Riff Blister said:
I've always wondered how the Rockverb stacks up against a Stiletto.
It's kind of been on my wish list.
I played them A/B style whilst shopping for amps. Brand new Stiletto Deuce and an Orange Rockerverb 100. Mesa OS 412 for both. Les Paul straight into the front. I really wanted to like the Mesa as I'm an unabashed Mesa ***** but the Orange destroyed the Stiletto in every way. It was fatter, warmer, ballsier, sounded better in general and it almost didn't matter how you tweaked the knobs on the Orange, it still sounded incredible. I dropped the cash right then and there and walked out with it. Ironically, it sounds even better on my buddies Egnater cab so I'll most likely be buying that cab and using my 212 for my DC-5.
A buddy of mine's got a RK II and for me, the Orange is better, but it's apples vs. oranges... heh heh...
Seriously, I had a Dual Rec (older 2 channel, ser # in the 800's) and on good days it was killer but for the most part it was a really hard amp to live with.
The Orange on the other hand is more Marshall-esque, but it's definitely got its own vibe. It's less compressed than the current high gain Marshalls (I A/Bd it against the Kerry King JCM800 and the JVM and it destroyed them both) It's just a big, fat, warm, punchy sound that works for all sorts of music.
Last night we took it to the local GC to try out Les Pauls (friend is looking for one) and used the Orange and my Les Paul as a baseline. The manager is a buddy of mine and plugged in a really nice strat and starts playing SRV tunes on the dirty channel and it sounded just like Stevie. Great amp all around.
