Dual Dark 100 Questions

[Six Stringer]

I am new to Orange. I have been watching alot of videos on the Dual Dark 100. Will this amp cut it for hard rock and metal? If you dial down the gain is using a distortion pedal possible?

[Jondog]

Never played it, but video demos suggest it should.

[Les Paul Lover]

Ditto, never played it, but hard rock and metal is the niche it aims at.

As to what OD / Distortion will work with, it'll be trial and error.

[afjungemann]

Owned this amp for quite a while before selling it.

Depends on your needs/uses. The amp is fantastic with punchy low end. I had pretty good luck with the following uses:

Metal: channel B for gain, channel a for clean

Classic rock: channel A for gain, Channel B for clean

No cleans needed: rhythm gain channel A, lead gain channel B

It is quite flexible.

It works particularly well in a single guitar band. In a 2 guitar band, it can lack some cut depending on the amp the other player is using.

Also, I would suggest the DD50. I had the DD100 and the low end was tough to dial out. The DD50 uses a smaller transformer so the low end isn’t as woofy.

I only sold it because I got a rockerverb.

[Six Stringer]

Thanks for the input.

I have found a used mint dual dark 100. I am seriously considering it.