Orange Thunderverb 50W

[Chris S]

Hi All,

I don't really post on here very much but am always having a look around!

I'm currently playing through a Trace Commando 15, which really isn't cutting it for live gigs. It's loud enough but doesn't carry the right tone for the stuff i play.

I've been offered an Orange Thunderverb 50 as a swap for my Blackstar Artisan 30H guitar head, which initially I wasn't too bothered about, until reading it can sound really mean for bass.

Would it be a decent head? Or am I best off sticking to amps that were actually purposely designed purely for bass!?

Cheers guys

Chris

[Schnozzalee]

Took the words out of my mouth

I would also like to know about these as I'm considering buying the 200 watt version. Would it need to be played through a bass cab for both guitar and bass (with the Orange guitar head)? ALSO is 200 watts of bass going to be enough for a club gig?

[Colledge]

i dunno about the 50w version... but 200w or orange goodness is definitely enough for just about any gig, with the right cabs. you would need to use bass cabs as guitar cabs just don't push enough air for bass.

I think the 50w version at a push could work for small gigs... but you will have very little clean headroom and it'll start to break up fairly early on you.

[Chris S]

I know the 50W's are ridiculously loud for what they are. I do agree though, you dont really see many 50W bass amps around! The 200W will easily cut it i reckon.

He's given it a whirl through his bass players 1x12 GK cab and says it sounds fab. Can get a really good nice crunchy tone out of it too.

He said channel A (the one with all the EQ) lacks the amount of warmth that channel B has, but can be easily solved with an EQ pedal..... Im just wondering if its worth not bothering and getting an actual bass head...!

[Colledge]

if the thunderverb 50 had di (i dont think it does) it would be great for just a monitor and running the signal into foh, or into a more powerful poweramp to drive a larger cab.

however for the price of a thunderverb (about £1200) you can get a really nice ad200b or theres even a nice matamp gt200 for sale on here which would do an even better job imo.