Can someone help me date a head?

Maybe someone can help you date your Orange Amplifier?

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198d__
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Can someone help me date a head?

Post by 198d__ » Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:02 am

I was in my local guitar shop today and saw an old Orange OR120. The serial number read 656. Could someone tell me the year this amp was made? Thank you.

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Re: Can someone help me date a head?

Post by a.hun » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:53 pm

Hi 198d__. Welcome.

If it is an OR120 I'd say it was a 1990s reissue rather than a '70s amp. Dating Orange amps isn't perfect but the 3 digits on an OR suggests that to me.
ORANGE DATING PAGE

You can see some of the differences between the '70s amps and '90s reissues here...
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...and read more details about some of the differences at the thread I linked to there too.
If the one in that shop isn't an 'Overdrive' (ie is a non master volume version of the OR120) most of the info on '70s / '90s differences in the 'Orange' logo and electronics etc would still apply.

You could aways grab a couple of pics of that amp and we could tell you more.


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