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GALLERY: Early Days of Orange

A look into the history of Orange Amps, Orange Records, and Orange Studios and the landmark products along the way.

CTI Pixy Mk V
"Before Orange was Orange, founder Cliff Cooper produced gear under the name Cooper Technical Industries (CTI). One of the products bearing this moniker is 1966's Pixy MkV, a miniature transistor amplifier built on a tag board with an earpiece that sold for just under ё2. The Mk V wasn't the fifth of anything, as Cooper recalls, ""There weren't any earlier ones but I figured Mk V was a good starting point."" He ran his very first ad in ""Melody Maker"" magazine."

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