OrangeCrush 20 Twin-Channel 20W Guitar Amplifier, Orange

I'm not a musician. I build and sell pro-grade cigar box guitars at festivals and markets. Since I'm often placed where it is loud I realized I needed to upgrade my Orange Crush 12, which has good sound and has been a durable workhorse. I just needed something highly portable with a bit more punch, and it made perfect sense to just get the Crush 20.Compared to the Crush 12 there is definitely more punch and bite. The range is a bit wider and there is more volume for the bass to cut through the ambient noise I usually experience. It's a nice feature that that this particular amp has a dedicated dirty channel with separate gain control that generates a decent vintage fuzz that many players would be happy with, but to be honest I really don't use it as I get better crunch and saturation by running my own foot pedals through the clean channel. For me the selling point was the warm clean tone and extra overhead the extra wattage provides, and it will properly chug with the right effects on your pedalboard.Power draw is a big concern for me as I am often running off of a power bank, and the power requirements are low enough to last all day with it turned on the entire time and lights running from the same bank. Speaking of power, there was one minor issue with this particular amp - one of the metal tab connectors to the plug socket on the back of the amp was loose. This was easily fixed with a phillips screwdriver to open the case and pushing the loose connector until it clicked and locked into place. It's entirely possible it slipped by QC at the factory and came loose during shipping, and I certainly don't think it's representative of this amp in general. It's been rock solid ever since so I'm not going to dock my rating.Other than that on loose tab that was easily fixed, I am happy with this amp and it is fit for purpose. It's a great little practice amp for home use and booth demos in noisy places.

Great product. My guitars sound great on it. It gives an authentic clean sound and works well with pedals. Its light wight but feels sturdy, also has a great spunky look. It has simple, easy to use controls with a "dirty" feature that sounds like an overdrive.

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!

This amp is a banger. Super fun to jam on. It’s simple and straight forward. The built-in overdrive sounds great.I primarily use it clean, connected to my pedal board. Compared to my Spider V30, the Orange Crush 20 is superior. I’m able to create the sounds and tones easily that sound authentic to what I’m looking for.The price of the Orange Crush 20 plus pedals can be comparable to the Spider v30 when you shop right. You can save some money and go without the built in reverb if you have pedals.

Good cheap amp. A lot louder than expected. Great clean sound, so if you use pedals, this is what you want. Smaller sized too so perfect for practicing at home.

Very little volume