12/13/2023 0 Comments Orange th30![]() This amp has two channels and a basic Eq sweeping control section. You get a solid tone and very usable front panel to dial in the perfect blend of channels. this is good players amp and will serve its owner quite well night after night of gigging. ![]() I would recommedn this to any player that needs a great sounding and high quality vintage style amp that is 30 watts and two channels. These amps come in new right at around $1200, which is a great price for this kind of quality amplifier. ![]() You can find these amps pretty easily online or in many shops where you would buy other similar products like Mesa Boogie or Marshall. You get many of the features and the basic overall tone is very vintage feeling. This amp is really a vintage style amp through and through. So you don't really need it in the clean channel but the gain does make up for it. So the clean channel does not have that but the gain channel has a shape knob that changes the midrange a little bit. You get the controls set up much like a vintage amp where they didn't have a midrange control knob a lot of times. Same features and tone as the other just a cosmetic change.Ĭlean channel controls: Volume, Bass, Trebleĭirty channel controls: Volume, Shape, Gain This makes a cool looking amp that will match other speaker cabs much better. This amp is the exact same amp as the orange tolex version but just in a cool looking black tolex covering. You also don't get a presence control knob which many amps do have to allow you to shape the tone depending on the room that you are in. You will be be missing the middle control knob like you would see on many Fender amps. You get the basic setup like an old Fender amp. So maybe they are a Marshall killer but any company that uses another company to claim what they are is still only second fiddle. They certainly do have a great tone to their amps and you don't have to get the thing modified. they claim that they are the Marshall killer. Orange has been building high quality amps now since the 60's. The less you have to fuss with, the less you have to worry about. Not the most flexible, but if you're like me, the reason you like an amp like this is because it has so few knobs. Overall, it's a solid amp that sounds great. I also like dialing back the volume on the guitar a bit while on the dirty channel-kind of a gritty, lo-fi sound that I really dig. Probably not the most flexible amp, but you can get all the gain you'd ever need and it can be either scooped or relatively flat or all mids, so there isn't much need for another knob, in my opinion. The dirty channel packs all the tone you need into one knob. Generally, though, two tone controls is enough for me. The amp is very punchy and just overall such high quality that I would much rather put an EQ pedal on it than have bought a Mesa that comes with all those knobs. ![]() You can always add an EQ pedal if you want more control or brightness. Might also have preferred an amp with separate mid and bass controls, but that would have cost a good deal more. As I said, I wish it had a presence control-it's not a bright amp and the treble control doesn't seem to boost much (though it can cut a lot if you need it to). The clean channel starts to break up around 10 o'clock, depending on your guitar, which means that you can only go that loud for totally clean sounds. The amp seems a little more susceptible to hum from a dirty power source than other amps, so you may want to get a power conditioner. The effects loop on the Orange Thunder 30 is very transparent, which is nice. ![]()
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