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Orange Twin Reverb 120 - Woahh its nice!
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:56 am
by cleo
Hey guys,
as i was strollingthrough eb** again, i found this pretty amp:
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Should I bid on it? Or rather buy a factory new Ac30 Heritage head?
Opinions?
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:42 am
by Reece
I have no idea what you should do but that thing looks brilliant.
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:13 am
by kypdurron
Im not too much of a freak when it comes to Orange amps, but if this can be had at a 1000 € or so I'd consider it the better deal than a new Vox. Does Vox even produce in England nowadays?
It also says pick-up only. So likely no one will bid on this and you can get it for the 950. It's close to NL though and you would have to drive there.
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:21 am
by kim
it looks fucking cool, had no idea orange made this
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:50 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
those are very cool. people usually switch all the knobs out to one color (i've seen a couple: one nice example and one that was converted to a head).
that's the nicest specimen, and you should grab that shit!
oranges aren't worth the money to me, but they're very nice.
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:16 pm
by Skip
that thing is cool as hell- get it
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:04 am
by blankfield
Super super awesome. Go for it!
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:14 am
by euan
kypdurron wrote:Im not too much of a freak when it comes to Orange amps, but if this can be had at a 1000 € or so I'd consider it the better deal than a new Vox. Does Vox even produce in England nowadays?
120 Watt amp better than 30W amp? Why does an amps country of origin matter?
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:39 am
by kypdurron
vintage Orange below 1000 € vers. new amp for more than that was my thought. Though if Cleo has to pick it up in person it might work out around the same price. And yes I think it's lame that Vox is producing even most of the high end stuff in China and not in England.
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:58 am
by Johno
kypdurron wrote:vintage Orange below 1000 € vers. new amp for more than that was my thought. Though if Cleo has to pick it up in person it might work out around the same price. And yes I think it's lame that Vox is producing even most of the high end stuff in China and not in England.
If they did manufacture in England then the consumer would have to pick up the extra cost, i'm guessing this would be more than double?
Even though the product would have been built to the same spec & quality.
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:42 am
by kypdurron
don't think so. There are several companies that did not go to the far east with production of their higher end stuff. Laney, Marshall and Orange in England, Engl, Hughes and Kettner and Rath in Germany, Fender in the USA and Mexico ... Im not speaking of the VT or Pathfinder series, but the AC Amps and so. Other companies can do their a-grand-costing tube amps in their countries of origin. For them it's a selling argument for an expensive classic amp, and the Vox AC 30 is such an expensive classic amp imho.
I agree that it's no longer a necessary loss in quality to produce in China. But if we don't give a damn we might not have to wonder that people don't find a job around here. But again, that's just what I think. I bought asian made gear too and will do in the future. I just don''t get it why Vox ... what I said above - when other companies don't have to do that to survive.
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:44 pm
by cleo
Because the Korg bastards are running the business now at vox, and they just look for profit.
What about traditions, Korg?
I don't know about the amp tough - i love vintage tones, but idon't like the reliability of vintage amps.......
Hmm EL84 Class A versus a EL34 120 Watt Monstah - I think I'll let this one pass, i don't need fucking 120 watts and
I think it will sound similar to my bandmates fender twin reverb
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:14 pm
by Berto
blankfield wrote:Super super awesome. Go for it!
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:30 pm
by NickS
kypdurron wrote:vintage Orange below 1000 € vers. new amp for more than that was my thought.
And indeed with flight case. Shame it isn't €1.60=£1 any more....
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:21 pm
by Gabriel
Thats pretty sweet man. I'm an AC30 fanboy but still if i had the money I'd be all over that
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:44 pm
by ekwatts
cleo wrote:Because the Korg bastards are running the business now at vox, and they just look for profit.
What about traditions, Korg?
I don't know about the amp tough - i love vintage tones, but idon't like the reliability of vintage amps.......
Hmm EL84 Class A versus a EL34 120 Watt Monstah - I think I'll let this one pass, i don't need fucking 120 watts and
I think it will sound similar to my bandmates fender twin reverb
Current AC30s are fucking great. What are you talking about?
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:44 pm
by cleo
Yeah the current ac30s do sound good, but 2 friends of mine had reliability problems with the custom classic series ac's. A nearby shop ended
their business with vox because there were too many problems with the custom classic.
Don't know about the new ones though
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:32 pm
by ekwatts
cleo wrote:Yeah the current ac30s do sound good, but 2 friends of mine had reliability problems with the custom classic series ac's. A nearby shop ended
their business with vox because there were too many problems with the custom classic.
Don't know about the new ones though
As far as I'm aware, the problems were with the very first few batches they shipped.
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:58 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
AFAIK, there are still issues with the CC2's. they sound good, but they don't hang on like they used to. i see them for sale round here all the time, but most have had extensive work or are factory refurbs.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:10 am
by blankfield
No bids on that auction. Does anyone know if has been relisted or if it ended early? I don't speak ze German.