Orange Crush 20

There are numerous options for apartment dwellers such as myself to have a good/great sounding guitar sound, but sacrifices always have to be made (usually, financial ones). But for the price of a good pedal, now I have this awesome looking little amp that allows me to finally just plug in and play, and just have fun with the guitar. Given, it’s not as dynamic and full as it’s bigger tube-driven siblings, but it’s not as far off as the price would lead you to believe.

With a P90 loaded mustang, I’m in punk heaven, and a Jaguar gets me everywhere else I’d like to go. It takes pedals fairly well (some overdrives may sound a bit muddy, but it’s nothing that some knob tweaking can’t fix), and now I get to play in the middle of the night without ever being heard by neighbors. The headphone out works great, and I even played around with it for some direct recording.

If you’re in the position of just needing a straightforward guitar amp that sounds great at low volumes, looks awesome, and fits in the majority of budgets, this is probably the perfect find.

I bought this since I had moved to Denmark and couldn't bring my Marshall JCM 900 with me. This amp does the job for playing at home and I especially like the clean sound it's bright without being harsh and overall very balanced. This little thing also has tons of gain with the four stage gain module, covering everything from a slight crunch, as the name would suggest, to a heavily distorted metal sound.

Also, keep in mind that this thing is LOUD! At home, I rarely ever bring the volume above 1,5 as it would irritate my roommates. I have not tried it out in a band setting or ever turned it all the way up so I have no idea if it would keep up with a drummer, although I suspect it might have difficulties due to the smaller size speaker.

I kind of wish I had gone for the version with the built in reverb and a tuner since in the end I had to buy a separate reverb pedal for those lush clean sound.

Overall a very nice little amp with basic features that sounds wonderfully for playing at home. I would recommend this to anyone looking for amps in this size and price range.