The TremLord’s internals are an example of modern, robust PCB architecture Meanwhile, the less-compressed nature of the response compared to a valve-rectified circuit accentuates the differences between rhythm and lead pickups and broadens your palette in the process. That approach is arguably missing the point, as the TremLord’s delicious cleans – definitely available at bedroom volumes – remind you that you don’t actually need that much dirt to have a good time. The Lavoce speaker is described as a “great all-rounder” by Orange amp designer Adrian Emsley It’s certainly louder than a whisper, so you’ll have to get your overdriven kicks from pedals if you want to practise with high gain at home – although at low volumes, when the speaker isn’t working very hard, you may have to tame the trebles to avoid fizz from stompbox overdrives.
The company itself recently celebrated half a century in business and, armed with a Custom Shop Strat and an R9, the tones on offer wind back the clock to Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and the era in which London was swinging and Orange founder Cliff Cooper first opened the doors at New Compton Street.Īdrian was right about this being a clean amp even in one-watt mode, you can’t get much of that ‘hair’ without pushing the amp beyond neighbour-friendly volume levels. The vibe is decidedly more vintage than we’ve become accustomed to from Orange in recent years. With the EQ set to tame the low end and add a little sparkle, lots of reverb and a subtle slow tremolo throb creates a beautiful fog in which to get lost. Orange’s pics-only control panel includes a second (footswitch operated) tremolo speed control Happily, while we’re pushing this metaphor up through the clouds towards cruising altitude, the TremLord’s clean tones are sitting at the front in business class.Īdhering to Orange’s ‘pics only’ tradition, the control panel may be a little confusing for the uninitiated, but from left to right you have volume, bass, treble, two individual tremolo speeds (the second of which only makes a difference if you have a footswitch plugged into the ‘speed’ socket around the back), tremolo depth and reverb level. Orange describes the TremLord as “our very British take on the 1950s amplifier”, but while its voice is still a long way from Fullerton, it’s certainly well into its second movie on the long-haul flight from Heathrow.
Inside the powder-coated steel chassis you’ll find robust, modern PCB architecture, while the power-valve cage and control-panel roll bars provide protection from the rigours of the road. Construction is every bit as solid as we’ve come to expect and although it’s not as unwieldy as Orange combos of the past, there’s still 24kg resting on those wooden skids, so the TremLord isn’t going to skitter across the stage any time soon.
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