How Orange Amps are made (China Edition)
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- čas přidán 13. 02. 2020
- Only a handful of music instrument companies manage their Chinese production from start to finish. We own the building, train our own employees, and manage our own QC. It’s the only way to ensure quality!
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Very neat. Very clean. No crying, half starved children working, dressed in rags under oil lamps. Not one person got caned in the entire video! Not exactly what we all imagine when we hear about Chinese manufacturing practices. Impressive.
well I‘m just curious why alot of people still think that way 😂
This is entirely typical of chinese manufacturing, I have no idea why so many people seem to think goods are made in concentration camp type conditions. It's rare to see manufacturers, certainly producing electrical goods of this level any worse than this.
@@willholt100 exactly😂
You see what they want you to see !
@@russromito4903 - Absolutely. And they for sure aint showing you the worker bee's wage.
I am really suprised - this is very clean factory, working conditions are far better than most of the people can expect and the product quality is very good. Pay these people well, they deserve it!
Agreed!
@@OrangeAmplifiers hey orange, I own a manufacturing business in the states. I dwarf China. From aerospace to fishing. You want the best ?. Find me.
wannabecarguy what is the name of your company?
@@wannabecarguy Yeahhhhh sure.
@@jaketreece don't talk to Elon musk like that 🤣
Nice to see behind the scenes...Respect for hard-working people of China
ORANGE GIRL POWER at China!
Love to know the amps I love most are made by the hands of competent women!
Thank you Orange for showing us your truth
Ruca Souza They’re incredibly talented women for sure! Thank you for the positivity!
Even in the states, small tetius work like this is done by females. Seen it a million times. Some people are better at certain things.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Many Fender amps in the old days were built by women. You can still find some with the name Lupe on them.
@@briancassidy6678 THEY USE WOMAN CUZ OF SMALL HANDS BETTER TO SODLER SMALL PARTS FAST
Thank you ladies for building my Terror Bass.
fascinating !!!!!!!
everyone there looked pretty relaxed and well...... it appears that Orange isnt running a "sweatshop" operation, my commendations and praise to Orange !!!!!
have Nike and Apple and Hallmark posted videos of their China factories ????
ok, enough of the "humanitarian" observations of mine.....
i LOVE my Orange Rocker 15 Terror....
it makes me proud to have guys with 50w heads ask me to "maybe turn down just a little"....! THANK YOU China !!!!! THANK YOU ORANGE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Very cool to see where all my Orange amps come from! Thanks for sharing!
Loved that you guys used 1000mods as a background track for this!
How very strange, I bought a chinese made Micro Dark and I wondered how they were made and this video gets released. Very interesting to watch, I know some people get really funny about MiC products but they are complaining whilst on CZcams on their iPhone which is made where now....? Good video Orange, loving the amp as well
I always love these types of videos. Orange is life!!
Never doubted your Chinese manufactured products. Thank you for the further insight. 🍊🧡
I have a CR60C, impressive manufacturing quality, and awsome sound. No matters where the factory is, it is a very good factory, and it is made by persons. Waiting to buy for the CR60C MKII if sometimes exists!
This is the birthplace of my beautiful Orange Crush 20 RT and Crush 120 Pro.......Great to see this Orange! Fantastic amps!!
Amazing that shop looked as good if not better than the American or some British based shops that charge a huge premium for where the amps made....and the staff looked well trained and HAPPY....really helped to better understand what Orange is all about!! Amazing video and amazing products
I have a Jim Root #4, Th30 and a Cr120. All made in China and all are top quality and none have had any issues and run perfectly. I really enjoyed seeing how they are hand soldering. Thanks for the video.
Nice video. Someday consider Mexico as a manufacturer, we have very good workmanship in the manufacture of tube amps, at the level of the United States. regards.
So true!!!! Cierto!
I'll take a MIM Strat over an American made one any day of the week.
@@TheZotman5 this.
Fernando, Mexico typically builds goods about half the cost of the USA. I believe China builds about 25% the cost of the USA. Here is a shocker, now China is moving middle class, they outsource to countries like Vietnam and Thailand which cuts their cost by 50%.
something for the suggestion box: For the safety of your employees assembling and handling the product, additional PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) such us working gloves with rubber palms would highly improve their safety and confidence in handling the factory equipment.
And steel toes
Theres always one...
nobody is getting hurt building amps and cabs dude
I love my 1×12 With celestion speaker. It sounds heavenly.
Good video !!! It's nice to see how it's done at the Orange Amp facility in China. Thanks Orange !
Thank you ladies!
I use the pedal baby 100 and love it, my wife uses the bass crush 50 and loves it! Great amps, good quality and excellent sound quality, made by a company taking care of its workers, win win win.
The professionalism and skill of these women really shines through. Looks like a clean, safe facility. I'm really impressed when companies like Orange spotlight their overseas operations; it shows they not only value these employees, but that they're proud of the products coming out of these operations. Paul Reed Smith recently posted a similar video of their facility in Surabaya, Indonesia, which produces the SE line of guitars. I'm proud to both own a PRS SE and an Orange 20RT--and they go great together!
Wow every single thing is done by hand!! I now have even more patience! Been waiting on my super crush 100 combo for about 2 months now but it’ll be worth it look at that quality workmanship!!! Girl power 💪🏽
After listening a bit too much to The Sword I bought a Razorback and an Orange Crush20 RT and learned Guitar. That was 4 years ago. Now I am in a Heavy/Stoner Band, also got a beautiful SG, but the Orange still kicks Nuts. Love it and thanks for showing it's origin
What an awesome video. Orange sets the bar again. Most impressive. Waiting on my OR15 built by these wonderful people.
Most of them are cute!😍 what an awesome and efficient job. I’ve never had a bad product from Orange.
It seems pretty much the same handmaking process of English Orange Amps, using the same materials, but in China and in a much larger scale. Interesting.
I love my orange crush 12...It has a great sound and I love single channel amps with the volume gain and overdrive knobs...the only thing I did is mod a speaker out to play through my 2x10(8ohm) cab which has orange VOTW gold speakers.
That is a cool little amp
i love my Crush Mini and my 35LDX. these women are awesome. thank you, Orange, for making your products affordable for us all 🤘👍
Speaking as an Orange customer you better be paying those staff well. Let’s see the place when they were not expecting a camera crew to turn up??
I appreciate Orange's honesty and transparency...These days, 95% of today's musical electronics are manufactured in China or SE Asia.
You wouldn't know these ladies making amps when you meet them in random places like market or bus stop :-) I couldn't even solder properly
My guess is that even the UK made Orange amps are largely picking from the same parts bins and the biggest difference is very likely the assembly being done by hand either in China or in England that is determining which "made in x" inscription it gets.
There is no legal threshold for Made in England outside of final assembly, major change or majority of materials be sourced from the UK to be marked as Made there.
Glad to know my 35RT is made by the delicate yet strong hands of these hard working ladies. I'm just hope they pay well:-7
Made in China for that "British" sound lol. Seriously though, Orange amps are awesome and I LOVE mine. I just thought that was funny :). Kinda like when I worked a p/t corporate job many years ago and on 4th of July they put little American flags on our cubicles that said on the side "made in Taiwan"" LOL. Keep up the great work! Orange Rocks!
That’s where my th30 came from; it’s an absolute beast 💪🏼 wish I could do it justice
Have you ever noticed that when it comes to meticulous work, no matter what country amps and other equipment are made in, it’s usually almost always women doing the work? Like Seymour Duncan pickups in the US, most of the winders are women. Seymour’s legendary pickup winder is Maricela “MJ” Juarez. Her pickups are highly sought after. It seems women have the patience and manual dexterity to do this work. So, my hats off to all the great women cranking out fantastic gear for all of us!
Cool tour. Now they just need to ship one to me. :^)
I ordered two 12inch ORANGE bass cabinets and just received them today. I opened the first one pulled it out and it looked great, opened the second box pulled the cabinet out and heard a rattling noise coming from the inside of the cabinet. I shifted it and maneuvered it in a way that I was able to reach in through the port hole in the back of the cab and grabbed what ever was rattling. To my surprise it was a freakin piece of chicken bone?! I was like dude no way!! It could have been a bone of another animal, but was 100% an animal bone. Has anyone ever experienced something like this before? I really don’t know what to think of it, but I will be calling ORANGE tomorrow.
probably a Wohan bat 🦇 bone 🦴 😂
@@vikingoutlaw9 Ha, maybe! It was the weirdest experience.
Amp doesn't really need craftsmanship like guitar. So basically it can be assembled anywhere in the world.
If one need to be concerns, it has to be the materials used, from glue, screws, frames to motherboard, no, they are not the same at different country even the mfg spec is the same.
We fought many quality cases with customer on their AVL when they decide to change country of supplies from the same supplier.
Good people living under a repressive communist regime...hopefully,they'll be free someday
1000MODS !!!!
1000mods! Nice!
So cool. Which one of these ladies is the Chinese version of Marhsall's ROSEMARY?
Wow awesome 👌
Which one makes the Gain pots? I want to ask why the Gain doesn't come on until halfway up?
I will be buying first amp the Crush20 Black. Just trying to figure a way to convince her if I can get one now😜
wait, which amp made in China has 12 ax 7 preamp tubes and no stencil on the front. ?
Well, I'm very pleased that people looks focussed on the operations and how it flows, but being critical it calls my attention that there's no static control, the cardboard or bubble wrap to cover the tabletops are not the best friends of electronics, I'll rather work more on the pieces handling, the stacking of boards is just a bad thing again for electronics, I liked the test stations being ran by experienced operators and following the given steps. As manufacturing stand point I didn't saw any work instruction or visual instruction just a diagram of components layout, it is good to relay on experienced operators, but for QC or business continuity is just a high risk, the well documented processes will ensure the QC and business continuity. Again, this is only my point of view and a lot of opportunities to improve, please don't hate me but High Quality means High Standards and this is the key for the customer satisfaction.
Looking at the Gate of the plant, it seems there are characters 嘉兴橙乐电子有限公司. So the address is 嘉兴嘉善县惠民街道开发区路55号. Just 70 km from Shanghai.
This video is very clever but with that in mind it still has completely re-installed my faith in the Orange products manufacured in PRC (China). I also admire the transparency that Orange and reputable manufacturers that dont try to hide. It took me years to get over that fact my Fender Telecaster I bought aged 17 in 1988 was made in Japan. I found out eventually the Japanese Tele's are regarded better for a variety of reasons than the USA . I've only the budget for an Orange PC212OB that im about to buy and have no problem with the model being made in PRC.
Away from music I remember my Dad in the mid 80s asking me "What car should I buy, that you like?". I said a Ford XR3. He replied, "i'm not buying one of those, thay are made in Daggenham, Essex by a UK team that probably dont really care about their production line!". But he DID buy an XR3. It was riddled with build problems from the start and over the few years we had it it never recovered and even started rusting in those few years! He bought an Audi after that :D
Sorry I got that wrong. He had a problem free Audi BEFORE the XR3. The car he bought afterwards was a Nissan Almeira. He has been driving it for over 20 years until he gave up driving 😄
High Orange! I would like to buy a replacement speaker for my orange crush 35RT..if you can comment on this and I will give my details. Thanks!
Love my 35RT, but have a concern after watching this. Electronic components, IC chips, ... How come they're not utilizing Electro-Static Discharge practices to prevent component damage which could result in failure at one to two years downstream? Gloves, cardboard, and plastic can induce ESD.
It's funny that you say that, with as many horror stories that you're hearing now about amps just not working anymore after a couple of years.
Not quite what I expected to see but cool ending.
A factory that employs all women in the electronics section ( which is why labour is cheap ) and the men load up the trucks.
Wish these were jobs in the US
That is a cool video
The guy waving to the camera at 2:25 lol
Is a she! ahaha!
My orange crush is very very well made. I believe I'm about to buy your tremlord 30
legends
Amazing. The QC is on point.
#wishgranted Bax Bangeetar
Yeah… how’s that working out now?
My BIG question is: Does an orange color Orange Cabinet sound different than a black color Orange cabinet?
Big question, simple answer: no. lol 😄. But good question none the less!
I’m impressed to see they were all female workers.
glory to the PRC bruh
Looks like all China-made amps are going to have MDF cabinets?
I like amps
Jesus bless you ladies!!!
Dog bless all these people!!! Im getting an Orange because of them!!! Orange...they better be making a solid wage!!!
I saw who put weak input on my orange amp
If there made in china why do u charge so much for them yours amps and cabinets are not really better then most higher end amps and cabinets like my ampeg svt cl with matching 8×10 cabinet i paid $3000 for both for your head and cab together %5000 or $5600 and its not as loud as my svt maybe just as clear so plz tell me what justifies this cost?
Orange Amps: I really think it's great that you can bring affordable amps to the masses through your chinese plant. My only complaint is with the chinese made vintage 30 speakers. I have an absolutely amazing rockerverb 100 mkiii made in england amp. I struggle buying the matching cabinet knowing there are chinese made speakers in the cabinets. I'm sure they sounding exactly the same but it's still annoying.
V30s have been exclusively made in China for years now and the sound most of us know of V30s is in fact the Chinese ones.
no. the chinese ones dont sound like the uk ones. There are many comparison vids of the china and uk ones, very different sound.
@@RocknJazzer true ; I just think many people believe that V30 sound they love to be the UK one when it is the chinese one. You would not be in that category, it seems.
@@lowqualityguitarvideos - - correct I dont use china speakers, or even the new UK heritage ones, as they do not sound like the original 70s greenbacks. again you can hear comparisons of those too by many, but the best comparison are by johan segeborn, do you follow his channel, everyone should, he does the best comparisons. He also likes and uses orange amps
@@RocknJazzer ya love johan
Thank you for this video, it was really cool to see where my Terror Bass was born!
I had 2 orange amps made in china so disappointed in quality save your money and get a matamp
China has change since my last stay 26 years ago for adoption.
I like the Chinese folks!
They are the best!!
Makes me wish I was wearing rexine underpants.
Too bad these products are not being made in the UK.
You wouldn't buy them then, they'd be too expensive.
Better PPE and more comfortable chairs, please.
It omes with corona virus
I imagine you produce them in China so you have lowered costs of manufacture. Then why you sell them in the price of an ENGLISH made Marshall or an American made Fender?
Aris Sp the premium products are not made in China. Only the cheeper stuff like the crush series is.
john joy bro I have an orange th30 that is made in China and on Thomann it costs 1100 euros while a Marshall JCM 800 studio series is 825 and is made in England.
First of all the th30 is built like a tank and it plays good I’m not saying that it sucks. But I can’t understand the price point. Every company has their factories in east Asia in order to have cheap labor. Then why you charge that much ???
@@arissp4950 I'm guessing because they actually pay their Chinese employees decently
@@charlieboyd2453 They use their tax cut from offshore labor and give it to foreigners instead of producing amps in their country and stimulating their own economy. Fantastic.
Lol trying to make those poor sobs from the prc look like they love what their doin. Probably saved on those factories in the UK were they have to pay people.
aside from a couple dudes at the end, the factory was almost completely populated by women, which is interesting
When is the new Orange Corona coming out?
My orange Crush20rt is died afrer a year. and its falling down. Power is on but doesn't coming out any sound through jack or speaker. Huge disappointment 😪
All girls? What about them boys?
Mandarin factory
I can’t even lie, I got another Orange amp head in the mail today and as soon as I seen “Made In China” it made me want to return it. The quality and desirability is never the same with China made things. And I definitely believe the product manufacturing should be kept where it came from
I know what you mean fella but its just psychological snobbery. I have some quality american and british valve amps, but my crush pro 120 head and 20RT combo would be the last two amps I would part with. They ooze quality, charm and a retro coolness. They also sound awesome
guess you should've coughed up more $ for one made in the UK then. I own several oranges, from $2500 tube amp heads hand made in the UK, to the chinese tube lunch box heads, to some of their smaller solid state chinese stuff. they all are great and do exactly what i want them to. the quality from the chinese amps is fine, and believe me, i wouldnt say that if it wasn't true. the point is.. if you dont want it made in china. pay up for the real deal. until then, stop complaining
@@greekneek “stop complaining” lol. So consumers shouldn’t voice their opinions? Even if it’s from a country that sterilizes and enslaves certain races? It’s not about the quality for a lot of people. It’s the fact China uses the profits from Orange to project their insidious communist agenda. Seeing everyone on here championing doing business with China is quite amazing.
Marshall 10 watt amp is 1000% better then your 12 watt amp Fr 😹😹💯💯🙏🙏
I dont know how it is in China but why does it seem like every time I see a Chinese electronics factory the majority or workers are only women
#wishgranted Orange Rocker15 Terror
Too many amps !
Little Chinese girls making orange amps.... how sexy is that?!
I hope you are paying those female workers decently
Jambi Absolutely. The idea behind owning our own production facility is that we can pay higher wages, ensure we own QC throughout the process, and keep the same team employed instead of hiring seasonal workers.
@@OrangeAmplifiers That sounds great, thanks for responding!!
Even though I am always skeptical about chinese factories from western companies because I am not a fan of how CCP handles things!!! But i dont want to be the ass**** who brings politics in a music company hehe
Have a nice day!!
@@StefAslan Your comment was totally fair. We wanted to showcase that we are doing things different than many of our competitors. Thank you for taking the time to comment!
Made in China and still outrageously expensive
It's still a sweat shop with underpaid women. Just remember, this is what they're letting you see.
How about employ people from your own country and support the economy instead of greedily choosing to produce amps in China.
Jake D because they would be so expensive that you would complain that you want them to be cheaper, thus most of their amps are made in China, but it still is extremely high quality made gear. Although if you’re willing to spend the money they do make some of their gear in the uk
Hope they don't sneeze anywhere LOL
i don't see any slavedrivers of any kind here,how can this be?😁
You’re actually trying to say China doesn’t use slave labor? What a ridiculous comment. If you think this trip to the plant wasn’t gone over with a fine tooth comb you’re clueless as to how the CCP operates. Watching people champion a country that sterilizes and enslaves certain races is disgusting. But of course you have the Statue of Liberty holding a gun as if the United States is somehow worse than China. The epitome of delusion.
Yet you wanna charge $550 for a 60w practice amp. :(
And not even include a footswitch..lol
Check out vox,and fender.Some are made in China or Vietnam,or Mexico.The prices are on par with Orange amps and I love both my China made amps.It blows the socks off My F#@=&× 100w amp that has a sold it chuck of aluminum as a heatsink and three resistors that spaced apart far.One is still white.One is kind of browned,and one looks almost burnt to a crisp and it was only used for tops two years.My Orange crush 35rt amp stays on 24/7.I use it to play guitar on it and also use it to watch tv on it with a 3.5mm to 1/4 inch adapter plugged into a guitar cable and strait into the input.I should be using the aux input for that,but I like sculpting the sound with the eq.I'ts been perfect and dead quiet for 3 years now.Hot or cold.The cabinet is made out of Burch 13 ply wood and is solid as a tank.I even your tire tested it with bass tests from 5h to 20khz sweeps and the Orange voice of the world silver edition speaker didn't blow.If anything it helped break it in more and now has a more rounded ,deeper bass output.It's not just some factory.It is Orange's factory and they have to pay for it and the workers.Plus transporting it from China to the U.S.A isn't free lol.So the price goes into a lot more than it just being made in China.I'm not trying to be rude or think I know it all.I just know that factory was clean,and was run well .As far as practice amps go.I have the Orange and the F$@×+% amp,and the quality difference is apparent.I also have a Orange Rocker15.That amp is for when I am playing the guitar more seriously.I guess we all have our own opinions,and your allowed to have yours..Have a great day and rock on my friend🤘
Chinese electronics are nothing on Japanese.
This doesn’t really speak well for the brand imo.