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PG's Jordan Wagner walks us through his latest review of the Orange Amplification TH30 head (also available in a 1x12 combo), which is featured in the December issue of Premier Guitar.

The TH30 head is a 30 watt head running on EL84 power tubes. The simple control layouts of Orange amplifiers have always been a design strength. In the case of the TH30, that philosophy remains very much intact. Each of the amp's two channels—which you can select using a front-panel toggle—is controlled by just three knobs, which means you can dial in both clean and dirty sounds with very little fuss. The Clean channel features a Volume knob and Bass and Treble EQ controls, while the Dirty channel features Gain, Volume, and Shape knobs.

The amp's overall wattage can be cut from the maximum of 30 watts to 15 watts, using the 3-way standby switch on the front panel. And if you're in the mood for some low-wattage, greasy-amp goodness, another rear-panel switch lets you knock the wattage down to a tiny seven watts by bypassing two of the four power tubes. Rounding out the modern options are a series effects loop and a jack for an optional channel footswitch.

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New Orange Fan on 01/12/2011	I have this amp and I'll honestly tell you that this soud demo does the amp no justice what so ever. I'm a medium gain guitar player and the tone is amazing...very old school...note, do not use a vintage 30 with this amp.....it sounds like shit and that's probably what you're hearing. I got my amp for $1000 canadian new at a local dealer and it's more than worth it......I have been through every amp company around Marshall, Mesa, Fender, Bogner, Vox, Dr. Z, Egnater piece of crap, Hughes and Kettner and this Orange was it....The new rockerverb 50 MK2 was also very nice but for over $1000 more, it wasn't worth it. Try one out in person...these shitty online demos are exactly that: SHITTY.
Dan S on 12/02/2010	If you choose 1080p video & pause on the back panel shot, you can see "made in PRC" at the bottom of the model/serial number label. I'm astounded that Orange can sell a relatively simple amp, made in the People's Republic of China, for $1,200 USD!!!
Jimm on 11/27/2010	Agreed. A VERY balanced and thorough review and it answered a good amount of questions I had about this amp. The playing examples confirmed what I had thought about this amp; The overdrive is EXTREMELY "fizzy".Not exactly a very "singing" and smooth overdrive. I will need to keep on looking for an amp that does what I need.
Dave on 11/26/2010	A thorough, fair and balanced review.

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