Orange Pedal Baby 100 - 100-watt Class A/B Power Amplifier Reviews

I held off purchasing this for quite some time thinking it wouldn't have enough power the keep up with my louder than usual band. I couldn't have been more wrong. This thing can make your ears bleed. And it sounds really good. Articulate and punchy with a very tube-like feel. Very high quality. It's a no brainer, but it.

Recently bought the Orange Pedal Baby 100 from Sweetwater to power some cabinets I have with a minimalist head. I have been a tube amp fiend for 50+ years and was really intrigued by Orange Amps approach to Solid State. The Class A input/pre-amp and Class AB power section give a really tactile feel, very much like a valve amp. There's even a very slight break up as you push it into higher volume just like a valve amp, not distortion just an edge of break up sound. I like it a lot. It's as butt simple as it can get. Plug your pedal board into the input and adjust the bass and treble controls to taste for your speaker cabinet. Start at noon on the tone controls and boost or cut as needed. Easy peezy. This thing gets gig-worthy loud into 16 Ohms and is ready to rock into 8 Ohms louder than you're likely to ever need. There's no gnarley sound in it that I've been able to find, it even likes my Roland GR-33 which doesn't sound so great in a valve amp. Another bonus! This is a great value if you seek most of your sound through pedals (as I do), this thing is built like a tank as well. I could see this being a great amp for modelers to be sure for as well as it works with a pedal board (all 4 of mine sound A+ into it). I'm running it into a 2 x 12 loaded with Eminence Wheelhouse 12's (speakers from Sweetwater) at 16 Ohms or a 2 x 12 with Celestion G12M-65's) at 8 Ohms. Both cabs sound great with this little powerhouse. I'd replace it if it died (unlikely) and recommend it highly.

Like everyone else, I was skeptical. I bought this because I wanted to know how it would sound with my pedal board straight through a Mesa wide body 112 cab. Not an over the top pedal board. Chorus/Delay/tuner and The OD pedal I use is a Friedman OD deluxe. I have to say that I was absolutely and completely blown away by this combination, and it has become my Go to rig for playing out. Its so good that I leave a Mesa v/35 at home and may just sell it. I play in 5 piece classic rock and blues cover band and this unusual rig that I have now stumbled upon...on a whim just blows me away. Love the Crunch channel on the Mesa but it is the same channel as the Fat clean. Never liked that about the V/35. It is also a very expensive amp to be lugging and banging around in bars etc. This amp has a very good pure clean sound on its own and you have two gain levels/Channels with the Friedman that gives me all I want or need with a sound that is incredibly pleasing to me.

This thing sounds great. Very warm and real. Had been using an unpowered Kemper Profiler through a Headrush FRFR-112. While the HR is a great Powered Cab, I didn't realize some profiles from the Kemper sounded rather flat (which is kinda the point with an FRFR). The Kemper, through the OPB to the Marshall 4X12 sounds really warm and full. Mids are great and bass punches without 'overtone hum' or being boomy. If you need something to run your Kemper or other unpowered profiler through, give the OPB a try. Oh, and while playing it on about 1.5 (2 if I'm feeling froggy) is more than enough for practice or home playing, I'd expect the OPB to have enough volume to support all but the largest venues, and even then, it'd put in a strong showing. My windows were rattling at 3. Sweetwater support was great and I can't recommend them enough for anything you're in the market for, music-wise. Very satisfied!

I hesitate to call this just a power amp, because if you plug straight into it it's an absolutely beautiful clean channel amp all on its own. Seriously, you could grab a Reverb pedal and go play a jazz gig with this thing all by itself. That being said when I plug my GX 100 into it, it is super quiet and easy to balance with the GX. between how dynamic the two units are, it feels as good as any tube amp I've played yet. If you have a modeler you need this. Also I never mention my sales guy Alex, but his customer service is better than you sales guys customer service! He is awesome.

I bought this to power my Marshall 2x12 Vintage 30 Vertical Cab.

My Preamp is a Line 6 PodGO.


Super Awesome Flyrig Kit.

Everything fits in my gig bag, except the cab :)

I Was sceptical at first, but this this is the real deal. Fx II c+ into the Pedal baby and the sound feals clearer, more head room.It's easy to get some dynamic feed back and it cut's threw the mix. Life saver on the weight..

I've waited a week or so to write this, because I wanted to give it a workout
and get used to how to adjust it et cetera. I've determined that I love it.
I'm using it with an old 1x12 cab I had that I put an Eminence Wheelhouse 150
Neo Speaker (hemp cone...also purchased at Sweetwater, just after getting this amp).
I don't have a huge pedalboard, but I don't use modelers, so I thought this might
help others to decide.

I've run a Strat and an SG through it. Pedals are an Xotic BB Preamp and a Jetter GS 124.
Also have a delay/reverb pedal last in the chain. I had to do a little tweaking, since
I'd always relied on the amp for some of the tone. Having said that, the Pedal Baby is
not a bad sounding amp on it's own. It's very warm sounding for a no frills amp. I found
myself upping the treble more than I normally would on an amp, but that moves around depending
on the guitar I'm using. I've turned it up to 3 o'clock on the volume, so it's up there, and the
amp maintains its character and warmth. Very impressive. I find that I seem to keep it around noon
on the volume. Plently loud, but not painful. I notice that notes separate more with
this amp. It has clarity, but not sterility. I will say, it has improved my playing because there's
not the tube sag that compliments your playing. But...it sounds great.
I got the new speaker, because all of mine were 16 ohms and I wanted to be able to max
out the headroom, if needed, plus handle the wattage. The 8 ohm Eminence Wheelhouse sounds amazing with it.
Great pairing.
This is the perfect jam band gig rig. My rule of a piece of equipment's worth is: If I lost it,
would I buy another?
Definitely.

I bought this to power my kemper profiler and it works perfectly. It doesn't distort or change the sound at all and it sounds absolutely amazing. If you need to find anything relatively like this, buy the orange pedal baby because you won't get any better than this.

Delivers clean power that you can shape with your pedals

I have had my Orange Pedal Baby for quite some time now and have had no problems. I use it as a power amp between my Helix and my Mesa 2x12 and it does the trick. The bass/treble controls work as they should with a pretty noticeable sweep. I bought the rack mounts and I have this in my rack unit and I have had people mention how great it looks but more importantly how great it sounds. Using it as a pedal platform, I would say it is okay but sounds a bit dull, but not bad. However, driving the Helix amp models through it sounds amazing. Very happy with this purchase.

After seeing many reviews on YouTube, I was mixed about this beautiful little box. After receiving it and plugging into an 8 ohm 4x12, I added a few dirt pedals in front, and Boom I was blown away.

This amp retains the character of whatever you put in front of it. It's loud, the EQ knobs do a ton and it's got a great sound, it just needs some juice to not be so dry. I have played with the Diezel Herbert, The Earthquaker Plumes, Talons, JHS @ Drive, and more. All sound killer into the Pedalbaby 100!

I've had this for a few weeks and it sounds amazing. The clean tones without pedals are more than what you'd expect for such a tiny thing with virtually no EQ. The unfiltered and uncolored clean tones are eye opening. The first time I turned it on, both EQ dials at noon, the first word that came to mind was "wow". Pure tone from the guitar. The amp doesn't get in its own way and certainly doesn't get in your guitar's way.

A Maxon OD808 (or equivalent) sounds incredible in front of it and produces an incredible dirty tone. Amazing for rock, blues, country... low to medium gain. It's plenty loud for a small practice space. You'd probably have to mic it up in a more open area or larger gig space.

Modulation pedals sound amazing as well due to the amp's ability to genuinely replicate the true tone of the guitar.

-0.5 stars for the metal tones. Maybe more my fault than the amp's, but I was unable to produce a searing, thrashy, chunky metal tone. I tried 6 high gain metal pedals. I used a variety of eq pedals to help... I tried 4 different speaker cabinets... Nothing. All the high gain metal stuff was less than good. I'm not saying it's impossible, I just couldn't do it.

-0.5 stars for the speaker outputs. 8 ohm minimum which means you can use 2-16 ohm cabinets, or 1-8 ohm cabinet. There is a warning in the owner's manual NOT to use 2-8 ohm cabinets. I would say that 8 ohm cabs are probably the most popular, so your options are limited for adding cabinets to fill out a room. Not a big deal, but still.