Orange crush 20rt

skunkwerx

I bought it for something to chuck in the boot when I'm staying over the girlfriends place.. 

I can't tell if its shit, or great. Because I can never dial a tone in I'm happy with on any amp no matter how good lol. 

Damn loud though! 

skunkwerx

After playing for a while, I quite like it! 

I'm not very familiar with the Orange tonal characteristics but it's noticeably different from the Katana which I am used to.  

Sounds bigger than it is, but there's no getting away from the fact it's an 8" speaker in a small particle board enclosure. 

Will definitely serve its purpose though, and I'm already curious about 'better' Orange heads. 

I ran a Boss DS1 into it, with the pedal gain/distortion at zero (though it still produces dirt), volume not fully maxed which I usually have when using it as a traditional distortion pedal to get a unity volume with a clean channel and the tone - little past 12. 

Like a tubescreamer. It had a huge effect! 

Not that I didnt like the amp distortion, but it tightened the low end up. 

ICBM

They’re pretty good for a small solid-state amp - as you say with an 8” speaker in a particle-board box they’re never going to sound like a big valve amp and a 4x12”, but they do have a distinctively Orangey sound, and they’re loud and portable.