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Orange Amps Reveals Signature Glenn Hughes Combo

Orange Amps Reveals Signature Glenn Hughes Combo

The new amp will be available in deep purple.

Orange Amplification are launching the limited edition, Glenn Hughes Signature Crush Bass 50 and its colour is deep purple, not orange!


Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Glenn Hughes, has been an Orange Ambassador for over a decade. For many years he was the bass player and vocalist with Deep Purple, who recently celebrated fifty years of definitive classic hard rock. Hughes is also known as the bassist and vocalist for Trapeze, Black Country Communion with Joe Bonamassa, California Breed and more recently The Dead Daisies.

The Crush Bass 50 compact combo, inspired by Orange's flagship AD200 and OB1 bass amplifiers, perfectly blends some of the most defining elements of each. It has the essentials of a recording amp and delivers warm, clean bass tones, vintage growl with fat low end and blendable overdrive. Plus, the limited edition is finished in a distinctive tough purple textured vinyl with a silver coloured plaque 'Glenn Hughes Limited Edition'.

Glenn Hughes Signature Model Crush Bass 50

Talking about the Crush Bass 50, Hughes said: 'You can go in the studio, take that bass combo and make your album with something like that, it's truly outstanding. It's gritty, it's punchy: sustain is so important and its certainly got all that.' He added: 'Orange all the way……..it's the future, it's the way to go, you heard it from me!'

'We feel privileged to honour Glenn with this affordable limited edition bass combo. He has played such a big part in British music history,' said Cliff Cooper, Orange Amps CEO and Founder. 'To make a purple combo is a fitting way to pay a tribute to him.'

To find out more about the Glenn Hughes Signature Crush Bass 50 and other Orange products please go to orangeamps.com

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