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Orange Bass Terror - First Review!
by Marc Noel-Johnson, in Amplifiers, No Comments
The Orange Bass Terror has landed. Well not quite, we’ll have to wait a few more weeks until the first shipment has arrived, but this reviewer has been lucky enough to see it, hear it and play through it and I’m here to tell you, it’s sensational!
You cannot believe an amp this small can pump out 500 Watts, and that’s at both 8 and 4 ohms. It’s the same size as the Tiny Terror, about the same weight, and uses two ECC83 preamp valves and a Class D solid state … continue reading ‘Orange Bass Terror - First Review!’
Orange Dual Terror - Gig Report
by Marc Noel-Johnson, in Amplifiers, No Comments
No sooner than the Orange Dual Terror had landed in our warehouse, it was whisked off smartly by our very own Digital Village neo-punkists, Hans Briikx, to be shown off to their admiring fans at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town. This is a great room to play, there are no reflective surfaces causing unwanted frequencies to bounce around, therefore everything can be heard clearly, an ideal situation to evaluate a piece of gear.
Mike Fletcher, Hans Briikx guitar player and DV store manager, told me afterwards that the Dual Terror was a real surprise … continue reading ‘Orange Dual Terror - Gig Report’
Valve Combos: How Small Can They Get?
by Marc Noel-Johnson, in Amplifiers, No Comments
When I saw this Laney Cub 8, naturally I thought that it was just another practice amp. You know - 10W or so with built in gain/master volume and distortion, that sort of thing. But when I looked again, I jumped! Whoa, it’s a valve amp! With a 6V6 in it! And a Celestion speaker!
After my other half located the smelling salts and I’d recovered consciousness, I wanted to find out more. After all, a valve amp usually has to have two hefty transformers and a strong chassis, so how is this possible in an amp that costs so little?
Now, I’m very much in favour of smaller amps - I’ve blathered on about it before. Give me a 20 watter that can be turned up without everybody in the vicinity reaching … continue reading ‘Valve Combos: How Small Can They Get?’
Hans Briikx in Camden
by Marc Noel-Johnson, in General Guitars, No Comments
Meet Ed Jack, our returns manager, in his natural state, (he wore a tie for the job interview but threw it away soon afterwards), fronting his rather fine neo-punk realist rock and roll band called Hans Briikx, (sorry, no idea either), at their Sunday gig at the World’s End pub in Camden.
I’m loathe to make comparisons with other bands so I won’t, but the influences are obvious, punk, grunge, metal and a nod to good old fashioned rawk with some twin lead. I loved it!
The double guitar onslaught was brought on by Ed, using a Gibson Les Paul Traditional into an Orange Tiny Terror through two Epiphone cabs, and Mike Fletcher, using a Gibson Les Paul Standard into a Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier 50 through an Orange 4 x 12. Amazingly, the Orange held its own against the Boogie and as we all know, less distortion, more distinction.
Bass duties were held down by Tim Maude using a Fender P Bass Special through a … continue reading ‘Hans Briikx in Camden’
