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Title: Speaker for an Orange Micro Dark and a guitar with Super Distortion/PAF Pro?
Post by: Rabelais on March 04, 2018, 09:22:15 PM
I know, I know. A fat sounding amp with a fat sounding bridge pickup/clear neck pup. I’ve only been able to hear the combination through the cab sim headphone out, and I find myself dialing the shape knob on the scooped side. I use a Boss SD-1 to tighten things up a bit. Which tight sounding speaker would complement the combination?. V-30 or similar speakers come to mind, but I would like your opinions. Of course, an SD/PAF Pro combo through a Micro Dark means hard rock and Metal.
Title: Re: Speaker for an Orange Micro Dark and a guitar with Super Distortion/PAF Pro?
Post by: buddroyce on May 11, 2018, 10:52:55 PM
Hard to say but V30's would definitely be a good place to start.
Title: Re: Speaker for an Orange Micro Dark and a guitar with Super Distortion/PAF Pro?
Post by: Guitar74 on September 13, 2019, 12:31:53 PM
V30s. I had them in a Hughes and Kettner cab back in the early 90s. Once they broke in, man those things were GREAT!
Title: Re: Speaker for an Orange Micro Dark and a guitar with Super Distortion/PAF Pro?
Post by: HarlowTheFish on September 13, 2019, 01:11:37 PM
V30s, if you want something more traditional, or a newer Marshall cab, something like the JVM2x12, those are pretty bright. If you want something a little more modern, the DV Mark Neoclassic cabs are really high wattage, pretty bright, and sound really even across the spectrum which gives you a lot of tone shaping options with your amp.
Title: Re: Speaker for an Orange Micro Dark and a guitar with Super Distortion/PAF Pro?
Post by: darkbluemurder on October 30, 2019, 05:53:34 AM
Very true but some speakers are more suited to specific amps (such as the V30 or the EVM 12) whereas others are pretty good allrounders (like the Jensen Neos which - to my ears - work well with many amps).

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: Speaker for an Orange Micro Dark and a guitar with Super Distortion/PAF Pro?
Post by: Guitar74 on February 25, 2021, 11:54:15 AM
I know, I know. A fat sounding amp with a fat sounding bridge pickup/clear neck pup. I've only been able to hear the combination through the cab sim headphone out, and I find myself dialing the shape knob on the scooped side. I use a Boss SD-1 to tighten things up a bit.

You may be scooping with the shape knob, but with the sd-1 you are getting a upper mid bump much like a ts-9. It kind of makes sense as too much of one frequency can start to sound a little boxy. If I recall correctly from when I worked for an Orange retailer, the 412 cabs we had were loaded with V30s which sounded great with their 30 watt tube head that had the shape control instead of a full range of tone controls. Great amps.