The DANGEROUS Power of this TINY Amp!
The brand new Orange OR30 is only a measly 30 watts: That can't possibly be loud enough.... or can it? Let's break out the loudness meter and see just what this thing can unleash! Check out all the details at Orange amps: orangeamps.com/or30/
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Here's the story behind that awesome, one of a kind Flying V: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIOq1a59XdvYfc4.html
@darceylawrence5440
11 ай бұрын
Have you done a video on that Traynor amp? and also in the words of Ola "will It Chug" ? lol
@JohnSmith-ki2eq
11 ай бұрын
I've got an Orange tiny terror and through my blackstar 4x10 cab it is house shakingly loud!
@n0nyabznss
11 ай бұрын
I'ts too Black Sabbath-ish. The distortion is more of a fuzz tone and its just not pleasing to the ears of some.
I had to turn the volume down on my headphones. Point was made.
@adhaskym.a9536
11 ай бұрын
You have crappy headphones
@leeknivek
11 ай бұрын
KZread audio is compressed to probably -14 lufs or something, you’re only hearing the difference between Glenn’s voice and the guitar volume, which he could make that anything
Gleeeenn! Your amp reviews are top notch! You touch on some stoner/doom stuff that I love and you cover the EXACT amount of cleans that I care about 😉
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Glad appreciate it! :)
I'm so glad that you are making this video and covering sensitivity. My dad was a Radio and Hi-Fi engineer back in the 70's and he passed on the info to me about sensitivity. My main amp for many years was an HH VS Musician which had 2 Celestion Gold Backs with sensitivity of 100db. I later fitted a Vox Blueback into one of the cavities because one of the Gold Backs got a Zippo lighter thrown through it from the crowd (hey, free Zippo though) and the Vox is also 100db. That amp is so clean all the way to the top and louder than a loud thing on national loud day.
What impresses me the most is how good these Mojotones sound, especially considering the price.
Ordered one for myself. Will be here Monday. Cant wait to try it out 1st hand. Excellent demo.
Your editing skills are unmatched man great playing and tones!
Great vid as always Glenn, I really look forward to and value your input over anyone else's in the community. You really keep it real. Amp wattage vs loudness is super interesting and something I will hardly understand. My 50 watt mesa on an egnater 4x12 slant with 4 V30's is SO MUCH louder than my 100 watt B52 hooked through my randall with 4 V30s. I have no idea why :D
That last mix you did gives me the impression that not only will it get classic rock in the sense of 'vintage' , but it seems that Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee would have appreciated this little gem, certainly in their earlier years of recording. This just might be my next buy. Gotta go schlep a couple of axes to a store and have a listen. Thank you for this!!!
Cool as hell riff @ 3:48! Thanks for turning me on to the band Stoner!🤘🏻
Gleeenn! Awesome video man! very high quality as always I really like this format of video. That orange sounds great! in my ears orange has always have some special sound with overdriven, almost like a bit of Fuzz, thanks for the video!
I really like the orange sound! And that little one is freaking loud and the guitar is gorgeous!
I love these raw rugged sounds. Definitely inspired more results
You're not kidding about wattage and volume not being the same thing! I learned this when I use to bring my Orange Micro Terror to a rehearsal studio and plugged it in to a Marshall 1960 4x12. 20 watts of Class D power sure, but holy crap was it loud!!! My drummer actually told me to turn DOWN!! And I love "grimey" clean tones, not spanky pristine, and that OR30 sounded great to me!!
I bought my first Orange amp about a year and a half ago. The little OR15 head. I have a Mesa oversized vertical 2x12 with V30’s. I liked it so much that I bought a Rockerverb 50. It does everything and it does it well. My #1 favorite amp ever.
I've not had many opportunities to hear the amp without a good few pedals infront of it - appreciate the review :)
Man those orange amps are great! Dude this flying v is really awesome! The top is amazing, tone is very cool too!
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
The amp, in conjunction with the mojotone speakers & AA mics really deliver the goods!
VICIOUS V + Orange = HOT DAMN! Solid demo once again! Cheers
Man that Demo at the end screams Rush. Hints of La Villa Strangiato and YYZ. Dig it!
One of my favourite high gain guitar tones was from the Orange OR15 with an MXR 10 band EQ in the FX loop to shape and tighten up the amp. It ripped for metal. This new OR30 might also give you more than stoner tones. Don't sleep on an EQ in the FX loop.
Absolutely love the OR series... (superior to the crush power section too imo) I still feel like Orange are way more versatile than people give them credit for as well. Even 15W can be super loud... also, side note: power transformers get overlooked a lot also! (almost completely) If you know, you know! I don't even think I've even seen someone do a video on it... ;)
@janheikel7751
11 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure CSGuitars has a video on transformers. At least I remember he has talked about them in some video.
@-jank-willson
10 ай бұрын
what do power transformers do?
@stevec9972
10 ай бұрын
@@-jank-willson I asked Google
@-jank-willson
10 ай бұрын
@@stevec9972 so what did it say?
@stevec9972
10 ай бұрын
@@-jank-willson converts high to low voltage or current
Great video glen, especially the part of the speaker db output on a speaker & how it works !! Thanks 👍
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
I have a rockerverb mk3 and that amp is crazy loud and it does everything from funk to 8 string drop Q× tuning it sounds amazing no matter what way its set
Had the or15 a few years back. One of my favorite pieces of gear of all time
Ya, Ade knocked it out of the park with this one. I have the Dark Terror and I love it.
Killer clean tones!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
I got the OR15 recently and it is easily loud enough to keep up with a band. I love Orange amps, they do have a unique sound which I love.
@Mikhail72051
11 ай бұрын
Plenty loud considering you wanna keep the gain and master at around 7 to start getting those tubes chugging!
@beefnacos6258
6 ай бұрын
Lol 1 watt can knock your socks off 😂. It's hilarious how people think they need 100 watts to play in their living room.
@jarrusjenkins
6 ай бұрын
@@beefnacos6258 agreed, but most of the good amps tend to only come in bigger wattages though.
Orange are very underrated as a company! They have a certain sound to them that's heavy and also not at the same time. such a great rock sound that totally works well for some sorts of metal sounds even outside of stoner/doom/sludge kinda stuff - it just works so well there. They don't really break the bank usually either (well compared to engl and other high end amp companies).
@ferox965
3 ай бұрын
Orange is great for blues. All my amps are Orange.
I've wanted the OR15 for a while. That's plenty of power for anywhere you're gonna play. They can always throw a mic on it
@stillpist
11 ай бұрын
I've had one for 12 years and will never sell it. I think it's the best amp orange makes for the money. throw an eq in the loop and you can get fenderish cleans, marshall like territory and of course many flavors of orange, but plugged straight in you get one of the best rock tones out there.
@Mikhail72051
11 ай бұрын
I ended up going with a Marshall Origin 20 because of how crisp it still sounded with attenuation. I think when I picked it up, it was half the price of what they are selling for now. It has all the Plexi sound you dream of and an fx loop.
@gabrielstevens41
11 ай бұрын
I had an OR 15 years ago and still kind of regret selling it. I got a Super Crush 100 for a hell of a deal earlier this year and love it
@ferox965
11 ай бұрын
I've got one. I love it.
Those riffs are getting cleaner and cleaner!! Cheers from Mexico!
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Ty!
The different mic for the volume test made it sound like you provided us hearing protection as well.
Great video Glenn ✌️🎸🎶🍻
Love my OR15, need one of these
Nobody does informative content for the little guy like you Glen. More videos like this please.
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Sure thing!
ive used a orange TH30 head live for years i love it! Im hoping to get this bad boy this year for my birthday
For years I’ve been using a TH30 for everything. It’s loud enough for jamming, has varying output volume options which is perfect for gigging, and switches down to 5 watts, perfect for recording. The clean channel is a master volume clean channel, so cranked you can get great plexi sounds Dirty channel has more gain than yoh will ever need. Perfect amp in my opinion.
Those OC mics sound massive!
working at Ashdown amps for 6 years, the amount of times i had to explain sound is measured in decibels made my head spin!
Thank You Glenn, that explains a lot ! Case is that I often wondered just HOW can my 3 watt Roland Microcube be so loud ? I always thought that is was because of the speakers efficiancy, and then it turns out it's all about physics.
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
Man, you just love “dreamer deceiver/deceiver”. I hear you play that riff more than any other. (That whole album is brilliant.)
I don't have a lot of experience with different amps, so I have been using wattage to measure how loud an amp is. The way I figure it, 150w will go over a drumkit. Busting out a decibel reader is a GREAT help. Please do that every time.
@sid35gb
11 ай бұрын
Yep watts are no indication of how loud and amp is I have a 1 watt Marshall dsl amp that plugged into a 2x12 loaded with celestion Redbacks will push out over 100db!! With that set up and a 10 watt amp it will be perceived as twice as loud. Back in the 60’s a 15 watt amp was big enough for most gigs and when girls got in to the habit of screaming at their favourite band it got upped to 30 watt’s which in today’s world 30 watts cranked will get you in trouble with most sound guys and local authorities.
Do you have a video explaining the wattage of amp/speaker and figuring out/decide what you really need? If not, I think itd be a neat vid. of course it could just be me who doesn't quite understand it yet. Great vid.
Hey Glen love your show and I think you are very well positioned to decode something that at least to me carries a lot of vagueness and ambiguity. I came across Dream Theater's guitar player John Petrucci coments about Tube Amps v. Amp modelers he said "The biggest challenge for the digital products is not the tone, not the things like gain and overdrive, it's how the amplifier physically pushes air through the speaker, it's the feel thing." As far as I understand the speakers push the air because they receive a signal and the processing of the signal puts everything in motion. As the cone moves, it pushes and pulls the surrounding air; by doing so it creates pressure waves in the air, called sound...😮 I think the only other thing in my house that can push air, other than the speakers, is my ceiling fan. Any way...My questions are as follows 1.What is the feel thing? 2. How can we measure it? Thanks Glen from Glendale CA
I love me a good Orange. I already have a 5150 and Rockerverb MKIII which fill out all my tone needs, but this is a sweet little head that I am tempted to check out
I toured with a grindcore band playing a 15 watt tube Amp. You'll wear out your power tubes pretty quick cranking it that much, but it's PLENTY. Mesa made some KILLER high gain, low watt tube amps in the 90s that I have a soft spot for. If you can find a Mesa DC3 you'll be in for a shock.
I picked up an OR15 used for around ~$450 and i've played it exponentially more than my 5150 block letter and my Framus Cobra. Sounds amazing with and without pedals in front of it. 10 out of 10 would recommend.
@CedricSatterfield
11 ай бұрын
Or15s are amazing. I only sold mine to get the 30 because of the 2w setting and not having to run it through the Captor. Slightly less clutter.
It all got a bit Rush-y at the end!! Lovely.
I have an Orange AD30 (main amp) and Laney VC30. Both of them have played the exact same rooms as my 90s era 5150 head rated at 120W. They can all play any gig. Now that I'm old af, I haven't had a gig with the 5150 for a long time unfortunately, the other two get a spank every couple weeks. I hate ear plugs and, being a singer also, I am really happy with the silicon, flexible plugs available now; those plugs you advertise work really well - I use them but forget the name. The custom made ones at the 'hearing store' always unseal when I move my jaw to sing/talk so no good for a live gig. I'd say, "Buy the ones advertised here 'cause they work for bands, singers and for concert attendees." For volume as a guitarist: most preferred for me is a small cab (1- 12" or so) pointed away from me a bit when I'm at the mic, but angled up so I can step into the sound if I need to hear more but I'm not killing everyone or myself for all the regular stuff. SANS PLUGS. BTW FUGLENN 😀.
I can't help myself from commenting everytime you mention Kyuss! Pretty much merits an automatic like every time :D
Ryan at 60 cycle hum also just tried this one, too. For "surf music." Sounded great. BTW, I've been wearing earplugs to concerts since the early 1990's. I'm turning 60 this year, and I can still hear the music I play. A lot of my friends now have to use hearing aids because they chose not to wear ear protection because it wasn't cool. Be smart, kids. Use protection.
@ferox965
3 ай бұрын
I'm a bassist. All of my bands started taking off...I invested in in ear monitors and I love coming home without my ears ringing more than they already do. Wish I had done it years ago.
Letting the tone wood work on that guitars in the drum room, nice!
Thanks, I've learned about speaker sensitivity. Have you done a tutorial on and decibels? I don't think a lot of guitarists actually understand volume.
I bought the OR15 for the studio but even that little thing is loud enough for most small gigs with a 2x12
🤘 Massive sounds. 👀
That V into that Orange into those speakers is a thing of beauty.
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!!
That V guitar looks BADASS!
Glenn, Can you cover more on bass guitars and amps? I am lost on these new products. My equipment is close to 50 years old and I would like to save it for special occasions. I know Geddy Lee used Orange amps at the end of Rush days. But Geddy and Chris Squire turned me on to my Rickenbacker 4001. Thanks bro !
Can you teach us more about clean metal tones. With dark emotional picking patterns that lead up to dirty angry riffs. Like Alice In Chains or Staind. There’s a song called Home by Staind that’s a great example as well as I stay away by AIC. Rock that plucks at those heart strings. Xanadu by rush is one of my all time favorite examples of what I mean. Can you show us more about how to make a very cathartic and emotional rock album. Thanks so much man! New to the channel, about a couple months and you’ve helped me clear up a lot of things. Love your channel dude!
I love Orange amps, it gives such a raw and dirty sound that i love, and when you crank the gain, it just gets more saturated instead of compressed. YYEEEAAHHHH!!!! 🤘🤘
The OR120 was a great amp too. Pike used/uses them
I have to say, my Amplitude Orange RockerVerb plugin is pretty good too. Especially adding a 4x12 in a large room. As for an actual amp, I have a Roland Jazz Chorus that’s 22 watts and it’s loud as shit. It fills up the space in a 30 seat place like a shop. I dig Orange amps.
I use the Thuderverb 50! It rules!!
Was waiting to see if we got the official glen stamp on this thing! I love my or 15, super crush 100, and jim root head! But this thing is a different animal!
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
I can’t believe how INSANELY LOUD it is!!
saw Stöner not long ago, Nick played 2 Ampegs and Brant 2 Marshalls. At least live at this event and at some other live videos. I would suggest everybody watching them live if there is a chance, but it might get loud. - Damn i was shocked by what you said about the volume levels,, i play my amp often at about 100 db with my drummer for at least an hour (about 70-80 db when playing alone in the rehersal room)and i sit not even 1 meter away. i wonder why i can still hear good after all those years. BR from Austria.
Orange brings a punch that's very unique to their amps. This little thing is a giant killer. Just gotta watch those el84s aren't over biased.
A Katana head on the 0.5 watt setting played through a Harley Benton 2x12 is loud enough to make my ears ring if i crack gain and master volume. A guitar isn't pushing low frequencies so it doesn't take a lot of power to get loud.
Nice "Fly by" sound-alike🤘
Orange Amps are so monstrous. The tone conjures up visions of gigantic, prehistoric monsters. It's a thick, lumbering sound. I love it.
I wish it had two channels, I'd love to switch between that classic rock sound and that all out doom sound.
I can say my Laney AOR 30 is pretty damn loud as well. I measured the amp with my 2x12 (loaded with Jensen Electric Lightning) as well, it was just short of 120db at 1m distance.
Offtop: Thanks to your videos I started to look for a pair of new 12" speakers for my ashdown cab. Would be hooked up to MB LittleMarkTube. Could you guys recommend some?
Just picked one up with a matching 2x12
you sure aren't kidding about the hearing loss. I used to play at church for almost a decade and always had floor monitors and two huge speakers right behind the drums. and that was twice on sunday and then practices. eargasm ear plugs are the best. I really suffer from tinnitus and hearing loss. and I'm only 41. So protect ur ears guys. cos tinnitus can make ya go crazy sometimes. plus the sound this Orange brings out is awesome. reminds me of some Priest .
Nice mix dude reminds me of fly by nights by rush, very groovy.
I've been rocking my OR50 for about ten years at this point! Mostly playing it through a 2x12 and oh yeah is it loud and dirty enough. I only get in trouble when my bands fellow guitarist plugs his Laney AOR 100W into his 4x12!
I have a little 15 watt fender rumble and a Orange crush 12 wt perfect for my small office
Wow...can we get an IR of this on the Prism? Sorry if it is already on there, I only just got Prism and haven't had time to fully explore, yet. The tones I have found are nuts, though!
I tried an OR15 lunchbox amp last month. Had a 7 watt setting (for bedroom levels, LOL). I was almost asked to leave the store at seven watts. These things are LOUD…. And I want one.
I love my OR15, and I think the next orange will most likely be the OR30.
I've got a 20W Jet City combo with a 12" Eminence speaker and it's deafening past 12 o'clock. Shoutout to the Derringers employee who talked me out of the Marshall Code 50.
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Wow, you sure dodged a bullet!
ive been to alot of concerts with my best friend. he started taking his daughter to shows at 5. and she has always had a good set of head phones for the shows. some people talked crap about them. and ive always jumped in and made sure they knew how dumb they were for talking crap and not wearing ear protection themselves. this video shows why he makes sure she has good ear protection. ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR HEARING!
Glenn you should do a guitar collection video! I love the fearless gear reviews and sometimes you’ll compare it to something in your collection which makes me curious about what you actually keep. Ik it’s overdone but I think it would be a good video for people who are looking for new guitars. If it holds up to someone who runs a studio then it’s a solid piece of instrumentation that can be recommended etc.
@Mikhail72051
11 ай бұрын
My Marshall Origin 20 has a nice 5w & 1w attenuator built in the doesn't get flubby like my other tube amps. It's an awesome amp for the price. I was on the fence between it and the OR15 because of the attenuator circuit.
After i got my Orange TH30 I realized how 30 watts is really all you need for great tone and volume at the same time.
Came from the short where you found the tone BUT DIDN'T LET US FUCKING HEAR IT!!!!! Love ya Glen.
Haha... I have a Traynor from the early 70s... I agree, they are crazy loud.
it makes me so happy that so many of your guitar demo song choices are from sad wings of destiny by priest
I'm using 20W jetcity with vertical HESU 212. Band practice or gigs with live drummer, no problem what so ever.
Everyone, who owns a VOX AC30 knows, that with the correct speakers, 30W can be enough to wreck all the windows in the neighborhood. Maybe not enough, to keep up with a socker stadium full of screaming teenage girls, but when that's what you're doing, you'll use an IR-loader to go directly into the board anyway. It's not the time of the Beatles any more, who had to compete with that with just their amps on stage. Even my 15W Orange Rocker 15 Terror with only a single Vintage 30 is much more than enough, to keep up with any drummer in the world. Last year I put it on a solid floor in my friends basement (a German house, no flimsy USA-building ;-) ), and it felt already like a small earthquake. The floor was shaking, and that wasn't just the air moving around my pants. My pants were already moving at roughly 50-60% of the master volume cranked. And yes, I was wearing hearing protection, of course. These 117db are similar to the noise of a jackhammer, and noticeably louder, than a chain saw. The pain threshold is usually considered to be at around 120db. That's so loud, that your ears actually hurt, and 117db are not too far away from it. A big Stadium-Rock concert usually has around 110db in the center of the crowd. With 117db your amp/guitar is already louder than the whole of your favorite band, when you're in the middle of the crowd at their concert. For all you young guys out there, who think, they're tough: absolutely never use a cranked OR30 without hearing protection! Really not! Not even, if you think, your ears are different. They aren't. Just wear hearing protection. Even the cheap foamy ones will be better, than nothing. If you don't, you might not be able to hear it any more for the rest of your life. Thanks, Glen, for never getting tired to tell the kids over and over again. I wish, people would have told us so tirelessly, when we were young, stubborn, and stupid. As teenager you need a lot of reminders, before something even remotely reaches your brain.
Hey Glenn, man it’s nice to hear someone talk about music AND TELL THE FUCKING TRUTH!
Not what I'm into personally but I will say to anyone who wants to buy one on the strength of this review: go for it because I bought the NUX mighty plug Pro on the strength of Glenn's review and haven't regretted it.
Killer sound
an orange amp (specifically one like this bc it’s sick as fuck) is my dream first tube amp!! they look sick, sound sick, and get the job fucking done!! thank you glenn for everything you do for the guitar and mixing community. lots of love from a military dude trying to make the most of what little money i get to make each month, you fucking rock
@AspiringSpaceWizard
11 ай бұрын
I play bass and really really want an orange amp. I might even get one of their combos just to scratch the itch
Knowing Glenn and I have the same taste in music makes me feel good. Kyuss was GOATed. Do you like the Savannah sound? (Baroness, Kylesa, Black Tusk)
I have a few Orange heads. They sound great very quickly. No need to tweak too much
I guess I need to upgrade my OR15 now. Thanks, man.
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
What style are you playing?
@rompofotters
11 ай бұрын
@@SpectreSoundStudios I'll show you on your mix reviews if I ever finish recording a song!
i like the mojo tone speakers but i will go for the british vintage 30H 30 watt speakers for that 70s metal tone
My high school bus drivers were this guy's twin, and a quiet, mountain sized retired Green Beret nicknamed 'Sarge'. Amusingly, they both played guitar, really well. Would've been cooler if they'd had Orange amps.
The sounds at 4:28 were to me personally very reminiscent of early Judas Priest. Could easily played Metal Gods with that sound and it could be used as such on the record. Nice demo!
@SpectreSoundStudios
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, it really does have a bit of that vibe going on!
It would be interesting to put some of these amp heads on a amp dyno. See what kinda of power there really making.
great video