yeah, orange are expensive aren't they?! i thought that too... i know laney goes for a more budget construction method, no idea what orange do construction-wise, but for that price i'd have thought it might even be hand wired.
Well Orange and Matamp used to be the same company once long ago, Matamp has moved in a more bespoke direction since then, with Orange becoming more oriented in the mass production direction, although retaining the tone and quality inherant to their reputation.
I'm not sure, but I've got a good idea they're done point to point. And the AD series are class A apparetly, but I don't know if this is really class A or what Vox considers class A.... which basicly isn't. It's A/B biased hot enough to be A when clean, but as the dirt creeps in it becomes A/B, so I'm told. I hope I'm remembering that right. :lol:
Either way, aside from the forgetable "Orange Crush" amps, they seem to be built very heavily (therefore durably) in a similar vein to HiWatt or Matamp. The AD series sound fantastic, and the Rocker series I've not played *but* they have had good reviews, and though it's a bit irrelevant the bands I've seen with Oranges in their backline tend to sound good. But that never means much when you take into account things like ghost building etc.
http://orangeamps.com/rocker/reviews/review50100.htm I think that's from the month where they had Buddy Guy on the front.
