Getting To Know The Orange OR15 Guitar Amp – That Pedal Show
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CORRECTION: Mick says Orange Music started in Charing Cross Road, London in the late 1960s.
It actually began in New Compton St in 1968 – Happy 50th Anniversary to Cliff Cooper and everyone at Orange!
In this video we plug in the Orange OR15 for the first time to see what we can learn. Dan has very limited experience of Orange amps; I have a little more – Mick here – but we’re essentially starting from scratch.
Even if you don’t have an OR15 there are some goodly amp basics in this video, for example the relationship between gain, master and headroom at 7:44 and delays used in the front or in the loop at 15:02. Full timings below…
Apart from all that, we use a selection of common gain types and a new pedal or two to get some tones going. We hope this kind of approach will encourage you to try stuff and raise some questions that will help you with this specific amp and indeed others that might share common features.
Now, we managed to avoid the 7-watt mode entirely. It wasn’t exactly intentional, although may be influenced by the fact that we tend not to use low power modes in any amps. Which doesn’t mean it doesn’t sound good – apologies for the omission. In 7-watt mode you simply get less headroom and more power amp overdrive at lower levels. It’s still plenty loud!
Please enjoy the video…
Pedals in this episode…
• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini
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• Kingsley Page Boost
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• Fulltone OCD V1.7
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Australia: http://bit.ly/2qgh9eW
• J Rockett Melody EQ/Drive
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• Walrus ARP-87 Delay
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Australia: http://bit.ly/2xXMsvF
• Empress Reverb
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• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2
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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
– Intro playing, background and context: 00:00
– What are we doing today, and what is the Orange OR15? 1:30
– Let’s learn together, with Mick’s Guthrie tangent: 2:50
– What about the cab – it’s not Orange! 4:45
– Everything at 12 o’clock: 7:17
– The preamp gain and master volume relationship: 7:44
– …and the Les Paul? 9:00 (9:31)
– Not much headroom? 11:40
– And with the Strat? 13:20
– Are Orange amps better with humbuckers? 14:26
– Delay in the front, or in the loop? 15:02
– And with gain? 18:48
– Exactly as expected? 19:58
– We never use effects loops: why? 20:30
– Cleaning up off the guitar volume pot: 22:30
– And finally Dan is feeling it: 24:00
– Mick’s mid-1990s Orange memories: 27:00
– And a Silverface Twin tangent: 29:10
– Overdrive pedals and the OR15: 29:50
– Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini: 31:50 (33:55)
– And with more amp gain? 36:55
– Kingsley Page Tube Boost: 38:35
– Fulltone OCD v1.7: 42:00
– J Rockett Melody EQ/Drive: 47:15
– Summing up? 58:43
Guitars in this episode:
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 – http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/Memphis/1958-ES-335-VOS.aspx
• Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster – watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Gibson Custom – 1958 Les Paul Standard – watch Dan’s video at: http://bit.ly/2dbwbvS
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster – watch the video at https://youtu.be/qfLs2rAWYEU
Amps in this episode
• Orange OR15 Valve Head
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The cabinet used today is a Marshall 2061cx 2×12 with Celestion G12H Anniversary speakers
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Originally posted by UCnUXq8mGmoHt0e6ItuTs10w at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOxpUbif8rA
Favorite show.
Funny how it can take just one thing to make a judgement. I’ve been intrigued off and on by Orange amps for a while, but when you demonstrated how it cleans up with the guitar volume – or more properly – how Poorly it cleans up with the guitar volume, I was just like, Nope. No longer Orange-curious.
Can anyone please explain to me why they don’t like effects loops? What are the downsides?
DO THE OR30 NOW ????????
Before we moved, I used an amp switcher to go through my amps and cabs in my studio for recording. I would love flipping through my Mesa Boogie dual rectifier, my Hughes and kettner tm36, my krabk rev series 1 original, and my peavey 6505+, as well as my or15.
But something’s changed this year. And last year as well. So last year I rebuilt my entire pedalboard. I used to use a pedalboard as an addition to my amp. So noise gate, overdrive, delay, chorus. That way any time I switched amps I had a board for my distorted or clean tones. But I started watching shows like this and jhs pedal show, and I wanted to experiment with getting all my tone from pedals. I rebuilt my entire board with some crazy cool gain stages. I noticed my orange or15 was my cleanest amp, very robust and thick midrange. It took pedals so well. That was last year. This year? We moved to a two bedroom and all my amps are in the closet. Except for the or15, which is run clean with a little bit of gain and runs all my 17 pedals.
For gain, I start with the mxr Timmy which is always on. That goes into my mxr phase 90 for fun, and the gain continues with my animals fishing is as fun as fuzz which is a Soviet big muff. Then a nux fet boost (amazing pedal please buy one it’s only $35), which pushes my fuzz into crazy places. But then there’s a screaming blues set up as a deep distortion, and then a blues driver as a creamy overdrive. Then there’s a Wawa ds1 as either full rhythm distortion or a lead, all depends. Also a big muff nano. All of those gain pedals sound so good and clean with zero noise on my or15. Not to mention all the reverb and delays with zero effects loop. I just went straight in, honestly this has changed my playing and my writing. All because I chose the or15 as my amp. I said “no matter what I build this amp will be my foundation.” Solid.
In the beginning I also hated the tube screamer, because I followed the crowd I guess and.. then I tried one. I was smitten straight away. Now I use mostly the Way Huge Green Rhino mkIV (TS808 with a bypassable 3 band EQ). It's my favourite Tube Screamer. I also own a TS9, which is also great, but I am more of a TS808 guy. I also prefer butt over boobs. But I ❤ both.
Bought one of these , sold all my pedals, they are that good.
I have a or50 and I can never get the ocd to work with it
glass or wine?? my boy looks like he just did a Neo-kungu style matrix dowload of "Keith Richards''
Sounds like a little brocken back mountain
This amp sounds like it has a bright cap. If it does, I'd love to hear it without one. I bet it would come alive for pedals at that point.
boomer bends 4 days
Did Dan really play ugly kid Joe in this video?????
just after 8:24… Is that Ugly Kid Joe he played right three?
Most important question for me is can this head on 15 watts hold its ground with a punchy solid blues band in small/medium and large pubs?????
I've seen one of these on marketplace FB currently for £300 but its black not orange enclosure, which for me i prefer the look of.
I like what you have done here and it prompts a question knowing what I have learned from you about wet/dry and stereo. I would like to have your opinion on the Orange Rocker 32 with the fascinating stereo effects loop as a compact wet/dry platform. Could this even be worth of a show? Probably a silly question because if it was you would have done it already!
You both make great videos
The les paul sounds great ????
The JTM 45 on top of the slant cabinet always reminds me of Captain Pike.
One glass of wine seems like a stretch ????????????
It’s not inspired on vintages oranges, is just a mini modern rockerverb without reverb and whistles, just the dirty channel of the RV with EL84 power period…
Just bought tye OR15 with a 1×12 cab sounds so good!
Do the big orange amp models please! (Rocker/thunderverb, AD series, etc)
As soon as Dan hit the first note I was like….thats an orange! What more can you ask for? I'm playing my orange through g12 creambacks. It's a match made in dirty bliss. Thanks for doing this lads. I picked up a hdrx20 and kinda want one of these as well.
The tube screamer is hard to listen to above 2 or 3 on the gain. The dry signal forcing its way through has always been unpleasant to me. I think drive at 1-2 and the volume all the way up give a great gain boost and a nice boost to the high-mids on slightly driven sounds. I really haven't found another application that doesn't involve the dry bleeding through.
this is the first Amp I unpacked, turned to 12 and practically never changed anything. Love at first powerchord
13:05 hate this kind of behaviour…
I know it sounds worse, but still like it thru the front end cuz… reasons.
I wouldn't choose Orange as a main single amp, but in a two amp set up, they're a solid match with Fender or Vox.
Never gave them much of a chance until I saw PJ Harvey and her band get some outstandingly raw sounds out of them.
As far as a platform for pedals or alone, along with Hiwatt, a good choice for not necessarily R&R sounds.
Why would you use delay in the front? People back in the day didn’t have a choice. Regardless of headroom. The delays are being boosted by the preamp, also reshaped by the tone stack, and then being amplified by the power tubes.
I have a terrible analogy:
I like wooden wheels because I feel they ride nicer than the rubber ones with wheel bearings.
Haha.
Video was still cool. I’m just kidding and shit haha. It’s all Subjective
The OR 15 is a great sounding amp, I have one. Orange amps and tone is not for everybody. These amps are quite particular, and great for doomers ;). Nice review, as usual, thanks.
I regret selling this amp, but super glad I got a good deal on a used Orange Ad30. I love the mid range focus of many Orange amps and how warm they sound. Orange really pokes through a mix without being spikey or harsh sounding. I also think of more humbucker tones than single coil tones with Orange.
You guys are funny, you can't help it! try keep that gain knob down on the drives and boost only the volume of the pedal. The amp set that way is already cooking, do not need gain from the pedal, just a boost in volume. Why add transistor distortion when you have a tube amp that is already breaking up? I also find pretty misleading the way you talk about headroom for a 15w amp against a bigger wattage. A small wattage fender have more headroom than a 5150, if for headroom we consider the ability of the amp to perform a clean sound. if we talk about wattage we should discuss volume rather and headroom . Cheers
As a one channel amp, it is suited for players who use their guitars volume for preamp/gain control. Or the studio for a certain gain stage sound. Its sounds are awesome. At 15watts without being mic'd up it is severely limited in a live setting imo because of the 4-stage single knob gain control versus 2 or more channels, although pedals, and/ or running the send to another amp/board could overcome that inherent deficit. Plus,15watts is not quite enough with most drummers on its own. The dynamics/pick attack/response however are stellar. The components, design, proper tube buffered loop, and overall build give it its own personality over most other 15watt EL-84 amps out there. I've had many. A future collector's item I would guess. Neither Marshall nor Fender. Truly different. Gotta get one now. So, thanks in advance for the next hole in my wallet lol.
58:48 + resulting mirth – laughed so much
I am into clean sound and I love orange. The "dirty" channel or the natural distortion of the single channel amps is very usable for me.
I'd love to see you guys do an in-depth look at the Orange Pedal Baby.
Yea I think I’ll get one sounds like a great amp to get that British crunchy ness , I have a Princeton that I love but sometimes you need that crunch
Woah man, that tone sounds really….
o r a n g e
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45:10 "if you've got an OR15, buy an OCD"
Me with an OCD but no OR15: ????