Hey guys, I just bought a MIG-60 to play alongside my Rockerverb 100. I’m running both amps through my Furman power board with: digitech livewire chorus and delay, a TS-9, a crybaby and EHX’s 2880. I still want to add a fuzzface and maybe another delay… I’d guess you guys would suggest a DMM. I’m in love with the MIG. No frills warm sound with great headroom for a 60 watt amp. It is rather noisy when you just let it idle, but that’s just more reason to keep playing, eh?

It complements the Orange beautifully. I play in a trio and i really wanted more guitar sound, like you hear in most four piece rock groups. It works perfectly to use the Rockerverb as a “lead” amp. It has that dirty channel that the MIG just can’t really touch without a few boosts and some compression, and its actually nice to hit that channel switch and have the Orange screaming and the MIG chugging along behind in perfect synchrony. HUGE sound, without the blistering rectifiers. Throw in the 2880 and it’s almost too much power. I’ve been trying to get some heavily effected sound out of my rig while staying rooted in guitar work rather than moving toward the shoe-gazer side of things, but its becoming harder and harder…

I do have some actual questions, and i haven’t checked anywhere else on the site so pardon me if they’re newb things…

First, does anyone know where i can get a Sovtek nameplate for my MIG? I googled and ebayed and can’t seem to come up with anything.

Secondly, i was wondering if anyone knew how to rig an A/B switch for my amps. Its nice to have the MIG backing up the Rockerverb most of the time, but there are times that i’ll need it to be quiet (or as quiet as can be). I was looking into some Keeley “loopers” and i think i could get a few of those to do the trick, but i’m worried about the safety of my full tube babies. Would a signal-less 1/4″ plugged into an amp that’s not on standby cause issues? I’d think not, but i’d rather not make a costly mistake. I was thinking i’d have a looper on the final 1/4″ out to each of the amps and have one of the looper’s channels go to the amp, and the other disconnected. So when i hit the looper it basically cuts the signal to the respective amp. Sounds like it could be bad for my amp’s health. Help?