Orange rocker 158/25/2023 It is, however, going to be easier to move around than bigger combos without a shadow of a doubt. I am a bit of a weakling so you may find it’s not an issue but I was expecting it to be a little lighter. 18 months later and mine is looking like it’s almost brand new out of the box.įor a small combo it’s surprisingly heavy though. So I highly doubt it’s going to fall apart on you. I don’t think nor have I read anywhere that the build quality is an issue. Like it could and would withstand some rough treatment. The internal workings featured a main PCB that houses the valve bases and majority of components whereas a satellite PCB has the FX loop, speaker output and jack for the footswitch. Orange preserve the handmade, British manufacturing for their top tier amps. Sadly it’s not handmade and is manufactured in China. The Rocker 15 combo feels solid and well constructed. It’s a bizarre choice to put it there and makes it really difficult and inaccessible. In order to use it you have to get around the back of the amp and then the connection is up and under the panelling.īut it’s also alongside the speaker outputs which means you’re having to crane your head down and under the amp and scrabble to find and see which is the FX loop and which the speaker output. Not enough to make me unhappy with the amp but certainly an unnecessary and minor inconvenience.Īnother strange choice is the placement of the effects loop socket. I can’t imagine there were customers calling for hieroglyphics over regular name labels, but there we go. It all looks great but as someone who just wants to play it makes it slightly more awkward.Īpparently they’re a throwback to the way they did things in the 70’s, and whilst you do learn which symbol is which fairly quickly it feels like style over substance and something Orange have included for no real reason. I’ve found this to be a bit annoying, if I’m honest. The controls have hieroglyphic symbols to identify each of them rather than labelled by their name. In amps with front facing controls I’ve found myself having to crouch down to see what I’m doing and it can be a little awkward. So I can easily look down on it and adjust the controls whilst playing. I personally prefer this as being a combo it spends most of its time on the floor. The controls are located on top of the amp, rather than the front as with many other combos. So I can definitely see the appeal of the black! I’ve no problem with it although when a family member saw it for the first time they said the color was “hideous”. I’ve got the orange one and it is fairly bright. So it won’t be winning any design awards but it’s perfectly fine. It looks like, well, most of the other amps in the Orange lineup! If you’ve seen one you’ve pretty much seen them all. Like most Orange amps it comes in the signature orange tolex and the black alternative. Read the entire Orange rundown of the Rocker. This not only takes care of the above request, but also means that we are not following what other amp companies have already done – Ade Emsley, Orange Technical Director I was also under pressure to make a 1 Watt tube amp so there is a bedroom/headroom switch on the Rocker 15. A follow up to the now discontinued Rocker 30, they were conceived because of the lasting love for the 30 and the desire from customers for a small, 1 watt combo that could be used comfortably at home. The Orange Rocker 15 and it’s bigger brother the Rocker 32 were released in 2017 and have in a short space of time become very popular. Here I’ll look at the design, features, sound and more to give you a full overview of just how good the Rocker 15 is and whether it will be the right choice for you.įor an in-depth look at Orange try our guide to Orange amps So, after almost 2 years of using my Rocker 15 I feel well placed to give a full review of it. And could it do all that with minimal compromises elsewhere? Could it do good drive, clean, a working effects loop and be straightforward to use. It looked like it would tick pretty much every box I wanted as someone with a bit of experience but realistically was only ever going to be a home player.īasically could I have a decent tube amp that would give me the option to play at very quiet volumes but still able to crank it when I had the opportunity. I’ve owned my Orange Rocker 15 for about 18 months now and was super excited about getting my hands on one. So can it really hope to deliver on all those fronts? Can a small tube amp really do it all? That’s the aim of the Orange Rocker 15, a 15 watt 1×10 combo that has been designed for quiet home practice, use in the studio/rehearsal rooms and small or medium sized gigs.
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