Just got a Super Crush head last week, these are great amps! Great for recording too, going from the FX send DI and then adding cab IR's in post. I prefer to do it that way because then the master volume can be super quiet for home recording, and I'm not a fan of the built-in analog cab sim. The amp also boosts really well with an OD pedal. The SD-1 is a great pair with this amp for tightening and adding a bit of gain for Metal tones. It's interesting to me that so many amp and pedal makers are coming back to the analog way of modeling a tube amp circuit (Jfets, etc.) that Tech 21 started all those years ago, and are really perfecting it. The SC seems to be a new level on that path. It has great dynamics, I can go from barely dirty to saturated gain without having to change channels, just by varying pick attack.
They should really make a super crush mini head. I have the Orange Crush 60 combo but even that tends to get too loud for home use sometimes. Would get the 100 watt one if my family wouldn’t be bothered by it haha
I use the SC at really low volumes and it sounds great. Don't let the wattage put you off of it. It can get loud for sure at 100W but since this a clean SS power section, it's going to sound just the same at really low volumes unlike a tube amp.
I recognized it too!!!! Sounded like "I don't Believe in Love" by Queensryche!!!! This orange amp sounds incredible!!!! For a "Solid State" amp!!!!🤗😄🤗😄 Have a great day!!!!
The 6:05 mark convinced me to buy. I cannot get that aggressive tone out of my CR120, even using a closed back orange cab. Overdrive pedals in front seem to take away too much girth to my ears. The CR120 is a very good amp but I will still get this one.
Wow , Nick is getting up there in age !! Not that age makes ANY difference when it comes to metal/music. A fact that I've always appreciated and respected. Plus , SEE YOU....... has got to be one of the top ten greatest metal anthems EVER !!! It always will be in my book , anyway !!
I love these new Super Crush Amps I just ordered my new combo I am one of the first ones to buy one of these new Amps but I won't get it till November I can't wait. I get to give my Mesa Boogie a break I practice about 4 hours a day and my new Orange Amp is perfect I don't have to waste my tubes anymore and I don't have to break my back anymore thanks for the Awesome video Nick🙂🎸🎵🎶🤘.
@@swmorgan515 Hey there Spencer it's Patrick I decided not to get the Orange after all I bought a new Line6 Catalyst 200 watt two 12 combo I sounds Awesome I have did two gigs with it and I am very Happy and it only weighs 41 pounds you should try one out to see witch one you like Orange Amps are great too but they are heavy ha ha Google it it's called a Catalyst by Line 6 good luck on what ever you get 😎🎸🤟
Already got one on preorder!... ...cant wait to get it! Mxr 10 bamd eq pedal thru the effects loop amd a boost,,/ overdrive in the front, and this amp becomes a beast...i know for i owned the cr120 in the past...
Good comment. If I throw a BBE sonic stomp and an overdrive pedal in front of the dirty channel, will it be good? Know what I mean, OD pedal acting as boost, not necessarily even putting the grit up? I think this is the amp for me, I like Orange Rock tone.
@@saltpeter7429 ...ya man, that bbe sonic stomp has some serious mojo about it, better than an eq....im gonna get a friedman buxom boost for mime when it comes in. Friedman pedals are also very good...i own that bbe sonic stomp as well so i know it sounds awesome.
Man, I came here just to check out these amps but found myself really wishing that I could jam with Mr. Bowcott here. He has great style plus shows these amps off really well.
I don’t think I’ve seen this guy in any of the other Sweetwater videos I’ve watched, he’s pretty fricking good though!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 The amp was cool also…..
@@timbuk1126 Well then, as it turns out I do know who he is. I had the See You in Hell album when I was in high school, many years ago. It was a great record!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@kderby2204 Oh hell yeah! I got mine a month ago. Best 100w head for the $499 price tag. Great dirt channel and nice creamy sounding clean. With my MXR Full Bore distortion pedal into the clean channel it is total magic! You'll soon see how this thing is winning everyone over. It definitely sounds, feels and responds like a valve amp. My EMG Hot70s, Seymour Duncan TB 4 and TB 6 sound awesome through it. Gonna try DiMarzio super distortion next. It like hot pickups. It will also let you know if you are slacking in any way playing wise.
Again another awesome vid loved it. And ofcourse even more great playing by mr bowcott ( and he didnt put his playing down once in this vid 👍). Cant wait for the next one
Once again a Sweetwater demo pushes me over the edge to buy an amp lol. Most of the demo's I've seen of this amp pretty much nail what you hear when you get it home. It's quite a remarkable piece of gear. Only problem is with that awesome orange tolex you HAVE to get an Orange cab to match it or it just looks off lol. Trying to decide which one I'm going to get. That 4x12 sounds awesome but I'm about Nick's age and I'm done hauling around 80/100 pound cabs lol.
I was looking at picking one of these up for my first major amp and was just wondering if it matters which output jack I plug my cab into like between the 8ohms or the 16ohms I figure it doesn’t matter because there’s 2 jacks and it says u can use 2 16ohms cabs but I just want to be sure.
Hi. I recently bought the combo version for my daughter who’s learning and lives out of state and I was wondering if the combo version can later be still be paired with a 4x12 cabinet?
Hi, Timo! Thanks for your message, hope you're well and safe. The DI output is only available on the Super Crush head, not the combo. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
Hi, JWH. Orange redesigned the power section on the new amps so they are closer to the type of tone and response you'd expect from a tube amp. They also added a cab emulated output so that you can easily plug in direct to a live PA, or a recording interface. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Hey video director, stop having the person taking not looking at the camera. That was old and tired back in the 1990s on Men’s Warehouse commercials. Lol.
would this 100 watt head work with a prs 1x12 75w cab? been an orange fan for a long time but i thought i give the prs cab a try. current using a soldano slo mini with the prs cab.
Hi, Lordraven29. You could definitely use those together. The head is only going to be putting out 100W if you have it completely cranked across the board. Since the odds are low that you'll ever need to do that, the 75W cab should handle it with no problem. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Hi, Hally - Thanks for your message! As long as the impedance of the head and cabinet match then you can pair them with each other. Speakers that handle more wattage will not break up as quickly leading to a “tighter” more defined sound than if the head exceeded the capacity of the cabinet. You end up hearing more of the amp distortion as compared to the amp combined with the speakers distorting. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
Hey, Tayler! Thanks for your interest - that cab would be a perfect match for the Super Crush 100. Reach out if I can help with anything! Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com
Why would anyone buy a 100w solid state Orange amp - it's not even versatile for an SS amp. And look how big it is haha. If you want a valve like Orange buy one of their valve amps :)
The crush series including the head has sold like no tube amp has since the original tiny terror. Orange easily sells double or three times the SS amps (micro terrors, stamps and crushes) than the valve ones. They are just far more accessible to many players who can't sink upwards of a grant into an amp and Orange as a company basically is one of the major players in the SS market. Low to mid tier gigging musicians have began to use the crush 120 over the last years because its cheaper, lighter and less prone to getting damaged on the road.
No Tube issues - No Biasing - better for WEIGHT & Mobility reasons , Solid State ( Analogue) is far more durable than Tube - No warming up or cooling down issues needed before or after Gigging . If it sounds great why not ? Solid State made a huge SOUND improvement in recent years !
@@motorrebell I'm seriously tempted to go for something like this... Used valve amps for years. Just when you're enjoying it the most, you can pretty much guarantee a valve will go microphonic or develop a rattle. Plus valve combos are back-breakingly heavy.
@@bluesrocker91 Yes indeed , I had the Crush pro 60 , It was a great amp sold it and now playing a ( tube ) Marshall Origin combo because im not such a super fuzzy - gainy type of person :D , The "Edge of Breakup "and Feel - response is were most Solid state amps fail but the Orange was very close capable of doing the "Tube" thing ! cant wait to try the Super crush !
Mild, medium and hot! This Super Crush 100 can do it all 🔥 If you enjoyed this video be sure to hit like and subscribe!
Big ups using a Charvel in the demo. These amps are going to be HUGE!!
☯️
What other pedals were you using
While other amp makers tried to make their amps sound like a hundred others, Orange made their solid state sound like a real amp. Bravo Orange
i like using plugins but not digital amps but oranges are analog idk if they ever had an amp where the main distorted sound is digitized
Funny, I've never been big on Orange (don't hate them, just don't love them), but this may be one of the best solid state heads I've ever heard.
Kudos for showing how much gain you can get from the “clean” channel. Nobody else is doing that so far.
This gentleman's personality and playing just made me buy this head. Love this guy!
Nick's playing is on point in this video and honestly, every video I've seen of the Super Crush has been excellent. Really good sounds.
Nice old-school metal playing \m/, and great tones of course
The mic is so clear. You can hear his tongue slithering around in his mouth.
😂
It’s sweetwater you should expect nothing but audio perfection
Like hes trying to keep spit in at the dentists sometimes...
I can't watch anything this dude does because of that.
🤣
I have the cr120 been hooked on it for 4 years now great amps
Orange has really nailed it down this time. That amp sounds amazing.
It's always a good time when Nick does a demo!
Sounds even than the original crush! I dig it.
Just got a Super Crush head last week, these are great amps! Great for recording too, going from the FX send DI and then adding cab IR's in post. I prefer to do it that way because then the master volume can be super quiet for home recording, and I'm not a fan of the built-in analog cab sim. The amp also boosts really well with an OD pedal. The SD-1 is a great pair with this amp for tightening and adding a bit of gain for Metal tones.
It's interesting to me that so many amp and pedal makers are coming back to the analog way of modeling a tube amp circuit (Jfets, etc.) that Tech 21 started all those years ago, and are really perfecting it. The SC seems to be a new level on that path. It has great dynamics, I can go from barely dirty to saturated gain without having to change channels, just by varying pick attack.
This guy has actually gotten better at guitar! That's crazy, and this thing sounds great.
I know he always self-deprecates but he's been a sick player since the 80's
They should really make a super crush mini head. I have the Orange Crush 60 combo but even that tends to get too loud for home use sometimes. Would get the 100 watt one if my family wouldn’t be bothered by it haha
I use the SC at really low volumes and it sounds great. Don't let the wattage put you off of it. It can get loud for sure at 100W but since this a clean SS power section, it's going to sound just the same at really low volumes unlike a tube amp.
Loved the little Queensryche bit. Seems like a great amp at an awesome price!
I recognized it too!!!! Sounded like "I don't Believe in Love" by Queensryche!!!! This orange amp sounds incredible!!!! For a "Solid State" amp!!!!🤗😄🤗😄 Have a great day!!!!
Awesome and BEST Review of this amp ! ! Thanks for the > Edge of Breakup < demo ! Thats what i was looking ( Listening) for !
The 6:05 mark convinced me to buy. I cannot get that aggressive tone out of my CR120, even using a closed back orange cab. Overdrive pedals in front seem to take away too much girth to my ears. The CR120 is a very good amp but I will still get this one.
I love this dude 😎
Can’t wait for my Super Crush and Crush Pro. Love the dimebag scale near the end!!!
Wow , Nick is getting up there in age !! Not that age makes ANY difference when it comes to metal/music. A fact that I've always appreciated and respected. Plus , SEE YOU....... has got to be one of the top ten greatest metal anthems EVER !!! It always will be in my book , anyway !!
Nice "I Don't Believe in Love" playing at 3:34. 🤘
Haha I thought I was the only one that heard it.
I love these new Super Crush Amps I just ordered my new combo I am one of the first ones to buy one of these new Amps but I won't get it till November I can't wait. I get to give my Mesa Boogie a break I practice about 4 hours a day and my new Orange Amp is perfect I don't have to waste my tubes anymore and I don't have to break my back anymore thanks for the Awesome video Nick🙂🎸🎵🎶🤘.
What has been your impression of the combo?
+1 to that question, I'm considering a combo version too
@@swmorgan515 Hey there Spencer it's Patrick I decided not to get the Orange after all I bought a new Line6 Catalyst 200 watt two 12 combo I sounds Awesome I have did two gigs with it and I am very Happy and it only weighs 41 pounds you should try one out to see witch one you like Orange Amps are great too but they are heavy ha ha Google it it's called a Catalyst by Line 6 good luck on what ever you get 😎🎸🤟
You rock nick!🤘🏻💀🤘🏻
🔥🔥
woulda been even cooler with a presence and resonance knob
That’s part of a tube amp power section. This doesn’t have that.
Well this has the pedal baby as a power amp, which has bass and treble controls, so it actually kind of could have.
Just hook-up your favorite EQ pedal and off you go.
Always enjoy your playing and interpretation.
I'm looking to get myself a half stack... the orange super crush is definitely on the candidate list
Yup I’m thinking I’m going to pair this with their ppc212v
Already got one on preorder!...
...cant wait to get it! Mxr 10 bamd eq pedal thru the effects loop amd a boost,,/ overdrive in the front, and this amp becomes a beast...i know for i owned the cr120 in the past...
Good comment. If I throw a BBE sonic stomp and an overdrive pedal in front of the dirty channel, will it be good? Know what I mean, OD pedal acting as boost, not necessarily even putting the grit up? I think this is the amp for me, I like Orange Rock tone.
@@saltpeter7429 ...ya man, that bbe sonic stomp has some serious mojo about it, better than an eq....im gonna get a friedman buxom boost for mime when it comes in. Friedman pedals are also very good...i own that bbe sonic stomp as well so i know it sounds awesome.
Awesome playing ^^
Man, I came here just to check out these amps but found myself really wishing that I could jam with Mr. Bowcott here.
He has great style plus shows these amps off really well.
I don’t think I’ve seen this guy in any of the other Sweetwater videos I’ve watched, he’s pretty fricking good though!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 The amp was cool also…..
His name is Nick Bowcott and he's a great guitar player. He's from a classic metal band called Grim Reaper.
@@timbuk1126 Well then, as it turns out I do know who he is. I had the See You in Hell album when I was in high school, many years ago. It was a great record!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Mine is on back order and expected in Dec 15th. Can't wait! This will eliminate my Distortion pedals too.
Mine will be here in 2 days.
@@kderby2204 Oh hell yeah! I got mine a month ago. Best 100w head for the $499 price tag. Great dirt channel and nice creamy sounding clean. With my MXR Full Bore distortion pedal into the clean channel it is total magic! You'll soon see how this thing is winning everyone over. It definitely sounds, feels and responds like a valve amp. My EMG Hot70s, Seymour Duncan TB 4 and TB 6 sound awesome through it. Gonna try DiMarzio super distortion next. It like hot pickups. It will also let you know if you are slacking in any way playing wise.
You answered what I wanted to know. "How's it work with a 412?" Sounds good to me!
Perfectly wicked , do more demos , the best sounds !
A definite excellent addition to reviewers🤘🤘🤘
Great demo, excellent presenter!
Again another awesome vid loved it. And ofcourse even more great playing by mr bowcott ( and he didnt put his playing down once in this vid 👍). Cant wait for the next one
Great-sounding amps! Well done, Nick.
Nick doing his best Paul Gilbert impression.
Newbie here, what the heck mode is that opening solo in? 0:45. Sounds like Spark Mandrill
SO SWEET SOUNDS AWSOME SIR
awesome Nick!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome video...Thank You!!!
Sounds great! 🤘🏻
Best demo!!
Lol 😂 😆 I have my wish list for
@Sweetwater
Still remember you guys in the 90s having what the Sweepstakes crossword puzzles for all the magazines
Once again a Sweetwater demo pushes me over the edge to buy an amp lol. Most of the demo's I've seen of this amp pretty much nail what you hear when you get it home. It's quite a remarkable piece of gear. Only problem is with that awesome orange tolex you HAVE to get an Orange cab to match it or it just looks off lol. Trying to decide which one I'm going to get. That 4x12 sounds awesome but I'm about Nick's age and I'm done hauling around 80/100 pound cabs lol.
You can get it in black
Hmmm, sounds great and I like that price!
I'd like to play "See You In Hell", by that one cool 80's English metal band
Do you mean Grim Reaper?
Where is the combo demo?
I imagine this grampa accompanying his granddaughter to her first fipple pipe gig on stage in primary school, shredding the place into pieces !😳😂
This grandpa is an amazing guitarist from a classic metal band. 🙄
@@timbuk1126 absolutely!
I was looking at picking one of these up for my first major amp and was just wondering if it matters which output jack I plug my cab into like between the 8ohms or the 16ohms I figure it doesn’t matter because there’s 2 jacks and it says u can use 2 16ohms cabs but I just want to be sure.
I want a solid state version of the dark terror.
Is it the crush cab or standard cab?
The Story So Far uses Orange amps for their alternative/pop punk sound so I never knew that these could be so DIRTY
Nice
Is the head and combo version both made in Korea?
Que agradable sujeto :)
It’s weird hearing Nick talk about anything but Marshall’s
Hi. I recently bought the combo version for my daughter who’s learning and lives out of state and I was wondering if the combo version can later be still be paired with a 4x12 cabinet?
deff dimebag tones at the end
Parallel fx loops are better for high gain.
Grim reaper approved. 🤟🔥🥷
Hm upgrade for cr120?
The "Mr Dale" surf impression sounded more country!
Is that the Orange Crush Pro 4x12 you’re playing the Super Crush 100 head through?
Lost some weight there, eh Nick? Looking good!
Is this playing on the ppc412 or the crush pro 412?
666 likes. Sorry but I don’t have the heart to ruin it by putting a thumbs up. I love anything that involves Nick though
Class A/B is a lot more linear High end than Class D. Cost more to make a class A/B amp...
Does the combo also has a di out cab sim out?
Hi, Timo! Thanks for your message, hope you're well and safe.
The DI output is only available on the Super Crush head, not the combo.
Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them!
Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
Yes it does
What is the difference between this and the Crush CR120? Besides the cr120 being 120 watts as opposed to this 100 watt amp?
Hi, JWH. Orange redesigned the power section on the new amps so they are closer to the type of tone and response you'd expect from a tube amp. They also added a cab emulated output so that you can easily plug in direct to a live PA, or a recording interface.
Thanks for your interest!
Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Hey video director, stop having the person taking not looking at the camera. That was old and tired back in the 1990s on Men’s Warehouse commercials. Lol.
would this 100 watt head work with a prs 1x12 75w cab? been an orange fan for a long time but i thought i give the prs cab a try. current using a soldano slo mini with the prs cab.
Hi, Lordraven29. You could definitely use those together. The head is only going to be putting out 100W if you have it completely cranked across the board. Since the odds are low that you'll ever need to do that, the 75W cab should handle it with no problem.
Thanks for your interest!
Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Can i pair Orange crush 100 to a 200 watt cabinet?
Hi, Hally - Thanks for your message! As long as the impedance of the head and cabinet match then you can pair them with each other. Speakers that handle more wattage will not break up as quickly leading to a “tighter” more defined sound than if the head exceeded the capacity of the cabinet. You end up hearing more of the amp distortion as compared to the amp combined with the speakers distorting.
Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them!
Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
Was that a phaser or a chorus on the reverb demos??
Hi, Matt - yeah, MXR Analog Chorus on the first one and an XR EVH Phase 90 on the second one! Hope that helps…
Cheers,
Nick
Would this head work on a crush pro 412 cabinet?
Hey, Tayler! Thanks for your interest - that cab would be a perfect match for the Super Crush 100.
Reach out if I can help with anything!
Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com
Just what I dont want to spend money on. A transistor amp that sounds like a valve amp, rather than buying a real valve amp.
🎸😎🎸✨✨✨
no midi???
Nick's southern drawl needs a little work. Amps are nice. Nuff said.
Re... spect...
this guy look skinny right now......
CR120 is better because it sounds like an Orange, this amp does not
Why would anyone buy a 100w solid state Orange amp - it's not even versatile for an SS amp. And look how big it is haha. If you want a valve like Orange buy one of their valve amps :)
The crush series including the head has sold like no tube amp has since the original tiny terror. Orange easily sells double or three times the SS amps (micro terrors, stamps and crushes) than the valve ones. They are just far more accessible to many players who can't sink upwards of a grant into an amp and Orange as a company basically is one of the major players in the SS market.
Low to mid tier gigging musicians have began to use the crush 120 over the last years because its cheaper, lighter and less prone to getting damaged on the road.
No Tube issues - No Biasing - better for WEIGHT & Mobility reasons , Solid State ( Analogue) is far more durable than Tube - No warming up or cooling down issues needed before or after Gigging . If it sounds great why not ? Solid State made a huge SOUND improvement in recent years !
You say that like everyone has 2 grand just lying around...
@@motorrebell I'm seriously tempted to go for something like this... Used valve amps for years. Just when you're enjoying it the most, you can pretty much guarantee a valve will go microphonic or develop a rattle. Plus valve combos are back-breakingly heavy.
@@bluesrocker91 Yes indeed , I had the Crush pro 60 , It was a great amp sold it and now playing a ( tube ) Marshall Origin combo because im not such a super fuzzy - gainy type of person :D , The "Edge of Breakup "and Feel - response is were most Solid state amps fail but the Orange was very close capable of doing the "Tube" thing ! cant wait to try the Super crush !