All user reviews for the Orange #4 Jim Root Terror Head

Lamp at all! 7w/15W
An effects loop, 2x8 and 1x16 Ohms Ohms output.
Easy adjustment: Volume, High, Medium, Low, Gain. (FYI, the dark terror of the preamp uses Thunderverb while the latter uses the rockverb preamp, amp Jim!)
Configuration at the top! It lacks a switchable clean channel!

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, you put everything in the middle and it sounds serious!
You can get a large range of sound quite easily.

SOUNDS

I play mostly metal, Djent and blues. This amp is perfect for what I do! One can get such sounds 6505, Krank, Engl quite easily I think. I use it with either a Mesa 4x12 or a 1x12 Engl 90s, while Celestion V30.
I play it with an Agile 8 strings, a Jackson RR3 and a custom Draco. The amp brings out the grain and character of the guitar.

OVERALL OPINION

I am very happy! It really has a very aggressive sound and can be changed very easily. One can also get a nice little crunch that cleans.
Lamps start around 10 seconds to heat which is more than reasonable!
All metal frame, carrying case, reasonable power, ideal for repeat and play at home!
It lacks a clean channel! But hey, in the light of the quality of the first, it will not complain!

Any single channel amp lamp
7 watts 15 watts in switchable
Effects loop drivée by a lamp 12 AT7
Classic 3 band EQ: Treble, Mid, Bass
Speaker output 8 or 16 ohm

UTILIZATION

Ultra simple setup: a single channel, it's plug and play: you plug it sounds.

SOUNDS

The clean sound is not his specialty, although it may have its charm he will never have enough power to play in groups.

It quickly crunch in the first third of the race gain at 12 is already in sounds so muscular stoner past 13h one enters the large saturation, always with a typical grain: very very biting midrange and bass fuzz .

I use a dinky Jacskon DK2M and Ibanez Darkstone, and I still get very easily what I want:
crunchy blues (awesome single microphone), the mad and generous saturation through the muscular rock, punk or stoner.

I have not tried a lot of pedals (chorus boss, Blackstar HT Dist, Lemon Squeeze Modtone) but it is always passed without problems, the wheat from the amp to the air to accept the pedals live. As against the effects loop seems a tad messy, one wonders what brings the lamp by comparing with the effects loop of a Peavey Classic 30 and even a Peavey Bandit 112.

The EQ does a very good job especially in the midrange knob is very progressive and affects damn about the general color of his: to navigate between the U.S. (scooped mids) and English (mediums background) very easily with the always personality and quite dynamic.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 months now, on a 4X12 cab Hughes and Kettner Vintage series.

The -
Its not really usable clean
Mono channel
Questionable effect loop?

The +
The format can be lugging around with the bag comes with.
Power level is terrible, you can rub any drummer. For clubs it goes to the big plate anyway will put a microphone in front.
At the sound can tackle any style of rock / metal and even blues or funk still crunchy with lots of character and grain, so try before you buy because you either fall in love or hate you.

For the price / quality ratio I see in the long term, it is made in China so there's always a little apprehension in any case I do it again this choice without hesitation, because his level and look and it has to face.

Amps Lamps manufacturer data cf.
15watts switchable in 7watts.
No effect.
Volume
Standby
Loop effect.
3 band eq (bass / mid / treble) and is c.
Made in china.
Finish chick but it seems very well assembled.

UTILIZATION

Very simple. Plug and play.
No need for instructions.

SOUNDS

Warning this amp isn versatile in the sense that the sound is clear unusable group as not powerful enough.

So very rock sound is obtained. Big crunch powerful.
Personally I use it with the gain halfway:
It gives a powerful sound quite grainy with a nice grain british (but fairly typical)
(Must imperatively be tested before large volume purchase)

Ideal for the music I play in a group (90's rock) like "faith no more" smashing "coughed.
Perfect as pr punk rock to "bad religion" and also for the noize (Refused) or the stoner ..
After that will depend of the guitar but it works well with a humbucker or strat (playing the guitar volume.
0n can also be used for rock 70's also moderating the gain.

Beyond half the gain is going to distortion. C is not my thing but metaleux will find their account without problems.

OVERALL OPINION

I do not use it for a long time but I was immediately hooked to her.
It sounds terrible!
Honestly I was gone for a test orange AD30 (which sounds great too) but I did not like I found the smooth sound .. more mat. Not convinced ... In any case it does m apportai tiendr more than what I had in gear.

Before leaving I have asked (without much hope) àvessayer that I took for a toy .. This tt jim root.
after the test I have dropped to my preconceptions (related to metal design and the signature of the amp)
We can do many things with this amp as it's still rock.
Are not 50 sounds but if you like the grain is happiness.
Sounds very well with the cab jim root.
But i have tested it with my mesa 1x12 cab and it does it well too.
Therefore resumé good rock amp with good momentum, which readily accepts effects (od in frontage) more im a boycle effect.
For those who fear the 15 watts ... There's plenty to do for group play c is guaranteed!
I (and I had) a lot of amp (engl fireball, JCM900, peavey, Laboga)
This one I did not need it but it really put me on the ass (maybe it is made to go with my reverend daredevil? ..) Suddenly I broke down and I bought it. ..
Still, it is a bit expensive I think (I did not take the cab either)
I remake that choice because I have other amps for clean sounds.
This is a personal opinion but I prefer to 10fois engl fireball for example.
This is a very good surprise for me. But try before you buy with sonmatos.

Tube amp format compact. Switch 7/15Watts very valuable, especially in an apartment. One channel very dynamic, just enough to highlight the good pedals.

UTILIZATION

Using very simple because of single channel. Conventional connections.

SOUNDS

Sound level, I'm on your ass! Not really a fan of nasty distortion, or even groups or Jim Root officiating, I really fell in love with this head. I had not even taken the step of at Orange, but this head has serious connotations English American. The grain is very friendly, the dynamic copy. Following the attack can go from clean to crunch one very runny. It has a slightly more violent side my head Cornoford. The two combine for a great stereo configuration.

OVERALL OPINION

Nothing to say, it is a single head, cute and full of qualities.
The speaker Jim Root is also of very good quality.

An incredible value for money for all fans of rock and metal sounds.

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UTILIZATION

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OVERALL OPINION

Good advertising will not be good for either the head or a little to the Thomann store (can do better for the latter but it could be worse).

Or how to lose a day ...

So everything started well with a purchase of a super head Orange Jim Root! Read some great tests, and some cool sounds on youtube, cool!

I start by calling the store at Saint Ouen Musikia to make sure he did well stocked book and, yes awesome!

I go, drive a few miles anyway.

Purchase and return.

Test once returned, catastrophe, its very small, when you go stand by the huge plocs HP (thank you for it ...), even feeble sound thoroughly unpleasant saturation.
I call Saint Ouen and explained the problem, I pass the "you are sure to have connected with a speaker cable?", Etc. Yes, I insist I'm sure everything!
So I wonder if I can return it for an exchange or refund ...
Well ... No! Not in Saint Ouen, there is the filing and sales, no service nothing even recovery of faulty hardware purchased 2h ago not possible, super!

What should you do then? Go to service store in Paris! Not great next door and go over a Saturday afternoon drive in the center of Paris j'vous not tell the galley ... I therefore call on the service of Paris, like some questions and they tell me to bring it ...

So I will glue RER, I give you transportation to the hand of the amp head in the box, a little muscle still qqs kgs 7 or 8 with a square package!

I arrived on the scene and go to the service. The guy actually there's a pb tests, he said he will make a comeback! What? An amp that just bought does not work, and I have to wait more than a return service etc etc
I finally insisted he tries all the lights one by one from the amp to see if there is a defective, for he wants to change one but all it will not pass if this is the store that pays while it is the distributor who should pay. Great and the customer in all that it can poireauter?

So he tries to do anything that is not a pb lamps but a problem with the amp it will not. And that's not all! There it but one more slots to accommodate a lamp is poorly done on the amp (Chinese quality control missed Yes yes it is made in China despite the price!!). So I said the wrong slot is making it the force at different times to try to get the lamp, he twisted twice small metal tabs of the lamp to finally take another and press very hard before it returns.

So two bad points for the amp + an unknown problem a manufacturing defect slots to accommodate the lamp + something else???
Ah this stage I am more worried than anything else, the amp seems to suffer from many flaws and I do not want a repair: telling me that I should not have plenty of other pbs ...

I request a full refund. It's ok no problem for the store (phew anyway!).
Upon repayment last surprise, not blue card repayment it can not be like that, only cash! Great with me lugging such a sum in cash not great, plus I have the right to a 500 euro (it had better be a good one, I had never seen ...) I do not know where I'm stuck with a 500 euro note? FOr buy a wand can be ...

So here is short, I was a little hesitant to purchase despite knowing that it was the price of the made in China, attention possible surprises ...

And just for fun, and end the day, I could not get in RER there was a power failure, traffic stopped, I can call a "friend" ...

FMyLife?

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Amp head all tube 15/7 watts.
1 channel
3 lamps 12AX7
2 EL84
+ 1 lamp 12AT7 in the effects loop
1 volume
One acute
1 medium
1 bass
1 gain
2 8ohm outputs
1 output 16ohm

UTILIZATION

Use of this amp is super simple. Obtained very quickly SON But no matter which one. (Read more below)

SOUNDS

The style of this amp is the metal san doubt. To play rock, his past, his clean the case. Moreover for group play, the clean one forgets Not powerful enough. on the other hand for the metal, it is awesome. And powerful enough. No worries. IT is true that the orange grain is special but when you love ... It's cool but tried ABSOLUTELY.
I use it with an Ibanez IC400 rise emg81/60 brunetti and baffle 12 inches. (The speaker that goes with being too expensive for me)
And attention to breath when you push the gain above 6. Guitar without problems mass required.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for the month of August and I do not regret my Marshall VS100 even if it was a good amp for my taste. But the heat lamps that changes everything.
I tried TubeMeister 18 at Hughes and Kettner (very well indeed) the Egnater Rebel 20. The tiny Terror. But Jim Root has really bleuffé.
The popping sound is killer. Only Default: The lack of a second channel for true clean but good.
I remake this choice even for 15 watts it's a little expensive but when you hear that the beast can get ... We understand.

See orange site.

Ah if the loop is definitely a plus!

UTILIZATION

I use this little head comes down to my home room, and repeated a few scenes ...
Its format is very pleasant for transportation, it is a long time heads of 100 watts!
The fact that there are "only" 15 watts (or 7) gene in any rehearsals with a good drummer, just plug the terror of a good 2 * 12 and hop while moving.

This gives a good sound very quickly, the equa noon is already very good.

speaking of the equa, it is progressive and plays a lot on the sound.

I use it in the clean and saturated.
One might think that this terror is intended just metal and other heavy sounds good, but no! the clean (aided by the effects loop) is very flattering. Of course it is necessary to play on the volume and the gain of the amplifier.

I put 9 because that who played on the VHT and Bogner ... it is difficult to see why 10 )

SOUNDS

The sound ... hummm yes yes yes this is good, I like the sound signature.
Tried on a 2 * 12 cab V30 and orange bin is big it's heavy it's trambler and it is scary!
Cab on my 2 * 12 VHT Deliverance, more in your face, it pierces into the mix, it is very defined, full of dynamics, in short it is as good!

all in good saturated fat!

right after the "I'm a plaiz equa v and the gain on 12"! we will look more closely.

we will focus on the saturated, you can go rock gentillait the right to see even big metal death just playing on the knobs and without adding any pedal.
Then thanks to the effects loop, you can engage in solo with chorus and delay, it goes easy eazy!
If you want more awesome sound, you can add a équalo (KFK mxr one for me) and the fact that serious at serious!

The small gain boost on a 13-14h with a TS like really gives very good results.

I can say that for me all my guitars go well ... I played with a strat time machine and clean are just great, the crunch very dynamic.
52 tv with it bites, it twang well as it should, and you can even consider big sound ...

The gibson les paul give themselves to their hearts content, low out very very well, palm mute assoment ... and those mounted active, well we fit in the big metal without any problems.

Anyway the amp very well respected guitar and microphone type associated.

Its a little to get an idea ...


I will not deny that I do not use it exclusively, but that in almost saturated with whatever settings allow the beast.

Obviously, the grain must like orange! then it was not a blush next to the monsters and Bogner VHT / Fryette. While the sound signature is particular but it has very nice features and is very good work.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about 3 months and I must confess that the day I tested I stayed on my ass, I did not expect at all to have such a sound, I was delighted!

I was looking for a small amp can do metal after me being separated from my vht pittbul CL100 (which is amazing and I hope to find it one day ... ahhhhh), so I tried a lot of things, the marshall, the mesa, and the other shur orange terror in the series ... and also bogner (brixton and panama)

I fell for the brixton (which is terrible but not the same price range!) But I was missing a little something ... when suddenly I saw this JIM ROOT terror, although very little convinced by the other terror, I thought why not try this ...
Oh and I did well, and the equa we made a loop more compared to brixton, greater modularity has seduced me.
The grain of this terror is unique, but if you like ...

advice will try it, you will perhaps not attractive but it will not leave you without opinion, it is a head that deserves to be heard.