NA Range 120 Guitar Amplifier

The other classic British sound.

Well made "Classic" with some modern (additional fx) improvements.

One of the best and most authentically sounding Orange amp simulations, I have heard up to now.

The amp istelf at first glance - and if you do not already know it - looks very puristic, but the sounds are not at all, rather very, very flexibly adjustable.

I always have been a fan of Hi/Lo inputs, the F.A.C. control is a gem, so I always had been surprised, why it never has been used in a lot of other amps. The principle is simple, different, switchable coupling capacitors, which control the bass intensity, here after the first two gain stages, as far, as I know. A Baxandall tone control is the next gem, as it allows, if you know, how to adjust it properly, not only good bass and treble but also midrange control, lower the controls, and you get some sort of fake-mid-boost, increase them, and you get some mid scoop and in between a nice flat response too, technically the mids remain untouched, but you can boost or cut bass and treble intensively and therefore you can adjust very different frequency curves. HF Drive, as some sort of Presence does a good job and Gain of course also does, what it should.

Nice pre- and post-fx section, ok, two compressors I do not really need, also not, as Orange amps anyway do not react as dynamically as Marshalls, but Noise Gate, a very flexibly adjsutable Doubler and 808 Octane are really good additions. Post-fx delay and reverb do a good job, although I had preferred a tape echo (Echoplex or Copicat) and a spring reverb, but ok. The equalizer can be helpful for more complex sound shaping or for some precise HP/LP filtering, on the other hand the amp's tone controls mostly also can do the job for me. But still nice for adjusting a different voicing, no doubt.

The built-in cabinets work fine, alternatively you can use the IR loader.

The sound quality is excellent, a nice alternative to a vintage Marshall, similar in some ways, different in others, so there are reasons, why Orange amps still are popular and used today. This one is a nice vintage variation, but even rocks nicely standalone, if you look for hotter and heavier sounds, use the 808 Octane or a external overdrive/distortion pedal and you also are there.

A more solid, more balanced sound, warm, bluesy or even jazzy cleans and full bodied (British) overdrive to heavy overdrive sounds, which nevertheless can offer more than enough treble bite and offer an excellent (passive) bass-tightness control too. So all, you really need in my opinion, even in 2025.

But - and this is an advantage for me - you either like the sound of Orange amps or you do not. They have their own, unique character and do not try to please every taste and Orange also always did their own thing, independent of any mainstream hypes and developments. (If you like Marshall and Hiwatt sounds, you most probably also will like Orange sounds, if you like Fender/Mesa Boogie sounds, maybe not so much.).

The real amp is a 120W beast without Master, as a plugin this hardly is a problem, but maybe another reason, to use the plugin instead of the real amp.

A must have for Orange fans, I think and also for me, as I the last Nembrini releases had not been so much my taste. This one is it again and included pre- and post-fx sections are nice additions too! Well done.