NAD: Orange CR120

[JB_From_Hell]

Had an f-ing awesome day. Made a new music friend, and we did some trading. He got one of my MIM strats, I got his Orange CR120 and a Laney 4x12. I decided four 12s wasn't enough, and made it a 3/4 stack with my Fender combo.

The Orange is fantastic. I haven't spent a lot of time with it yet, but getting a great sound out of it is effortless. Haven't messed with the clean channel, but rolling back the guitar volume on the dirty channel gets a warm "clean" tone I like a lot. The distortion gets pretty heavy, and the guitar still keeps its personality wherever it's set. I'm really looking forward to getting to know this amp.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Sweet. Congrats!

I've really been enjoying mine (combo version) since I bought it new a few months ago. It's an awesome amp...great fun to play and killer tones no matter how you have the EQ set. (a breeze to dial in) :bigthumb:

 

[ehdwuld]

Awesome

Love the grill cloth on that Fender

 

[beaubrummels]

Welcome to the Orange club (I have an AD50). You'll probably be staying awhile.

 

[Condemned soul]

The clean channel on the Orange Crush amps will go into a smooth breakup.
And they take pedals really well, and my older than dirt ME-80 sounds fantastic thorough my Orange.

 

[Mincer]

I didn't realize that an Orange amp could be a good pedal platform...cool!

 

[misterwhizzy]

I didn't realize that an Orange amp could be a good pedal platform...cool!

My Marshall Origin 50 is GREAT as a pedal platform. I bought it as a lower-priced Plexi, but it lacks oomph when power-scaled and needs to be way too loud to get natural breakup. I set it for a just-on-the-edge-of-breakup tone which still does cleans nicely, especially using the neck pickup, and goose it with a Friedman Smallbox pedal to get me to my happy rock-drive place.

I've been intrigued by Oranges since the Tiny Terror was released, but I have yet to play or own one.

 

[jeremy]

your description of the origin makes it sound like a plexi actually. a 1959 is bright and clean until its cranked and at that setting its LOUD!

 

[guitfiddle]

Check out Dave Simpson on YouTube, he gets a ton of different sounds from his CR120.