jeffhx
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wait for that crescendo!
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Post by jeffhx on Aug 9, 2007 18:17:18 GMT -4
anyone ever played one of those? ive always wondered how they are like...
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Post by Mr. G. on Aug 9, 2007 21:17:21 GMT -4
I've never played one myself, but from what I've heard, I'd say they're somewhere between a Vox and a Marshall, but definitely with they're own character. Very nice amps.
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Post by zoso on Aug 10, 2007 12:45:29 GMT -4
I have tried them and they have great mids....think T. Rex ---- Bolan used 'em----clean better than Marshall....they have a new "Tiny Terror" out <<<that is it's actual name---it is a little 15 watt all tube head...sounds great...but it's $550 US
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Post by Akira on Aug 10, 2007 21:15:47 GMT -4
Never played one, they sure do look nice though, haha.
I picked up a "Tiny Terror" in some shop one time; it's heavier than you expect!
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Post by elklandercc on Aug 12, 2007 16:34:18 GMT -4
I see a lot of local/underground bands using them. Good to plug straight in for a soft rock sound, then push it with a OD pedal for some heavy rock or metal riffs. I wonder how the clean channels are though, I don't think I've ever heard one played clean, perhaps sketchy.
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Post by stratman on Aug 13, 2007 16:46:00 GMT -4
I think the clean sounds are ok, Noel Gallagher of Oasis uses Orange Heads, not sure what cabs he uses but i suspect they're Marshall, anyhow, his clean sounds are as good as Vox.
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jeffhx
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Post by jeffhx on Aug 13, 2007 18:56:50 GMT -4
it sure is quite an eye catcher...but really...the price tends to get a little crazy...sounds to me there isn't really much of a diferencce in terms of sound compared to other makes? then again i dont know much abt amps anyway... im pretty happy with my h&k still...she still sounds groovy to me...ive been getting more and more into electric guitar playing nowadays...
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Post by zoso on Aug 15, 2007 1:28:36 GMT -4
they have spring reverb....good clean...Marshall??? are you listening??
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Post by stratman on Oct 2, 2007 16:31:27 GMT -4
I'm quite seriously taken with the Orange Crush 30R at the moment, AD30TC would be nice, but too pricey at £1000, the RK30C would also be nice, but for the £620 it costs i could get an AC30, and anyway, a 30 watt valve amp is just way too loud for home use
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Post by aschleman on Dec 27, 2007 22:38:31 GMT -4
orange amps are known for their boutique low watt class a tube amps.... they get that brittish tone that a lot of people look for in a great blues amp. i am also considering the crush 30R.... however it's not a true tube amp... so it's stepping outside the realm of orange's real wheelhouse. i've played one and they do sound great... the spring reverb is pretty solid in them...
their tube amps are really the flagship though... it's like any other boutique amp company though. they have to charge more becuase there is less of a demand. people who generally end up playing orange tube amps are people who don't like the clean on marshall amps.... which i think is sorely lacking..... and people who can't get a good overdrive or distortion out of their fender amp... orange is kind of the happy medium.
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Post by Mr. G. on Dec 27, 2007 23:51:07 GMT -4
I wouldn't really consider Orange Amps a boutique amp company, nor would i consider Mesa Boogie a boutique amp company, though they call their self that I guess it just depends on what you consider the word boutique to mean, and how you personally apply it to gear.
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Post by Akira on Jan 2, 2008 16:44:49 GMT -4
My amp is classed as a boutique amp. *dances*
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Post by Mr. G. on Jan 3, 2008 16:07:13 GMT -4
I would say that a Rivera is a little more boutique than an Orange or a Mesa Boogie, but not near as boutique as a Fuches, /13, Roccoford, or the legendary Dumble. I'd concider them on the same boutique level as Bogner. It really depends on your own opinion/defenition of "boutique".
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Post by aschleman on Jan 6, 2008 12:27:24 GMT -4
To me, boutique is generally classified as a small gear company that does little advertising and doesn't mass distribute their properties. Orange would be considered on the fringe because they do have mass production in the UK they just don't import State-Side very many....
Mesa was boutique 20 years ago... just like Paul Reed Smith was with guitars... now they're both the stereotypical gear for any band that wants to play powerchords and sing about thier mom and dads divorce.
a boutique amp that I would like to get my hands on would be the Two-Rock Signature..... mmmmmmmmm It's been what John Mayer has been playing. and they cost between 2500 and 5000....
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