Orange 35B!!!

Kenova · #1 07-09-2010, 06:17 AM

Any experiences with this amp?
Pros/cons?

giacomini · #2 07-09-2010, 08:52 AM

I had one.

Pros:
*Very good for it's price
*Sealed, punchy cab.
*Way more volume than you'd expect from 35W rms
*12 incher, pressed particleboard and light electronics make it a feather to carry around
*Speaker out, 2 ins, phone out, makes a great practice amp

Cons:
*Loud but not too loud, I mean, you'll use it at the local pub small gig only
*No dedicated control over the lineout output
*EQ doesn't boost cut or too much
*Lack of low (LOW)
*Excess of mid lows and mids
*Dirty sounding. Crank it up, it'll go for the 35w it's got, but there comes drive too.

After a year of heavy use: I guess the speaker loosened a bit and it "started" sounding better, I mean, there was less mud in high volumes, less pronounced mids making the lows cut thru a little bit more.

Even telling you all those "Cons" I must say I really liked this small combo! I listed those things as cons because they are cons to many people, but since I like a bit of dirt in my bass sound, this amp did fine. Sure thing is this thing's got a lot of character. But have in mind the word VINTAGE, even at low volumes. You'll get hi fi sounds and a decent slap tone only by heavy external EQ (I had an Yamaha NE-1 parametric EQ set up to cut mid/midlows when I felt there was too much mud).

Feel free to ask!

Kenova · #3 07-10-2010, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by giacomini

I had one.

Pros:
*Very good for it's price
*Sealed, punchy cab.
*Way more volume than you'd expect from 35W rms
*12 incher, pressed particleboard and light electronics make it a feather to carry around
*Speaker out, 2 ins, phone out, makes a great practice amp

Cons:
*Loud but not too loud, I mean, you'll use it at the local pub small gig only
*No dedicated control over the lineout output
*EQ doesn't boost cut or too much
*Lack of low (LOW)
*Excess of mid lows and mids
*Dirty sounding. Crank it up, it'll go for the 35w it's got, but there comes drive too.

After a year of heavy use: I guess the speaker loosened a bit and it "started" sounding better, I mean, there was less mud in high volumes, less pronounced mids making the lows cut thru a little bit more.

Even telling you all those "Cons" I must say I really liked this small combo! I listed those things as cons because they are cons to many people, but since I like a bit of dirt in my bass sound, this amp did fine. Sure thing is this thing's got a lot of character. But have in mind the word VINTAGE, even at low volumes. You'll get hi fi sounds and a decent slap tone only by heavy external EQ (I had an Yamaha NE-1 parametric EQ set up to cut mid/midlows when I felt there was too much mud).

Feel free to ask!

I play fretless,so no slap and treble,I love lot of Mids,and I don´t like crystal clear highs, i want good practice amp,not amp for gigs! Is this ok then?

Thnx

giacomini · #4 07-10-2010, 07:37 PM

I guess you're good with this one. But remember to try it out first if you get a chance, maybe our ears ain't tuned the same

Kenova · #5 07-11-2010, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by giacomini

I guess you're good with this one. But remember to try it out first if you get a chance, maybe our ears ain't tuned the same

No problems!!! Thnx man!!!n

Gnosticbass · #6 07-11-2010, 05:50 AM

My wife bought me one back in 06 and I have to agree with giacomini its a great little amp. Perfect for practice only thing bad is from what i hear its no longer in production. But its not all bad as the Orange Crush35B was replaced by a 50watt version same speaker and a built in tuner. A 1x15 100watt version is also being released soon as well.