm tone? I've had a Micro-CL for a while now, and yeah it doesn't really do clean but at least on mine the distortion is very mild.

 

[Diaphragm]

Those things look so cool.

It helps that (some) people say it sounds great, but if I'm being totally honest, I just ordered one mostly for its looks . It won't get too beat up living in the bedroom, and it'll get a lot of use as a practice amp. The reason I chose this over the VR (Micro SVT) is because the VR's "vintage" aesthetic and grill-cloth color turned me off (the way it looks), but mostly because I didn't want the fan, and I've never met an Ampeg's XLR direct output that I liked, so I didn't need that.

I just really hope this cabinet is plywood and not some MDF malarky.

 

[High Camp]

It helps that (some) people say it sounds great, but if I'm being totally honest, I just ordered one mostly for its looks . It won't get too beat up living in the bedroom, and it'll get a lot of use as a practice amp. The reason I chose this over the VR (Micro SVT) is because the VR's "vintage" aesthetic and grill-cloth color turned me off (the way it looks), but mostly because I didn't want the fan, and I've never met an Ampeg's XLR direct output that I liked, so I didn't need that.

I just really hope this cabinet is plywood and not some MDF malarky.

Well I don't know if it is made out of plywood or something else.
The tolex is quite rugged, so all that doesn't bother me.
Nowadays, I put the jack in the minus 15 dB input, because it gets so loud!
I haven't been able to dial up to a grind/distortion sound, because of the volume.
So, with everything considered, I am still very satisfied!