Thunder 30

[Takeda]

Hi guys, I was about to buy the orange thunder 30, but searching info on the web i've read that it's made in china.
Now, i like its sound a lot, but I'd like to know yours opinions about that, expecially the owners.
Is the construction quality much lower in comparison to the rocker?

[Jondog]

Hi guys, I was about to buy the orange thunder 30, but searching info on the web i've read that it's made in china.
Now, i like its sound a lot, but I'd like to know yours opinions about that, expecially the owners.
Is the construction quality much lower in comparison to the rocker?

I had a TH30 for a bit, personally I thought the construction was A+, much better then the two PPC112's I had that were made in china

[baytamusic]

You sure you don't want to hold out for that OR50 or OR15 that are coming out soon?

I wouldn't worry about the made in china thing.

[JackoMBA]

I have a TH30 and totally love it. It's built like a tank like other Orange heads/amps. I haven't had any problems with it.

The made in China is not a problem, unless Orange doesn't care about quality control, which I doubt.

[bclaire]

Orange really cares about quality control- Cliff and Ade go over there to oversee things and check things out regularly....

[Takeda]

Thank you for the asnwers guys!
I was undecided between the thunder 30 and the rocker 30 only for the construction, because I love the thunder's 30 high gain sound, and also i've a lot of pedal which need send/return!

[Jabberwocky]

Some of the earlier stuff out of China seemed a bit dodgy. I bought a PPC112 about 5 years back which had a lot of cosmetic flaws, however, given the build quality of my newer PPC212 OB, I would say those issues have been addressed. Build quality is excellent.