OR 120 Re-issue

spoonman · Post by **spoonman** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 1:20 am

I own an OR 120 manufactured in the mid-90s. Supposedly they're not the most desirable, but mine sounds great and has been trouble free since I purchased it. In fact, my local, very reputable, service tech says its the best made Orange amp he's seen. I recently took all my trusty amps into the studio ('73 Marshall JMP 50 watt head, JCM 800 50 watt head & of course my OR 120). I ended up using the Orange on everything. It had the most incredible clean tone with my Les Paul and a better distorted sound than my Marshalls by simply using a Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal (which is also orange, by the way). I highly recommend this combination to anyone searching for tone heaven!

bigbear · Post by **bigbear** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 5:44 pm

I completely agree with, I bought mine in 1994 and had no trouble since then. I also agree for the sound I play it trough a Ibanez TS 9 pedal + sometimes a Boss RV 3 reverb , Boss DD, and boss compressor sustainer. I'm now waiting for my Bixonic expandora 2.
It seems that we are only two on this forum to own this fabulous amp.

fasterlix · Post by **fasterlix** » Tue Feb 11, 2003 2:52 pm

Ditto! Great sounding amp. I passed on a chance to cop an 80/watt Overdrive re-issue several years ago & of course have regretted it very much. The day I demoed that amp I spent more time with it than any Marshall I played that day. I thought it'd be there when I went back for another visit. It was gone & I was very sad. Hang on to that Overdrive you've got. It's a great amp!!

LiX

bigtone · Post by **bigtone** » Wed Feb 12, 2003 3:23 am

I used to own one of these monsters. Got hard up for money and sold it to a friend...I was supposed to be able to buy it back once I had the money. Went back about a month later. He wouldn't sell it back to me (I can't say that I blame him). Turn this OR120 all the way up and it sounds like a Harley-Davidson thru my LP w/ Iommi pickups <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle> Killer tone straight out of the box.

deadkult · Post by **deadkult** » Sun Feb 16, 2003 8:33 am

I have one of these amps and really man, mine isn't all that loud. I have an AD140 custom shop and it is WAY louder than the OR120. I know there is 20 more watts there, but really it's kinda muddy and not really appealing. I have alot of Orange amps (www.freewebs.com/loudamps) and it just doesn't hold up. The AD140TC is louder too. Oh well, maybe I do have to turn it up more. I can run the AD140 on 3-3.5 and it is plenty loud but I have to run the OR120 at like 6-7 for it to be even close. Still, it's cool....

doom on......

bigbear · Post by **bigbear** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 6:26 pm

It's exact, all the power is between 6/7 and 10 but it's pretty loud

OR 120 Re-issue

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