Any Orange Rocker 32 users here

Travisthedog · March 2019

It's on my shortlist for a new amp but Im anal about bottom end thump (add puns here)

Any users in a live band situation?

monquixote · March 2019

It's included in this roundup and I must say to my ears it sounds really bad.

StefB · March 2019

I had one for a short while and it was one of the worst amps I've ever played through, and there have been many.

I wanted it to be perfect (the spec certainly was, as was Guitarist's review) but it was totally lifeless sounding on both channels, and the enclosure was too small to get any real benefit from its stereo selling point.

I got it for £599 new in a Rich Tone sale and have never been as glad in my life to get my money back for something when I sold it on eBay a few weeks later.

YMMV of course but, on the whole, real world user reviews are underwhelming at best and vastly different to the arse kissing reviews all magazines always give to Orange gear...

Travisthedog · March 2019

That's all I needed to know

theflyisback · March 2019

I agree, I wanted one and went to a store armed with the cash to buy one as it seemed to be perfect for a pedal platform.

Tried it out and sounded lifeless and boxy. Even the sales assistant said they were difficult to 'sell' for that price against better amps in the category and the Crush 120 solid state smashed it out the ballpark tone wise.

I personally think you could probably get a good tone if you have an eq pedal and some clean boosters but it kinda defeats the object i think.

Travisthedog · March 2019

I had it with the 18/30 Bassbreaker on my shortlist - I'll need to check that out now

monquixote · March 2019

There is a new Bassbreaker 30 Watt that's come out.

I thought the Bassbreaker 45 was really good when I tried one, but it seems to have been discontinued.

Travisthedog · March 2019

monquixote said:

There is a new Bassbreaker 30 Watt that's come out.

I thought the Bassbreaker 45 was really good when I tried one, but it seems to have been discontinued.

I've seen a few comparisons where the Bassbreaker gets scarily close to JTM45 territory

kreggs · March 2019

What about a laney lionheart. Stellar cleans and around that price point.

monquixote · March 2019

Yeah the Bassbreaker 45 is essentially a JTM45 with power scaling.

ICBM · March 2019

I don't know, but the older Rocker 30 is excellent. It has plenty of bottom end thump and sounds great in a band context - the guitarist in my band uses one. Discontinued, but not too rare and not that expensive.

Travisthedog · March 2019

In had a rocker 30 but I found it too boxy - the rockerverb 50 however ...........

Travisthedog · March 2019

monquixote said:

Yeah the Bassbreaker 45 is essentially a JTM45 with power scaling.

But only one channel sadly

monquixote · March 2019

That's what pedals are for

Travisthedog · March 2019

monquixote said:

That's what pedals are for

This is where i struggle - pedals dont give you that big volume jump for a solo that an amp channel will - unless im missing something

monquixote · March 2019

You can get a fairly big volume jump from booster into a clean amp.

If you have a single channel filthy amp like a JCM800 you are a bit stuck though.

thatguyoverthere · March 2019

kreggs said:

What about a laney lionheart. Stellar cleans and around that price point.

Don’t own one but tried a number of times. 20W is gorgeous. 5W version is great for bedroom jams.

Tat2dstesh · March 2019

I've got the rocker 30 head and the bottom end is massive not boxy at all for me but then again it is going through a h&k 4x12 with 65s and 2x12 with vintage 30s

MattBanshee · March 2019

monquixote said:

It's included in this roundup and I must say to my ears it sounds really bad.

I think that's probably due to the defective piece of flesh at the end of the guitar, rather than the amp itself.

monquixote · March 2019

I was thinking about that because Danish Pete does the small amp roundup and makes all the amps sound great.

In some ways the chappers one is better because it's more achievable.

Regardless the Orange and Blackstar sound noticeably worse than the Fender Marshall and Vox.

funhouse · March 2019

I've tried one and there's no contest with the original Rocker 30 head. The R30 is far superior - more authority and depth thanks, in large part, to its EL34s. Certainly not boxy.

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