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Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by misterMagoo » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:26 pm

This thread is for tube/ valve layout diagrams and not for discussion.
If anyone else has tube layouts please post in this thread as an attachment.

Rockerverb 50 MKI: this is for the head - combo is reversed left to right
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by not_again » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:03 pm

Per Request....
Rocker 30 pre-amp tube layout...
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by merlhagstrom » Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:25 pm

Thunderverb 50
First row starting with the side closest to the input jack:

1- Channel A&B preamp valve

2- Channel B second and third gain stages

3- Channel A second and third gain stages

Second row of preamps starting closest to input jack:

1- fx loop send/ return tube

2- reverb send/return tube

3- phase inverter


Arrow is the bias trim pot
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by misterMagoo » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:56 am

AD30/ AD30R:
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by a.hun » Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:38 am

Someone actually disagrees with the numbering, though not the valve functions of the TC diagram:
(http://www.eurotubes.com/euro-orange.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

Quite a while ago there was a drawing that someone posted on the Orange forum showing the location of the tubes for both channels.
It seemed like every Orange customer that called us had seen this so rather than spend a lot of time explaining it was incorrect, we
went along with it because the tubes shown for the PI tubes were correct but the "V" numbers were incorrect...
So, the time has come to straighten this out permanently!
The picture below should clear the tube locations up for the AD30TC and AD140TC amps.
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I don't know which is right to be honest.
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by a.hun » Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:40 am

Randy Bass wrote:Does that mean that the older single-channel AD30 & AD30R have the same tube layout even though V2 is for reverb?
Same as on irish admirals diagram - the one misterMagoo just posted? Yes I think that will be right enough for the single channel AD30. The TC is pretty unusual in having a separate PI for each channel. Most TC amps still only have one PI which both (/all) channels feed to.


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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by evansexcellent » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:39 pm

RK50MKII tube layout for combo

FYI....if you have the Head you need to "flip" the rows of 12ax/at7 tubes left to right.

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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by Conker » Mon May 14, 2012 8:23 pm

I hope this is of good use to others as well.

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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by Doctor Volume » Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:13 pm

This is what Len Knitter from orange e-mailed me regarding the TH100 tube layout. Hope this helps a little
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by grahamp » Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:28 am

Here is the TH30C in an overhead view if you have the chassis pulled with the tubes pointing up.
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by bclaire » Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:27 pm

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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by bclaire » Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:30 pm

Cleaned up this thread... added a couple of needed comments to some layouts and deleted fulfilled requests and conversation.

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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by a.hun » Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:20 pm

bclaire wrote:Cleaned up this thread... added a couple of needed comments to some layouts and deleted fulfilled requests and conversation.
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Re: Orange Amps Tube Layout Guide

Post by Woodsie » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:20 pm

Can someone please give me an idea, based on the RV50MKII head layout, of which of these are V1, V2, etc....? I'm replacing my preamps with a mixed set of tubes and I need this info. Also, why is it that the posted diagram above that is for the combo says it has to be flipped for the head but, if you look on the Orange website under the RV50MKII head, it has the same diagram?
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