'79 Orange super bass

paradigm_shift · #1 09-19-2011, 09:19 AM

So luck played into my hands for a change and I just scored one of these. Information seems to be incredibly sparse . Wondering if talkbass can tell me a little more about them .

Particularly interested in the speaker cab it came with a 4x12 loaded with G12-80 t2873.. I get the impression these we're available in both a guitar and a bass version ?

Any info on either would be awesome!

Spinal Tapper · #2 09-19-2011, 10:39 AM

VERY rare. No tech info from me- just wanted to say, Nice Score!!! Post some pics, eh!?

paradigm_shift · #3 09-19-2011, 04:58 PM

Pic attached.Will post more in near future when I got her back from the techs- shes still going good , but getting the once over for piece of minds sake.

D.M.N. · #4 09-19-2011, 05:45 PM

Upon further research, From the Orange amp forum:

The circuitry of the Super Bass is similar to the OR120s with some notable differences, some of the preamp anode/cathode resistors are totally different, giving a different gain structure, also the feedback resistor is different. Also the coupling caps between stages are 0.1uf rather than 0.068uf, so as to pass more bass presumably.