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jokes i I actually really like him!
Volume wise with the taper it's quite sensible when you're gigging insofar as you can balance it to exactly where you need. I'm using a 2*12. Having said that, I don't think it's a home amp unless your neighbours are deaf/ tolerant/ non-existent. Because you do have to get the MV to about "1.5" before the full flavour starts to appear. It absolutely can taper all the way down to 0 but below 1.5 the tone is a bit thin - not muffled - no matter what you do. By 2 and above it sounds lovely.
The clean channel takes pedals well; the dirty channel, less so -- but that's probably because I've got the dirt doing that Orange high gain thing which isn't so subtle but sounds lovely. Basically, most of the night I'm using the clean channel on the classic verge of break up, with ODs to kick it over. This will do rock and cleanish pop (with the guitar rolled back) And the dirty channel is for the punk stuff.
I used to think it took pedals differently to valve amps but it's fine. I actually set my overdrives a lot more normally with the CR120 than used to with other amps and if I'd done it this way with valve amps then I'm sure it would have been better.
I'm not sure about the FX loop but this is because the loop was too different to the JVM when I first got it so I started putting everything into the front of the amp. I've now got a sound I'm really happy with so I'm not going to change it. But everything including echo, reverb, and modulation, is going into the front. (I had a really nice compliment about the sound the other week as it happens.)
I'd get another one if I had to in a heartbeat. I love it.
*Of course what you might also be interested in is my utter total bargain Marshall JVM 410head at an utter total bargain price.
Thanks for the thorough write up though @Grunfeld! Appreciate it!
This is ferkin' loud!
I suspect neighbours are not an issue for him.
If you get the chance check one out in a store and see what you think. The "thinness" that I notice might not be an issue for you. And they do a CR60 combo but I have no idea what that is like.
I too found that it needed to have a bit of volume behind it to sound 'good' though it could be tweaked to bedroom level very easily (infact, a good deal more easily than most other amps I've tried).
I got shot of it because frankly, who needs a 120w head in their home office?
As it happens there was very little thought behind the purchase -- I just needed something to play a beer festival that afternoon after my regular amp had died at a gig the night before. I'd actually gone in for another Blackstar but the fella in the shop suggested the Orange solid state. Happy days!
They're decent amps, they seem to be reliable and simple to use, but theres nothing in there that a Peavey Supreme can't do better.
If i was looking for solid state, my choices would always be:
Marshall VS65/100r
Peavey Supreme / Studio pro / Express / Bandit (the silver stripe ones)
Laney GC80/120
Trace Elliot Super Tramp 80 (mk 1)
Dave Simpson has a couple of videos on this very subject.
I really enjoy his channel, in fact of late he has been inspiring me a lot, I love the way he plays. .
For what it's worth I have a CR60 which sounds great at low volume at home (even with a baby in the house).
I was thinking of maybe an Egnater Tweaker or a Line 6 DT25 instead.
Solid state wise, an old Peavey will smoke it. IMO etc etc. Each to there own, I'm sure some will love it!
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/73640/orange-crush-pro-cr60c
The volume, gain, and master volume seem to interact quite a bit so it can take a bit of fiddling to get the best from it. However, it really is possible to get quite a range of usable tones from it.