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Someone tell me about the Sunn Orion Preamp


ManAndDjinn

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A friend of mine is selling his, but i'd like to know more about it before I buy. This is what I know so far:

 

First Sunn Solid State amp, but failed due to heating problems in the power amp.

Some dude from Ampeg designed them

The Who used them during the recording of "Magic Bus"

Very, very rare

Made for both guitar and bass

 

If any of that is wrong, please correct me. Any other information would be awesome, including pictures.

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Orion preamp? Never even heard of it. I have a ton of sunn {censored} too. I've seen alpha and beta rack preamps before, but never an orion.

 

 

I thought this was a rack preamp too, but it's about the size of an amp. The power amp was built into the Orion cabinet.

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Well, I ended up buying it, haven't tested it yet, but i'll be getting a Sunn Coliseum Slave next week, so i'll be able to test it out then. Sorry for the terrible pictures.

 

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This pre was used by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. Not sure when, though.

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