Orange 50th

[Rex_Rocker]

Re: Orange 50th

I've always wondered what is "the Orange sound". A friend has a Rockerverb which is a great amp, but I don't think it is blatantly unique either. JMO.

I'm not trying to downtalk on Orange amps, I'm just genuinely curious. I have only tried the more contemporary Tiny Terror, Dark Terror, and Rockerverb, but they all have sounded pretty tight and, dare I say, modern. What is it that makes the vintage Orange amps unique? Why is it that people class them as good Stoner/Doom/Sludge platforms as opposed to just all-around rock amps?

[PierceOkken]

Re: Orange 50th

The "Orange sound" is really debatable. I personally find oranges are darker and more of an "overcast" gain than a marshall. Marshalls have a lot of high and middle frequencies. Oranges give a more balanced and slightly bassier tone which some people enjoy, and some don't. I enjoy it very much. Their clean tones are not super sparkly like a fender, but they are very balecnced well rounded.

[Godin15]

Re: Orange 50th

The "Orange sound" is really debatable. I personally find oranges are darker and more of an "overcast" gain than a marshall. Marshalls have a lot of high and middle frequencies. Oranges give a more balanced and slightly bassier tone which some people enjoy, and some don't. I enjoy it very much. Their clean tones are not super sparkly like a fender, but they are very balecnced well rounded.

Absolutely as the British would say spot on.

[Godin15]

Re: Orange 50th

How many people Love and play Orange amps 50 years worth that says it all.

[Jacew]

Re: Orange 50th

The "Orange sound" is really debatable. I personally find oranges are darker and more of an "overcast" gain than a marshall. Marshalls have a lot of high and middle frequencies. Oranges give a more balanced and slightly bassier tone which some people enjoy, and some don't. I enjoy it very much. Their clean tones are not super sparkly like a fender, but they are very balecnced well rounded.

They have this awesome low end grunt without the prominent mids Marshall is known for. And way less smooth than "american" amps. I really like that.

[dr0]

Re: Orange 50th

They have this awesome low end grunt without the prominent mids Marshall is known for. And way less smooth than "american" amps. I really like that.

I can almost always find a clean I can live with. On my Bassman, well just plug in and play at at normal volume and it's perfect. On the Marshall JCM 800, it's sort of the Crunch style clean, so you miss that more sparkly fender stuff, but you get the killer live-amp overdrive that even stacking a couple overdrives in front of the Bassman can't quite develop.

On the Orange I get both. The clean channel is easy to get sparkle and easy to crunch up, and the lead channels is as nice as a overdrive JCM 800, without a dirt box.
(It's funny that my Fender is a single channel, my Marshall is a single channel, and my Orange is dual channel, and does both).
My experience is that Fender overdrive channels never sound as good as a Marshall (I was just listening to the Fender SuperSonic clip and that (for me) is a good example of not that great overdrive channel)
And the Marshall clean channel will never sound as pure true clean just guitar sound as a Fender clean channel.
But the Orange is very very good at both.
Recording I might still be tempted to use a Fender for the really pretty pick-every-note-in-the-chord stuff, and the JCM 800 for "kick it hard in the ass" lead, but for live on Orange covers both really pretty nicely.

But MAN it is a beast to move.

[mantrasky]

Re: Orange 50th

I have Modelers AxEfx II & Kemper for simpler studio setups, decent tones. My favorite would be IR technology so I still can use my "Tube Amps" and yet I still love my SM57 & R-121 all have a different purpose, for tone and feel "definitely Tubes"

[Inkstained]

Re: Orange 50th

Good thread. I've been intrigued with Orange for a while now, and I've been eyeing some of their smaller heads, especially the OR15. There's nothing new from Marshall and Vox was never necessarily my thing, so -- Orange.

Does the company that owns the Orange brand make anything in the UK anymore?

[Jacew]

Re: Orange 50th

Good thread. I've been intrigued with Orange for a while now, and I've been eyeing some of their smaller heads, especially the OR15. There's nothing new from Marshall and Vox was never necessarily my thing, so -- Orange.

Does the company that owns the Orange brand make anything in the UK anymore?

To my knowledge, AD series is made in UK. I "think" cabs maybe too, but I'm not sure about that.

TH amps and Terror series are chinese.

[PierceOkken]

Re: Orange 50th

Good thread. I've been intrigued with Orange for a while now, and I've been eyeing some of their smaller heads, especially the OR15. There's nothing new from Marshall and Vox was never necessarily my thing, so -- Orange.

Does the company that owns the Orange brand make anything in the UK anymore?

They still make a bunch of stuff in the UK, mostly their higher end cabs and heads. PPC cabs are from China along with lower end stuff.