orange tiny terror on the way - what boost? OD or EQ?

[McGarnagle]

have two guitars - strat with sd 1/4 pounders, ibanez rg with evo/area61/sd59. both generally tuned to E or E-Flat

have a vh140c 212 at my house, but wanted a good amp to take with me when i visit my parents house.

tones I'm going for - Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, GWAR, NWOBHM, classic thrash style stuff. MF/KD/GWAR are the favorites. I'm not bunghole (friends with him though)

so - since a dano fish n chips costs about the same as an SD-1 or a Bad Monkey, what would be better for what I'm going for? I guess an OD would add more gain. But I would think an eq adds more tonal versatility (and adds more gain when the level slider is turned up, right? or at least it seems like gain is increased). And I have two high output pickups that I could put in the Ibanez if needed be. Evolution is hot, but I think these are hotter.

keep recommendations within the realm of what i mentioned before - dano f&c, sd-1, bm. those are the main candidates. not willing to spend over 50 dollars.

and fwiw - cab that the amp is coming with is an epi valve jr cab with eminence lady luck speaker

 

[Mudder]

I used a clean boost with mine, sort of a rangemaster style, and it was great. I think you could look at the usual suspects, Bad Monkey, SD-1, etc.

On youtube Rob Chapman gives a TT plays metal demo (it's funny) but I think he uses either a Rat or MXR to boost it.

 

[McGarnagle]

will there be enough versatility with an OD vs EQ? i'm not planning on scooping the mids or anything like that

 

[Mudder]

Well the EQ certainly gives you more tonal control, but the TT controls work well, you can find great tones all over the place, and a pedal like the Bad Monkey has pretty solid tone control as well.

IMHO the TT has plenty of gain for a lot of metal, and a boost would just help tighten things up a bit. I suppose it depends on what flavor you prefer. I might wait to buy a pedal until you get a chance to mess with the amp.