Just grabbed a Super 200, haven't tried Orange heads or amps ever so this should be fun!
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Awesome, can't wait for your review! My best experience with Orange-style gear is the Tech21 Oxford, which was designed for guitar not bass, but does sound great when I get it dialed in. Would love to know how the Super 200 compares to that, but I realize that's highly unlikely (Oxford has been out of production for awhile).
Same! An Oxford with better bass response would be just about perfect for lovers of grind! I have had good results using mine in a crossover blender to add clean bass, but would love a one-pedal solution
Super 200 is great, but I just struggle with finding the right combination of settings to get that solid Orange grit. If you get some good settings, please share!
What are you missing? For one, I am pretty sure those Orange amps use a Fender-type passive tonestack so the EQ is going to be very non-linear
I think it's getting the right levels/combo of the Gain, Volume, and Master knobs!
Ah- that is interesting to see. I’m also curious how those controls are arranged in the circuit and if there are multiple gain-stages that can be driven differently by the different controls. I noticed in the Honda Felder vid that he basically never moved the Level control at all
I'm a happy ME Super 300 and 800 owner but my Orange experience is from an AMT O Bass.Now there's one hairy little SOB.
I just got my 800+ today 
Is the little black button by the DI for phantom power, or something else? It's not clear to me what it's for from the website, and I don't want to damage my unit 
Is the little black button by the DI for phantom power, or something else? It's not clear to me what it's for from the website, and I don't want to damage my unit 
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i would think that it's a ground lift for the DI.I just got my 800+ today
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I just got my 800+ today
@johnk_10 is correct. ground lift for the DI.
Count me in on that, as well!
I just ordered a Super 800, but I was listening to the demo vid of the SF72 and I was super intrigued, so I watched it a couple more times. Sounds impressive, but I'd like to hear more...
Just received my Super 800+ and only had a few minutes on my not-so-great practice amp (Ampeg BA-108). Quite impressed with it already. Of course, real drive test will be in a band setting, but it seems to achieve what I was looking for, which is something not as colored as my SansAmp BDDI V2 (which I’m keeping for when I want that sound though). I play a Pbass mainly and I like it when that classic P tone shines, with the SansAmp it lacks a bit of clarity. The Super 800+ gives me that clarity and growl that GK is known for.
As said before I’ve barely had a chance to use it but first impressions are good. However I don’t seem to need any of the mini-switches, Lo removes too many lows, Mid gives too much of a scoop, Hi brings to much treble in.
Two things: how do you guys use the Boost on your Super 800/800+? It -obviously- gives me a very big volume boost, not sure that is practical… Do you guys use it as an always-on feature and tweak your volumes accordingly? How does the Boost work alongside the Gain?
Also, I tend to get a “pop” in the amp whenever I engage the pedal… will that go away eventually?
As said before I’ve barely had a chance to use it but first impressions are good. However I don’t seem to need any of the mini-switches, Lo removes too many lows, Mid gives too much of a scoop, Hi brings to much treble in.
Two things: how do you guys use the Boost on your Super 800/800+? It -obviously- gives me a very big volume boost, not sure that is practical… Do you guys use it as an always-on feature and tweak your volumes accordingly? How does the Boost work alongside the Gain?
Also, I tend to get a “pop” in the amp whenever I engage the pedal… will that go away eventually?
For me in my regular 800, everything about it is always on or always off. The Boost I keep on for a low level of grit. My Damnation MBD profiles any sort of overdrive or distortion. The reason for all of this is that my 800 I only use when I have to use an unfamiliar amp, so I can replace its preamp with the 800. If it's my own GK or another amp I like, I don't use the 800. So it's all or nothing. I don't use it as an "effect."
Thanks!
First practice with the Super 800+ yesterday and I liked what I heard, despite the fact that the practice amp was a bit trash. I've followed your advice and have played with the Boost on, it adds some grit to the sound without overdriving it too much, it gave my Pbass a nice growl
Without the boost wasn't bad, but I had to crank things up way more, whereas the Boost made it more manageable.
First practice with the Super 800+ yesterday and I liked what I heard, despite the fact that the practice amp was a bit trash. I've followed your advice and have played with the Boost on, it adds some grit to the sound without overdriving it too much, it gave my Pbass a nice growl
Without the boost wasn't bad, but I had to crank things up way more, whereas the Boost made it more manageable.
Nice! Did you run the 800+ into an FX loop or straight into the amp's input? I've never gotten a good result running it into the amp input.Thanks!
First practice with the Super 800+ yesterday and I liked what I heard, despite the fact that the practice amp was a bit trash. I've followed your advice and have played with the Boost on, it adds some grit to the sound without overdriving it too much, it gave my Pbass a nice growl
Without the boost wasn't bad, but I had to crank things up way more, whereas the Boost made it more manageable.
Anyone else here with a Super 400? Kinda surprised I haven’t heard much other talk of it here! I’m still really loving it. Adds the same kinda presence and cut that I loved my 400+ for (so far only using it for recording experiments with my friends).
