FuseG4
Our Neighbor Totoro
So apparently this Orange Or15 amp and the Jim Root Terror are the same amp with some preamp component values changed to revoice the OR15 for a more vintage vibe, but it's the same circuit board and layout. The Jim Root terror is heavily based off the Rockerverb dirty channel. Incidentally the dark terror is supposed to be the thunderverb preamp? Anyways...
It certainly feels like the amp has 4 gain stages. You can set the gain pretty high and then as you roll the guitar volume up you can sort of hear each gain stage start to add it's thing and so it's a fantastic preamp for going from a chimey slightly dirty clean to a really balls on the walls sludge (that can be tightened with an OD pedal).
The character is hard to describe, this amp truly has its own thing going on. It's got a ton of chime, mids, and big fuzzy bass. A little like a cross between the Night Train Bright and Thick Mode, but not as honking. Maybe a little like the Tweaker 15 Brit Mode with EL84s and a hint of Big Muff-ish fuzz. The fuzzyness is what's so cool for 60s and 70s psychedelic rock and blues rock, but you can get the bass dialed back and get more 80s stuff. It doesn't have a DEEP enough low end or the headroom to get really modern high gain tones especially at high volumes. All the compressed, chimey vintagey EL84-ness takes over and makes it sound like... a somehow small but raging vintage orange amp.
Although it does get even more fuzzy, sludgy and compressed at high volumes the amp is LOUD! I went to dime both the preamp and power amp the other day but I was just like "woah man" with the master on full and preamp on half. First impressions is that it FEELS louder than I ever remember the SCXD, the Night Train, or the Tweaker being. The harmonics that come out as you turn up really make the amp feel like it's up in your face.
The amp comes stock with JJs in all spots. So far I've ended up with matsush1ta and toshiba in v1 and v2, and a sovtek lps in the phase inverter. The amp feels noticeably brighter and has sweeter chime and is a little less "congested". JJs are a little too dark for me in this amp.
I did try briefly a 12at7 in the PI. Lowered the gain and brightened the amp in a way I didn't care for, although the lead tones were very clear and fluid that way.
I may use my Weber 1225 speaker that's in my DRRI for this OR15 for a while and get something else for the DRRI. I'm thinking a cannabis rex.
It certainly feels like the amp has 4 gain stages. You can set the gain pretty high and then as you roll the guitar volume up you can sort of hear each gain stage start to add it's thing and so it's a fantastic preamp for going from a chimey slightly dirty clean to a really balls on the walls sludge (that can be tightened with an OD pedal).
The character is hard to describe, this amp truly has its own thing going on. It's got a ton of chime, mids, and big fuzzy bass. A little like a cross between the Night Train Bright and Thick Mode, but not as honking. Maybe a little like the Tweaker 15 Brit Mode with EL84s and a hint of Big Muff-ish fuzz. The fuzzyness is what's so cool for 60s and 70s psychedelic rock and blues rock, but you can get the bass dialed back and get more 80s stuff. It doesn't have a DEEP enough low end or the headroom to get really modern high gain tones especially at high volumes. All the compressed, chimey vintagey EL84-ness takes over and makes it sound like... a somehow small but raging vintage orange amp.
Although it does get even more fuzzy, sludgy and compressed at high volumes the amp is LOUD! I went to dime both the preamp and power amp the other day but I was just like "woah man" with the master on full and preamp on half. First impressions is that it FEELS louder than I ever remember the SCXD, the Night Train, or the Tweaker being. The harmonics that come out as you turn up really make the amp feel like it's up in your face.
The amp comes stock with JJs in all spots. So far I've ended up with matsush1ta and toshiba in v1 and v2, and a sovtek lps in the phase inverter. The amp feels noticeably brighter and has sweeter chime and is a little less "congested". JJs are a little too dark for me in this amp.
I did try briefly a 12at7 in the PI. Lowered the gain and brightened the amp in a way I didn't care for, although the lead tones were very clear and fluid that way.
I may use my Weber 1225 speaker that's in my DRRI for this OR15 for a while and get something else for the DRRI. I'm thinking a cannabis rex.
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