Orange Amps Forum

Hi guys how’s it going? I just got my first orange amp in years. A rockerverb 50mkI 2x12 combo. I had the 100 watt head and 2x12 cab years ago. I liked it a lot so far I like the 50 watt combo as well.
But am having a hard time dialing in my tone. The amp sounds like there is a blanket over it no matter what. The clean is worse than the dirty channel. It’s pretty bad so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on anything I could try to open it up?

Hey,

I'm assuming it's used? I would check the bias first. Might have been set cooler by a previous owner with could be causing the duller tone. If it's within range, perhaps a full retube is in order.

Also check the speaker wiring. I've run into a few orange cabs that sound awful. One of which was due to incorrect speaker wiring, the other is still a mystery.

Also if you have a different can to test it with you will at least know if it's the head or cab causing the darkness.

What amp are you coming from? Orange amps are very dark sounding. Could just be you are used to a brighter amp.

If all else fails try an eq pedal in the loop to add top end.

It's got v30s right?

Good luck!

My bet is that it needs new power valves.

However, that doesn't guaranty the improvement you'd like to see, but worn out valves will sound bland, with little sparkle and muffled undefined low end.

Did you plug the combo into an extension cab too? Your R100 was a head + cab, perhaps you prefer PPC rather than an open back combo too.

I had new tubes put in about a month ago when I got it. I have read a few things online where people seemed to have the same problem. Apparently it’s something with how the mkI’s clean is eq’d.
I have noticed that the combo is not much bigger than the orange 2x12 cab I used to have.
It’s almost like the cabinet is a little
Too small for everything to be squished in there.

Ok, so beside biasing, there isn't much to do.

What valves did you put in?
I find a JJ ECC83s in V1 would rob the clean channel of its sparkle.

I usually set my clean with bass to 1 o'clock and treble to 2 to 3 o'clock. Love it!!!!