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100W Solid-state Amplifier Head, 2-channel JFET Preamp, 3-band EQ, CabSim Speaker Emulation, Fully Buffered FX Loop - Orange
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Great Tube Punch in a Small Solid-state Amp Head

Orange's Super Crush 100 Amplifier Head is a solid-state workhorse packing 100 watts of tube-emulated power. Building off their successful Crush Pro, the Super Crush 100 compact design features a 2-channel JFET preamp and a 100-watt power amp that pair to make it sound like you're really wailing on a giant tube amp. Equipped with four stages of gain, a passive 3-band EQ, and Orange's aggressive Dirty Channel, the Super Crush gives you plenty of headroom on your clean tones while shaping your overdrive to just the right level of classic Orange grit. Sweetwater guitarists are blown away by the Super Crush's CabSim speaker emulation, an analogue filter with the potential to bestow the sound of a 2 x 12-inch cabinet on your unsuspecting audience. Switch into Cab Back mode to select between an open- or closed-back cab sound, and get creative with your sound projection by running an 8-ohm/16-ohm cab into one speaker output, or run your 16-ohm cab through both speaker outputs. Add a bit of Orange's built-in reverb and a fully buffered FX loop, and the Super Crush 100 will deliver your ideal British-flavored tones.

High-quality, powerful tube emulation

Borrowing the successful 100-watt Class A/B power amp of their Pedal Baby 100, Orange has voiced the Super Crush 100 to vividly mimic the warm, powerful punch of a tube amplifier. Using finely engineered analog circuitry, the Super Crush delivers serious British character. It features a balanced XLR output powered by Orange's CabSim speaker emulation technology, offering you the powerful punch of a 2 x 12-inch cabinet. The Super Crush even takes it one step further with a switchable Cab Back setting that allows you to craft your ideal direct sound with the choice between both open- and closed-back cabinet emulation.

Great gain and versatile tone shaping

Your ideal Orange tube tones are easily accessible, thanks to the Super Crush's two independent, all-analog preamp channels. Your clean channel is just as bright as you'd expect it to be, offering a 2-stage design with tons of vintage flavor. You'll get not only the satisfaction of shimmering headroom, but fat and bluesy tones when you crank the volume. The Super Crush's overdrive is designed to work hard, too, boasting an angry 4-stage gain control in the Dirty Channel. Additionally the passive 3-band EQ makes crafting your ideal tone a snap, from chiming clean sounds to gritty, high-gain metal.

Making the most of each effect and watt

The Super Crush is packed with an onboard digital reverb, generating a vintage, springy ambience to top off any tone. If you're itching to add your own pedals to the mix, then the Super Crush's transparent and fully buffered FX loop can accommodate whatever signal chain you throw at it without compromising your tone. And when you want to test the power potential of your Super Crush, experiment with one of three cab configurations to deliver a stunning vintage-tube sound. You can choose between one 8-ohm cab through one speaker output, one 16-ohm cab through one output, or two 16-ohm cabs through both outputs to maximize every watt and deliver your perfect tone with clarity and presence.

Orange Super Crush 100 Amplifier Head Features:

  • Footswitchable for convenient onstage channel controlling
  • 100W Class A/B power amp and 2-channel JFET preamp for heavy-hitting power and presence
  • Built-in tube emulation technology mimicking that vintage Orange tube sound
  • 3-band EQ with 4 stages of gain, developing as many finely tuned clean tones and as much gritty overdrive as you desire
  • CabSim speaker emulation packs in the sound of a 2 x 12-inch cabinet
  • Cab Back selector allows for even more customization of your simulated cabinet sound
  • Built-in reverb and fully buffered FX loop for vintage ambience and easy pedalboard compatibility
  • 2 speaker outputs for potential 8-ohm and 16-ohm cab configurations

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Solid State
  • Number of Channels: 2
  • Total Power: 100W Class A/B
  • Reverb: Yes
  • EQ: 3-band EQ
  • Inputs: 1 x 1/4"
  • Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (8/16 ohms), 1 x XLR (DI)
  • Effects Loop: Yes
  • Footswitch I/O: 2 x 1/4" (channel/reverb)
  • Footswitch Included: No
  • Construction Material: Birch Plywood with Orange Tolex
  • Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable
  • Height: 9.6"
  • Width: 21.65"
  • Depth: 9.06"
  • Weight: 24.6 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: SUPER-CRUSH-100-H

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Rated 5/5

Awesome Amp…Period!

I was a tube snob for many years. I've owned most of the quality tube amp brands. Orange has changed the game for me. The Super Crush 100 is simply a great sounding guitar amp, without even considering whether it's tube or not, or how much it costs. It has just the right amount of input reactivity for me. Not too little, and not too much like some tube rectified amps I've owned. The available interaction of the channel volumes and the master volume allows for a very broad selection of tones. The onboard digital reverb is very useful and somewhat unique. It starts out sounding like a hall type reverb and can end up sounding like a splashy spring reverb when turned way up. I'm really happy with this purchase and don't feel I settled for something that's "almost". Get yourself one…I don't think you'll regret it one bit. Thanks goes out to my sales engineer, Jim Ridings, and the rest of the Sweetwater team for another perfect guitar gear buying experience!
Music background: Retired guy still rockin!
Rated 5/5

DOES DOOM/HEAVY METAL VERY EASILY

PROS:
80's traditional doom tone
Loud
$ after taxes
Lots of good gain
Flexible EQ
No overdrive needed
Has effects loop
Solid build
Sounds full on single notes
Sounds tight on palm mutes
Tracks well playing fast
Sounds exceptionally good even when video recording myself with an Android.


Cons:
Requires noise suppressor in effects loop and front input or will produce lots of noise
Doesn't come with channel/reverb footswitch

Settings I love
MASTER VOL ANYWHERE
VOL CRANKED
MID CRANKED
BASS CRANKED
TREBLE ANYWHERE
REVERB OFF
Music background: Doom/Heavy Metal
Rated 5/5

Orange Super Crush 100 head

This amp completely blew me away. The iconic Orange sound in an up-to-date solid state which mimics the the Rockerverb MKIII tube amp. Reasonably priced & fast delivery.
I found my sound, my Citrus friends.
Music background: Guitarist - Wicked Puppet
Rated 5/5

Gear on a budget

Hello out there. Let me say I'm new to buying gear online. I'm old-school and prefer to find it in a store and turn it up. Unfortunately those good mom and pop stores ate gone. Guitar center is a whole Lotta crap. I was seeing these ads for sweetwater and thinking wow, they have it all. I'm in a streetpunk band In ca. While we have jobs we also have debts and kids that take a big bite out of the fun budget. Recently I needed a new bass cabinet. I play ampeg exclusively. I decided I wanted the new 6×10 as my old 4×10 was great but too short I had to stoop to use the handle. It was out of stock everywhere. Somewhere I must have asked sweetwater to notify me when it was available. They did. They got it in before anyone else I saw. Then! I saw they had a payment plan. That was very tempting . So tempting it pushed me over the edge and I pulled the trigger. They sent it right away. I had it in a few days and man does it kick, no hidden fees no problems. I found out I have an agent named Mathew who is such a great asset. Any question no matter how silly it sounded to me was taken seriously. Next I decided my guitar needed a better sound. The new supercrush 100 looked soo good on youtube reviews. Bang I had just payed off the ampeg and now I have the orange s.c.100
It's soo easy to have top gear with sweetwater.
Let me say that again. We are a punk band with great gear on a budget. Yes I could have paid full price at one time if I ordered it at g.c. but you never know. I do construction and work is spotty. It has been a blessing to have sweetwater to make this happen. It's so easy and affordable. BTW holy crap is it a good amp.the tone and sustain is amazing
Next were gonna bring in a little ska and we are gonna get the yamaha reface . With the help of the sweetwater staff to help me understand the differences between electric organ and synthasizers. I can't say how much Mr. Lemarch and sweetwater has changed my mind about on line gear. I hope this is helpful to any musician or a struggling g punk or metal band who doesn't have mommy to buy your gear.
Music background: Rock and roll highschool
Rated 5/5

It’s not just a hard rock amp

I'm floored. I did a trade in of an old Mesa lunchbox amp and grabbed this and some other things clean and clear at a local dealer (sorry SW).

This amp is flat out great. Everyone will crank the dirt channel and go chug on it, but back it off and/or play it with low output pickups and you're in JCM800 territory for all your rock classics.

But the killer vibe is the all pedal platform the clean channel can be. With the channel volume dimed, it's kind of edge of edge of breakup. Like it gets hair on its skin but doesn't quit go all dog on you. It might with higher output pickups, but my guitars don't have those (Tele, Strat, Hollowbody).

Either channel, the sound us punchy and clear. The guys I've been playing with since I got it (including one who has 12 "dream collection" amps) couldn't believe it was solid state. With the tone controls at noon-ish, I've never really had to make an adjustment.

Pedals sound great. Fuzz, distortion, overdrives all work perfectly. The effects loop hasn't been tried because it just hasn't. The built in reverb leaves nothing to be desired. We mic'd my open back 2x12, with Vintage 30s, and recorded the cab sim output…they were so close it wasn't a fight. Not exactly the same, but nothing we wouldn't naturally EQ a little differently anyhow.

Medium weight, so easy to load in and out.

I can't believe this thing has stayed at $. I'm waiting for the gotcha and it does show up. Highly recommend!!!
Music background: I’ve done it all except succeed
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