“The Orange is kind of a one trick pony. It’s a good trick, but still. The distortion tones are dark and sludgy. I had one for a hot minute but quickly got tired of it.”

42% of 12 verified owners recommend the Orange Crush 35RT, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
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“The Orange is kind of a one trick pony. It’s a good trick, but still. The distortion tones are dark and sludgy. I had one for a hot minute but quickly got tired of it.”
“Who ever put a tuner inside an amp is a genius”
“It sounds great with a Metal Zone in the effects loop tho, does Kill 'em All tone for days.”
“this amp is tooo loud for a bedroom 😂 but to thin for a stage. dirty channel is very cool but i like the send return channel.”
“It's tones are very good. It's not as versatile as other amp in its price range (built in fx etc) but it's focused on quality sound is the best.”
“The 35RT looks cool and sounds good at moderate volume but if you crank it it doesn’t sound great.”
“Some of the best amps I've heard at bar gigs were 25-30w (including solid state amps) and many of them were *not* miked.”
“It does get dirtier, but still not nearly as distorted as I like. Hardly gets a rock tone.”
“if you mix the dirty in the gains too much, you can hear, popping and crackling at least on mine”
“I’ve owned one of these for years. It’s a great amp for clean sounds. The dirty channel is a bit limited but the FX loop makes the amp very versatile.”
“a higher quality (4 ohms) speaker brings the tone to a professional level. I modded mine with a Jensen C12N.”
“Clean sounds great, but the gain is too fizzy sounding.”
“it’s decent for what it is”
“I may need to sell all my practice amps for this...”
“TIENE INPUT JACK FLOJO.”
“I personally like the muffled sound because I play shoegaze. Shits amazing for bars”
“The crush sounds better for your current situation but the o'tone might have more total volume on tap and room to grow with pedals.”
“In my opinion, I own the 35rt and its my favorite practice bedroom amp - solid cleans and the distortion is nice too for practicing and demoing. However the 10" speaker really neuters that nice thick-mid saturated gain that Orange is known for.”
“the sound that made me buy a 35rt.”
“I have the 35rt and it more than has enough volume to be heard. I had to turn it down because it was too loud!”
“It is very good and LOUD. But the tone is a bit "plastic", been pondering if speaker change would improve it.”
“Nice amp but way too loud for home. Crush 20 better for home.”
“One of the sweetest sounding and yet straight to the point practice amps with some real punch!”
“She can get loud, but my 15 Watt Princeton is still louder.”
Practical notes owners raise — setup, quirks, and issues to watch for. They don't say whether the person likes the product, so they're not counted in the score, but they inform the pros, cons, and who it's for.
“crush has a built in drive channel, o’tone does not.”