orange is like marshall’s younger brother that went to jail for a few years and gets in fights

@coopergoss350

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@klee_of_c8082

3 жыл бұрын

Damn that’s funny!

@nikolaus2688

3 жыл бұрын

I rather think of it as Marshall's younger brother who went to college, developed a taste for sophistication, and the finer things, but still looks up to its biker big brother.

@dorianford6227

3 жыл бұрын

What a perfect description man

@brandonharris9160

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikolaus2688 way more accurate

Great view video! Especially the amps from my studio :)

@felipetroccoli7809

3 жыл бұрын

you've got the good stuff rick!

@RhettShull

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got dibs on the Matamp

@Claviceptic

3 жыл бұрын

@@RhettShull doom away, friend

@shanebrbich5698

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Rick! Was wondering what was going on! 👍🇦🇺

@bobbystereo936

3 жыл бұрын

@@RhettShull How bout what is the musicman amp sound?

The best thing about Orange amps, outside of that they sound ace, is that my wife was like, ooh, that looks nice, when I bought one home instead of giving the incoming object an accusing scowl.

@smirgyjoker2484

3 жыл бұрын

Just bought my orange amp (bass 25) and I'm loving it. The looks and the nice fuzz tone is to die for (I may have a new addiction).

@unclefoiley819

3 жыл бұрын

I bought my wife a Orange practice amplifier. She loves it. I steal it occasionally and now I'm gonna buy one. Lol!!

@allan-shephard

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. Now I have to try this. For science of course :D

@JRoss-zxzx

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Good to know

@laa0fa502

3 жыл бұрын

You can buy both micro terrors too because "it's so cute you have matching amps on your speaker!" And too be fair it is

To me, a big part of the orange sound is how all the vintage models kept the EQ network early in the circuit (just after the first gain stage). Sure, early Marshalls were the same way, but Marshall copied the fender tone stack design (which was directly pulled from the RCA manuals), while Orange ran a slightly different variant, in which instead of the bass (and mid) running in series with the treble it runs more in parallel, with both bass and treble wipers feeding the next gain stage. But what does that matter or mean? Well in practice the 5F6-A Bassman/Fender circuit has an EQ with much cleaner segmentation. If you lower the treble, only the high frequencies from about 1-2k upwards are altered. By contrast, when you lower the treble on an OR120, the lower frequencies actually INCREASE. Now, this might not mean much since you can always "turn the bass down" to suit, but it's important to point out again that this tone stack is EARLY in the circuit. The Orange amps are known for their warm, sometimes fuzzy tone, and I think this is part of it. Unless you have the FAC and boost removing MOST of the lows, and the treble knob CRANKED, it's giving you lots of low end that feeds into the real gain stages (the OR120 has three gain stages in total). Simply put, it's actually rather difficult to get clean/tight bottom end through the circuit when cranked. As to the point about Oranges having "more mids". I think Rick and Rhett started getting to the real point when talking about the shift of the mids. Many people find Marshall amps (especially the JCM800, which has an EQ late in the circuit and a cathode follower design), to be VERY mid-heavy amps, but the mids are in a completely different frequency range. As one might expect, Matamp coming from a background of making radio amps and similar, the OR120 produces very even mids, and if you put a spectrum analyzer on it, you'll see there's little, if any, mid db boost over the low frequencies, and the mids largely follow with the lows. By comparison, Marshalls have a mid push, but it's way up around 800-1k, and if you "cut" the mids, it only has a significant impact around 600hz+. The guitar is a mid-focused instrument, and we've come to expect that emphasis from most amps, but the orange amps have a strong presentation of the 200-500hz range, which is a bit different than most. This is really where that "more mid" thing comes from. It's not "more", it's just a lot less of upper mids than we're used to, which gives it this real throaty honk that's unique. To me, that's the "orange sound".

@Bob-of-Zoid

2 жыл бұрын

Well it is more on the 200W ones!! Those will take the curls out of your hair when cranked! (

@Mike_Jones68

2 жыл бұрын

Great write up on the history here

@Vishnu-xn4vx

2 жыл бұрын

That classic throaty mids of the Doom Metal scene 😋

@cocvhecv

Жыл бұрын

This is the greatest comment I've ever read on youtube

@ag6478

Жыл бұрын

This is the smartest thing I've ever heard in the amp community

4:36 Wild Rick Beato appears and starts turning up the knobs

@williamhively3295

3 жыл бұрын

This comment made me FF to it. Ha!

@GeoZero

3 жыл бұрын

Would be funny to see a whole series where Rick Beato shows up randomly at studios and gigs and turns up knobs. :)

@chrisattigliato1

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@DIYTFY

3 жыл бұрын

Dick Beatoff

@jackson63

3 жыл бұрын

lol I saw him, took me by complete surprise lol

When I think Orange, i think fuzzy, hairy, and intentionally "loose" sounding, without any pedals to get any of those characteristics. It's why they work so well for doom, sludge and old school sounding rock/metal.

@eto_fedos

3 жыл бұрын

Matt Pike's guitar is what I think Orange sounds like

@Syklonus

3 жыл бұрын

"Crackly and flabby" is the term that comes to my mind. This is in a good way of course.

@sirkayda7205

3 жыл бұрын

I think they're more throaty and vocal compared to Marshalls.

@AlbertoLawant

3 жыл бұрын

I mean Oranges are great even for modern metal stuff. The Rockerverbs have a really tight low end and mids. Jim Root from Slipknot has been using them for years

@iloveitall

3 жыл бұрын

The same to me. It is horrible how undefined they are. Always fizzy and overpriced.

Man you got got some great guitar sounds here! Very interesting.

@ShamanicSavant

3 жыл бұрын

Well, there goes your "Orange Amps: A Short History" :)

@jordandangelo180

3 жыл бұрын

That would be an awesome episode of Short History Of....I can’t think of a much better brand to do a short history on that hasn’t already been done that has such a storied history. A Short History of Dumble would be the ultimate. But the Trainwreck and Tube screamer episodes are my favorite. I’ve been watch five watt world since the beginning and I always knew it was an intellectual notch above most other guitar content. Keith reminds me of a really cool College professor that you learn a lot from and act silly enjoy their lectures.

PLEASE TURN THIS INTO A SERIES!!!! So good and so much info, love the addition of Rick to get the more vintage stuff and explain as well. Marshall sound??? Mesa??

@carnovector6396

8 ай бұрын

I would eat that shit right up too

@sunnaki

8 ай бұрын

+1 to this please!

@Austin_Bourque_

Ай бұрын

I don’t think he’d do the scooped mid thrash sounds of the mesa mark series which is “the sound”

I'm so glad you're making a video about these amps. I've seen them around for years but I've never really understood what their "Sound" was.

@guitaristssuck8979

3 жыл бұрын

"Him" who? "Them" who?

@guitaristssuck8979

3 жыл бұрын

@@Evilshelby he's trying to...

@whatyoumakeofit6635

3 жыл бұрын

@@guitaristssuck8979 tim too ? Whim whoo ?

@guitaristssuck8979

3 жыл бұрын

@@whatyoumakeofit6635 lol

@spacejamgoliath

3 жыл бұрын

@@guitaristssuck8979 dude does being an asshole make you feel better? Its obvious what he meant

I love the fact that this is kinda becoming a series

@RhettShull

3 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely becoming a series

@joseph_lacy

3 жыл бұрын

Rhett Shull hell yeah!

@liamouziel211

3 жыл бұрын

@@RhettShull oh fuxk yea lets go

@fadeskywards1245

3 жыл бұрын

@@RhettShull Yeaah

@boyscoutguitarist3921

3 жыл бұрын

@@RhettShull lol

The first time I ever spotted Orange amps was the very first time I heard/witnessed Black Sabbath in an old video of them doing "Paranoid", after that I always associated the name with the coolest guitar sound on earth.

@justicefxx

3 жыл бұрын

a common misconception though, it was back line promotional equipment the tv studio was outfitted with. Tony was, has always been exclusively Laney Amps. I got an Orange anyway. ;)

@firemarshal2629

3 жыл бұрын

Yea sadly tony has said several times they never played orange amps live

@BigTyronie

2 жыл бұрын

Theres a video of tony playing an orange pre sabbath in the band earth. He was played the clip and went oh, i guess ive used them a bit. Debunked

Rhett, your videos are incredible. I love how you and Rick randomly seem to meet up and vibe, too. Top tier production, solid topics, and the videos are always engaging and informative. Keep up the great work, sir!

Orange amps sound like they're giving you a big warm hug, while also flipping you off

@alexjauxier

3 жыл бұрын

This comment wins

@michaelcraig9449

3 жыл бұрын

What a soyboy thing to say

@juanes8931

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcraig9449 tf does that mean

@Luke-yv6uo

3 ай бұрын

@@michaelcraig9449Oh look, a clown throwing around the term “soy boy” for no apparent reason. Not a surprise coming from a chunker who wears fedoras.

"I've got my Orange Crush" - R.E.M.

@stufftie88

3 жыл бұрын

First Song I played on my crush 120H ;)

@johnharvey4448

3 жыл бұрын

Does the song use an Orange amp ?

Orange amps and Wolfmother riffs! That’s all you need. 😆

@AJvsEverything

2 жыл бұрын

I was looking through the comments hoping someone would mention the song, and as soon as you said Wolfmother I could hear the lyrics that go with the riff...I knew I recognized it, but I'm bad with picking out songs from riffs...

Brings back memories. I bought my 1962 Strat in the Orange shop around 1975. I later purchased an Orange 120w 'Graphic' amp (top amp in video) from a shop further along Charing Cross Road. It was built like a tank!

@Mishkacat123

Жыл бұрын

I also bought a graphic 120 from them in '74 and still have it and it still works perfectly!

You’re such a great storyteller Rhett. Truly. You and Rick are getting me through this pandemic. Keep it up!

@johnfrenette

3 жыл бұрын

John Ashmore tack on Tom Bukovac and it really doesn’t feel all that bad staying in and laying low

I love Orange amps, they're my favorite brand by far. Great idea for a video to talk about what exactly the Orange "sound" is though, because it's tough to pin down. When I think of it, I always think of a more gritty, fuzzy type of the typical 60's British overdrive sound. And it's almost like these amps "ghost" what you play, like a super quick delay of sorts. It's a thick, but spacious sound overall.

@georgefromgreece4119

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on comment!

For me, Orange is forever tied to The Pillows. Like so many other American fans, I first heard their music in FLCL, and it blew me away with how amazing it is on its own and how integral it is to the feeing of the series. The legendary riff of Ride On Shooting Star, the determination and defiance of I Think I Can, the driven melancholy of Last Dinosaur, all of them are ingrained into my brain. I can never forget The Pillows, and Orange is one of the things that made their distinctive alt-rock shine.

@oobernoober7617

Жыл бұрын

Same with me man, the moment the amp was turned on I immediately heard The Pillows! Amazing music used for FLCL and great J Rock Beatles inspired sound!!

@geetarman513

Жыл бұрын

Rhett is such a good guitarist, you could plug him into an 80s solid state Crate and it would sound good

@ivolkovs88

4 ай бұрын

Orange are quiet popular in japanese rock (not jrock). progband "toe" uses Orange too. Well oranges are popular throughout prog bads

A huge thanks for explaining amps' sounds. I have had only rough idea of what different amps actually differ in for years

Also WAY into this becoming a series. That Hiwatt on the rack gets me thinking about a potential future episode...

@c.f.mixolydian8926

3 жыл бұрын

DEFINITELY! I feel like Hiwatt doesn’t get the recognition that they deserve. Like cmon, Pete Townshend, and David Gilmour (among others)? Hiwatt definitely deserves a video, no discussion...

@saintrhoads3375

3 жыл бұрын

EP.33 "What is the Kemper Sound?"

@Gman-df5ft

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely hiwatt rocks hard!

@jayh.8676

3 жыл бұрын

+1 on the Hiwatt

@Cole-ek7fh

3 жыл бұрын

i want a sovtek amp episode.

Thank you for showing what I've always loved about Orange amps. Their versatility. Fell in love with how they respond to pedals and the gain stages themselves having played one when I was a youngun.

I think rhett's channel success speaks for itself but boy, such quality. Love your videos and mainly the tone quality of everything you record!

From first hear i love the orange sound its almost mesmerizing,but has a darker,fuzzy tone to it kinda reminds me of an old black and white movie. I think im gonna get one as my first amp

@auntjenifer7774

Жыл бұрын

Did you get any orange amps !? The crush get rave reviews by I didn't get along with my CR120 head and every one with their smaller cr20 and cr35 have had them blow up, burn up and pop power sections and pop caps in the pre amp section. My orange CR120 head even popped a cap in the pre amp section and I fixed it by replacing it and then sold it😅 Just gambled on an OR15 head so we'll see what happens after a good burn in😂

I love an Orange! my first cabinet was an old Orange 4x12. I got it used for $100 in 1989. it painted black but it sounded good. I didn't know what it was so I traded it for a brand new Crate 4x12 a year later... huge mistake. years later in the 2000s I recorded a lot of Orange amps in studios working with bands. always loved that thick sound. never sell gear kids. you'll always regret it. just keep hoarding.

@georgewilliams9531

3 жыл бұрын

Your absolutely right I traded a 1969 Marshall super lead in the late 80s for rack gear GSP 2101 from digi tech when the rack systems were all the rage..and I'm still crying I still have all my Ibanez pedals from 1981 including the tube screamer I had all those pedals in a box in my attic and they still work

@thejoetandy

3 жыл бұрын

The 2 X LTD edition Musicman Stingrays I sold when times were (temporarily) tough hit me hard whenever I think about selling gear. Sell kidneys, keep gear

@jcarroyo200181

3 жыл бұрын

Surprising I read your message now I am keeping my Orange Amp its loud using my 4x12 Marshall vintage cab

what is "vox" sound mighty be good next on this series

@GregoryPearsonMusic

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to hear how a Vox could be optimized as well!

@bobbylloyd9208

3 жыл бұрын

I run my vox ac30 and or15 in stereo. It makes a rich tone. Having medium gain on the or15 and light gain on the vox, it is my favorite tone I have found.

@LTD-7

3 жыл бұрын

*Both my amps are Vox and you just can't get a better sound with on board effects that are superior to others! I also have a Vox Mini Stack that is totally sweet*

@CaptainCraigKWMRZ

3 жыл бұрын

Mighty??

@canuck81

3 жыл бұрын

I always found Vox too heavy on the high frequencies. I prefer fender amps myself.

FANTASTIC video! I love this series. Very precise and helpful analysis. Some delicious crunchy gooey tones coming out of that setup you built.

What a great sounding amp!!! I've looked at these for years but had never even heard one, but thanks to this video, that issue is about to be fixed SOON!! Thanks for another great - and helpful - video.

Great video. As a teenager in the late sixties and early seventies I remember Orange amps appearing for the first time at our local rock gigs in the UK. Previously it was Marshalls, Hiwatts and WEMs . . . all black and then the eye catching orange made its appearance locally round about 1973. When I hear that classic Orange tone it takes me back to that time.

Orange Amps have definitely become a mainstay in the line of guitar amps of this age! Really glad to see you go more in depth to this!

I had an AD30 and you made yours sound just like I remember mine. They’re great amps. Good job on capturing the sound!

Hearing the old vintage Orange amps makes me appreciate my Tiny Terror combo amp even more for sounding so true to its origins :) Love that Orange sound!

@TwinCitiesOxygen

2 жыл бұрын

Are the Tiny Terrors most similar to the vintage stuff? Do you know if any other modern models come close to the vintage sound?

@CharlesWillisBonsai

2 жыл бұрын

@@TwinCitiesOxygen AD30

@justfortier

Жыл бұрын

@@TwinCitiesOxygen I'd say the OR15 more than the Terror. I love my Terror, but it's a bit dark and doesn't quite have the same clarity.

@auntjenifer7774

Жыл бұрын

I don't think the terror sounds like vintage orange at all, any of the terror amps ! The OR15 however sounds exactly like Vintage orange amps all the way so🫡

I have an a OR15 I use as my main amp with an Orange 1x12 cab. I also own Fenders, Katanas and I’ve owned Marshall’ and Vox’s. Every time I’m ready to pull the trigger on a new amp I think is better or cleaner sounding I plug straight into the Orange and I wind up not buying a new amp. I play it with pedals but I truly feel it’s one of the only amps you can really play without any pedals and get a full range of tones on a single channel. If you use your guitars volume knob a lot this is the amp for you. The dynamics are incredible.

@georgefromgreece4119

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Nicely said!

Great history lesson. It brought back memories. When I was thrown out of The Netherlands in 1969 (long story), I went to London and sold my Fender Pro Reverb at the original Orange store. A little while later, I saw the original Fleetwood Mac at a high school gym in London and they were playing a wall of Orange amps.

@wchristian2000

2 жыл бұрын

PLEASE tell more of this story

@hoagyguitarmichael

2 жыл бұрын

@@wchristian2000 I was stopped by the police for busking in the streets of Amsterdam. My passport had fallen out of my pocket earlier, so I was arrested and tossed in jail overnight. They let me out the next day to get a new passport and get out of the country. There is much more but it is for my memoirs ;-)

My main amp in the early 70s was a 100w (130w) Orange head with a 4x12 cab packed with Altec Speakers. This amp did not break up until turned almost all the way up. It did cut through the crowd in big clubs (I wasn't allowed on the PA system). It did have a great sound when paired with my Gibson SG or with a strat. Very reliable amp most important, it never caught on fire!

Thanks for making this, Rhett - such great insight into this topic like no other video on youtube

Orange "cleans" will surprise the heck out of even the most diehard Fender nut....like me.

@vruz

3 жыл бұрын

I approve this message.

@SplinterCellRocks

3 жыл бұрын

Orange cleans are what I'd be trying so hard to make a Marshall sound like

@vruz

3 жыл бұрын

@@SplinterCellRocks Oranges are good for you.

@TheElrondo

3 жыл бұрын

Even i don't want to agree... It's the truth. I was totally baffled when tested an Orange amp clean.

@justsomemincedgarlic

3 жыл бұрын

The clean tones are the whole reason I bought the ad30 twin channel. Beautiful clarity

I have always adored the Orange drive sound. The first time I heard it was on Switchfoot's Nothing is Sound, and I just fell in love. I describe it as a super organic crunch. It's more present than a Marshall with a bit more punch and bite. Whatever it really is, it's my favorite rock sound.

@keithpennington6141

2 жыл бұрын

That is my favorite album of all time!

@darrenyoung2025

Жыл бұрын

Switch foot? WOW

Glad I found your channel. Thanks for the content! Your enthusiasm for music is contagious.

that section starting around 8:30 sounds so fn perfect. The git, the amp, the recording, siiick video dude.

Good video so far, Orange amps sound great, but more importantly, I love that Orange is leading the game in trying to make smaller and smaller giggings amps. Just bought a terror stamp and it's the best amp I've owned.

So happy you mentioned Mat. I met him back in the early 70s when I was at high school, our fledgling rock band decided we wanted to record an EP and Mat had a little studio behind Radiocraft (which was a little shop selling valves and parts for TVs and radios run mainly by his wife). The studio cost £3 per hour so we saved up (£3 was 12hrs work at my supermarket part-time supermarket job!) and recorded our epic over three evenings. We all used AC30s at the time (guitar bass and organ) and as lead player I always used my amp at full whack so I could sound like my heroes - Mat insisted we play quiet! Don't worry I'll add some reverberrration (he used to roll his Rs). Over the nine hours we could afford he recorded our efforts on a Toshiba 4 track and finally handed us each a shiny acetate cut on the machine he had in the tiny control room. He was a true gent and treated us five spotty school kids with utmost respect. I met him again a couple of years later in his workshop where he demonstrated his latest design a guitar combo which he said came in either 2X10 or 1X15 - it was the first time I'd seen an amp where you could change between clean and high gain with a footswitch, I swear to this day it's the best sound I've ever heard - you can have one for £450 he said but I'd just gone into debt spending £300 on a Fender Twin (which now lives under the stairs) so I had to refuse, what a mistake!!

@ptfsndsw7028

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome story, thanks for sharing.

Really distinctive sound, clarified everything for me with you both explaining,thanks well done.

Excellent video. Love the descriptions and the rich history being presented in your video! Your knowledge and professionalism has earned my subscription!

"Slabo day" at the beginning. excellent taste Rhett! R.I.P Peter Green.

@karlvonpackal1402

3 жыл бұрын

I was going through the comments just to make sure someone mentioned the legend... so thank you.

Nice to watch . I recorded in the Orange studio which was in basement under the shop in June 1969. I put my 61 SG Special through a OR120 head with 4x12 cab . It really rocked the room !!

I've used Orange amps (Rockerverb 50 and OR15) more than any other brands for playing live and this video is awesome with great historical information. Thanks Rhett!

@Soldano999

2 жыл бұрын

How does the OR15 sounds at low volumes ? Is it appartment friendly or not really ?

Nice Vid Rhett! Rick has told me about his oranges a number of times. Good to have you guys working on a video going over their sound in details!

@Rhett - You seem like a genuinely decent guy so I'm glad the YT thing is working out for you. Your natural humility is also a good counterbalance to Rick Beato's lack of it. I know he makes up for it in other ways, I just think you guys are a great compliment to each other :)

I just bought there little tiny practice amp and I'm in LOVE with the orange sound. A tele with an Orange amp is a match made in heaven

Hey Rhett! Big Fan here. Apart from the incredible musical beauty that your videos possess, your videos often feels to me like a hangout out movie by Quentin Tarantino which is just around my alley. Keep up the great visual experience. Loving it!

Love the sound of these amps cranked! Thank you for the demo! These are on my bucket list!

Having owned all of the brands you mentioned, including many others, I am now exclusively using Orange amps. They provided me with the tone I’ve always searched for…

Love Orange Amp tones. I can’t afford the real Orange amps but I do use Amplitude software with Orange amp sims. They do get pretty close. Great video Rhett and Rick! Great bass playing too!

I was in a trance through the entire video from the playing, tones, explanation.....Great video!

Ey Man, just wanted to let you know I Love Your Vids helps alo, please do not stop, I am Searching to perfect my tone and learning to utilise all my equipment and to take care of them. through your vids i learn so much already! :B

Hartley Peavey founded Peavey Electronics in 1965, having built his first amplifier in 1957. Peavey Electronics is privately owned. (Wikipedia) How is it you "Americans" always forget this monster AND legendary amp manufacturer when you talk about amps? What would blues, rock and metal music be without the sound of a Peavey? How many got their early chops through a Peavey Bandit? Don't even get me started on the Classic, the 5150/6505, the XXX/JSX(3120/XXXII), the Butcher, the Windsor, the Valveking, the Vypyr, Invective, and don't let's forget aaaallllll those amazing bass amps ... ... sheesh ... I'm out of breath, ... I gotta go ... cheers from Downunder ... \m/

@DJPenguino51

3 жыл бұрын

You forgot the Mace which really put Peavey in the spotlight in the 1970's. Lots of Southern Rock bands used the Mace.

@gregmoss8253

3 жыл бұрын

Shh, they're still affordable!

@fredstevens799

3 жыл бұрын

@ Pa HeMa: yah, I've got an early VTA-400 (Super Festival Series) monster - 200 RMS watts with 4 15" speakers in two matching Peavey cabs. Used to use it as a bass amp (wall art now...) - awesome sound! I sent a pic of it to Mr. Peavey and he sent a story about how he designed it (it has the the first intentional preamp tube overdrive) after hearing and buying an early LPB-1 single transistor boost/overdrive pedal from Mike Matthews at NAMM and taking it apart in his hotel room! He said it blew minds at the next year's NAMM show when he introduced it! G'day mate!

@Cole-ek7fh

3 жыл бұрын

we don't talk about peavey because peavey is a league of it's own.

@electromancer2645

3 жыл бұрын

I've been using Peavy for years. Currently using a 6505+

Thank you for making this series, Rhett.

I just can not fathom how much I learned from Rick’s videos. And I am glad I found your channel too.

Absolutely beautiful tones, well played

I’m a jazz guitarist and I came across a little orange crush bass amp years ago. When I lived in New York it was my go-to for restaurant gigs and clubs with no pro sound. What a tough little amp, it gave me that fat, fuzzy, loose sound I wanted without a pedalboard. Great amps.

@mattjones7226

3 жыл бұрын

Got mine a little bit ago and just got my Warwick back from getting some hardware work and a setup done. Can't wait to jam.

@auntjenifer7774

Жыл бұрын

My bass player friend grabbed one and brought it over to try out in the basement and it was 50 watts and couldn't keep up with my 50 watt marshal 😂we were like disappointed 😮

Rhett, love the series! But I keep coming back to the same thought. While each of these amps has their own unique character around gain, breakup, frequency response curves and the way EQ - the various approaches to tone control - there is a key tonal element that is missing from the discussion. The speaker(s) and cabinet you play the amp through. A Celestion Greenback vs. a JBL or Eminence goes pretty far to defining the Marshall or Fender sound as much as whether an amp is running EL34's or 6L6's. How about "What is the sound?" as another series!! Maybe do that with Rick Beato as well. I'd love to see you take a Fender, Marshall, Vox, etc and do some cabinet swaps and comparing the number and size of speakers (say 10" vs 12") 1x, 2x, 4x (ok, we'll skip the 3x Bassman(?) right now) and open back vs. closed back with a variety of Celestions, Eminence, JBL, etc. That would be really interesting. Then amp clean, preamp breakup, power tube breakup, and speaker breakup.

Hi Rhett, great to see you and Rick teaming up again as usual. I remember Alice cooper had lots of orange amps in 1970 about.

I have an or50. It’s stellar in the studio. Love it!

Of course I found you through Rick, but I was immediately drawn to your playing.. your ability to take any guitar and any amp and get some of the most killer tones is incredible...as a singer/drummer and guitarist, myself, (albeit a really crappy one... lol) I really love your content!.. thanks!

Orange and Ampeg are my personal favorites. Also as for achieving the sound may I recommend the Rockerverb mkIII which is very versatile.

One of my favorite amps and two of my favorite KZreadr’s thanks guys!!!

Just earned yourself a subscriber my man. Really great playing, I like your style.

I own the Orange Rocker-32. All my favorites components are in it! 2- 10 inch speakers and EL84 tubes! Also, is got a STEREO effects loop so with one amp I can get STEREO EFFECTS or a wet dry mix by miming both speakers! Great idea and I don't always HAVE to bring my two amps the Orange combo and a Marshall combo.

10 gold stars for playing Peter Green ❤️

Dude that tone... Amazing sounds here. Well done.

Beautiful tones. Thank you, I never knew how ahead of his time he was. I have played for over five decades and started with a Gibson amp (no reverb) Silvertone, no reverb . Mostly fenders . And marshals .

Amazing video. Matamp series 3000 is probably the coolest amp I've owned. Such a great sound. If you wanna hear the early fleetwood Mac sound , that's the amp 👍

Rhett great call on the Peter Green Slabo Day tune!

So I'm playing this Video back in my studio through a dual monoblock tube amp that is basically a Blues Jr. Circuit with a push-pull EL84 driven by a 12AX7 X2 and the Audio on this Video is so "Buttah"! It sounds amazing! Great job on that. Those Orange amps sound so classic and nice. It is really cool to hear the History of them! Great Video! and especially great Audio in this video!

Love my Orange; got one of the 100w bass combos. Sounds absolutely incredible with an HM-2 on the loop, both with a bass and a guitar. It's a warm and all-encompassing sound, and it's just lovely

@Metalbass1979

2 жыл бұрын

You have me interested in trying this. What settings do you use on the HM-2?

I went to get a Fender amp for playing at home and ended up getting an Orange Rocker 32. I like it more that any of the Fenders I tried. Both channels sound awesome and it is really well built.

@ShamanicSavant

3 жыл бұрын

I did the same, but with a Rocker 15. Best cleans of any 15 watt amp I've tried and the most versatile tube amp out there for anything between bedroom and small venue gigs. I'm a hobby player at home with not a lot of extra space so I went for the 15 over the 32. I also really like Ade Emsley and his overall design philosophy so I got a few Orange pedals based on how much I liked the amp. Very happy with all of it :)

The orange sound is: Peter Green

Can't believe I only found your channel today! You got a new fan man....love the videos!

I love that sound you started the video with. Its perfect - just what my brain craves from an electric guitar, but can never achieve from my ancient vox. My model T didn't do very well in the drag race either. The actual sound with over-drive sounded like something was eq'd out.

The Orange sound, to me, is the sound of an EHX Big Muff into an amp with tons of low end 😆. Doooooooooom

@guitaristssuck8979

3 жыл бұрын

Close enough

@saintrhoads3375

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, except the existence of a mid-range

@Ae0liann

3 жыл бұрын

Nice pfp

@pahwraith

3 жыл бұрын

@@saintrhoads3375 so an sd1/ts9 into a big muff. Gotcha.

@saintrhoads3375

3 жыл бұрын

@@pahwraith or a deluxe muff 😂

I’m a want to be Guitarist stuck in the intermediate to beginner mode 😔.. but I’m really glad I found this channel I’m really learning a lot about amps and gear thank you so much for your talent and know how! Keep up the good work cheers and may God bless you!....e

@heathbuckley5179

3 жыл бұрын

gear wont make you a better player

My backstage live shirt just got home and I'm super happy!!! Thank you good sir for the music.

I just started learning/playing and the intro model is my first new amp. Very satisfied

I really appreciate how much you focused on Mat Mathias...it seems he’s often overlooked and then have an actual Orange/Matampis great. I have a pair of Mat’s and nothing is like them. I wish Orange made something with that older amp sound but even the OR50 is waaaaaay different.

@stumitsuko

3 жыл бұрын

Matamp is the answer if you want that original old Orange sound. They still make them 100% by hand just outside Huddersfield, UK.

@louderthangod

3 жыл бұрын

stumitsuko I know, like I said, I have two and used to have a third....I just think a lot of folks would like it if Orange made an old school sounding OR120....hell, they could even team up with Matamp again.

@stumitsuko

3 жыл бұрын

louderthangod I had a Matamp GT1 that I reluctantly had to sell, it was incredible. I’ve spent quite a few hours talking with Jeff, the owner of Matamp and I’d say it’s highly unlikely that they would team up with Orange again. The split between the companies occurred because Cliff Cooper wanted to cut corners and bring the cost of manufacturing down and Mat wouldn’t compromise on quality.

As a bass player,I love Orange. Also enjoyed your Hiwatt and Vox videos (although it would have been nice if you would have touched on some legendary bass tones from these companies)

Coming back to watch this again...some of your best tones I think. The tones with the LP special are just pure Fleetwood Mac

great video, just subscribed. love these amps so much but i feel like they're mysterious. thanks for shedding some light and your playing is rad!

My idea of "the Orange Sound" is Wishbone Ash - "Argus"!

@patrickjones9278

3 жыл бұрын

I never knew they used orange! i just assumed they would have used VOX or something. Still, thats actually really cool and argus is one of my favourites!

@charliebe28

3 жыл бұрын

Steve Carson: ~ The first that I ever heard of Orange amps was when Wishbone Ash had used them for their U.S. tour during the Summer of 1973. (Wishbone Ash only had a "cult following" in the U.S. during that period.) Some guy that I happened to meet at another concert around that time, whom had attended the Wishbone Ash concert, told me that the band was "using some odd amps that just said 'Orange' on them". It was years later before I actually _saw_ some of those amps myself. In the U.S., for a long time they were "just one of those seldom-seen boutique British amp brands" - , like, for instance, Laney Amplifiers.

@scotthutchens1556

3 жыл бұрын

Steve Carson Mine too! It was a while before I found out what they used on that album. To me the tone was even more British if that’s possible.

@xki3000

2 жыл бұрын

And when I heard the intro to this video, Argus popped right into my head. Saw them live 10 times. Warrior could be an Orange advertisement.

I really like the Orange sound. It's like a clean open kind of sound that fits my style. I don't own one yet, but I plan to someday. Last time I was in the market for a new amp, the Orange combo's didn't quite do what I was hoping for. Might have to go for the head instead.

@BOBANDVEG

3 жыл бұрын

Save yourself the money. Just buy micro terror , and feed through clean. I love the tone, but they're not exactly versatile. No matter what you do with they're products it's always orange sounding

@tuomas_

3 жыл бұрын

"You should have gone for the head." -Thanos

Loving this series Rhett! Good stuff!

Great video, thank you Rhett and Rick. When I was young I drank PBR and played Squiers through Fender Amps. Now I drink whiskey and play Gretches through Orange Amps. :-P In all seriousness both of you are extremely informative and who turned me onto Orange Amps about a year ago. I am saving up to eventually get a Rocker32 or TremLord until then my Crush does me just fine. Cheers from Portland, Maine!

Great video! To me an "Orange sound" is really good cleans that cross over to really gnarly distortion. It´s just so much more agressive than a Marshall. I own thw Orange Rocker 15 (the combo) and it is awesome.

@Mike_Jones68

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the cleans are insane...i am lucky to own a 74 OR120 and use it as an unbelievable pedal platform due to the immense cleans when you have to dial it back...it truly is an arena amp if you are to use its gain to break up with the guitar plugged straight in...immense sound

I recently just the other day found a ORANGE Mirco Terror at a thrift store for $5! Lol

@azbluesdog

3 жыл бұрын

I paid more than that to replace the preamp tube in my Micro Terror. What a steal!

@fuckenps3

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, they mustn't have understood anything about amps to price that way.

@CaptainCraigKWMRZ

3 жыл бұрын

Take it back.

@stevep4358

3 жыл бұрын

You should've haggled them down more ...🤔

@nathanblades3395

3 жыл бұрын

😮

Thanks Rhett, the AD-30 was a really great amp as well, I played it with 2x12 Orange cab ( Cab had 1 V-30 and g12 h 30 ) and it was killer.

Top video Rhett - love the digging deep into the sounds

No need for orange to rerelease the or120- Matamp is still making their amps in Huddersfield, UK. Albatross by Peter Green/ Fleetwood Mac was recorded with an s2000. that clean is just mind melting for me. The current equivalent is an s3000 (they basically changed the depth selector to a potentiometer). That said, they still make fuzzy doom monsters, like the gt120! a good place to hear them being pushed is Dopesmoker by Sleep!!

Orange is absolutely a legendary tone. I’d take Orange over Marshall any day.

My first amp was an orange and i love them. Love their clean tones

Very Peter Green-like guitarsound (and playing) during the first part of the video! Well done!!