Orange OR100H Dual Guitar Amplifier Head (100 Watts)

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Switch between multiple power outputs for greater flexibility and control of the massive tone the four EL34 tubes produce.

The OR100H from Orange Amplification can simply be summed up in one word 'Stunning'! This top of the range guitar amp is the first OR model to feature two channels and delivers up to 100 watts of incredible Orange tone making it the crown jewel of the OR series.

Check out this overview from Orange to learn more about the OR100!


Drawing on the heritage of the original and iconic 'Pics Only' launched in 1972, the OR100H has taken the best of the original features in terms of tone, construction and design and uses today's expertise to create a guitar amp of epic proportions. Better still; the amp utilizes the very best valve technology to create a tone that is so very special!

The OR100H incorporates for the first time on an 'OR' series amp; twin channels, as well as a valve driven FX loop, foot-switchable boosts and independent EQ. The output power can be scaled between 100, 70, 50 and 30 watts, plus there is a choice of clean and dirty channels.

As well as being one of the most versatile and dynamic amps Orange has ever made, the OR100H delivers a classic tone that is unique to Orange; a sound that so many famous artists describe as 'the holy grail' of tones!

- Twin channel, all valve, pics only front panel, Footswitchable dirty channel gain boost/global boost, channel switch
- Controls: Gain, bass, middle, treble, volume (dirty channel) Volume, bass, treble (clean channel)
- Output Power : 100 Watts (Switchable to 70/50/30w)
- Valves :
- Power amp: 4 x EL34 Pre amp: 4 x Ecc83/12ax7
- FX Loop 1 x 12AT7
- Speaker Output Options:
- 1 x 16 Ohm cabinet connected to the 16 Ohm output
- 1 x 8 Ohm cabinet connected to one of the 8 Ohm outputs
- 2 x 16 Ohm cabinets each connected to one of the 8 Ohm outputs
- Unboxed Dimensions (H x W x D) 10.63 x 21.65 x 11.02 in. / 27 x 55 x 28 cm
- Unboxed Weight: 52.139 lb / 23.84 Kg

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 404-303-8196
Web: https://orangeamps.com/support/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (2 ratings)
Submitted February 15, 2014 by Michael C in Seattle, WA

"OR100"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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This amp is quite the specimen. I've been searching for an Orange to purchase for quite some time and found the glory days OR80/120s to be far too loud and unwieldy for smaller venues. Also, they don't mesh well with pedal fx. The rockerverbs and thunderverbs were heavy and dark, but both models' eq sections did not provide me with the ideal dynamic range for my style of music and the excessive gain made the amps difficult and finicky to dial in my choice grit on the fly. The ad series had the hospitable eq and gain, but lacked serious headroom and an effects loop. I'd been eying the OR50, but once again headroom and effects kept me off the beach. This bad boy dropped, so I brought my guitar and pedalboard in for a test drive. Rarely have I had as much fun windmilling chords and journeying through a brief history of rock in the loud room.This amp is beefy and nails that signature super middy orange tone. Having owned this amp for a month, now, it is fully gigable in smaller venues despite it's wattage thanks to the output reduction circuits (though let's be real, you'll probably still want to mic that combo instead of lugging a 70 lb head and cab). The cleans are NOT fender cleans, they are not chiming and sparkly but dark and very THICK with lots of mid harmonic resonance. The gain channel has a very dynamic eq with the bass affecting the mid and treble and vice versa. This can make the eq a little difficult to dial in that "perfect" setting on the fly, but on the other hand read more you cannot make the amp sound thin or tinny and virtually all of the eq settings are well voiced and organic. The gain itself has that orange loose creaminess to it, though I find it rather excessive for my needs after 2 o clock, though this guy can move from Beatles breakup to doom (if you throw a little fuzz on top) across the spectrum. The clean channel is awesome for fx, taking overdrive, distortion, compression, modulation and time effects like a boss. The dirty channel is a little more fussy and sounds quite different with analog and digital effects. The boosts for the amp are surprisingly useful and despite the online demos, far more apparent than they appear on youtube. Amp sounds awesome with humbuckers and single coils, so bring both. I used an American strat, Gibson CS SG, and a home made tele with PAFs (the drop tuna) for my rig in this review. This is not a Mesa Mark V, it is not a chameleon that can impersonate any amplifier in history. This is a sonically versatile, uniquely voiced amp utilizing el34s for mostly low mids instead of high mids (say Marshall). The amp is monstrously thick and I recommend open back cabs with v30s for a wall of sound. If you're looking for a single very dark-voiced amplifier with the output versatility to move between any practice and venue setting, look into this amp, though I STRONGLY advise you try it out before you make the purchase, as there is not much to compare this amp to, tonally speaking. Best I can do is, it sounds like a Matamp Green that is less dark, with more fluid gain, and a completely different eq. Haha. Not very much help, is it? Just try one out. Cheers, mate.

Musical Background:
Playing ten years, my favorite hobby, various locals, nothing bigger than band-financed West coast tours

Musical Style:
Folk, blues, rock, hip-hop, alt, metal, prog, experimental.
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