Orange Crush 20 20W 8" 2-Channel Guitar Amplifier and Speaker Combo, Black

It’s an ass kick an amp

Rugged, "Clean" mode is very clean/clear sound, distortion mode is perfect sound and easily adjustable, great value and the analog sound vs competition can't be beat, IMO.

Bought this for the hubby so I will let him take it from here:I will preface that i have played through many amps, but this was the first orange ive owned...I have been playing this amp for a few months now. It is spectacular. I wanted a small amp to practice with, but with enough punch and volume to be used when playing at my church (its a modest size place not big not small).What I noticed the first time was the TONE of this thing! Just awesome. You can really shape your sound with it. The high and low tones are great, but I want to mention the mid specifically.Many amps that I have played through have terrible mid range tone and I end up having to back it off. Not with this amp! The mid sounds amazing and really brought out a crisp full sound through my guitar (I play through an epi les paul custom right now). It was seriously like i was playing a new guitar. The distortion has a wide range and you can get everything from a little grit to solid crunch to metal-grade screams. Overall the amp has a very rich, deep, crisp British tone. Definitely deeper than what i would have expected from one this size. It also takes pedals very well and you can shape your pedals with it easily.Ok now the volume. It is LOUD for a small amp. My wife came in shouting at me the first time I turned it up, and it was only halfway turned! It cranks. I use it at church, and even though it does get mic'd for the house, it definitely is not necessary. This little guy can fill out the room on its own. My other guitar player goes through a line 6 twin combo and my amp definitely can compete volumewise. Tone wise theres no contest. Orange all the way.My only wish for this amp is that it had a built in reverb and a direct out, so that's why i could only give it 4 stars for versatility. If this had both it would be my perfect amp. I have pedals for that though so not a huge deal for me. Its just 2 channels, and they can be controlled separately. It also has a footswitch input which is great. It'll take any standard footswitch so don't worry about having to buy an orange brand if you dont want to. I use a fender switch with it and it works fine.If you want frills, gadgets, gizmos, built in this and that, etc., this amp is not for you. Orange keeps it simple because they dont need any other selling points. They do 2 things extremely well, tone and volume. In my opinion thats what an amp is for. I am an Orange convert for sure. I don't want to use anything else!

You will not believe this is a 20 watt amp! It can get loud if you want it to however it sounds great even at low or practice volumes.The amp came well packaged (Orange amp box within another well padded cardboard box) and was delivered promptly.Most people would opt for the orange color cabinet (hence the Orange brand name) however I have the black model and it looks great.The amp, for the money, is robustly made and even comes with plastic cabinet corners for added protection. This might be a small amp but it lives up to the Orange name and their place in history and legacy as being one of the top names in the guitar amplifier world.

Very little volume

I purchased this 3 months ago from writing this review, that's also when I started learning guitar. Keep that in mind.This amp is perfect for your bedroom. I have it tucked under my desk, out of the way. The amp itself is well constructed, but not too heavy. The sound is beautiful, and after learning how to dial in the settings, I can go from metal to twinkle and everything inbetween. It can get really loud when you dime it, so if you take it out somewhere and need some volume it'll project pretty well (my vol is legit at 8 o'clock). It has no frills, the RT version has Reverb and a Tuner for $80~ more, in which I have no regret about. I spent that extra $80 on some pedals.In conclusion it's a great amp that won't need replacing for a long time. However, make sure you research before you pull the trigger to make sure it's right for you. This is a BASIC amp that SOUNDS extremely good. There's a lot of amps that have crazy features like the Spark that helps you learn, or Boss Katana Mini with bluetooth, or maybe you like the look of Marshalls. Make sure it's right for you, this one was right for me because all I wanted out of it was a good sound, sub $200, bedroom friendly. Extra stuff was of no importance to me.My only complaint is that the on/off switch is in the back. I have it tucked away under my desk with a dust cover over it and wish I didn't have to move it just to turn it off and on.

We have a small house so this amp is a perfect fit. I went with black since I tend to scuff things up a bit. Sounds just great. Especially the clean channel. My only con is where the power plugs in is a loose fit to the body and that concerns me a little in the long run. I try not to unplug it from the body and when I do I use one hand to hold that back piece in place. Overall, highly recommended. Definitely worth it. Jam on ...

I was looking for a fairly basic amp and that’s exactly what I got. I also bought the Crush foot switch which works better on the clean channel.There’s not a lot of crunch on the dirty channel by itself.The clean channel is fairly bland. Maybe an effects pedal could liven it up a littleNot quite as loud as I’d hoped but it is an 8” speaker.Probably not the best investment I’ve made but I don’t think I was ripped off.By no means am I an expert guitar player but there are much better amps around the same price range.Update 1/30/2020I don’t know if I just got better or if this amp needed a little breaking in but day by day I’m more and more impressed with the tone quality. Especially with the foot switch. I did finally turn the amp up. I got it up to 7 and it was all I could stand in close quarters and the sound quality got better.I started playing around with the clean channel and I realized that there’s more adjustment than I’d expected. I’ve just always felt that if you wanna play clean you should get an acoustic. Never really liked the clean electric guitar sound.All in all it’s turned in to a great little amp. Big sound in a little box. Glad I bought it. Blows my old Mustang2 away.