NAD: not a DSL/ NOD: New Orange Day!

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I had put down a deposit on a DSL40C and started a thread about it but I had to play the Orange OR15 one more time just to be sure I didn't like the orange better, cuz I dug both amps.

Well I took the Orange!
This time I turned up a little louder and the orange just started sounding better and better, it felt like it was just made for kinda stoner and psychedelic blues rock and it sounded great for british blues with the gain rolled back. It had such a thickness that I got really hooked on...
was playing the dsl and was like... crap... do I need 2 channels? do I need reverb? do I need 40W? And what do I really want, a more modern sound or a more vintage sound? Do I want a bright amp or a warm amp?

I thought about a lot of my rock influences being like the rolling stones, led zeppelin, cream, deep purple, and black sabbath, and really liked how the OR15 sounded like a old-school british rock amp to me. It also sounds really good with a strat for indie stoner-ish type rock. I have more modern rock tones I like too but the orange amp just struck me as "right" for what I spend the most time playing. My brother who rarely comments on my tone thought the OR15 suited me better than the DSL too.

Anyways I got the OR15 and brought it home and I've only tried it through my old vox night train cab that has a cheaper celestion super 65 speaker and used the blues driver on it a bit. Lots of harmonics, thick and sludgy lows and warm highs. It is definitely loud enough and it can go from pretty punchy to really really compressed. The clean tone is always warm but I have a fender amp for spanky/sparkly stuff!

Will soon try it with the weber greenback I have in my DRRI. I will be saving for an orange v30 cab of some kind. But so far I'm having a lot of fun.

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I play Marshalls... But GREAT choice! I think that's a much cooler and better amp!
 
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there's something really rich about the OR15. it's got the tiny terror thing but sweeter, less honky/boxy and the eq controls give you more control. It feels like a bigger amp than a 2x el84 amp in a lot of ways and it can get very fuzzy and thick when the gain is pushed up...

it's loud. it sounded particularly dank through the Orange V30 2x12 at the store... I would love that kind of cab at some point I think.
I will also want to find a good a/b/y box still
 
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. . . sounds bloody good, even in the hands of these two clowns :headbang:
 
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I have a bunch of nice amps, including a Tiny Terror, but ever since I demoed the OR15 on an Orange 212 cab it's been in the back of my mind to sell the TT and replace it with an OR15. I may lose a little gain, but the overall tone of the OR15 plus it's FX loop makes it really attractive.

I'll admit, I never used to like vintage Orange amps because they sounded big, boxy, sludgy, and too fizzy in the highs. It's not until they started making all these more modern voiced amps that I began paying attention. I'm a vintage tone guy at heart, but Orange has somehow figured out a way to make amps that cover vintage tones as well as escalating into thick heavy modern tones - all by fiddling with 3 or 4 knobs. The OR15 does this exceptionally well.
 
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Gearjoneser said:
I have a bunch of nice amps, including a Tiny Terror, but ever since I demoed the OR15 on an Orange 212 cab it's been in the back of my mind to sell the TT and replace it with an OR15. I may lose a little gain, but the overall tone of the OR15 plus it's FX loop makes it really attractive.

I'll admit, I never used to like vintage Orange amps because they sounded big, boxy, sludgy, and too fizzy in the highs.

It's not until they started making all these more modern voiced amps that I began paying attention.

I'm a vintage tone guy at heart, but Orange has somehow figured out a way to make amps that cover vintage tones as well as escalate into thick heavy modern tones. The OR15 does this exceptionally well.
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I am GAS'ing big time for a Thunderverb 50 head. . . . and a (now discontinued) Retro 50 head.
 
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SirJackdeFuzz said:
I am GAS'ing big time for a Thunderverb 50 head. . . . and a (now discontinued) Retro 50 head.
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They have so many great sounding amps in their product line, it's hard to know which ones you'll like without going to a place that stocks them all. It's a good problem for Orange to have.

A few days ago, I also plugged into a TH30, which has a true clean channel, a highgain channel, and 4 EL-84's.
The tone was so much better than a mint Mesa Dual Rec sitting right next to it.
 
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nice score! dig it way more over the marshall.

This dude always does heavy fuzz rock awesome demos, check out the Orange OR15 here:

 
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I'm finding this amp is a great match for single coils.
but man humbuckers really give you that early sabbath tone.
crap this thing is fun.
 
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Awesome! I'm GASing for Orange myself, OR100H tho. But I'd like an OR15H as more of a home amp.
 
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There are 3 or 4 Orange amps I would love to own. That OR15 is one.
 
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I just spent the past hour with my PRS McCarty w/C5/59 into the Tiny Terror with a T Rex Moller in between. The Tiny Terror with my premium tubes in it has amazing gain structure and tone.
But with the T Rex Moller, which is a much nicer tube screamer with additional boost, it's a liquid lead tone that's truly killer.

The Tiny Terror is an amazing amp, being able to go from pushed cleans to highgain meltdown.
I'm wondering about how the OR15 does on low volume highgain? I'm pretty sure it's an ample amount of gain, but the Tiny Terror is a hard act to follow for lunchbox amps.

But I have played the OR15 in the store, and it can pretty much cop a Jerry Cantrell tone at medium volume or higher. I didn't get a chance to examine it's gain level at bedroom level.

But definitely try some OD pedals with these amps. They take to pedals really nicely, since they already supply whatever gain level you want. You can carve out some exquisite highgain tones with an Orange lunchbox head and a good OD pedal. And when the volume is up high, it's almost hard to believe you're only plugged into a dual EL-84 amp because it's loud and fat!
 
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