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“Weird, small, brilliant, respectful of pedalboard space. What more could you need?” This week’s hottest new guitar gear – including Alex Lifeson’s ES-355, Charvel’s US return and Ed Sheeran’s new Orange squeeze

We’ve got weird reverbs from EHX, super-cheap AI-enabled multi-effects units, high-end shredders, climate-controlled gig bags and more

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“Playing music should always be fun. It should feel like an escape”: Ed Sheeran teams up with Orange to create the “ultimate busking amp” and launches grassroots music campaign to encourage young players to get out and play

Sheeran and Orange unveil the Outlowd ES series, featuring a trio of busking friendly acoustic amps – and Sheeran's Play It Home campaign aims to support grassroots music across the globe

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“Music doesn’t start in arenas or on streaming platforms. It starts in bedrooms and on street corners”: Ed Sheeran launches signature Orange amp range - could it topple the Roland Cube as the busking combos to beat?

With an abundance of Sheeran-approved specs, the Outlowd ES amps look to nurture the next generation of musicians

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“Simple design is its key: just the straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange Amps rolls out the OR60, a single-channel 60-watt tube powerhouse officially approved by Down/COC’s Pepper Keenan

NAMM 2026: Orange says it is the most versatile single-channel amp it has ever made

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“Offers musical feel that responds like a great amp”: Orange’s animalistic King Comp looks to level up your compression game

With low floor noise and high headroom, the British firm promises transparency and sustain enhancement aplenty

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“It brings studio style compression dynamics to any pedalboard and offers a warm musical response with an exceptionally low noise floor”: Orange’s King Comp is a monster compressor with the feel of an amp

This beastly Class A VCA sibling of the Kongpressor brings us super low-noise performance, abundant headroom running at 18V DC, and it has ample controls for shaping your guitar tone

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Iconic British firm Orange Amps has launched its own record player

Featuring the Voice of the World crest, the O Turntable is like something out of Austin Powers' bachelor pad.

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Orange’s new 'O' Edition MKII headphones aim to offer enhanced audio performance, but cut a unique design feature

RIP to the MKI’s funky, engraved adjustable metal headband

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“This combo could be a contender for the loudest, smallest amp… and it held its own against our loud rhythm section”: Orange O Tone 40 review

What’s loud, light and orange? The latest solid-state and affordable combo from Orange

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“Awide variety of tones and high-power output for assembling a fly rig with no performance compromises”: Orange Dual Baby 100 and Gain Baby 100 review

The iconic British amp brand's new heads are not just compact, portable, high-powered and designed for the stage, they may well change how you think of solid-state amps

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“It is pretty ludicrously loud for its size”: Orange’s O Tone 40 is a solid-state powerhouse 1x12 combo for small gigs and practice and it is priced just $399 street

Those 40-watts of Class A/B power can drive that single 12" Voice Of The World speaker hard, with plenty of juice for gigging – and there's onboard tremolo and reverb to sweeten the deal

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“A legendary amp in the making”: Orange debuts the O Tone 40 – a “ludicrously loud” solid-state combo that promises to be a dream pedalboard platform

The 40-watt single-channel combo is built to be painted on top of with effects, and it wants to be your next “workhorse” amp

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“Lightweight, portable, and incredibly powerful”: Orange launches “studio-grade and gig-ready” Baby Range – three affordable, compact heads that downsize classic Orange tones (and introduce some new ones, too)

NAMM 2025: The three amps are travel-friendly and offer versatile tone-sculpting features for the studio and the stage

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NAMM 2025: “Good things come in small packages”: Orange Amps launches Baby series, three solid-state micro amp heads that weigh just 3kg but pack a 100-watt Class A/B punch

Baby's got backline: small amps, heaps of volume, with all-analogue designs and gig-friendly features

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“There’s warmth and there’s grit, it’s really quite incredible… and I actually recorded with this amp. I love it”: Orianthi and Orange Amps join forces for the White Crush 20RT – a 20W solid-state combo with onboard tuner

This limited edition practice-friendly 1x8 combo has two-channels, reverb, heaps of gain, cab simulated output and fancy white Tolex just like Orianthi's Rockerverb 50-inspired signature tube amp

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"It now pushes more air, flaps more trouser leg": The Orange AD200B bass amp comes back redesigned, revamped and reimagined

Geddy Lee and Glenn Hughes favourite gets a refresh, along with speaker cabs

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“When people plug into it, whatever guitar they are gonna use through this, it is going to amplify their personality’: Orange and Orianthi team up for the Oriverb – an all-tube 2x12 combo she describes as a “dream come true”

Orianthi's signature combo has switchable power, two channels, reverb, and is an Orange combo but it's not orange

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“Our mission at Orange Learn is to make education accessible to all”: Orange launches FREE guitar and vocal courses through Orange Learn

Unlock your musical potential with free courses from Orange Learn as well as 15% off all graded books

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NAMM 2024: “A luxurious color that evokes the beginnings of heavy metal”: Orange Amps team up with Glenn Hughes for its first signature O Bass – and it's a dazzling purple

The Deep Purple icon has been an Orange endorsee for over a decade, with the bass making for a striking pairing with his signature purple Crush combo amp

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A digital detox in amp form: Orange’s OR30 is the must-try tube amp of 2023

The forward-thinking all-tube amp does it all – with just one channel. Here's what you need to know about the British amp legend's crowning achievement

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Orange Amps enters the Bluetooth speaker market with the Orange Box

The Orange Box is unique in being powered by Class D and A/B analogue amplifiers, and is offered as a take-anywhere battery powered model and a beefier unit for plugging into the mains

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