ORANGE MODEL 80 TEST - STRAIGHT IN - NO PEDALS

Orange Amps General Forum

Moderator: bclaire

Post Reply
Or80324
New Member
Posts: 2
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:49 pm

ORANGE MODEL 80 TEST - STRAIGHT IN - NO PEDALS

Post by Or80324 » Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:11 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cIsNPDS72w" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Equipment used: 1972 Orange Model 80 (OR80) - ca. 1985 Marshall 1960A (JCM800) - 1988 Fender American Reissue Stratocaster (AVRI) - Shure SM58 - Roland Duo-Capture - MacBook Pro.

Eddie Famine
Orange Hero
Posts: 499
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:18 pm
Location: Pittsburgh

Re: ORANGE MODEL 80 TEST - STRAIGHT IN - NO PEDALS

Post by Eddie Famine » Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:57 pm

Very well done demo. I really liked the clean and cleanish sounds, but didn't like the tone when it was cranked. That may be more of a Strat factor as I don't care for them much. Would like to hear it with humbuckers.
Last edited by Eddie Famine on Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Bensnake
Orange Master
Posts: 2260
Joined: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:36 am
Location: Sweden

Re: ORANGE MODEL 80 TEST - STRAIGHT IN - NO PEDALS

Post by Bensnake » Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:28 pm

Thanks for sharing. :) This model ain't no "pics only". Are there any differences between the amp in the vid and the pics only model (pic below)?

Image
Image
RV100 MKIII | '75 OR120 | OR100 | OR50 | CS50 | R30H | TT
2 x PPC412
Bax B. | Amp D.

Marshall 1959 HW + 1936V
Fender '65 Super Reverb Reissue
Vox AC30C2X + V212C

Playing Les Pauls and Teles...

Gladmarr
Orange Master
Posts: 1584
Joined: Tue Dec 31, 2002 4:58 am
Location: Feenix, AZ, USA
Contact:

Re: ORANGE MODEL 80 TEST - STRAIGHT IN - NO PEDALS

Post by Gladmarr » Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:26 pm

That all sounded like the amp needed to be turned up. It wasn't quite in the sweet spot for the cleans, and it just sounded like you had a distortion box in front of it for the dirty stuff. I've never heard an Orange break up like that and still sound that much like a pedal.

a.hun
Duke of Orange
Posts: 9765
Joined: Sat Jun 15, 2002 1:05 am
Location: Amsterdam, Hollandland.nl

Re: ORANGE MODEL 80 TEST - STRAIGHT IN - NO PEDALS

Post by a.hun » Sun Sep 07, 2014 4:35 pm

Bensnake wrote:Thanks for sharing. :) This model ain't no "pics only". Are there any differences between the amp in the vid and the pics only model...?
Not many really. There were some gentle progressive tweaks and a few slightly bigger tweaks over the years, but nothing hugely drastic. They are basically very similar amps.

Thanks for the demo Or80324. It did show some stuff about the amp pretty clearly, like the dynamics. Fortunately the recording wasn't too heavily compressed at all and you could definitely hear things going from soft to loud and back again as you changed amp and guitar settings. It showed just how uncompressed these amps are, not just getting more distorted but also a lot LOUDER as you wind things up. And also how quickly sustained notes and chords fade away too. These are definitely among the least compressed amps out there - if you want long sustain you'll need to use a compressor or a fairly saturated overdrive / distortion pedal, not rely on the amp itself, even at high volume levels. Classic blues era Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green recordings show that well too.


Andy.
aNDyH. :wink:

Ever tried to outstare a mirror?

In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find!

Wendigo
Orange Master
Posts: 3273
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:24 pm
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Re: ORANGE MODEL 80 TEST - STRAIGHT IN - NO PEDALS

Post by Wendigo » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:35 am

That breaking up sound is the mic clipping....just saying. You need to move the mic back, or reduce it's sensitivity at the input. Other than that it was fine. :)

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 205 guests