30% of 10 verified owners recommend the Orange Crush 35RT.
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“The Crush 35RT is cool for more laid back gigs if you're not competing with another guitarist in the band. I played one in a trio and it was superb, even on the clean channel.”
“The crush sounds better for your current situation but the o'tone might have more total volume on tap and room to grow with pedals.”
“The Orange is kind of a one trick pony. It’s a good trick, but still. The distortion tones are dark and sludgy. I had one for a hot minute but quickly got tired of it.”
“In my opinion, I own the 35rt and its my favorite practice bedroom amp - solid cleans and the distortion is nice too for practicing and demoing. However the 10" speaker really neuters that nice thick-mid saturated gain that Orange is known for.”
“Both the clean and dirty channel sounds are warm, fat and punchy, fooling you into thinking you're hearing a much bigger valve amp, rather than a compact solid-state combo.”
“The 35RT looks cool and sounds good at moderate volume but if you crank it it doesn’t sound great.”
“She can get loud, but my 15 Watt Princeton is still louder.”
“There’s nothing to ask from the amp’s priciest brothers: the Crush 35RT sounds like a big, fat valve tube amplifier.”
“It does get dirtier, but still not nearly as distorted as I like. Hardly gets a rock tone.”
“I loved my orange 35RT, great solid state- very much its own sound when it comes to gain, it sounds incredible.”
“crush has a built in drive channel, o’tone does not.”
“I've got no complaints about the OC, even with the 8" speaker, it sounds pretty awesome.”