Geddy Lee endorses Orange amps?

[cheyenne]

Check it out!

http://www.orangeamps.com/features.asp?ID=177

[teeder]

Has anyone here played through these yet?

[rickaddict]

Has anyone here played through these yet?

I have. I really wanted to like this amp, because my SVT is too heavy for me and I don't feel like I really need all 300 tube watts of it's power.

The Orange weighs less (55-60 lbs?) and is 200 watts. I tried it on two or three occasions and with several different Ricks (and maybe a MM Sterling also). But I was disappointed in the Orange. I found it virtually impossible to get a clean tone out of it. I had to turn the gain all the way down to around 1 to clean it up and then the amp was just too quiet. I like having the option to get fuzzy, but always being fuzzy is not appealing to me.

Maybe the amp I tried was defective. It was at the Crazy Monkey Extravaganza after all (before they decided that they didn't care for my business, obviously).

[seyesbass]

Not tried them yet but I am intrigued by the design of their new compact bass cabs.
They have "in line" speakers.
I tried one of the old 70s Orange amps way back and they are very good.
Similar to Hiwatt.

If I get a chance I weill check one out and report back.
Oh and their new stuff is available in black apparently.

[nattiep]

Nobody here noticed he bought 2? Hint hint?

[rickaddict]

I wonder if Geddy will bust out the Rick?

[nattiep]

That's probably why he bought 2 amps. If he was just content with the jazz still he'd probably be running it direct.

[rickaddict]

Ahhhh...Now I see what you're talking about, Nate.

At first I thought maybe Geddy bought one for you and one for himself!

[spongebob]

I've got an Orange practice amp.....cost about £80....and it's not great!

I know that their main 'proper' amps are in a different league, and apparantly superb.

C'mon Geddy, let's see that Ric.......!

[nattiep]

I'd love it if he bought me one. This is all I'm runnin with.

[cheyenne]

I bet the Orange stacks are for his 4001 running stereo, and the his Jazz will still be the current setup.

[KenOnBass]

I'm wondering if the Orange Tiny Terror Bass 1000W will have more clean headroom. I want to love them too.

[s4001]

I'm surprised Geddy is even using amps.

[atomic_punk]

That's what he is putting in place of the chicken roasters, ORANGES!

[rickaddict]

I'm wondering if the Orange Tiny Terror Bass 1000W will have more clean headroom. I want to love them too.

Well that does look interesting, Ken! It is indeed tiny at 5 kg. I'd give one a try. The Orange website says that it's 500w though...unless they have a new one coming out.