Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: blue on March 01, 2011, 10:43:03 AM
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hi folks. i'm lucky enough to have an array of quite nice amps, and wasn't looking for any more. however, i've been offered a very good deal on an Orange AD30 head and 4x12. i'm going tomorrow to have a look at it, and i was just wondering if any of you guys have had any experience of the amp? if i had been after this amp, i think i might have preferred the 2x12 combo, but this is a rather good deal, if i like it.
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As I remember a very nice el84 orange, think used by black crows, very sweet sounding amp
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crowes damn you...CROWES!
Nice crunchy amp, cleans aren't bad at all
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I had a single channel AD30 for years.
I used to set mine with gain at around 2, so that if I hit the guitar hard I had a small amount of breakup and if I backed off it was clean. I then used a few different ODs and boosts ontop to vary my drive tones.
If you set the gain about halfway and stick a treble booster infront of it, it'll sustain forever 8)
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it sounds promising then. and my amp thumper of choice is indeed a treble booster, so that sounds like fun :)
i'm looking forward to trying it out now
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Crows or crowes you get the idea the amps great
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I had a twin chan AD30.. and it was the dogs bollocks... loved it.. i was young and sold it.. such a fool i was.. i may get back in there one day :)
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Played one a few times (borrowed from a friend), must say it's a nice dynamic amp with the wellknown Orange-crunch. This one drove me to the Rockerverb 50 head, which I bought at the end.
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As regards the Black Crowes reference I think they used the AD30 all over Amorica (if I remember right).
Either way, the opening track on that album (I forget the name, a long time since I heard it) has the AD30 sound in spades so it's a really good indicator of what the amp can do.
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tried the amp today. i brought my Les Paul Custom, and i used a mexican Tele that was there. lots of good tones! it's actually like two good single channel amps in one head rather than the usual clean/dirty change. really nice pushed cleans, great for a BB King type lead tone, cleans up very nicely from the guitar, and there's plenty of gain there if it's wanted. not a metal amp, but if that's what i wanted i wouldn't be looking at this anyway! great for AC/DC sounds and, as mentioned, Black Crowes.
so, i left a deposit :) i'm clearly nuts, i have no need for another amp, but there you go. i've looked elsewhere and the head is typically over £830, while the cab is generally over £600. i've got the pair for £800. seems like a good deal. it's been sitting in the shop for over 4 years, so i suppose he's glad to get rid of it. anyway, i'm looking forward to bringing my new baby home :)
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Pics when you get the bargain home please
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Congrats! Hope you enjoy the AD.
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Welcome to the orange club
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As regards the Black Crowes reference I think they used the AD30 all over Amorica (if I remember right).
Either way, the opening track on that album (I forget the name, a long time since I heard it) has the AD30 sound in spades so it's a really good indicator of what the amp can do.
Gone. Still one of my top 5 albums of all time is Amorica
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Shobet, when i get it home i'll be sure to do a NAD thread. it'll likely be a few weeks though :(
thanks to this thread i now have Amorica playing in the car. forgotten how good this album is :)
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Such a great album. Best track = Wiser Time.
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the blend from ballad in urgency into wiser time is still one of the greatest ever IMO