Orange Amps

OUTHOUSE

Can anyone tell me about them..

Im trying to get a Kyuss, The Sword, Clutch type tone. Any suggestions. I play with a les paul standard.

Brisk.

man are you into the stoner rock scene?

Kyuss and clutch are fucking awesome

Thumbing My Way

Kyuss eh??

Sorry Brisky I've never heard of 'em....what should I check out??

Brisk.

Thumbing My Way wrote:

Kyuss eh??

Sorry Brisky I've never heard of 'em....what should I check out??

yeh they are awesome

absouloutely incredible

if you got a messaging program, check my profiel and add me, i'll hook you up

Thumbing My Way

I BrisK I wrote:

yeh they are awesome

absouloutely incredible

if you got a messaging program, check my profiel and add me, i'll hook you up

I've got you on msn already bro....lol.

Brisk.

if you wanna sound like Kyuss

Drop c
Heavy sound
Try playing through a bass guitar amp

i dont play guitar but someone told me that

enharmonic

If you want the "Orange sound", you should look for an old OD120, or possibly a Matamp. While the new Orange amps sound incredible, they are a bit different than the circuits used by Tim Sult. If I remember correctly, he had an OD120 back in the day. It has that great "foggy" tone.

DirtLikeMe

Orange amp/cabs are great!!! I have the 2x12 cabinet of theirs loaded with CV30's.

To sound like the bands you listed there are several things you need.
1) A cab or amp that can make the ground rumble: orange's are good at this, but you may well find that other amps are just as equally capable of doing the same. I know that The Sword use Marshall and Laney amps. http://www.swordofdoom.com/arsenal.html
2) Distortion/Fuzz: a silicon type fuzz is probably the best option for this as they tend to be a little nastier. (This is for the Josh Homme Kyuss sound). As a side note, I do know that Homme would turn down the tone knob on his guitar to get that drone-ish sound. But what may suit your needs better is a high gain amp with just a tube screamer in front. I know this is the set-up that metal band Mastodon (one of Jeff Ament's current favorite bands, and locals from my hometown) used on their first 3 albums.
3) Thick strings tuned down to C. If you have .009 on your guitar then you are not going to get the sound.

enharmonic

DirtLikeMe wrote:

Orange amp/cabs are great!!! I have the 2x12 cabinet of theirs loaded with CV30's.

3) Thick strings tuned down to C. If you have .009 on your guitar then you are not going to get the sound.

The man speaketh the truth...eth. The lightest I'd go would be 11's...but you better get friendly with 13's if you want maximum oomph.

samquigley

If the sounds you seek can be made by an Orange, these guys will tell you how to do it: http://www.orangeamps.com/forumtest/default.asp

All Those Yesterdays

Can't remember the guy from Clutch's orange head, but he also uses a JTM 45 alot. Still had one on stage in the latest tour, even though the orange wasn't on stage. But you can still hear that orange on the albums.