Orange Amps Forum

EDIT BY BILLY: this is another spammer copying threads.

Peavey Rage (Silver practice combo). Got this in a guitar bundle one year for xmas. I think I was 7 or 8 at the time.

Peavey Rage 158 (Red stripe). Bought this to replace the above amp which gave up after a few years. Still have this guy, and still play it from time to time. Since I can't find an AD5 combo (yet), this has become my quick setup/writing amp when I'm not jamming in my music room.

Wasburn BD75R. This was my first REAL amp purchase. I saved up for a summer working at McDonalds and took a two hour trip to the nearest big city. I found this beast in a mom and pop music store that my guitar teacher recommend. It was actually a toss up between a 3X10 Roland combo, and this guy. Looking back now, I should have picked up the Roland I was a bit of a Washburn nut back then which is why I picked it. At the time I was running it with a a Zoom G7.1 (not a bad pedal in it's day). Kind of wish I still had the amp as you know, cleans right?

Traynor YCV40WR (with extension cab). Bought this used and got a killer deal on it. It was my first ever tube amp and the only amp I regret selling.

TT/PPC112. Got this my first year of college and when I officially became addicted

Some SS combo w. 10" speaker.
Gorilla combo w. 10" speaker
Sunn Beta Lead w. some 4x12"
Peavey SS 100 watt w. matching 4x12"
Mesa/Boogie .50 Cal+ and Fender 4x12"
(Borrowed Orange AD30 w. PPC412)

8 year break....

Laney Lionheart 20 watt 4x10" combo
Laney GH50L w. matching 4x12"
Orange OR15 w. Marshall 1965A 4x10"
Orange CR120H and CRPRO412

Big list. These are the amps I used:

Montgomery Ward SS combo about 10 watts
Sound Amplification 2x12 combo (sold)
Ampeg VT-22 1973 (sold)
Two Marshall Superleads and matching 4X12's 1972 and 1974 (sold, still got the cabs)
Fender Twin Reverb silverface 1975 (sold)
Fender "The Twin" red knob 1988? (sold)
Two Marshall JTM-45 reissues 1989
Orange OR80M 1978
Marshall 50 watt Trem 1968 (sold)
Fender Bassman head 1968 (sold)
Orange OR80M 1991
Marshall 6101 30th Anniversary combo 1992
Orange AD140TC 2001
Orange AD30TC 2001
Orange AD30TC 2013
Orange AD200B

Amps I own but don't really use:
Silvertone 1482
Fender Bandmaster 1965
OMEC Digital
OMEC 150EQ
Jimmy Bean JB150
Fender Champ 12
Vox AC4
Orange OR15
Orange Micro Crush
Orange Micro Terror
Orange Tiny Terror
National Dobro amp 1933
National Dobro amp 1935 non-working

Think that's it....

bclaire wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:32 pm

Big list. These are the amps I used:

Montgomery Ward SS combo about 10 watts
Sound Amplification 2x12 combo (sold)
Ampeg VT-22 1973 (sold)
Two Marshall Superleads and matching 4X12's 1972 and 1974 (sold, still got the cabs)
Fender Twin Reverb silverface 1975 (sold)
Fender "The Twin" red knob 1988? (sold)
Two Marshall JTM-45 reissues 1989
Orange OR80M 1978
Marshall 50 watt Trem 1968 (sold)
Fender Bassman head 1968 (sold)
Orange OR80M 1991
Marshall 6101 30th Anniversary combo 1992
Orange AD140TC 2001
Orange AD30TC 2001
Orange AD30TC 2013
Orange AD200B

Amps I own but don't really use:
Silvertone 1482
Fender Bandmaster 1965
OMEC Digital
OMEC 150EQ
Jimmy Bean JB150
Fender Champ 12
Vox AC4
Orange OR15
Orange Micro Crush
Orange Micro Terror
Orange Tiny Terror
National Dobro amp 1933
National Dobro amp 1935 non-working

Think that's it....

And my wife moans because there are 5 amps in the house.......

My path was quite quick.

- Marshall 20 ss from the mid 90s.
- H&K Blue Attax 40w as amp (covered in idiotic fuzzy carpet tolex. Got dirty FAST and stayed that way)

There was a musical yatus between 2002 and 2006..... and then bought my 1st proper amp.

- Orange RV50 and PPC212

Ive owned a ton in both head/cab form and combos. Fender, Marshall, Vox, Blackstar, Peavey...I dont believe in only owning just one brand, too many great amps out there to limit myself. Oranges I had and sold were the Micro Terror, Dark Terror, OR15, Rocker 30 and Rockerverb 50 MKI. Moved on to bigger wattage amps from various brands. Kinda regret selling the RV50 though! Currently the only Orange I have is the CR120H which I really like.

My first actual guitar amp that wasn't my older brothers Yamaha G100 212-II was an Orange Rockerverb 50 MkI.

Timeline:
Orange

Sovtek mig 50 and awful crate 4x12 (gone)
Some crate 50w tube head and same awful cab (gone)
Line 6 spider ii and same awful cab (gone)
5150 ii and a Mesa boogie halfback 4x12 with the metal grill, then a Marshall 1960a (gone)
Marshall JCM 800 and Marshall 1960a (gone)
Laney GH100TI and Marshall 1960b (1960b gone)
Peavey Windsor (gone)
Crate gx-600 (gone)
OR15 and ppc112
Micro dark and ppc108
Ampeg vt-22
Rockerverb mkiii 100 and ppc412

Carvin X60
Marshall 5275
Carvin QuadX - Tube100
Orange TH100

When I started playing properly (1969), I was gifted a Vox AC10 combo from a friend of my Dads.
1973 I had just started work and college so sold the AC10 (wish I hadn’t) and got a solid state HH100 combo.
Sold the lot in 1978 as realised I wasn’t going to be the next Jimmy Page and had to put all efforts into career.
Fast forward to 2014. I decided to play again so just went for what I always lusted after…an Orange. I got the TH30C.
I have subsequently bought the CR120H, originally as a non-valve backup, but that has turned out to be a really good amp and I use it a lot. I have also bought a Blues Cube Artist and have a Vox AC4.
Edit; I almost forgot I had a Vox AC30 head for a short while, liked it, but could almost get Vox tones with what I had so sold it.
Now looking for another Orange.

Good grief.

This is another copied thread. Like I said, what is the benefit from this to spammers?

bclaire wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:25 pm

Good grief.

This is another copied thread. Like I said, what is the benefit from this to spammers?

On occasion, they have come back to update their post later on with actual spam.

Seems like a lot effort for a thread buried some way down.....

Les Paul Lover wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:17 am

bclaire wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:25 pm

Good grief.

This is another copied thread. Like I said, what is the benefit from this to spammers?

On occasion, they have come back to update their post later on with actual spam.

Seems like a lot effort for a thread buried some way down.....

Yeah, how do you monetize something like that?

Fender champ 15
Crate gx30 combo
Marshall mg15
Line 6 spider IV half stack
Randall V2
Peavey classic 30
Peavey Valveking VK212
Peavey 6505mh
EVH 5150 iii 50 watt
Orange dual terror

Before moving into all tube amps, I was a solidstate amp player from almost the beginning. Then one day I woke up and no longer liked my tone. On my quest to find my sound, I discovered something that was always there but had never gotten bit from, Orange tube amps, warm vintage tone! Now I own 4; Rocker 15 Terror, Jim Root Terror, Dark Terror, and Micro Dark Terror. I sold off all solidstate & modeling amps and racks and prefer all analog tube amp heads, some good Celestion filled cabs, and all analog FX pedalboards.

But my past amplification from the 80s till 2015 (when I had my revelation) consisted of the following:

1- Peavey Renown 400, had it for approx 4 years
2- Gallien-Krueger 250ML - paired with a Yamaha REX50 multi-fx unit in the FX Loop, probably kept this setup for about 6 years
3- Marshall 8008 Valvestate - paired first with an ART DST4 & then a Digitech GSP1101 Preamps (full rack setup) - had the power head for longest, around 20+ years and the preamps about 8 years each
4- Fender Mustang III 112 combo, had it for about a year
5- Blackstar ID:60 TVP, great amp for a solid state with built in FX, very warm and the True Valve Power (TVP) gave it a nice valve amp feel (maybe 6 months I had this) this launched my search a real tube amp that would satisfy my tonal needs
6- Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister 36, for about a year (an extreme all tube amp with built in FX for sure but just could not get my tone from it)
It was at this point that I decided to simplify my rig with small but loud all tube amp heads, Orange Terrors came along and totally blew me away. With a few great Celestion filled cabs, and nothing but analog FX pedals setup on 2 pedalboards my quest for tone was complete. Amp by Orange, cabs by Marshall, Blackstar, & EVH5150III with Celestion Vintage 30s & 70th Anniversary speakers, and pedalboards full of MXR, Dunlop, Way Huge, DOD, Ibanez, Boss, Digitech, EHX, Analog Alien, EarthQuaker Devices, Wampler, Shift-Line did it for me. Essentially a return to gear (well, mostly) made by manufacturers that were there making history on some of the most iconic recordings of 70s & 80s Classic & Hard Rock!