History
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2000 - The Crush Guitar Package
Cliff Cooper – Founder & CEO The Crush Guitar Package featured an entrance-level solid body electric guitar and the Orange Crush CR10 combo….then came the Crush Bass range, with a black speaker grille. Orange Guitar Pack CR20B CR35B Damon Waller...
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1999 - Custom Shop: Early Days
The Custom Shop AD5 combo The AD5 was a much-lauded Custom Shop combo, which has since become sought after by collectors. Only 64 were ever made. In 2003, a PCB production version of the AD5 was launched and a third edition was...
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1998 - The Ad Series is Launched
Damon Waller – Former Managing Director We made the AD30 head without reverb, the AD30R 2×12 combo with reverb, and the AD15 combo with a 10” or a 12” speaker [AD 15/10 and AD 15/12]. We then made a twin...
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1997 - The Second Coming
The OTR Denmark Street, London 1997:Noel Gallagher suggests changes to the Overdrive, which are then incorporated in the OTR Noel Gallagher Ade Emsley – Technical Director Noel Gallagher was using his Orange amp almost exclusively on the early Oasis albums...
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1993 - The Orange Gibson Years
OR120 Reissued Production ended at Bexleyheath in 1979 when OMI was forced to close. This was a direct consequence of two major overseas distributors going into liquidation within a short space of time. However, Cliff Cooper continued to build and...
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1979 - The New Look Series Two
Mick Dines – Production Manager In the late 1970s the music world had moved on from the psychedelic, hippy 1960s. It was my feeling that our amplifiers and cabinets looked a bit dated and were in need of a facelift....
