Orange Amps Forum

Geez, look at me. Just back in after a couple months.... my bad

Yes, Facebook sucks! pure and simple.
Don't take me wrong, I use it with other activities (not personally) and most all directed to current events but it is not what a forum is. As an example, I have a hobby of sand cars and performance side by sides. I use both FB and a forum and find there is more content, comradery and personal interaction with the forum vs FB.

Letting go of forums is almost like erasing history....

Valvelust wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:36 am

Letting go of forums is almost like erasing history....

It really is.

And what happens if Facebook goes the way of myspace? There's a lot of flux currently in social media... and a lot of people have thrown all of their eggs into social media like I have with my band - I mean, we don't email anyone anymore from our email list and don't maintain it either! All events are on Facebook although we still have an up-to-date website but I doubt it gets much traffic. I should check analytics on it...

Yes, So much interaction, information and history lost by forums shutting down.

I remember when the Boss GT Forum was corrupted, went down and all the information lost which was enormous over the years.

Not sure if any ever used a board like the GT 8, if not, it's actually a fairly complex device with a lot of capabilities which can be tweaked and dialed many different ways to achieve a perfected (digitized) sound, love it for stereo.

A classic example of why we need this forum is playing out on one of the Orange facebook groups. A guy bought an old cab and wants to know how old it is.

• one person said google the serial number - it will even give you the month. Wrong! New cabs, yes; old cabs, no.

• one person said to call or email Orange. Wrong. What a waste of their time.

• I said write down the date codes on those Celestions and look those up.

sheesh....

Jondog wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 03, 2020 5:04 pm

All I’m saying is there was no covid before the forum shut down... Hope everyone has been well!

Clearly need to reopen the forum.

We all need high quality vitamin C.

I do have to say - the two main facebook groups I go to for Orange are Orange owners group and the vintage group. Which is something I wished we could have done here - separate out the vintage people from the Crush kids. I wanted to have a separate section of the forum called Crush Corner... I've always found it difficult to talk with people who think that a 35 watt Crush is going to sound like a tube OR50. ha ha ha ha

bclaire wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 20, 2021 3:04 am

I do have to say - the two main facebook groups I go to for Orange are Orange owners group and the vintage group. Which is something I wished we could have done here - separate out the vintage people from the Crush kids. I wanted to have a separate section of the forum called Crush Corner... I've always found it difficult to talk with people who think that a 35 watt Crush is going to sound like a tube OR50. ha ha ha ha

Yeah, theres definitely a lot of comment holding back I do on the FB page

That, and i hate thay Facebook is all about immediacy.

You can't really follow up on stories, you just see the here and now and it disappears.

I don't mind so much the crush lovers, I was VERY impressed the CR120, and valve amps have a certain cost to them, higher than solid state.

Perhaps this forum was a bit dismissive of the solid state players. You're probably right Billy, a dedicated crush section would have been good.

Les Paul Lover wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:32 pm

Perhaps this forum was a bit dismissive of the solid state players. You're probably right Billy, a dedicated crush section would have been good.

It could have separated the questions into something more appropriate.

I agree with you that trying to find something in a facebook group is like pulling teeth...

bclaire wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:25 am

Les Paul Lover wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:32 pm

Perhaps this forum was a bit dismissive of the solid state players. You're probably right Billy, a dedicated crush section would have been good.

It could have separated the questions into something more appropriate.

I agree with you that trying to find something in a facebook group is like pulling teeth...

Yeah, it just doenst happen.
It's nice to have some Orange in my daily feed, I do enjoy that.

Otherwise, for proper structured gear conversation, forums cannot be replaced.

Guess I need to buy another old Orange so I can start some new conversation......

Valvelust wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:54 pm

Guess I need to buy another old Orange so I can start some new conversation......

ha ha ha ha