I’ve noticed a trend growing among bands I’ve seen in person and online lately that has me fairly excited. Mixed in amongst the Mesa Rectifiers and Marshall DSL’s and TSL’s were some boldly colored and amazing sounding amplifiers. Orange amps have finally started reaching the younger crowd and aren’t being considered an earlier generation’s boutique amp (all thought the price tag still reflects that they are). It’s usually hard to tell from off stage, but I have confirmed sightings of the Orange Rockerverb  and the Orange Thunderverb amps with matching 4×12 cabinets. Both are geared toward a player looking for much more gain saturation than Orange amps of past provided, and boy do they deliver by the ton. For you’re listening pleasure, or to fire up your GAS, Guitar World has provided us with yet another useful video showing the wide tonal range of the Orange Thunderverb 50 head:

For more on these amps, visit Orange Amplifiers.

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If you’re like me and into modern hard rock, you should be familiar with Alkaline Trio (If you’re not, get your ass to their Myspace page and never admit that you didn’t recognize them). All kidding aside, guitarist Matt Skiba is a very influential songwriter and one hell of a guitar player for Alkaline Trio. His tone is quite unique so I was very happy to see this video posted on Guitar World’s YouTube channel allowing him to show off his guitar gear. You’ll see his live guitar setup which is as sweet as anyone could ask for. Enjoy.

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