Review Demo - Orange Amps OB1-500
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2015
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Like 1960s British fashion, Orange amplification has always stood out from the crowd. And the lively looks of their cabinets and heads are a physical manifestation of the Orange sound. Orange’s new OB1 Series was inspired by bassists who use two amps to get their clean and dirty tones, and to achieve this dual-prong approach, the streamlined amps integrate class-AB technology with a flexible overdrive section. There is a 300-watt model in the series, but our attention was directed at the more powerful OB1-500.
One of the ways some bassists produce thick, distorted tones is by splitting their signal and running into two amps-one clean head and an overdriven guitar amp. The OB1-500 is inspired by this philosophy, yet packs everything into a single 2U rackmount chassis that also stands alone on burly rubber feet.
When you plug into the 500-watt OB1-500, it splits your bass signal into two separate paths: One amplifies the clean sound, the other seasons it with upper-harmonic distortion. Gain and blend controls balance the intensity and level of the distortion before the combined signal is sent through a simple but robust EQ.
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Just bought mine. Loud as hell (i set volume to 3/10 in rehearsal situation), equipped with both crystal clear and caveman-dirty sounds. Perfect amp for pick users.
3 years ago: I sold my OB-1 500, then bought The Bass Butler, sold Butler to buy a Bass Terror MK 1, sold Bass Terror, bought OB-300.
Selling OB-1 500 was a mistake.
I've never been a big relic fan, but that bass is really doin it for me
The amp sounds like fun but that is one of the coolest looking basses I've ever seen. Talk about mojo.
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Now that was a great review.
Sounds fantastic!
The predecessor of these amps, the OB-1K, was never released so I'm glad Orange repackaged them in a different box. Much more affordable than the intended price of the OB-1K and still sounds as great! Although as a fellow Star Wars geek I would have put a sticker or sharpied "enobi" on that bass head. :D
MisterJawaman hey so the ob1k was never released?
Steve Cook put that bass together about 10 years ago. I love that bass! Also, the Cotillion shirt! If you know, you know....coolest venue in Kansas!
Orange makes great gear!
Is love to see a review of the Tech21 Dug 1000 amp. Same basic concept with a few more features.
I have a suspicion that this sounds better, but the tech21 is more versatile.
Steve, what is that bass? Do tell! Looks awesome. Is it a FCS Bass?
I'd like to hear it with a guitar plugged in.
Dream bass amp.. Too bad I blow all my money on guitar gear...
Justin Gaede i feel the same way.
There's no effects loop?
For solid state it sounds great. What I like is how well it retains the low end even wo blending end clean bottom. It's impressive, for the price, but still not quite the wonderful wounds you get out of the AD200 for $2400; Which unfortunately WAY out of my price range.
Absolutely. Wampler makes a overdrive called the Low Blow that gets close to this sound.
It has a tube pre
That amp has an awesome DOOM tone! But it needs an Effects Loop.
Sleeping Turtle amen
I really get that bass amps with built in OD are cool. Who wouldn't love that? But why does every demo of this amp focus on that aspect. More often than not, you're going to be using it a lot cleaner, so why not give a better overview of clean tones?
Doesn't OB it stand for "Orange Bass" ?
Over driven or fuzz bass sounds like ass. Never could stand it. Natural overdrive from a large headroom amp being over driven might sound all right but it's a totally different sound. Geddy Lee had a touch of it going on, but he still had enough clear tone going on with it, too.
I completely agree with you, I'm interested but I probably don't want the OD all the time
This amp sounds nothing like it sounds in this video.
Were you guys recording the DI output or something similar ?
He says he's using the d.i as the signal chain.
really? I own this and get tones like that for sure
truly a bad ass amp pair this with a Dean Zelinsky ZGlide Bass and you can rock the casbah
will this sound awesome on my 8x10 Ampeg?
I demand answers!
Sleazy Cortez - Hell yes. Orange head and Ampeg 8x10 get along just fine.
Amazing Pbass man, who is it please ? Amazing.. really...
What a pretty bass...
For Bass Orange is the best...... two sounds clean and overdrive..... all you need 👍
shit, that amp is brutal
Hey man! Release that "Active/Passive" button!!! (Isn't your P Bass passive?)
You uhh .. ever wanna sell that bass..
was it just me or did it sound like it had no bottom end to the sound?
Buskin Kef Overdriven bass rarely has any bottom end, no. The trick is to split the signal and keep the low end clean or use a overdrive that does this for you. This was not something they had done with this demo..
+Tung Tobak if you roll of on the blend, you will get alot more of that clean low end, all tho poorly show'n in this video
I've played one, mate. It's just you...
These amps sound great solo but awful in a mix with a band. I regret buying one.
why so? what kind of amp or settings would be good in a band?
@@girmonsproductions I can’t tell you what settings and amps would be ideal for every situation. Just that the Orange amp sounded terrible. On its own it sounded sort of cool but with a band it was missing a fullness. Everyone noticed it. I brought it to one gig where I let other people use it and they also hated it. I remember I went out to the parking lot across the street and I could hear that stupid honking sound. I traded it in at a loss just to be rid of it.
@@girmonsproductions it’s hard to describe the sound. The bass wasn’t right, the mids have no frequency control, the treble wasn’t right, the distortion is fizzy and has no touch sensitivity. Totally disappointing. Also the amp has no preamp in so you can’t just use it as a cool looking power amp. It’s a dud all around.
@@grisbain what cab were you using? I use the crush bass 100 which was 1x15" speaker but I need more watts than 100 so I'm looking where I should go next. I'm also considering Fender Rumble 500.
@@girmonsproductions I play Traynor Monoblock II amps into Ampeg 8x10 cabs. I have used Fender Rumbles and I think they are decent.
Terrible tone and demo. Try dialing in a sound you would actually use in a band