r/orangeamps

Been looking for a Crush Pro 120 for a long time and one finally popped up on marketplace. I’ve been using the Blackstar for a few years now and have no complaints but just wanted to change it up.

Honestly wanted a RV50 but it was out of my price range, got this one for a little under $300. Play a lot of punk rock like Dillinger Four, Iron Chic, Samiam, etc…. What I’ve read that this amp will be good for that style.

Loving this amp.. especially with the Super phat.

The clean channels work just as well together as the high gain channels. The reverb from the orange compliments the cleans so well. The 5153 is completely mid scooped so it it’s incredible percussively. I have the high gain orange set very mid-forward and it just fits perfectly.

I was just watching the Paul Rudd movie Power Ballad and spotted an OR120 with an old PPC412 as Bass backline.
I do like the sound of that combination.
What do you think about it?

I was able to trade into this PPC412 cabinet, and it’s totally sick.

Finally getting back to playing guitar. Was leaning towards a Reactor 100 but came to my senses after plugging into this. Got it used for $275. It’s everything you folks have talked about. The clean is to die for and just sounds great.

Sounds phenomenal and my neighbours now hate me. Total spend £63 including a new speaker cable.

I always thought the old Sega “Tower of Power” was awesome, so I guess I ended up building an Orange version. 🍊
From top to bottom:
Orange Rocker 32 converted into a stereo FRFR combo
Nano Cortex
Orange PPC212 converted to FRFR with two Celestion coaxial speakers
The whole idea was to keep the classic Orange look while taking advantage of modern modeling and stereo effects.
I’m also developing a companion app for the Nano Cortex. Right now it’s Linux-based, but ports to macOS and Windows are coming. It automates live scenarios—for example, playing backing tracks while sending MIDI commands to change presets, scenes, or effects automatically during a song, so I can just play instead of tap dancing.
Once I’ve finished debugging it, I’ll put it on GitHub so anyone interested can use it, contribute, or build on it.
It’s probably the most unnecessary Orange stack I’ve ever built… but it makes me smile every time I walk into the room.
Anyone else here running an Orange rig with modelers or FRFR conversions? I’d love to see what you’ve built.

I’ve been borrowing a friends Boss DS2 and I’ve come to realise I really like cranking the gain and using my amp distortion as opposed to the sounds in that pedal.

I have however been using the DS2 as a boost with the gain set to practically zero and the level set to max and it’s doing really awesome things to my distorted tone.

I’m now looking to buy a pedal of my own to achieve this same effect and I’m looking for recommendations from people who use orange amps.

General internet digging is saying some kind of tube screamer, a boss OD-1 or something like a Wampler Tumnus?

My new Facebook marketplace find! $200 for a crush pro 60. I thought it was too good to pass up. Second orange amp I picked up from a youngling for an unbelievable price.

This is a shot of the KT88s in my new Orange AD200 I took last night. I think it's beautiful. This is my first all tube bass amp and goddamn is it a ton of fun. Once my Cubase license gets sorted out, I plan to record a bunch of demos.

I knew I'd love the sound with roundwounds. I didn't know how much I'd love the sound with flatwounds. OMG, that vintage woody warmth is amazing!

I'm running it with my Ampeg 410HE cab, still using the tweeter at halfway, too. The Clean switch adds a surprising amount of versatility to an already versatile tonal palette with how highly interactive the Gain, EQ, and Master Volume knobs are with each other. It's killing me about the Cubase server switch delaying my recording…