Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 im trying to get these amp guts pics up, but the verizon online album thingy isnt friggin working..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whiteyanderson Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 What do you think about shughuangs? Can't find any info on them. hmmm. i don't know exactly what to think about them. i mean when you first get an orange (or any amp i guess) you're just floored by it. then when you get around to putting new tubes in you realize how bad the factory tubes were in comparison. for me i prefer all JJ's and one tung-sol 12ax7 in the phase inverter socket. i think in comparison to the shughuang tubes, the JJ's in my case have a much smoother distortion and a thicker tone. i like it gainy though- i play with my gain around 2 o'clock so that is a big factor to me. FWIW the orange's or at least some of them - rockerverbs and TT's shipped with JJ's then at some point orange swapped to the generic looking shughuangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tonedover Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 Im getting a TT in the mail!! yay im in the club !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 congrats. HNAD in advance! the jury is still out on the ruby EL34Bs. they do sound good though, just not sure if they are BETTER than the stock. i think in the ruby EL34B STR's case its mroe of a reliability issue than a sound one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radiohead, lol Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 I like the EL34B's in most amps - never used them in an Orange though. I've been restoring my '73...looks a lot better I reckon (don't have any 'before' pics, but it had the original cabinet with non original black tolex...which then someone painted with red acrylic paint) got a new one from electric amp. this thing is heavy.. this is what it looks like nowhttp://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i87/BlackHolesAndRevelations/gear/amps/GEDC0391.jpg now to get it working. anyone here have an AD30 combo btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 ^^^^^^^^ sweet. I'm hopefully getting my '75 Orange 125 Reverb Twin combo back from repair this weekend, so I'm hoping it sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 vintage oranges!!! pics NAOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 this is what it looks like nowhttp://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i87/BlackHolesAndRevelations/gear/amps/GEDC0391.jpg thats so {censored}ing cool. you gonna replace the gold piping with black like the oranges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radiohead, lol Posted September 18, 2008 Members Share Posted September 18, 2008 thats so {censored}ing cool. you gonna replace the gold piping with black like the oranges?actually the old oranges did have gold piping only difference is the handle, which has chrome ends (originals were gold) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 I've got my Orange back from the local amp tech. Works perfect now. I had a standby switch added, but its been left so that the amp can be converted back to original spec easily with no extra holes in the chassis.Its not got much gain from the preamp, but this thing roars when you turn up the master volume.It is currently minus one speaker which I'm sending away to get reconed, and I'm looking for a replacement psychadelic badge for the speaker cloth and a new handle, but other than that, its nearly finished.The surprising thing is how good the cleans are on this amp. I was expecting nice overdrive, and I got it, but the cleans are excellent too.Pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BornUnderBadSgn Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 It is currently minus one speaker which I'm sending away to get reconed, and I'm looking for a replacement psychadelic badge for the speaker cloth and a new handle, but other than that, its nearly finished. If you happen to come across more than one of those psychadelic badges (or a sticker for that matter)... please let me know and I'll be kind enough to do the same for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted September 19, 2008 Members Share Posted September 19, 2008 If you happen to come across more than one of those psychadelic badges (or a sticker for that matter)... please let me know and I'll be kind enough to do the same for you. Will do. I'm going to contact Orange and see if they could send them out directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted September 20, 2008 Members Share Posted September 20, 2008 More Pics:And finally one of the standby switch mod which uses the slave output to avoid drilling the chassis. I have all the original parts to revert it to original spec: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pedalitis Posted September 21, 2008 Members Share Posted September 21, 2008 got a question guys... ive got me a RV50 and an AD30 on the way, but.... ive never had the pleasure of a RV100... is there much diff between the 50 and 100?... 100 got more gain by any chance?...id really like to know... cause if its got more gain ill get me a 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 gaddamn that hustler is nice!!! i want the multi colored knobs on mine now!!! i had seen these first on the orange field guide web site. the pics on there dont happen to be yours, do they? the original oranges had gold piping? nice. i wasnt sure. maybe one of these years they could do some nice reissues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unicornwarrior Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 so I have a question.I'm considering an orange amp, but I've yet to been able to experiment with the rockerverb to see if it gets great metal tones out of it. I'm aware that Dusty from between the buried and me used the thunderverb on tour, and it sounded rather wonderful. I'm really not into the the thunderverb, is it possible to get those tones out of a rockerverb...i dont mind using a pedal and some extra eq'ing.oh, and I use an Orange 412 Cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 yes the rockerverb will certainly handle your high gain dreams. and beautifully at that. and as far as teh gold piping goes, the 40th anniversary PPC412 has the gold piping and 12Hs! it would be SWEET to go with that refurb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoJo68 Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 Rockerverb 100 has alot of gain , killer amp ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radiohead, lol Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 yes the rockerverb will certainly handle your high gain dreams. and beautifully at that.and as far as teh gold piping goes, the 40th anniversary PPC412 has the gold piping and 12Hs! it would be SWEET to go with that refurb! tempting..but i've already got a metro 4x12 loaded with those. excellent cab - sounds great with the oranges...not sure how the 40th anniversary would sound compared it. if I get another orange cab, it will be a V30 loaded 4x12. that combo up there looks like a pretty interesting amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 true. but the gold piping would be so sweet looking with the head. i guess a normal head/cab could easilly have the piping changed. hmmmm...... eh, i dig the black for now. what do you guys think of the black tolex stuff from orange, or has that been argued to death in earlier pages? i honestly cant remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radiohead, lol Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 true. but the gold piping would be so sweet looking with the head. i guess a normal head/cab could easilly have the piping changed. hmmmm...... eh, i dig the black for now. what do you guys think of the black tolex stuff from orange, or has that been argued to death in earlier pages? i honestly cant remember. Orange amps SHOULD have orange tolex in my opinion. That's all I have to say :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 i agree. i went througha little dilema when ordering my thunderverb, then had to slap myself. "What the {censored} do you MEAN what COLOR TOLEX SHOULD I PICK!!!!?!?!?!?!" but they do still look nice. maybe a black stack and an orange stack side by side is in order? or chckerboard them (orange head on black cab and v/v)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BornUnderBadSgn Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 got a question guys... ive got me a RV50 and an AD30 on the way, but.... ive never had the pleasure of a RV100... is there much diff between the 50 and 100?... 100 got more gain by any chance?...id really like to know... cause if its got more gain ill get me a 100 Both have 4 gain stages (so they're equal at this point)... if anything I'd say the RV50 will have more distortion. The RV50 is going to get some powertube breakup before the RV100... pair that with the gain dimed and you have some thick creamy distortion going on. So unless you have any need to dime a 100w amp, I'd say the 50 should get the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 ^ agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted September 22, 2008 Members Share Posted September 22, 2008 i had seen these first on the orange field guide web site. the pics on there dont happen to be yours, do they? the original oranges had gold piping? nice. i wasnt sure. maybe one of these years they could do some nice reissues. Nope, the pics on the site are of a 100 watt version, mine's the 50 watt version. Its a sweet amp. Its based on a Fender Twin, but it has EL34 flavoured mids and warmth, and it can get more grit than a twin.Yes, the original Oranges had gold piping. I'm not quite sure when they made the changeover to white TBH.Those 40th anniversary reissues look really nice. The custom handwired ones are a fortune, but the factory run reissues seem to be no more expensive than any other similar powered orange, and by all accounts sound great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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