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| DC: Orange Amp [message #76820] |
Wed, 06 December 2006 09:21  |
TCB
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Hey Don,
A friend is thinking of picking up one of those small Orange Class A amps.
I think you posted you got one. Could you write up a quick opinion/recommendation/warning
for me? I'll pass it on to him.
TCB
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| Re: DC: Orange Amp [message #76830 is a reply to message #76820] |
Wed, 06 December 2006 09:43  |
TC
Messages: 327
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Hi Thad,
Torry here (TC), I'm the guy who bought your RME stuff from you a couple years back..
That was me who bought the Orange Tiny Terror (I almost typed "Tiny Tim" :-), unless Don did also.
I bought this on site after trying it in the store, but it was one of those "wow" moments, I was
not shopping for amps at the time.
It sounds fabulous. Warm, big, smooth. We a/b'd it with a larger Orange head (can't remember the model) through
a Mesa 4x12, and it sounded noticeable fatter than it's larger sibling.
Tons of gain, but not ugly, harmonics and overtones come through nicely. It reminds me a bit of an older modded Fender Reverb
that we once rented for the studio.
The cleans are nice. It probably won't match a AC30 for that, but still very usable.
Plus Side:
3 knobs, easy as pie to get a great sound.
It's the size of a small lunch box or camcorder case.
Carrying bag.
7 or 15 watt output.
Price is excellent
It's quite a bit louder than you would expect
Down Side:
It's a single channel. (I bought two of them for gigging with an ABY switch).
Might be hard to get at this point (I bought the only one that came in and ordered the 2nd one).
At one point I was going to get a Zvex Nano for the studio, but running this in 7watt mode gives me more options,
plus I can actually gig with it. I'm very happy.
Cheers,
TC
At the price
TCB wrote:
> Hey Don,
>
> A friend is thinking of picking up one of those small Orange Class A amps.
> I think you posted you got one. Could you write up a quick opinion/recommendation/warning
> for me? I'll pass it on to him.
>
> TCB
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| Re: DC: Orange Amp [message #76832 is a reply to message #76830] |
Wed, 06 December 2006 11:13 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007
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Oops. Sorry 'bout that little mixup, but thanks for the word. Sounds pretty
cool.
TCB
TC <tc@spammetodeathyoubastards.org> wrote:
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>Hi Thad,
>
>Torry here (TC), I'm the guy who bought your RME stuff from you a couple
years back..
>
>That was me who bought the Orange Tiny Terror (I almost typed "Tiny Tim"
:-), unless
>Don did also.
>
>I bought this on site after trying it in the store, but it was one of those
"wow" moments,
>I was
>not shopping for amps at the time.
>
>It sounds fabulous. Warm, big, smooth. We a/b'd it with a larger Orange
head (can't
>remember the model) through
>a Mesa 4x12, and it sounded noticeable fatter than it's larger sibling.
>
>Tons of gain, but not ugly, harmonics and overtones come through nicely.
It reminds
>me a bit of an older modded Fender Reverb
>that we once rented for the studio.
>
>The cleans are nice. It probably won't match a AC30 for that, but still
very usable.
>
>Plus Side:
>
>3 knobs, easy as pie to get a great sound.
>It's the size of a small lunch box or camcorder case.
>Carrying bag.
>7 or 15 watt output.
>Price is excellent
>It's quite a bit louder than you would expect
>
>Down Side:
>
>It's a single channel. (I bought two of them for gigging with an ABY switch).
>Might be hard to get at this point (I bought the only one that came in and
ordered the
>2nd one).
>
>At one point I was going to get a Zvex Nano for the studio, but running
this in 7watt
>mode gives me more options,
>plus I can actually gig with it. I'm very happy.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>TC
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>At the price
>
>TCB wrote:
>> Hey Don,
>>
>> A friend is thinking of picking up one of those small Orange Class A amps.
>> I think you posted you got one. Could you write up a quick opinion/recommendation/warning
>> for me? I'll pass it on to him.
>>
>> TCB
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| Re: DC: Orange Amp [message #76858 is a reply to message #76830] |
Fri, 08 December 2006 07:18 |
pauln[2]
Messages: 28
Registered: September 2007
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What kind of speaker cab are you running with it?
I bought one on EBay the other day and it should get here today.
Looking forward to checking it out.
Hope I like it as much as your do.
TC <tc@spammetodeathyoubastards.org> wrote:
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>Hi Thad,
>
>Torry here (TC), I'm the guy who bought your RME stuff from you a couple
years back..
>
>That was me who bought the Orange Tiny Terror (I almost typed "Tiny Tim"
:-), unless
>Don did also.
>
>I bought this on site after trying it in the store, but it was one of those
"wow" moments,
>I was
>not shopping for amps at the time.
>
>It sounds fabulous. Warm, big, smooth. We a/b'd it with a larger Orange
head (can't
>remember the model) through
>a Mesa 4x12, and it sounded noticeable fatter than it's larger sibling.
>
>Tons of gain, but not ugly, harmonics and overtones come through nicely.
It reminds
>me a bit of an older modded Fender Reverb
>that we once rented for the studio.
>
>The cleans are nice. It probably won't match a AC30 for that, but still
very usable.
>
>Plus Side:
>
>3 knobs, easy as pie to get a great sound.
>It's the size of a small lunch box or camcorder case.
>Carrying bag.
>7 or 15 watt output.
>Price is excellent
>It's quite a bit louder than you would expect
>
>Down Side:
>
>It's a single channel. (I bought two of them for gigging with an ABY switch).
>Might be hard to get at this point (I bought the only one that came in and
ordered the
>2nd one).
>
>At one point I was going to get a Zvex Nano for the studio, but running
this in 7watt
>mode gives me more options,
>plus I can actually gig with it. I'm very happy.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>TC
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>
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>
>At the price
>
>TCB wrote:
>> Hey Don,
>>
>> A friend is thinking of picking up one of those small Orange Class A amps.
>> I think you posted you got one. Could you write up a quick opinion/recommendation/warning
>> for me? I'll pass it on to him.
>>
>> TCB
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| Re: DC: Orange Amp [message #76862 is a reply to message #76858] |
Fri, 08 December 2006 09:33 |
TC
Messages: 327
Registered: September 2005
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Hi Paul,
I've played it through a mesa 4x12, and my custom built 4x12/celstion cab, but I've been wanting to go THD for the last few months.
I'm going to be getting 2 THD 2x12 cabs when they are back in stock again from the dealer.
Basically with the Radial ABY I'll be able to switch channels or combine both amps at once, and size wise it will still be smaller than a marshall head and 4x12, and much easier to carry around.
The day I tried the Orange I traded my Marshall JMP-1/Mesa 2:100 live setup and got the two Oranges and a Les Paul Studio. I've also got an AC30 that I record with.
I also want to build or get an iso box for the THD cab for recording, which should work pretty well with the Orange. I've got an AxeTrak, but it's hard to get anything
but that "small speaker, closed mic" sound with it. It works well for some things though, but you've got no play with it, as it's all fixed position.
I've been looking at these options:
http://www.amptone.com/diyisobox.htm
http://www.vocalbooth.com/products/ampboxes.html
Cheers,
TC
Paul wrote:
> What kind of speaker cab are you running with it?
> I bought one on EBay the other day and it should get here today.
> Looking forward to checking it out.
> Hope I like it as much as your do.
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| Re: DC: Orange Amp [message #76868 is a reply to message #76862] |
Fri, 08 December 2006 16:44 |
DC
Messages: 722
Registered: July 2005
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BTW, THD has a new 4x12 that is supposed to be amazing.
It's not on the website and they are already backordered.
DC
TC <tc@spammetodeathyoubastards.org> wrote:
>Hi Paul,
>
>I've played it through a mesa 4x12, and my custom built 4x12/celstion cab,
but I've
>been wanting to go THD for the last few months.
>I'm going to be getting 2 THD 2x12 cabs when they are back in stock again
from the dealer.
>
>Basically with the Radial ABY I'll be able to switch channels or combine
both amps at
>once, and size wise it will still be smaller than a marshall head and 4x12,
and much
>easier to carry around.
>
>The day I tried the Orange I traded my Marshall JMP-1/Mesa 2:100 live setup
and got
>the two Oranges and a Les Paul Studio. I've also got an AC30 that I record
with.
>
>I also want to build or get an iso box for the THD cab for recording, which
should work
>pretty well with the Orange. I've got an AxeTrak, but it's hard to get anything
>but that "small speaker, closed mic" sound with it. It works well for some
things though,
>but you've got no play with it, as it's all fixed position.
>
>I've been looking at these options:
>http://www.amptone.com/diyisobox.htm
>http://www.vocalbooth.com/products/ampboxes.html
>
>Cheers,
>
>TC
>
>Paul wrote:
>> What kind of speaker cab are you running with it?
>> I bought one on EBay the other day and it should get here today.
>> Looking forward to checking it out.
>> Hope I like it as much as your do.
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| Re: DC: Orange Amp [message #76963 is a reply to message #76862] |
Tue, 12 December 2006 08:25 |
pauln[2]
Messages: 28
Registered: September 2007
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I got the amp Friday. All I can say is WOW!!!
I tried it out using the 12 inch speaker in my Fender Hotrod (40watt) and
was just blown away.
What blew me away right off, was the infinite sustain and clarity I got when
I cranked it full out. Even with the master at 50 - 70% and gain full out.
Then when backing off the volume knob on my guitar, it cleaned up nicely
without the significant drop in volume I get when backing off on my Fender.
I don't use a lot of drive on that amp cause it fizzles out too much at the
low volumes I play.
It really reminded me of the sound I used to get back in the days when I
played out of the two Marshall Super Lead heads (60's vintage) I used to
have. ( 50 and a 100 watt heads). I still have one of the 4-12 cabinets
(with a couple of blown speakers unfortunately) so I didn't try it with that
yet.
But it's 100 watts. Doesn't it stand to reason that I would want to use
a cab closer to the rated power of the amp? I wish I had a low power cab
to AB it with the Fender. At 40 watts, it still sounded great. Just wonder
what a cab closer to 15 watts would sound like.
BTW, even at 15 watts (or 7 for that matter), this thing still smokes louder
than I usually play these days.
Thanks for turning me on to this great find!
TC <tc@spammetodeathyoubastards.org> wrote:
>Hi Paul,
>
>I've played it through a mesa 4x12, and my custom built 4x12/celstion cab,
but I've
>been wanting to go THD for the last few months.
>I'm going to be getting 2 THD 2x12 cabs when they are back in stock again
from the dealer.
>
>Basically with the Radial ABY I'll be able to switch channels or combine
both amps at
>once, and size wise it will still be smaller than a marshall head and 4x12,
and much
>easier to carry around.
>
>The day I tried the Orange I traded my Marshall JMP-1/Mesa 2:100 live setup
and got
>the two Oranges and a Les Paul Studio. I've also got an AC30 that I record
with.
>
>I also want to build or get an iso box for the THD cab for recording, which
should work
>pretty well with the Orange. I've got an AxeTrak, but it's hard to get anything
>but that "small speaker, closed mic" sound with it. It works well for some
things though,
>but you've got no play with it, as it's all fixed position.
>
>I've been looking at these options:
>http://www.amptone.com/diyisobox.htm
>http://www.vocalbooth.com/products/ampboxes.html
>
>Cheers,
>
>TC
>
>Paul wrote:
>> What kind of speaker cab are you running with it?
>> I bought one on EBay the other day and it should get here today.
>> Looking forward to checking it out.
>> Hope I like it as much as your do.
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