Orange Dual Terror 30/15/7-watt 2-channel Tube Head Reviews

I have over a dozen high quality amps—love the Duel Terror! This amp is easy to dial in and comes with a sturdy gig bag. It has that Orange crunch that gets your heart pumping. A big plus, no need to re-bias the amp when you change tubes! If I had to get picky, reverb and an effects loop would be great additions!

I have been playing music for over 45 years this amp has what a Guitar player needs All day long..

Always struggling to get the best sound possible with my IEMs and this gave me a great sound 1st night on a good size stage. I love the bang for the size (paired with the Orange 1x12).

Sweetwater is the best company to deal with hands down - no question and Joe James is a fantastic guy. Always helpful.

I've owned this amp for about 6 years now and I couldn't be happier with it. I love the simple controls that make it incredibly easy to dial in the tone you want. I have yet to find a bad sound out of this amp. The power options are great too as I'm able to use this amp for playing live shows at 30 watts as well as practicing at home on the 7 watt setting. I've loved this amp from the day I first plugged it in, but would definitely say it really found the sweet spot once I paired it with an Orange cab. I've owned a ton of gear over the years and have tried other amps but have never found anything that sounded as good or were as easy to dial in as my dual terror. If anything ever happens to this amp I will undoubtedly buy another one. If you're considering this amp, stop wasting your time and order it now!!!

This is a great little head. I just love the tone and sound you get out of it. The power soak feature is pretty cool too.

I absolutely love this amp! The tone and sound are just phenomenal. Who needs pedals.

I really like this amp head..love that it drops down to 15/7 watts. I run it thru a carvin 212 and it sounds outstanding..plenty loud enough. I've played it at practices at the full 30 watts, with drum tracks running thru a PA. Keeps up well with that, another guitar and vocals. Great clear tone. Nice distortion on the terror channel, no need for a pedal for what I play (grunge type stuff, drop d). The fat channel is nice as well, I like the tone I can get with some pedals on that channel. Sweetwater is the best. Always happy and outstanding customer service.

Say Hello to My Little Friend! Is all I can say but with an Al Pacino Accent like in Scar Face!! Great movie and even better amp. Wow, this thing has some serious versatility. I can take the tiny terror channel from a pristine bell like cleans to a buzz saw if needed. Yet, you don't need to do that with the addition of the Fat Channel. I am playing Metallica Enter Sandman right off the bat with some minor adjustments. This thing has punch on 7watt and 15 watt settings on just 2 EL84 tubes and can sound real nice with drive at bedroom volumes. In addition, on 4 EL84 tubes (All JJ's by the way) I can create some serious air displacement probably enough to rattle and crack my windows in my bedroom if I went for it. I have not gotten higher than 4 on the Fat channel and 6 on the Tiny Terror channel. It sounds great with the PPC 112 with Celestion Vintage 30 in it that I got with it. It sounds even more modern relative to contemporary sound with that cab wired into another Orange PPC412 Compact with Orange Voice of the World speakers in it. You get the best of both worlds. Nice tone. I sometimes wake up at night turn it on and just strum an A cord or an F or some thing to hear it. Then I will either play for an hour then go back to sleep or fall back to sleep right away content just to hear the tone.

Ryan helped me make this selection. I was looking for Tone, and simplicity and this is the one for me. The variable power is also killer. Can rehearse at a good volume without sacrificing tone & sound. Have been playing through a 1 X 12 Cab with a Vintage 30, and sounds awesome. This week I'll be hooking it up to my new 2 X 12 Vintage 30 loaded Cab, and I cannot wait to hear it. I've always been between Fender and Marshall, and this head seems to have filled the void. Screams with my Joe Bonamassa Les Paul, and my Jeff Beck Sig Strat sings through it. Plenty strong enough at half power to cut through the mix too. Play Rock/Blues, rhythm & ;lead. You can't go wrong here. I think I have finally found what I was looking for. Have rehearsed a few times straight into the amp too. Nothing else needed! I may be selling some pedals soon!! Thanks Ryan W. & Sweetwater.

This amp is by far amazing. That sweet Orange tone is extremely noticeable when you crank this dude up. The fact that you can switch is between 30, 15, AND, 7 watts is great. I can crank this bad boy up, and i can keep up, and even pass my drummer volume wise. Turn the volume up, mic it with a Shure SM57, and you are stage ready. I have a couple pedals I personally run through mine, but as far as tone, you can't beat this rig.

I love this amp! Just finished recording an album with it, and it was perfect. Plugged into a Mesa 4x12 and on is lowest power setting, I could crank it enough to heat it up good without knocking the house down. This was my first Orange amp. I like the sound and build quality so much that I just ordered a Rockerverb 50 MkII, only because I want something more powerful and with an effects loop for my stage rig. Highly recommended!

The Dual Terror is amazing. If you want thick, chiming, 3d tone this amp is hard to beat. Very expressive and musical. Neck and middle pickups in medium to high gain sound incredible on either channel. The channels have different flavors as well. Fat channel has a thick Marshall-ness sound while the terror channel brings out the organics in your pickups. Both channels blend together perfectly with no surprises switching between the two. I use a 2x12 cabinet with 75watt celestions and with the amp set on 15 watts you can blow away the band in a large size room with impeccable tone. Don't let the single tone control fool you into thinking you have no control over your tone. It's almost like matching an impedance setting rather than shaping your guitars sound. Switching from neck to bridge pickups is awesome. I never have to scramble to adjust the amp because something is boomy or thin. It just stays balanced on the whole guitar and on both channels. I just can't say enough about how good this thing sounds on all kinds of music. Highly recommended.

i still can't believe i'm getting such sweet tones from a tiny little amp with minimal controls. the tone knob is extremely sensitive and thus can give you a nice versatile set of sounds. in my household we also have a rockerverb MKI 100 and the orange rocker 30 and I'd still pick this amp over them. the ONLY thing its missing is an effects loop.

I have always been impressed by Orange. This amp is very responsive and has a very smooth distortion quality. You have two distinctive sounding channels. One similar to AC/DC, Led Zep, and the other more modern (FAT). It's like having 2 different amps in 1. The fat channel also cleans up very nicely. Not fender twin or deluxe reverb clean, but good enough if this is your only amp. I am also comparing this to a MESA TA15. The Mesa had a similar concept with it's 5 channels and sounded very impressive with its cleans and overdrive. However, i could not get over the channel pop that was part of the design. The orange has no pop when switching from TT to Fat. You also have a broader range of gain at disposal. The Dual Terror being made in china, is equally on par with Mesa quality (made in usa). If your on the fence about both, go with orange.

Well, i play a lot of big shows. My first concern was how small this head was. But the weight and dimensions were so appealing! So i went to my local boutique amp shop (GC boycotter!) and tried it out and i was BLOWN AWAY! the tone was INCREDIBLE! so rich and full! I cranked it 1/3 of the volume and i had to turn it down! i was sold, i bought it on the spot with no if ands or return policies. I went home played it with the volume on 7 for 2 hours and i can tell you right now, my ears are ringing. this with a 2x12 is PLENTY loud.

Lifelong Marshall guy, increasingly dissatisfied, now happily married to the Dual Terror running a Hughes & Kettner 4x12. My SG sounds like God through this rig, as do my Duesenberg, Les Paul and PRS SE Santana.

I have had a lot of boutique gear that cost a lot more than this but none of it sounded nearly as good. I play a lot of classic rock and this nails the tone I was after. I does cover a broad range of tones for an amp with so few controls. In fact the amp is not real fussy about settings and it is hard to not get a good sound out of it.

I run it through an avatar contemporary orange tolex 4x12 loaded with celestion G12H30's and it really sounds great. The amp has a very large output transformer and really has the oomph to drive a speaker cab. When they say 30 watts think more like what you'd expect a 50 watter to sound like. It is loud but in a very musical way. Not harsh in any way and has a wonderful midrange chime to it I'm really into. Really this is my favorite british amp of all time (I know it's made in china). I also build my own point to point tube amps and really am impressed with this orange.

The first one I had malfunctioned 1st day I had it. It could have been a tube but I was not happy and Orange was quick to step in and send me a brand new one at absolutley no cost to me with upgraded tubes. The first one had cheap sino chinese tubes but the replacement has decent JJ's and sounds awesome. This is one reason I reccomend this amp beyond the fabulous tones and loud volumes it can produce, Orange is a stand up company that stands behind it's products.

Great amp, have been playing it regularly for about a month Now, Loud Enough to gig with, use as my main amp right now, was Not terribly impressed till i swapped out the preamp tubes, tightend up the sound made me love it, Would suggest it if your Interested in a rockerverb but want to save some money

I love the Orange look and of course, their reputation preceeds them.

But aside from all of that, this little head really wails when needed and cleans up nicely all in one package. I've paired mine with Orange's PPC212. It is a great combination that will crank out just about anything that is needed.

The 30W setting (4 power tubes, full power) is more than enough to knock you down. It can stand toe-to-toe with a really heavy drummer. Crank the gain and get ready to wail.

Each channel has only three knobs to mess with. Personally, I enjoy that, it makes it REALLY easy to dial in a great sound, as long as you have a great axe.

Switching to half power will take you to 15 watts. There is a slightly noticeable difference in output volume here. But it still sounds great.

I was a little disappointed, however, in that I wanted this amp because it would switch to 7 watts for bedroom practice. The 7 watts is still really powerful, almost too powerful for bedroom stuff.

In short, if you want a great little head with some amazing sound while keeping it low wattage, this is the head for you.

I dig this amp. I play through one at our rehearsal studio. It's one of the house amps there and I always grab it. I will say it's definitely got a signature tone which if you like it, then you're in luck. It's a very ballsy tone and the overdrive channel is a mid heavy, med to med high OD. Perfectly classic rock toned. I personally didn't have any luck using pedals through this amp... so again, if you like the signature tone of this amp then you're in luck.

An amp this easy to transport is an amazing thing to have, especially if you're playing live shows and need to bring a head to a club with back line cabs. Living in the city, this head makes the difference between needing to take a car or getting to a gig on the subway. My only problem with it is the lack of tone controls. I had hoped that it would be essentially a TH30 without the wood, but even so the tone offered by the single "tone" knob is ALMOST perfect, almost all the time. For recording, it just is what it is. Sometimes it's a great recorded tone - but if it doesn't sound ideal for a particular song, player, guitar, etc. you have to switch amps, because it is a one trick pony. Good sound, though, very solid. Best highly portable amp yet. (Probably one of the best sounding amps at this price point as well.)

Love the amp, I think the foot switch should have come included with the head and speakers

Of the few amps I own (DSL 50, old twin reverb & a 64' blonde bandmaster w/ 4 output valves.) The orange dual terror is a nice addition to the line-up. Great tone for recording & small band venue. The gain is a bit fizzy & the cleans have a touch of bite to them. That being said make sure to include an EQ in the input & a boost pedal of some kind. I find the Dual lacks bottom & is all mids & highs. If you are in a heavy hitting band just go with a 50 watt amp as this one does get lost in the mix sometimes. It's perfect to run stereo (2 heads- 2 cabs) then it really stands up & delivers a powerful sound. Mine seems to go thru tubes like crazy,could be cause I play it almost everyday. Sounds much better thru 4X12 cab & of course & w/humbuckers..... but coaxes a nice tone from stratocaster or tele.

So I've had this amp for a while now and initially i wasn't terribly impressed with it. I was running through my pedalboard to a Marshall 1x12 and it sounded awful. So I swapped out the crappy Chinese tubes for JJs, added a boss eq to my pedal chain and ditched the terrible Marshall for a fender 1x12 and it transformed this amp into something that is tonally awesome. BUT, you won't be able to run your reverb or delay pedals when you have the gain cranked (no integral reverb). This of course wouldn't be a problem if there was an effects loop. Also, for the money, the foot switch should be included. I play guitar, piano and vox in one of my working bands and even though I have finally been able to extract the tone that I love out of it, I think I am going to sell it eventually to buy something with the aforementioned effects loop.