Interviews

Tim Sult of Clutch Interview

What’s been your relationship with Orange? What is your first memory of the amps?
I found my first orange head in the mid 90’s in a used music store in Colorado. And I bought that for 600 bucks. I played that for a long time, it was a 70’s OR120 I believe. Over the years I have tried out a bunch of different Orange stuff and I think the new stuff they have out now is probably my favorite amps I’ve played of all time. They sound absolutely incredible when I plug them in and start playing I have no complaints about anything as far this Rockerverb and the OR100, absolutely amazing sounding heads and I’m very happy to playing Orange again!

What’s been your first impressions of the Rockerverb MKIII
My first impression of the new Rockerverb 100 MKIII, as soon as I plugged in and turned it up. I thought it sounded absolutely incredible. I love the dirty channels on these new Oranges, I think they sound very natural and warm. As opposed to a lot of distorted channels on other amps that don’t sound natural and warm to me. I love the built in attenuator that it also has in it, it’s a feature I have not seen on an Orange amp, that I know of. The tone is incredible as well, I’m loving the tone of the new Oranges!

What’s your impression of the Bax?
You guys just call it the Bax?

Yep, the Bax Bangeetar!!!
Ok! I’m personally not a huge overdrive or distortion pedal kind of guy but my first impression of the Bax Bangeetar. Wait, what? Its actually a guitar pre EQ? Oh ok wow! I should have looked at it before I played it! At this point I’m pretty sure I need one in my life, as soon as possible. I usually don’t use stompboxes for leads or anything like that but I think I might start!

Order Clutch’s New Album “Psychic Warfare” Here

by Alex Auxier

Articles, Interviews

Interview: Zach Dawes from Mini Mansions

By Ella Marie Stormark

Before Mini Mansions’ gig at Oslo in London, bassist extraordinaire Zach Dawes took the time to talk about touring, his first encounter with Orange and the music he’s currently listening to. Oh – and he ran us through his gear, obviously.

How has The Great Pretenders tour been so far?
Really great! And really long, there’s been a lot of dates. I’d actually like to know how many dates exactly, we’ve been really busy.

When did you start using Orange?
In the UK I’ve been using it since the first time we came over, I’m not quite sure when that was but it’s been a few years now. In the US I’ve only been using it for about a year an a half.

So what amp have you got, and what cab are you using?
Here I use a 115 cab with AD200B Bass Head. In the states I have a 4×10 cab, and sometimes I use the AD200 or the Terror Bass 500.

Do you use any specific pedals that works well with the amp?
Well yeah, they all do.

Because Orange is amazing…?
Of course!

Do you remember the first time you saw an Orange amp?
I think maybe that was Mars Volta, when I was around 18 or something.

So how old were you when you started playing the bass?
11 or 12, but then I took a break for a little bit.

Was it someone or something in specific that inspired you to start playing?
Well, I just got sick of playing the piano. I played that when I was a kid, and then bass just seemed like a logical step after that. I was starting a band with some friends and bass was the only thing missing, so, you know…

What bands are you currently listening to?
I like the new Mac DeMarco record a lot… Will Butler, and I like the new Father John Misty.

You played some shows with him, didnt you?
Yeah, or we only played one. I really like his new album.

Do you have a favourite Mini Mansions song?
……I don’t know. I’m excited to start playing ”Fantasy” live though, as we don’t do that yet. That’ll be fun.

So when can we expect that to happen?
Pretty soon. We’re back in the UK in a month or so to play some festivals – it’ll probably be on the set list by then.

If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
Maybe Abbey Road, maybe…

Have you been to Abbey Road?
No, I haven’t actually. Have you? Is it far?

After trying to explain how he could easily get to Abbey Road and discussing which Beatle isn’t wearing shoes on the cover (It’s obviously Paul McCartney – how could we forget?!), I snapped some pictures of his gear, before leaving the venue only to return a couple of hours later for their gig – which by the way was incredible, and had a surprise cameo from Alex Turner. All in all a very good day, and night.

1 Comment/by Ella Stormark

Interviews

Ambassador Interview: Starbenders

Orange: So I’m here tonight at Starbar grabbing a drink and I was pleasantly surprised to see a band using Orange. Would you guys like to introduce yourselves?

Kimi: I’m Kimi Shelter

Aaronious: I’m Aaronious Monk

Katie: I’m Katie Herron

Orange: And what is the band you play with?

Kimi: Starbenders

Orange: And where are you guys from?

Kimi: We’re all from Atlanta, our band is based out of here.

Orange: And have y’all have any out of town shows lately?

Kimi: Yeah we were just at South by South West a couple weeks ago which was really fun. We rotate the south pretty regularly.

Orange: Where did you play at South by South West?

Kimi: We played at the Chuggin Monkey and it was the Loud stage which is a crowd-funding service based out of Atlanta.

Orange: So do you tour often?

Kimi: Usually every month we’ll have a run of shows. This summer we’re working on a fall tour that will run up and down the east coast.

Orange: So how did the band get started?

Kimi: It’s a little bit of a long story but Katie and I know one another from out teenage years and she and I met at a wilderness youth recovery camp and we connected from there and stayed in touch. When it came time that I started dreaming this band up she was the first person I thought of. She’s my right hand man and the catalyst of it. I’ve known Aaron a while too and Paris as well.

Orange: What kind of bands inspired you?

Kimi: Sonic Youth, The Cramps, Misfits, Pixies, Elvis. I love that old school rock pop. That’s where our music is mostly inspired from.

Orange: Would you mind running me through your gear set up?

Aronious: Yeah, I use the Terror Bass 500 which when Orange initially sent it to us I was blown away with the grit that came out of that tone. It was full it was big and it was appropriately gritty with enough head room to where it was very velocity sensitive. I’m the sort of bass player where our music is very dependent on dynamics and the head is extraordinarily responsive. I’m definitely in love with that TB500.

Orange: So when you’re on tour what’s the diet?

Kimi: Oh god, I mean pizza, whiskey. Yeah just pizza and whiskey. Kate loves some Kentucky Gentlemen. That’s her favorite.

Orange: What’s the soundtrack while you are on the road?

Kimi: I’m really obsessed with a lot of bands that are coming out of England right now also Scotland and Ireland. Like The Witches, The Amazing Snake Heads or The Fat White Family. We rotate though, we all kind of come from different musical influences.

Aaronious: The rule in the van is whoever is driving gets to DJ. So it gets pretty diverse. We all have this weird obsession with getting each other into music we just found. So a lot of times when we’re driving it’s like “you guys have got to check this out!”

Orange: When was the first time you heard about Orange?

Aaronious: Probably when I was a teenager. All the bands that I liked used Orange. I probably speak for everyone in the band when I say Orange is this hallowed brand that carries on the torch of other UK brands like Matchless and High Watt that everybody kind of lusts after. Moving into a professional level that seems to be the amp that everybody wanted. Whether you were an indie band or another band all the cool bands use Orange.

Orange: Do you remember ever catching any bands use Orange when you were young?

Kimi: I remember being at a Converge show and the tour that they were on they played Jacksonville Florida and I saw them using an Orange head and it was so sludgy and awesome.

Aaronious: I caught Pavement on their reunion tour, I think it was in 2010. They were using a Thunderverb 50, which I think attributes a lot to their sound.

Orange: Where can we check out your music?

Kimi: Our debut EP is out on Spotify, iTunes, and we have to singles up for free download on our Soundcloud page.

Aaronious: You can always find us at facebook.com/StarBenders and our twitter handle is just @starbenders.

by Joseph McMichen

Interviews

Ambassador Interview: Lacey (UK)

Tell us a bit about Lacey

We’re from Nottingham, we formed back in 2011 the way a lot of bands do – through the break-up of previous bands! The difference with us is that we grew up together, so we’re fortunate to have that deep-rooted bond that might take a lot of bands a long time to click. We’re all about big pop-rock hooks and arena-sized riffs.

You’ve just released your debut album – What’s it called and when is it available?

The album’s called Under the Brightest Lights and it’s out now! You can download it on itunes or get a copy on CD direct from our website www.LaceyOfficialUK.com.

We can’t believe that you guys aren’t signed to a record label – How did you get your album out there?

Well thank you very much! We had amazing support for our Pledge Music campaign and managed to have album fan-funded. It was incredibly humbling and we could never have anticipated the support we had.

What’s the response been to your release?

We’ve had an amazing response both in the press and from the fans which has been really incredible and humbling. It’s great to know that people are really buying into something you’ve worked so hard on for so long. We played a launch show recently and the reaction we had to each track was astonishing.

Why Orange?

The ‘Orange’ sound is all over our album. It’s so easy to get a huge sounding guitar tone using most Orange rigs. I like being able to run a high level of gain yet still being able to hear the individual notes of each chord.

Tell us about your live rig.

Currently I play a Tele through the Rockerverb 50 MKII. I play loud on stage and the 50w responds really well to being cranked!

What is it that appealed to you about that gear?

It’s such a versatile amp yet so simple to use. Our sound is very dynamic so an amp that is capable of crystal clear clean, right through to booming distortion is really important.

It’s a great all round tool, perfect for live shows, the studio and for writing sessions at home.

How do you like to set your amps up?

I have a pretty simple set up, I like a strong mid tone punch, which can become muddy using other amps. I run a high level of gain, using a tube screamer to add another layer of colour.

When do you head out on tour?

We’re off out on tour this summer! We kick off in London on 15 July! You can get tickets via our website. www.LaceyOfficialUK.com and https://www.facebook.com/Laceyofficialuk

by Alex Auxier

Interviews

Interview: Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday talks Classic Rock Awards nomination

Classic Rock is a UK magazine. Europe has been really good to Rival Sons. What do you attribute to your early popularity over there?

Our label is UK-based, as many of their contacts and connections are. That’s where they started the push with Pressure and Time. And luckily, those folks on the other side of the pond reacted quickly.

Once the fire lit, we had to service as much of Europe as we could (playing live). So, I think we’ve just given that part of the world the most attention. On another level, it really seems folks over there are slightly more partial to rock n roll…and getting out to shows. I think the U.S. is waking back up to it though.

Rival Sons’ “Great Western Valkyrie” is nominated for “Album of the Year” at the Classic Rock Awards. Can you tell me what that means to you to have your music nominated for this award?

I’m not a big fan of music being a “contest”…but will say to be recognized by one of my favorite magazines…and to be mentioned alongside these fantastic records by some of my favorite artists of all time…that’s really cool.

The album GWV doesn’t necessarily challenge the signature sound of Rival Sons, which is a blend of classic and modern rock. Instead it seems to give the band’s existing style a bit of a polishing. Can you explain the attitude you went into recording this album with and the goals you had in mind?

We record all our records in a live setting. This one was no different.

We’ll write and capture a song between 1 and 5 takes. If we don’t have it that quickly we’ll usually move on. Being our 5th record, I wanted to look at this record like the 5th chapter in the book of Rival Sons. I wanted it to reflect something from each previous record but completely have its own identity at the same time. There’s also the idea that this may be the first record many hear from the band…we’re still making a ton of brand new fans. So as much as we want to take some left turns or reconstruct our sound, approach or writing, we had to remain conscious as to not stray too far. As far as the attitude and moral of the band.

We couldn’t have been more excited to make a new record. We were all basically brimming with new ideas and really fired up to write some new songs and create the next chapter.

Describe working with producer Dave Cobb.

Dave is definitely like a 5th member of the band when we are recording together. We’re great pals and have done all 5 of our records together with a great result. He’s very interactive with us at every step of the process. On each record we will talk about a general idea for the record.

We’ll discuss what gear we want to use, what worked or could be better from the last records…and discuss song ideas and directions.

Once we actually get in the studio things happen very very quickly and working with Dave is a big reason why. I think very few producers these days have the prowess to capture a record live off the floor like he does. At least, with the result he can deliver.

We’re in the age of over-producing, over-writing, just too much everything. That’s not what we’re doing – that’s not what Dave’s doing. In his own words “our job is to create and capture energy.” And not enough guys out there today understand this or how to do it.

Dave does.

Rival Sons will be playing a live set at the awards show. Any special tricks planned for the set?

No smoke.

No mirrors.

Just unadulterated, unapologetic, dirty rock n roll.

What’s the future of Rival Sons as far as you see it?

It’s hard to forecast anything in a business like this. As far as the creative side – as long as we’re inspired and able to make honest music we’ll keep making records. And as long as people want to keep buying tickets…we’ll keep coming to your city.

It’s impossible to say how long it will last. I’m a Capricorn and a pragmatic realist…so that’s the answer from that perspective. Although, naturally, being a guitar player in a rock n roll band, there’s another answer to this question.

And that answer is…World domination.

Order “Great Western Valkyrie” now:
CD/Vinyl/Box w/ 5ft x 6ft blanket – http://www.earache.com/rs14
iTunes – http://bit.ly/gwv-itunes

1 Comment/by Alex Auxier

Interviews, Orange Embassy

15 Questions: Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy

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Joe Trohman with a Crush 120 guitar amp…this picture has nothing to do with the rest of this blog post

Joe Trohman is the lead guitarist in Fall Out Boy. That technically makes him a pop star. But while he may portray that persona in Fall Out Boy, Joe is a hardcore metalhead who has played in bands like The Damned Things (with Scott Ian from Anthrax) and With Knives (with his friend and guitar tech, Josh Newton). He also happens to be one of our favorite guys to hang out with thanks to his laid back attitude and sometimes wry sense of humor. That sense of humor is why we invited him to be the first artist to answer “15 Questions,” a series of artist interviews that will likely devolve quickly into mostly silly questions (probably by the 2nd installment).

1) What’s your favorite Orange amp and why?
I spent a lot of time with the Thunderverb 200 and I really love it. I use it on guitar and bass, live and in the studio. It has the vintage Orange colors and modern gain leanings. But even when goosed, it still has that warm, looseness of a boutique vintage amp. It never get’s super compressed considered how loud and overdriven it can go. Oh, and the verb aspect get’s REALLY verby.

2) What’s your favorite guitar and why? Not necessarily one you play every day…
Outside of the guitar I built with Fender, which I play live a lot, I really love my 95′ American Standard Tele. It has a ton of vibe. Early on I replaced bridge pickup with a Dimarzio Fast Track T and it rips pretty hard.

3) What’s your favorite pedal of all time? Even if you have never owned one…
I really like this one by Black Arts Toneworks called the Pharaoh Fuzz. It goes from lighter overdrive to full blown fuzz, and has a few different diode selections which are really cool.

4) Name the person, living or dead, who had the best facial hair of all time
I think Bill Murray looks like a very handsomest boy with a mustache.

5) If you had $10,000,000 to spend on one thing, what would it be?
A working cell phone with real buttons.

6) What band changed your life but you can’t stand their music anymore?
I think a lot of mid to late 90s hardcore bands would fit into that category. I choose not to listen to most bands I listened to back then in fear of ruining any good memories I have of said band/record. I recently put on a Chokehold 7″ I still have and it definitely wasn’t as great as I recollected. It was far from ok.

7) What’s your favorite amp of all time?
It’s a tie between my 70s OR80 with a distortion mod and my ’74 JMP, also with a distortion mod. Modlife.

8) You recently moved from NY to LA. What do you miss about NY?
The food. Some of the best I’ve had in my life. And the strolling. It’s a great city to do an endless stroll in. During the fall is the best time for that.

9) If you were alive in the 1300’s, what job would you have had?
Drinking shitty water and dying from it.

10) What was your favorite print cartoon growing up?
Calvin and Hobbes was pretty big for me. I did some of my growing up in a pretty crappy place called Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Bill Waterson is from there too apparently. I also liked Life In Hell and Bloom County a lot.

11) If you could be the guitarist in any other band which band would it be?
I always loved the Smiths and Marr’s playing. So maybe him. Or Tony Iommi. I love the minor pentatonic. Or Jimmy Page. Because duh.

12) Is there anything you are a total nerd about? Like, such a nerd about it that you’re embarrassed?
My grill. Not my teeth. My actual grill. I have a Big Green Egg (use Google if that doesn’t make sense), and I love to “pimp my grill” as that rap man used to say from that show on MTV. Is that what he said? I don’t know. Regardless, I’m pretty obsessed with it and I like to accessorize and upgrade it all the time. It’s fucking sad.

13) Rank these albums from most to least favorite…
The Crash Test Dummies being on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack almost catapults it to the top for all time. However:
Black Flag – Family Man
The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
AC/DC – Powerage
Tomahawk – Tomahawk
Dumb and Dumber – Soundtrack
Adam Sandler – They’re All Gonna Laugh At You

14) Tomorrow you die; today you dine. But what do you eat?
6 chicken and 6 pork dumplings from Dumpling Man in the East Village. For duh.

15) Favorite FOB concert/appearance of all time
Without a doubt doing the Spinal Tap trapped in the pod/mini Stone Henge with Harry Shearer on Conan. Such an honor and Harry Shearer is an awesome, hilarious guy.

by Alex Auxier

Interviews, Rock, Voice Of

Ambassador Interview: Sally Gates of Orbweaver (with video demo)

Amp: Orange OR100 Head and PPC412 Cab

My rig consists of an Orange half stack, several PRS guitars, and a plethora of pedals. Orbweaver has two guitarists, and we like to make a lot of noise, so I run the OR100 on full power (100W) and go straight into the cabinet at 16ohms. In certain situations I might run it on a lower wattage setting, such as recording or home use.

I love the OR100 as it has every feature I need from an amp, without being overly convoluted. It’s just pure tone, without any clutter. I use a dual footswitch so I can run both channels and also use the Global Boost for solos, which boosts your volume without adding gain. Speaking of gain, I don’t use as much as you’d generally expect from a metal band, my tone is more crunchy, and I set the gain knob around 6 and a half. Tone controls I generally run at 7 across the board.

The PPC412 is hands down the best cab I’ve ever used. The day I bought it I AB’d a bunch of different cabinets and it stood head and shoulders above the rest – excellent projection and clarity, while still sounding warm and heavy as fuck.

Main Guitars: PRS Custom 22 Goldtop, PRS SE Navarro Custom 24

My number one guitar is a PRS Custom 22 with a wide-fat neck and tremolo. I’ve been playing it for about 4 years straight now. I have it set up with 11’s, and have found myself playing with higher action lately. I love doing all kinds of ridiculous things with the whammy bar, and lucky for me, it holds tune really well for a non-locking tremolo. My settings on it are pretty simple, 90% of what I do is play through the bridge humbucker, with volume and tone on full. The volume knob rolls off really well, and interacts nicely with the tube amp gain, so I utilize that a lot for swells and strange noises…

I recently acquired the Navarro SE from PRS as a backup for the Goldtop. The neck is a wide-thin profile, so it’s a little more shreddy than the ’22. I put a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge, and kept the coil split on each pickup. It’s a killer guitar and has made an excellent backup, even coping with freezing conditions on our recent winter tour.

Pedals: Lots

So right now my pedal board consists of: a Seymour Duncan Deja Vu Delay, Shape Shifter tremolo, BBE Mind Bender chorus/vibrato, MXR Phase 90, MXR Carbon Copy delay, Boss TU2 tuner, and my Orange 2 button footswitch.

I say right now, as our pedal boards tend to be in a state of flux. Especially now as we are writing new songs, I will probably be bringing back my wah, adding an envelope filter, trying out new delays, etc.

The settings vary depending on what song/riff we are playing, we do a lot of tweaking and tap dancing.

Check out more from Orbweaver and order their debut EP…

orbweaverband.com
facebook.com/orbweaver.official
Twitter: @orbweaverband

Orbweaver’s debut EP ‘Strange Transmissions From the Neuralnomicon’ is out now on colored vinyl through Corpse Flower Records – www.corpseflowerrecords.com

by Alex Auxier

Interviews, Orange Embassy

Ambassador Interview: Jason Narducy (Bob Mould, Superchunk)

Give us a brief run down of your career to date and how you ended up playing Orange…

I started playing music 33 years ago when I was 10. So I’m going to skip to 2006 to save us a little time! I was playing bass with Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) and the guitarist on my side of the stage was Dave Philips. He’s very talented and had already played with Frank Black, Tommy Stinson, and many others. He was using a AD30TC for the whole tour and I couldn’t believe how accurate it was. Very few knobs and they were all set near 5. Sounded perfect.

Because I’m a guitarist too (see my current solo project Split Single), I went home after the tour and ordered an AD30TC for myself from my local guitar store, Guitar Works in Evanston, IL.

Let’s start with a simple one. Why Orange?

Most of my time performing these days is with Bob Mould and Superchunk, for whom I play bass. I had performed on Jimmy Fallon in September 2011 with a band called Telekinesis. The guitarist, Cody Votolato (Blood Brothers), is an Orange endorsee and he put in a call to Alex at Orange to see if they could provide me with a bass rig for the show. Alex took care of me. I plugged in my Roger Mayer Rocket Fuzz into the Orange and the band exploded all the way to number one on the charts. Not really. But it sounded great.

When the Bob Mould tribute show happened in November 2011, I asked Alex again if he could help out. I was to play bass with Bob, Dave Grohl, Britt Daniel, The Hold Steady, and Margaret Cho. He, again, took care of me and we started a good working relationship. I have used the Orange bass rig ever since when available.

What amps are you currently running for your live set-up?

Bob Mould & Superchunk: AD200B MK3 head with OBC410 & OBC115 cabs

Split Single: AD30TC Combo

How about your recording set-up?

Same

What is it about these amplifiers & cabinets that you like? Not only sonically but also any noticeable comments about how they handle life on the road.

They are durable and easy to use. Always plenty of power if I need it.

How do you like to set the amp up?

Everything on 5.

The current Orange amps you are working on, are the tubes stock or do you have a preferred brand? If so, which?

I haven’t worn tube socks since middle school. They make my calves itchy which effects my playing.

Would you like to say anything else?

I got sunburn on my left shoulder in Tennessee last week. It’s blistering now. Should be fine in a week.

by Charlie

Interviews, Orange Embassy

Ambassador Report: Gabor Sidlovics of Tankcsapda

Hungarian band Tankcsapda is one not just the most popular heavy metal bands to come out of that country in several years, they’re actually one of the most popular Hungarian bands, period. Last year when they released their entire back catalog of albums (14 albums total) they maintained the top 14 spots on Hungary’s record sales charts for two straight weeks.

You read that correctly. They had the top 14 albums for two straight weeks. Entire ALBUMS!

This enthusiasm for Tankcsapda translates to their live shows. They play to huge audiences.

This is not a festival audience. This is their regular nightly audience

Gabor Sidlovics, guitarist in the band and Orange Ambassador, powers these venues with his multiple Orange amps and cabs. Here’s a picture of his rig during the band’s 2013 “ROCKMAFIA” tour. He uses (2) Thunderverb 200 heads.

Backstage, and as a B-rig for live shows in the case of extreme amp failures, he uses a scaled down set-up consisting of a Jim Root #4 Terror.

In addition to being super popular, and quite frankly writing awesome songs, the band also has their own beer in a collaboration with Soproni Brewing. Soproni is basically Heineken from Hungary. So to be clear, they have a beer collaboration with one of the biggest beer companies in the world, not just in Hungary. Here’s the label.

You may have noticed something about the shirt the singer is wearing. That’s right, folks. He wore the Orange Crest shirt. We’re on a freaking beer label!

You might be asking yourself why we’re so enthusiastic about this band’s accomplishments. Well, for one, they’re Orange Ambassadors, so clearly we have a vested interest here. But more importantly, Tankcsapda is just a great band. They blend this sort of old world anthem-style with modern rock and metal. Check out every video the band’s ever made here and you’ll get an idea of how they’ve evolved in the past 25 years.

Enjoy!

1 Comment/by Alex Auxier

Interviews, Opinion

AMPLIFIED! with Mattias Noojd of Galvano

When you boil a band down to it, it very rarely needs more than two musicians. The list of bands that slay with just two members is numerous. You’ve got The Black Keys, Death From Above 1979, Soft Cell…

Ok, we’re kidding about Soft Cell. Hope we didn’t “taint” your opinion of this article.

Moving along…

Today we interview Mattias Noojd. Mattias hails from Gothenburg and is the guitarist and vocalist in the band Galvano. The band are a crushing audible assault mixing frantic drumming, wailing vocals and killer riffs.

Hi Mattias, nice to have you on board the blog! Let’s start with a simple one. Why Orange?

I used to own a OR120 a few years back and loved it, that dark and warm tone. Had to let it go though cause of financial reasons. I’d been missing it a lot and when I started looking at Orange amps again I decided on the Thunderverb 200 for it’s high gain and versatility. I needed something that could stand up against my Model T and I’m loving what the Thunderverb brings to the table. That thick low end and grit really completes my tone. Our band is really loud and that’s just how I like it, I want to feel those riffs, not just hear them.

The Thunderverb isn’t struggling in that department.

What amps are you currently running for your live setup?

My complete setup is a Thunderverb 200 and a -74 Sunn Model T that sits on 2 PPC412HP8 cabinets, I’m also using an Ampeg SVT 3 PRO that sits on an Ampeg 8×10 cabinet.

How about your recording set-up?

I usually use my live rig in the studio as well.

What is it about these amplifiers & cabinets that you like? Not only sonically but also any noticeable comments about how they handle life on the road.

Apart from what I’ve already mentioned I just love how the Orange cabinets sit right on the floor, that really brings out the low end. My cabinets are heavy as hell but it’s all worth it, they’re really solid.

How do you like to set the amp up? This doesn’t have to be exact settings, just what settings you have found work for you, a photo of the setting will also do!

I run my signal through all three amps. They are all are on most of the time.

The current Orange amps you are working on, are the tubes stock or do you have a preferred brand? If so, which?

It’s stock and my Thunderverb came with 6550’s. I might swap ‘em ouf for kt88’s though. I like those a lot.

Would you like to add/provide any additional information?

I’d just like to express my deep appreciation to Orange for taking interest in and supporting our band and me as a guitar player.

Go and check out Galvano, listen to their record, browse some pictures and buy a shirt! Till next time.

http://galvano.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/GALVANOgbg

1 Comment/by Charlie

Tim Sult of Clutch Interview

Interview: Zach Dawes from Mini Mansions

Ambassador Interview: Starbenders

Ambassador Interview: Lacey (UK)

Interview: Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday talks Classic Rock Awards nomination

15 Questions: Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy

Ambassador Interview: Sally Gates of Orbweaver (with video demo)

Amp: Orange OR100 Head and PPC412 Cab

Main Guitars: PRS Custom 22 Goldtop, PRS SE Navarro Custom 24

Pedals: Lots

Ambassador Interview: Jason Narducy (Bob Mould, Superchunk)

Ambassador Report: Gabor Sidlovics of Tankcsapda

AMPLIFIED! with Mattias Noojd of Galvano

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