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Hey guys.
I booked a day off work today so I could finally try out my Orange AD30 head without my parents telling me to 'shut up with that noise, I wanna watch TV'
After trying it for a few hours, all I can say is: OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG
This is the best sounding amp I've ever used!
When I 1st plugged in I cranked the Volume and used Gain to control the overall volume and it sounded wonderful! It was 1 of the nicest clean sounds I've ever heard from an amp. It was very full sounding, and very articulate. You could hear every note of every chord that was played.
Next I lowered the volume and raised Gain to about 5. This is when the Crunch sets in. I play mainly 60's and 70's rock and found the gain any higher than about 6 just didn't sound right for some reason. It was a good sound, just not what I want.
So I lowered the gain to about 3.5 or 4 with volume at about 4 and this is the Classic Rock sound I've been after for ever!
When you play quite softly (on this setting) the amp remains clean, but when you play harder it breaks up superbly, and still remains clear. After playing Marshalls practically ever since I started playing guitar, the clean sound of this amp is a big surprise to me
Using my Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster on this 'crunch' setting was very nice indeed. So I could get Clean, Crunch and Lead by just not playing so hard or kicking on the Booster for a 'kick' for solos
I tried the 'low gain,high volume' setting again but this time used my TS9 (modded by our very own John Spina) for my Crunch sound. It sounded good, but still seemed to be missing 'something'.
I went back to the 'gain and volume at 4' setting, and thought I'd try John's TS9 on this amp setting. This sounded superb for heavier rhythm and lead playing. Still 'Classic rock' sounding, but with more power, huge sustain and a singing lead tone.
As some of you may know, I'm a huge Gary Moore fan and his tone on the 'Blues Alive' album is something I've been trying to nail for years, and with my LP with Seths, the Orange set to slightly crunchy and Johns TS9 (gain at just above 9 o clock, tone and volume at 12 o clock) it nails that tone almost exactly to my ears (the playing's not as good, but oh well).
On this setting I was even able to do the 30 second sustained note that's in the middle of Parisienne Walkways, which is something I've never been able to do before (not a big deal for most people I realise).
So now I'm deaf, but I don't care
Sorry for the long, drawn out post
Craig
I booked a day off work today so I could finally try out my Orange AD30 head without my parents telling me to 'shut up with that noise, I wanna watch TV'
After trying it for a few hours, all I can say is: OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG
This is the best sounding amp I've ever used!
When I 1st plugged in I cranked the Volume and used Gain to control the overall volume and it sounded wonderful! It was 1 of the nicest clean sounds I've ever heard from an amp. It was very full sounding, and very articulate. You could hear every note of every chord that was played.
Next I lowered the volume and raised Gain to about 5. This is when the Crunch sets in. I play mainly 60's and 70's rock and found the gain any higher than about 6 just didn't sound right for some reason. It was a good sound, just not what I want.
So I lowered the gain to about 3.5 or 4 with volume at about 4 and this is the Classic Rock sound I've been after for ever!
When you play quite softly (on this setting) the amp remains clean, but when you play harder it breaks up superbly, and still remains clear. After playing Marshalls practically ever since I started playing guitar, the clean sound of this amp is a big surprise to me
Using my Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster on this 'crunch' setting was very nice indeed. So I could get Clean, Crunch and Lead by just not playing so hard or kicking on the Booster for a 'kick' for solos
I tried the 'low gain,high volume' setting again but this time used my TS9 (modded by our very own John Spina
) for my Crunch sound. It sounded good, but still seemed to be missing 'something'.I went back to the 'gain and volume at 4' setting, and thought I'd try John's TS9 on this amp setting. This sounded superb for heavier rhythm and lead playing. Still 'Classic rock' sounding, but with more power, huge sustain and a singing lead tone.
As some of you may know, I'm a huge Gary Moore fan and his tone on the 'Blues Alive' album is something I've been trying to nail for years, and with my LP with Seths, the Orange set to slightly crunchy and Johns TS9 (gain at just above 9 o clock, tone and volume at 12 o clock) it nails that tone almost exactly to my ears (the playing's not as good, but oh well
). On this setting I was even able to do the 30 second sustained note that's in the middle of Parisienne Walkways, which is something I've never been able to do before (not a big deal for most people I realise).
So now I'm deaf, but I don't care
Sorry for the long, drawn out post
Craig
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