Orange Crush 35RT settings
⚡ Match a tone on this ampHow do you dial in a specific tone on a Orange Crush 35RT?
Solid-state amps hold their voicing steady across the volume range, which makes the Orange Crush 35RT far more predictable to dial in than a valve amp and is exactly why some of the most aggressive rhythm tones ever recorded came off solid-state heads. The trade is headroom before the EQ starts to sound brittle, so on this amp the treble and presence controls do more damage than the gain control does.
Name the song you are chasing and Tonelify returns the settings for this exact guitar amp, not the settings the original artist used. Those are two different things: the recording was made on gear most players do not own.
Settings for this amp only ever use controls it actually has, because its front panel is stored in our gear database. You will not be told to set a knob that is not on the amp.
What controls does the Orange Crush 35RT have?
Orange Crush 35RT specifications
- Power
- 35W
- Speaker
- 1x10"
- Channels
- Clean, Dirty
- Front panel
- Clean Volume, Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Dirty Volume, Reverb
What the Orange Crush 35RT panel means when you dial it in
35W through a 1x10". There is enough headroom to hold a clean setting at band volume, so the gain control does the driving rather than the master. There is no presence control on this panel, so everything above the treble band has to come from the treble control and the guitar's own tone knob. A setting copied from an amp with presence has to be rebalanced here. Drive and volume have separate knobs, so the amp can sound driven at a volume that is liveable. Where a tone sits between the two is part of the answer, not a detail. Reverb is onboard, so a tone that needs it does not need a pedal in the chain. 2 channels, Clean and Dirty, and a setting only means something once the channel it belongs to is named.
Tones to try on a Orange Crush 35RT
Orange Crush 35RT questions
What are good starting settings on a Orange Crush 35RT?
Start from the middle of the range on Clean Volume, Gain, Bass, Middle and move one control at a time. There is no single correct set of numbers for this amp, because the target changes with the song. Tonelify writes the values for a named tone against this amp's actual panel: Clean Volume, Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Dirty Volume, Reverb.
Can the Orange Crush 35RT get a metal tone?
Yes. Solid-state heads are behind some of the tightest recorded rhythm tones, because their gain stays consistent instead of softening as the amp is pushed. What they need is a firmer hand on the treble and presence controls than a valve amp does.
Does Tonelify support the Orange Crush 35RT?
Yes, and its front panel is stored, so settings only ever reference controls this guitar amp has: Clean Volume, Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Dirty Volume, Reverb. You will not be told to set a knob that is not there.