OrangeAmps Electric Guitar Power Amplifier, (Crush12)

Great little practice amp. It has warm tones with lots of punch—everything I was looking for in a small package. Before purchasing it, I tried my Squier Telecaster on a much larger Orange amplifier, and it sounded fantastic. This baby brother seems just as good, just not as loud.

Got this Orange Crush 12 today!I have been using a Positve Geid Spark 40 for a couple of years, but have had some issues with it that made me want something very basic. I only play by myself at home, so wanted something very small with no frills. Did some research and thought this would fit the bill.I have to say, I am blown away by this amp! I couldn't believe that something so small sounded so great. This was a tremendous value for the money.If this is a representation of what Orange is all about, I am absolutely going to be using Orange for all my future amp needs.

I bought this intending it to be my "at the cabin" practice amp, anticipating leaving it there. Now I'm sure it's going to stay with me and make the drive back and forth, while my original practice amp (a Fender Frontman) sits idle.For the price, this solid state product is able to achieve the Orange sound which I've always coveted. It is also compact, lightweight, and looks great.I play it plugged in straight (which will be the "away from home" configuration) but it also takes my pedalboard way better than I anticipated. I've used it at jam sessions with no reservations or downside. I am probably putting more practice time in, and I believe that is at least partially attributable to enjoying my tone more, or at least having more fun pursuing it.I'm most frequently using it with a Strat.I know the biggest knock on it is only one channel, so you have to adjust one or more knobs to change tone, but honestly, if you can't achieve that with the pickups, volume and tone settings on the guitar and pedals, you may be asking too much of a $100 amp.I love the Orange sound and overall brand, and this was a pretty easy way to get into it myself.

I played acoustic guitar for a couple years and went with an orange amp to try electric. Decided to go right for this cause I felt like I would outgrow a cheaper amp kinda quick and I'm so happy with it. I don't know a crazy amount about amps but I have a friend who has been playing electric guitar for over 20 years and I let him borrow it. He said it "Makes me feel like I'm a REAL boy!" so I think that's good. He explained some audio things to me that I still don't quite get but it sounded impressive.

They did a good job replicating the Orange amp sound. Obviously it's not as good as their $1000 tube amps, but for the price it sounds really good, exactly how you would expect a Solid State amp from Orange would sound. Full mids, clean highs, it does lack in the low end but it's only a 6" speaker. This amp is louder than you would think.Things this amp is good at: practice at home, practice in a small studio, American garage grunge, Brit rock, Jazz, clean mids and highs, portability, jamming with acoustic guitars.Things this amp is not good at: practice in a large studio, live events (not even a small club), recording, beginners*, metal, low end is muddy.It's a small practice amp and that's what I bought it for and that's what it's good for. For $99 the build quality is really good.The only issue I have is the overdrive, and this issue is really only for my situation. The OD sound good at medium and high volume but you cannot get good distortion at low volumes. I have my amp in the bedroom and at the lowest volume you just can't over drive the preamp. So I'm either sharing my distortion with the entire house or playing clean. I'm probably getting a pedal to remedy this. However, the clean sounds good at all volumes and the OD sounds good at medium-high volumes.If you don't like the sound of Orange amps, you won't like this. If you own an Orange amp (tube) and want a similar sounding practice amp, you will like this amp.*the reason I don't think this is a good amp for a beginner is because it has a very distinct sound and requires some tweaking. Not something a beginner should be worrying about. On the other hand, it is very simple, but someone with no experience tweaking sound might struggle getting the sound they want.Edit: after owning the amp for a few weeks I was able to get some really good crunchy distortion out of it.

Works great, my teen son loves this. Awesome price for what it is!