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Then came the ORANGE amps ! Very serious competitor in its days , ORANGE imitated more the HIWATT than the MARSHALL. Its adds even specified 'military specs' wiring. Their sound was also closer to HIWATT than MARSHALL with a tad more overdrive at hand, even in the standard model. A lot of famous bands used them but my hottest remembrance was this catchy amp line behind young Tina in her famous heart-holed tight dress. Excuse me while I  switch the air-conditioner on.

They are gorgeous aren't they?
They sound good too but suffered from weakness in they circuitry , probably from low quality components. Coupling capacitors are often the cause and it is a hard problem to spot.
You should better buy the cabs. Not only they look great, but, for some obscure reason, while built like Marshall cabs with same speakers, they sound better than their black cousins, of same vintage of course. I said obscure because when it comes to cabs sound, anything can alter the sound. This is such an esoteric science that it could be the color that make these cabinets sound so nice.

This is a rarer and newer style Super Bass amp, always with that sort of a Power Brake built-in. Once I had fixed it, it gave me very good and huge sounds but the innards were far from the glorious 'military specs' of their beginning. These 'piggy specs' certainly indicates that the factory was trying to save money on workmanship and quality. Why don't they ask us first?  We would scream 'No, no don't do that!!! You are going to disappear!!' .Alas my friends, we were too young.
Good news is that they are reissued in a very good way. I can imagine these people brainstorm: 'OK boys, what else can we reissue? Brown rice? Car flower stickers?'. Come on, give us a break.

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