Orange Crush CR60C

After a couple of months of usage I can say this is a great amp indeed, perfect for home use thanks to it's master volume, but can easily keep up with a drummer thanks to its 12'' speaker and 60W of power. Amazing sound without the hassle of valves, completely analogue (except for the reverb, but all 3 modes sound pretty good anyway), low maintenance, and it looks amazing. I'm very grateful for the effects loop as well. If I had one wish it would be an aux input or maybe a headphone out, but it's just not that kind of amp. It does what it says on the box very well and if you're the kind of person that feels the cons of valves far outweigh the possibly but not necessarily better sound, I'd recommend you take a look at the Crush.

I've been a big fan of solid state amps after suffering from valve problems on numerous occasions. I've had Roland Blues Cubes, Tech 21 Trademarks, Bluetone Pro30Ms and many more. I have to say that this Orange is the best I've tried.

The clean channel is wonderful, and with the volume cranked gets into a really juicy touch sensitive overdrive that is perfect for the Kossoff kind of clean/crunch. This is how I run it, but backing off the volume opens up a world of great clean tones.

The overdrive channel goes from subtle to ridiculous. I don't use lots of gain so can't really comment on those, but the low to mid gain tones (up to about 12oclock with the gain) are amazing. They continue from where the clean channel ends and go from there. The touch sensitivity is the best of any solid state amp I've used.

At both home and band levels this amp really is perfect for me. If you are considering one of these I strongly recommend getting one.