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Orange Amplification At The Los Angeles Classic Rock Roll of Honour

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The 2014 Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards were held last night at the prestigious Avalon in Hollywood, California. For the fifth consecutive year Orange Amplification was the presenting sponsor of the awards, which was hosted by Grammy Award winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sammy Hagar.

The star-studded event was attended by rock royalty and it culminated with ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons presenting the Orange Amplification sponsored Living Legend award to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and icon Gregg Allman.

Orange ambassadors Rival Sons kicked off the evening with a live performance followed by Glenn Hughes’ new supergroup California Breed who played an acoustic set during the interval. Glenn also featured in a performance at the end of the show with the supergroup Kings Of Chaos – including Sammy Hagar, Billy Gibbons and Joe Elliott.

Orange Amplification had a Crush Pro 120 Combo at the awards, which was signed by many famous attending artists. This will be auctioned shortly to raise funds for Little Kids Rock and more details on how to bid for this special amp will be revealed on http://www.orangeamps.com/.

The winners announced on the night were:

Living Legend (sponsored by Orange Amplification): Gregg Allman

Inspiration (sponsored by Global Merchandise): The Doors

Band Of The Year (sponsored by Universal Records): Queen + Adam Lambert

Film Of The Year (sponsored by AXS.TV): Metallica – Through The Never

Album Of The Year (sponsored by MixRadio): Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey – Going Back Home

Classic Album (sponsored by Eagle Rock): Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Ozz

Outstanding Contribution (sponsored by CitiBank): Jeff Lynne

Reissue Of The Year (sponsored by The Great Frog): Led Zeppelin I, II, III Deluxe Editions

Maestro: Joe Perry

Metal Guru: Dave Mustaine

The Bluesman (sponsored by The Blues Magazine): Eric Burdon

The VIP (sponsored by Sunset Marquis Hotel, Restaurant, Spa): Sharon Osbourne

Best New Band: The Cadillac Three

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Orange Amplification Sponsor The Classic Rock Roll of Honour 2014 In Los Angeles

For the fifth consecutive year Orange Amplification is delighted to be the presenting sponsor of the 2014 Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards. The awards will be held at the prestigious Avalon in Hollywood, California on Tuesday 4th November. Now in its tenth year, the event is one of the most highly respected music award ceremonies of the rock and roll calendar,  attracting the biggest names in the business.

Grammy Award winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sammy Hagar will host the star-studded ceremony which will honour some of the world’s greatest classic rock bands in one of the most iconic rock cities on the globe. Previous hosts include Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons and Duff McKagan.

 

The prestigious Living Legend award is also sponsored by Orange Amplification and this year it will be presented to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and icon Gregg Allman. Commenting on the award Gregg said “I am so very honored to be receiving this award from Classic Rock. The magazine is one of my favourites and they are always so generous to me and the Brothers.” Previous winners of the Living Legend Award include: Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, Jimmy Page, Lemmy Kilmister, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop and ZZ Top.

Orange have been associated with many rock legends over the years and it is no surprise that The Classic Rock Roll of Honour nominations include many of their ambassadors. Orange nominees for The Best Band Award include Blues Pills, Deaf Havana, Blackwolf and Purson. Fighting out for Album of the Year are Rival Sons with their timeless fourth album ‘Great Western Valkyrie’ and Glenn Hughes‘ new supergroup California Breed with their self-titled album, one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2014. When Glenn Hughes plugged into an Orange AD200 bass amp he said “it was as though it had been designed for me!”

“It is always exciting to be involved with one of the most highly respected music award ceremonies in the world” said Cliff Cooper, founder and CEO of Orange Amplification “and for the awards to be hosted in Los Angeles for the first time with so many ambassadors up for awards again makes it doubly so.”

To find out more about the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour and vote for your favourites go to  http://awards.classicrock.teamrock.com/

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Orange at Music China 2014

Running from 8th to 11th October  Music China 2014 will open it’s doors at Shanghai New International Expo Centre!

1,775 music product suppliers from 29 countries and regions spread over 98,000sqm in nine halls, the exhibition houses the biggest selection of music products in Asia and Orange Amps will be at the centre of it.

This is an important date on the MI calendar and we hope to see you there.

 

Why not come visit us at Booth E6F32? Demos from James Kim will be taking place at the following times:

Oct 8 at 11am: S1 stage
Oct 8 at 2pm: Orange booth E6F32
Oct 9 at 10am/2pm: Orange booth E6F32
Oct 10 at 10am/2pm: Orange booth E6F32
Oct 11 at 10am/1pm: Orange booth E6F32

 

 

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Orange Amplification Launch Guitar Pack

Orange Amplification are proud to launch, in time for Christmas, their new guitar pack containing everything needed to start playing, all in one box. Created to get the next generation of guitarists playing, or encourage lapsed performers to get back in the saddle, this quality, affordable pack contains an Orange®  Guitar, Orange Crush PiX 12L amplifier combo, Orange branded gig bag, headstock tuner, guitar lead plus plectrums and strap. Also included is the new Orange Music Education Rock Guitar beginner guitar tuition course with access to over ten video tutorial lessons and backing tracks.

The single cutaway Orange guitar is crafted from solid Nato wood, with a maple neck and rosewood fretboard. It features chrome hardware including Orange branded machine heads, a Tune-o-matic bridge, a three way pickup selector switch with two tone and volume controls. It is also fitted with medium / high output humbuckers giving a wide range of classic and modern tones. The guitar’s high gloss finish is available in three distinct colours; the company’s signature bright orange, timeless black and pristine white.

The Crush PiX 12L is the perfect practice amp. This combo amp is made for every level of guitarist and is ideally suited for rehearsal or small performance environments. The amp is portable, durable and well built using quality components to Orange’s high manufacturing standards. It comes with three band EQ, overdrive, and master volume controls, plus the headphone out allows you to practice anywhere. The solid-state amp produces a wide variety of rich warm tones that make the Crush PiX 12L suitable for a broad range of genres.

Completing this comprehensive set is a modern, soft padded gig bag embossed with the Orange logo, an Orange professional instrument cable, Orange headstock tuner, six classic celluloid plectrums, a sturdy, comfortable strap and a bonus guitar tuition course.

The Orange Guitar Pack offers budding guitarists an affordable way to get started on the electric guitar with a great sounding, easy to play instrument, made to Orange’s strict quality standards and all the accessories needed. The new pack will be available from October 2014 and will retail for £229 inc vat (€269, $349).To find out more go to https://www.orangeamps.com/guitar-pack/

 

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Orange Amplification Presents Third Annual Progressive Music Awards 2014

For the third year running Orange Amplification take great pleasure in being the headline sponsor for the Annual Progressive Music Awards. These critically and publicly acclaimed awards will be held at the suitably theatrical Underglobe venue, situated below Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, on Thursday 11th September 2014, hosted once again by veteran broadcaster Gavin Esler.

Legendary progressive rock stars nominated for the awards this year include Orange ambassadors; English psychedelic rock band Purson who are up for the Limelight Award, experimental rock band 65daysofstatic are competing for the Breakthrough Artist Award and Transatlantic, whose guitarist Roine Stolt uses Orange, will be contesting the Album Of The Year Award with their album Kaleidoscope. Pioneers of post rock electronica, Mogwai, have been nominated for Band Of The Year and vying for the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award is the Rush 40th Box set, released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album featuring Orange ambassador Geddy Lee.

“We are delighted to once again be supporting the Annual Progressive Music Awards” said Damon Waller, Managing Director, “and doubly delighted to see so many Orange Amplification artists included in the nominations.”

To find out more about the 2014 Progressive Music awards go to http://awards.prog.teamrock.com/.

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Top Guitar Techs Choose Orange Amplification DIVO VT1000 Valve Tester

When Orange Amplification proudly launched the DIVO VT1000 Valve Tester at Winter NAMM 2013 they knew they were on to something good, but little did they realise the storm it would create in the music industry over the coming months. The VT1000 has become one of the most talked about music accessories in years and has now sold over 10,000 units worldwide.

The VT1000 is a compact, easy to use, fully automatic valve tester where users can easily match and test the wear of valves. Its appeal has been far reaching with guitarists and their techs, rental companies, valve amp manufacturers and Hi-Fi specialists everywhere quickly realising its immense benefits.

The VT1000 won the 2013 Music & Sound Award for Best Accessory and also won the approval of magazine reviewers too. MusicRadar.com believes it is ‘the first and possibly only valve tester that anyone can use without any specialist knowledge’ and gave it four stars in its review. According to Guitar and Bass magazine ‘If your interest in valve amplifiers goes beyond merely playing through them, it’s a wonderful tool to have’ and scored it ninety-one out of a possible one hundred’.

It has been with the music industries guitar techs that the VT1000 has been making big waves. Michael Kaye (The Who, Paul Simon, Shania Twain) commented “Orange’s VT1000 saves time and money – and helps get your amplifier working it’s best, the way you need it.” Mike Clement (Tony Iommi, David Gilmour Band, Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Jeff Beck Band) agreed when he said ‘The Orange VT1000 valve tester will become an essential piece of kit for the professional guitar / amp technician’s workbench…. in both the workshop and out on the road. The VT1000 is going to make life a lot easier from now on!’. Drew Foppe (Fleetwood Mac, Deftones) said ‘It has already paid for itself in tube matching fees and tubes that I would have simply ended up getting rid of because I didn’t know if they were any good or not.’

It’s not only the techs that have recognised how great this new tool is. Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher observed ‘I found the Orange tube tester easy to comprehend and incorporate in the testing of all the tubes in my amp giving me a value to each and able to match tubes for best performance in a nice small package’ and John Henry’s in-house repair specialist Dan Knight said it’s ‘A great little bit of kit that is simple to use, does the job and is used daily without any problems  – it makes prepping & repairing amps a whole lot easier’.

To find out why SonicState.com said ‘I think there will also be a large group of people who will think the VT1000 is one of the best things since sliced bread’ go to http://www.orangeamps.com/ and find out what all the fuss is about.

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