In this video Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of the Orange TH30 tube guitar amp. For more gear reviews and videos check out guitarworld.com
I tried one at GC a couple months ago and was blown away. The fact that you can drop it to 15 and even 7 watts for home use is fantastic. Right out of the box it sounds really good. I would say a Mercury OT, choke and some great NOS tubes and this amp would really be screamin!
I have an orange dark terror and love it! I would really like this amp to be my next, because the dual dark is over 2 thousand dollars... The thing is if you are a metal player, the peavey 6505 bran new is only 999 plus tax. this amp is 1100 or 1199 I believe and its only 30 watts! I want this Orange though because like my dark terror you can swap out power tubes without biasing. It makes me feel comfortable knowing any of the tubes, power section or preamp fail, replacements are pretty much plug and play.
Having played the Dark Terror this weekend, which is this lead channel in a 15/7 watt version, this thing really gets my attention. You could literally play Heavy classic rock, Judas priest style stuff, and Megadeth type music, all with one gain setting, just by adjusting the tone knob. It's pretty damn nice, made me change my mind on Orange Amps
This being said I also tried it with a drop c tuned guitar and i got some heavy djent tones that I loved (I was thinking on getting a pv 6505 for that)
Do you find it loud enough for a gig (without mic-ing up the cab)? I have volume at full on both channels and it's perfect volume with the drummer (particularly the cranked clean channel), but I have to bring in another amp if I want to go to 11, so to speak.
I play with it on a weekly basis live, and never have to go up past like 3 on the dirty channel with half gain. It's always been PLENTY loud enough. In fact, I've never once had to have it above 50% volume. So yea, it works.
@Olpaj Well, I mean, personally I think it looks awesome. Just shows how much you've been playing it I guess. Plus I love vintage items that have plenty of wear and tear on them, but that's just me.
it's being played through a marshall cabinet. u can tell by the shape. it'd probably be a jcm800 cab. it would be nice if they did tell us the cab. Brilliant playing and amp btw
I have this amp and I have to say it’s really good but if your planning on shredding or playing high up on the fret board then you’re going to need a good overdrive pedal because the dirty by itself sounds horrible and fuzzy when you play high up on the fret board, playing up at the lower frets however sounds amazingly heavy
@ferociouspokemachine if i got that could i still use the pod x3 live with it or would it be worth it? cause i want to be able to make my tone but i want the amp to be able to play the tone i make you know? like i want an amp that will play the tone i made how its supposed to sound like with clarity? so would the peavey 6505 be worth buying if i was gonna just put a pod x3 live in it?
@ferociouspokemachine im a noob lol but i dont understand what i cabinet is but my main point is i could get more tones with the pod x3 than the peavey 6505? like i could have a sick lead tone but then have like a completely different rhythm tone and then have like a blues tone (i dont play blues but im just giving an example)?
You should have at least paired this with an Orange PPC212 cabinet. Still sounds great. This is my next for sure. I have an Orange Dark Terror which I love. But I'd like a tad more power and I love the tone of the TH30.
Would there be much difference between this and the Rocker 30? Wouldn't say these amps are overrated at all, they all sound great to me....considering one but not sure which yet
@sfh113 I think it is better to have the 6505+ to be the main source of your tone, because it's tube-driven thus making the tone warmer and more natural, and use the Pod x3 live for additional stuff,If you really want to use the Pod x3 live as the source of your tone, then you're probably better off buying a cabinet and plug it in there, with maybe a tube compressor pedal in your signal chain. It's not going to sound much better by running it thru the 6505 because the signal will remain digital.
So im in a crappy ass punk band right now and broke as hell, so im trying to figure out what equipment to buy so any recomendations on amps. Im currently stuck with a spider 2, 30 watt it blows and i kinda want a larger better sounding amp for live gigs and such.
How should i go about getting a crushing death metal tone from this head?Someone recommended a Maxon OD808 for that, would you agree?Would a Boss Super Overdrive work?
@sfh113 if you buy a 5150 head you have to buy a cab to connect to it for the sound to come out of, and if you do that forget about your line 6 pod because the distortion comin from the 5150 will sound much better than the pod cuz the 5150 is a tube amp... however you could use the effects from the line 6 by running it through the 5150's effects loop and still keep the 5150's main tube sound
@Dmacattack93 im nooby as fuck and i dont understand this whole amp/cabinet/head thing... so if i bought a peavey 5150 then is it logical to just use the tone on the amp or use the pod x3 (idk if the 5150 is a tube)? or do i need like another amp for the 5150 to even have sound?
The bridge is a regular Floyd Rose, a real one, not a licenced bridge. The tuners are Grover. The guitar model is a Charvel So Cal if you want to look it up. This one looks exactly the same as mine, so I'm assuming it's also a 2008 USA production model or from around that time.
@voxac30blues they're the same wattage, as the other guy told you on the premier guitar demo. I would also go for the TH30, but judging by your user name, you want a bluesy amp. Try them both out, and A/B them if you can.
waiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt i dont understand this: does it matter what amp i buy if i have my tone coming through a line 6 pod x3 live because cant you make any tone from it pretty much so you dont need to worry about the amps tone? like i have my guitar plugged into a line 6 pod x3 live and and then an amp... i just need to make the perfect tone on the pod x3, not worry about the amp?
Yes. It is loud enough for gigs. Your clean might compress/distort SLIGHTLY to keep up with a loud rock drummer, but you'll be fine. Not sure if you are going for the 112 combo version, but the speaker puts out plenty of LOWS even being an open-back combo. I was surprised. Orange made an excellent choice with the speaker in this combo.
This amp sounds great and I'm thinking about getting one. I understand the controls are supposed to be "simple". But does anyone else find it lame that a $1200 amp doesn't have bass mid and treble controls? That may keep me from buying it.
has anyone tried the dirty channel with a tube screamer in front?
8 лет назад
I use that combo. Not a tube screamer but a "green" pedal, EHX East River Drive. Takes it very very well, gives it that extra edge and attack. I play punk rock if that helps
