I had NEVER Played an Orange Rockerverb [now I have, and it's WILD]

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  • Опубліковано 12 лют 2022
  • For my Presets visit: johnnathancordy.gumroad.com/ Here's an amp I'd never really thought about checking out until the Helix model came along. The Orange Rockerverb is a name that I've heard a fair bit, but I've never really known exactly what to expect if I plugged one in. Until today. And it's pretty glorious I think!
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    / johnnathancordy get my backing tracks here
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    only if you wanted, you could buy me a coffee!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 90

  • @diabx0r
    @diabx0r 8 місяців тому +1

    I love how every single thing he plays through sounds EXACTLY the same.

  • @DannyBeardsley
    @DannyBeardsley 2 роки тому +6

    Great demo, dude.
    It is very surprising how versatile the Rockerverb is. The Mkiii is even better 😉👍
    Without a doubt my favourite amp I’ve ever played. Welcome to the club 👍

  • @Stashmanfpv
    @Stashmanfpv 2 роки тому +1

    No fair!
    You make everything sound fantastic and I start GAS’ing for new gear!
    Just amazing sounds from the orange. I have some Orange’s in the AXE FXIII and Helix, but this is just terrific!
    Going to go to the modelers right now and see how close I can get to achieving these tones.
    Best to you always! ✌🏼

  • @Brandontsmith85
    @Brandontsmith85 2 роки тому +21

    Great playing as always, but now you know you're going to have to do an A/B comparison between this amp and it's modeled version in HX Stomp (which might not have it?) and Fractal (which I believe does). That'd be very interesting to see!

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому +13

      The Helix has the Rockerverb Mk 3 100w but supposedly the drive channels are quite similar, will see what I can do!!

    • @christophernatale6053
      @christophernatale6053 2 роки тому +1

      Helix isn’t close..

    • @LifeOnceLived
      @LifeOnceLived 2 роки тому +2

      @@johnnathancordy would probably get a ton of views

  • @joeygentile7829
    @joeygentile7829 2 роки тому +2

    I have the Rockerverb 50 mkiii with the built-in attenuator. It’s the most versatile amp I own and I love it. Nice demo and playing and it’s always great to hear the “in the room” tones. Cheers.

  • @pauly414
    @pauly414 2 роки тому +6

    That intro solo was epic John, can really see your progress over the last 18 months, great review but was only here for the intro improv lol!

  • @theplowandfluteproject5269
    @theplowandfluteproject5269 2 роки тому

    Love your playing!

  • @freewaybullit
    @freewaybullit 2 роки тому +1

    Great tones from those fingers and amp but you have the smoothest tasteful style bro. Really love it.

  • @danielstryhanyn7278
    @danielstryhanyn7278 2 роки тому +3

    Sounds great!

  • @ChanRedfield
    @ChanRedfield 2 місяці тому

    Great playing! Especially on the clean!

  • @Art-zs6sl
    @Art-zs6sl 2 роки тому +1

    Sounded REALLY good. I may have to buy one.

  • @john808welk
    @john808welk 2 роки тому +1

    man that looks like the amp for you. Does all of your signature tones with a bit of added character.

  • @joeromero7165
    @joeromero7165 2 роки тому

    Awesome sound

  • @christopher.hallissy
    @christopher.hallissy 2 роки тому +1

    Man that sounds killer.

  • @Stretchwreckedem469
    @Stretchwreckedem469 2 роки тому +5

    I've used the Crush Pro 120 in a Metal applucation for a little while, and i've always found if you use a parametric or a graphic EQ in the FX loop to bump up the treble it gets just enough high end fizz to compete with say a Mesa Boogie Dual Rec or a Peavey 6505+.

  • @Bobby_Digital37
    @Bobby_Digital37 2 роки тому +2

    It a great amp!! One trick I use is to turn the bass down to 9 o’clock and middle up to 3 o’clock and it helps to tame some of the bass on the dirt channel. And the clean is a great pedal platform!!!

  • @goobiecaro8135
    @goobiecaro8135 Рік тому +1

    Nice demo. Rockerverb 50 MKII user myself. Classic rock to Stoner/Doom. Like how you used the reverb. I have the 2 button footswitch. With the reverb clicked off you can turn the reverb knob up and add resonance in it's place.
    Cheers.

  • @tonepilot
    @tonepilot 2 роки тому

    The Sweetwater Studios capture of this amp for the Quad Cortex is erm, pretty sweet.

  • @relaxedmax8972
    @relaxedmax8972 2 роки тому

    I'm convinced tone is in the playing, much more than the gear.

  • @CodySmithPhotos
    @CodySmithPhotos 2 роки тому +1

    My last tube amp was a rockerverb mkii 50 combo. I liked it a lot but was a little too big for me to move on my own and really didn’t use it that much after I got helix, so I eventually sold it to fund a guitar.

  • @camreese1444
    @camreese1444 2 роки тому +1

    I had a Mesa roadster. Loved the chugga chugga and versatility but not enough note definition at higher gain. Got a RV MKIII and it was really great. Got the note definition but unfortunately it didn’t have the face smashing chugga chugga like the Mesa. Did my research and landed on a Mesa Boogie Triple Crown. Haven’t looked back. I now have the best of both. (Note: this is for my style, which is pop punk & Prog metal w some ambient sprinkled in). Oh and the TC also does the Hendrix plexi thing when using my strat really well. Cleans are great too for jazz and blues when the mood strikes. Highly recommend that amp to anyone

  • @ChristofferKeizer
    @ChristofferKeizer 6 місяців тому

    What an intro solo. Damb. ❤

  • @mountainpeakcloud8442
    @mountainpeakcloud8442 Рік тому +1

    I got an Orange Rockerverb 100 MKii a few months ago, and have to say I absolutely love it. I play heavy/stoner/grunge rock and various types of metal, and this amp does it all. I've found that an EQ pedal in the loop as a clean boost helps to tighten up the gain more and adds extra aggression for metal. Your playing is really great, and it's nice to see this amp being demo'd in a different way than I use it. Do you still have it? Are you still enjoying it?

  • @paulcaton7093
    @paulcaton7093 2 роки тому

    Really like those clean tones around 4:22. (And I agree that the reverb is way better than the built-in Mesa reverb.)

  • @venemataylor
    @venemataylor 2 роки тому +1

    one of the best clean amps on the market. hoping the clean channel makes its way to the helix eventually

  • @jacobseal
    @jacobseal 2 роки тому +1

    I played one of these MK2 as my main rig for a couple of years. Glorious tones. And it is a VERY heavy amp that sent me partially towards digital modelling just because I got sick of carrying it around.

  • @picksalot1
    @picksalot1 2 роки тому +2

    The Mandarin (Orange) is one of my favorite Amps on the HX Stomp. I had first heard an Orange on the SDS Channel, and really liked its tone. It does good cleans, dirt and everything in between, and has a lot of power. Another Amp I've heard on SDS that you might like even more are the different models by Hughes & Kettner - Maybe one of the most versatile Amps I've heard.

  • @TigerPalmer
    @TigerPalmer 2 роки тому +2

    I wanna hear some P90’s through this amp

  • @typedeaf
    @typedeaf Рік тому

    Nice thick tone. What are you using for a cabinet; real or simulated?
    I do have a Rockerverb Mk II as well. I went looking for an amp and spent weeks trying various things like JCM800, JCM2000, Dual Rect, etc. Someone asked me if I had tried Orange and I said I wasnt into Classic Rock tones.. because thats what I figured the target audience was with the name and look. I reluctantly plugged in and was blown away at the gain from bluesy breakup to heavy metal. I bought it but my only regret is that the EL34 Brit amp doesnt take pedals like its cousin the JCM800. I am looking for something else now that does play well with pedals.

  • @lynguist
    @lynguist 8 місяців тому

    i also do enjoy the cleans of the orange amps very much. despite hearing so many negative things about it. nice playing as well of course!

    • @astro2069
      @astro2069 4 місяці тому

      Jimmy Page rocks an AD30, he gets beautiful cleans

  • @ragebait988
    @ragebait988 2 роки тому

    This sounds much better than the modeling too.

  • @TLMuse
    @TLMuse 2 роки тому +6

    I associate Orange with the kind of heavily overdriven, metal-ish tone of your intro (which is not something I'm much interested in). So I was really surprised to hear how totally lovely the clean tones were, and how nice the reverb is on clean tones. It almost seems too smooth to be a spring reverb. I'm also surprised at how touch-sensitive it is in that edge-of-breakup setting you used around 12:00. Nice! -Tom

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому +2

      I wasn't at all sure what to expect - I think I was expecting a very loud, stiff fuzzy kind of thing?
      But yeh, the clean channel is uber-clean, the Reverb is wild, and the fuzzy gain tones are super easy to play!

    • @stroopwafel6141
      @stroopwafel6141 Рік тому

      @@johnnathancordy Thanks for your supernice demo. Enjoyed that! I play a RV MKI head (in black, sorry, but with the 4x6V6's) for years in all kind of bands, mostly coverbands. I mainly use a HSS-strat. If you know how to work with the 4 gainstages on the drivechannel a lot of tones can be obtained. By example: gain on 10-11 o'clock, strat neckpickup, dime the guitars volumeknob a little, add some analog delay - great for chimey airy solonotes. The clean channel is great too. I use the EP-booster a lot on it.

  • @thenoodledrop
    @thenoodledrop 2 роки тому

    The MKII actually put a Mid knob of the clean channel, my MKI doesn’t and it could desperately use one. Still, love the Rockerverbs to death ❤️

  • @YesItsReallyKeith
    @YesItsReallyKeith 2 роки тому +1

    hey John, i don't know your neighbors so I don't mind if you crank this puppy higher!!! lol - nice demo and really nice playing !!! cheers !

  • @dorianford6227
    @dorianford6227 2 роки тому +1

    I just got one 8 months ago I got the combo and it’s incredible. I stack it with the rocker 32 and it sounds even more glorious such a beautiful sonic experience.

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому

      How heavy is that thing tho

    • @dorianford6227
      @dorianford6227 2 роки тому +1

      @@johnnathancordy lol pretty heavy definitely will need two people to carry it. Worth it though. Don’t underestimate the power of that attenuator though

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому

      @@dorianford6227 this is mark 2 so no attenuator for me king!

    • @dorianford6227
      @dorianford6227 2 роки тому

      @@johnnathancordy ahhh huge bummer 😞 Still sounds Bomb MKII is 6V6 power amp tubes right???

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому

      @@dorianford6227 nah el34 switchable for kt88 - I think the mark 1 is 6v6

  • @mattf5483
    @mattf5483 2 роки тому

    Check out Tubesteader Sunkeeper pedal (tube preamp similar to Rockervrb)

  • @azzazelo
    @azzazelo 2 роки тому +1

    If anyone wants the drive channel alone and something smaller the Jim Root Terror has the same preamp as this bu only the one channel and EL84 instead of EL34. Cheap tho

  • @azzazelo
    @azzazelo 2 роки тому +1

    Wonderful amp indeed

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому

      It's a crazy little thing!!

    • @azzazelo
      @azzazelo 2 роки тому +1

      @@johnnathancordy you looked like you were having fun. That new amp feels you get when they are good. Seemed more fun than when you got the dumble clone

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому +1

      @@azzazelo for sure, this thing is just super easy to play and has all the gain ha

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому +1

      @@azzazelo actually the Dumble clones I've bought (Ceriatone, VHT) have all been kinda stiff and spikey at the volumes that I'm comfortable subjecting the wife and dogs to

    • @azzazelo
      @azzazelo 2 роки тому +1

      @@johnnathancordy it doesn't hurt that the breakup is musical and that the knobies do work

  • @jamesgrobertson8024
    @jamesgrobertson8024 2 роки тому +1

    Sounds lush, are you using the load box then straight into an interface?

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому +1

      Loadbox is going into Hx stomp which is just running an IR

  • @DanielDavis730
    @DanielDavis730 Місяць тому

    They sound like a fuzz pedal

  • @dicecard921
    @dicecard921 2 роки тому +6

    One of the best amps there is

  • @simonmcc3608
    @simonmcc3608 7 місяців тому

    I much prefer hearing how it sounds in the room. Give you a better feel for how it would sound if you bought one.

  • @macshock632
    @macshock632 2 роки тому +2

    What pickups do you have on this blue strat?

  • @ericstandefer9138
    @ericstandefer9138 2 роки тому +2

    I was going to get one of these but in the states these are outrageously expensive..

    • @Motownisyourtown
      @Motownisyourtown 2 роки тому +1

      Welcome to our world for absolutely everything American that is remotely cool 😂

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому +1

      Yeh - a very rare example of a piece of gear made in England lol - we don't do much of it anymore!

  • @courtneygillespie1187
    @courtneygillespie1187 5 місяців тому

    I bet it sounds good with the Telecaster.......

  • @paperhanger29
    @paperhanger29 2 роки тому +1

    I love my Rockerverb. Ill never let it go. So versatile from cleans, rock, high gain metal pair with a OD. Does it all. Congrats John. Enjoy it.
    (Favorite artists that uses one is def Jim Root of Slipknot)

  • @aaron9142
    @aaron9142 28 днів тому

    Does that strat have pretty low output pickups?

  • @JasonWadeGuitar
    @JasonWadeGuitar 2 роки тому +1

    Did you acquire that Orange from Peach?

  • @luckyno888
    @luckyno888 2 роки тому +1

    Are you gonna turn your music into NFT's?

  • @FabrizioPeretti
    @FabrizioPeretti 2 роки тому

    Orange amp record great but in person I dont like the feel of it under my hands

    • @johnnathancordy
      @johnnathancordy  2 роки тому +1

      Ah man I love the feel of it, I was expecting stiffness but it's just super easy to play?

    • @FabrizioPeretti
      @FabrizioPeretti 2 роки тому +1

      @@johnnathancordy i find it a bit fizzy and nasal in person, but every recording of orange amps sounds Amazing!

  • @savoirfaire8979
    @savoirfaire8979 Рік тому

    How can you be British and not have played an Orange Amp?😂

  • @DanielDavis730
    @DanielDavis730 20 днів тому

    The distortion sounds like a hudge fart. & its about time they start making valve amplifiers lighter. And by the time u change the speaker and valves u mose well buy a real amp

  • @midwaymonster30
    @midwaymonster30 7 місяців тому

    Next time you play a tube amp, let the tubes warm up before you play.