Orange Crush Bass 50 1x12 Combo, Orange

Orange Crush Bass 50 1x12 Combo, Orange Overview

The Orange Crush Bass 50 is the middle of the range in the Crush Bass family. It balances the tone and features that you expect from Orange with the essentials of a practice rig. The Crush Bass 50 is a great practice amp whether you’re playing in your home studio, jamming with friends, and it could even work for small gigs.

The Orange Crush 50 has a 12” speaker and a ported cabinet, allowing for an improved low-end response. There’s also a headphone output with the CabSim feature, emulating the sound of Orange’s OBC bass speaker cabinets so you’ll still get the great Orange tone even when you’re playing with headphones on to not disturb housemates or neighbours. The aux input is handy for beginners who want to learn to play along with backing tracks from their smartphone.

The Orange Crush 50 has an active EQ section with a parametric midband, which means you have more control over the frequencies. There’s also Gain and Blend controls which let you get the harmonics and distortion you’d find in guitar amps, combined with the low-end bass tones, so you can get a fuller sound. These can also be switched in with the optional Orange FS1 Footswitch, sold separately. Other features include a buffered effects loop so you can play with your favourite pedals, and a built-in tuner, letting you spend more time playing and less time tuning up!

The Orange Crush Bass 50 1x12 Combo is also available in Black

For the best experience, partner with the Orange FS1 Footswitch (sold separately) for added functionality and control.

Fancy an upgrade? The Orange Crush Bass 100 1x15 Combo has 100W of power, 15" speaker, and a balanced output to connect to a PA

Overview by Orange

MODERN TO VINTAGE

From warm modern cleans, through to vintage grind and all the way up to full-on distorted mayhem, the Crush Bass 50 combines the essentials of a practice rig with tone and features normally reserved for the pros. The Crush Bass 50 draws inspiration from our flagship OB1 and 4 Stroke amplifiers, bringing some of the defining elements of each into a compact combo.

Like the rest of the Crush Bass range, this 50 Watt model delivers bold and punchy lows courtesy of its analogue circuitry and ported cabinet. The extremely flexible active EQ section includes a sweepable parametric mid band, allowing players to shape their signature sound without limitations. For even more versatility, the interactive Gain and Blend controls are primed for creating enormous ‘bi-amped’-style tones with ease, adding extra harmonics and variable levels of grit to the core bass tone. They can also be switched in remotely using the optional footswitch. Other handy features include a buffered effects loop, integrated tuner, aux. input and a headphone output with our Cabsim circuitry.

POWERFUL ACTIVE PARAMETRIC EQ

The Crush Bass 50 features an EQ circuit inspired by our prestigious 4 Stroke Series amplifiers. At its centre is a parametric mid band. This presents players with a much greater degree of control over the sound than a traditional EQ, allowing them to vary the frequencies they want hear. The mid band covers a wide range, sweeping from 300Hz (fully counter-clockwise) to 2.7kHz (fully clockwise), meaning this amp can be fine tuned to suit any musical style. The active circuitry allows for up to 15dB of boost or cut on the bass and middle frequencies, and up to 20dB on the treble side.

BLEND & GAIN

Lifted straight from our popular OB1 Series amps, the Blend and Gain controls are a nod to the many bass players who experiment with guitar and bass amps simultaneously. In this ‘bi-amped’ setup, layers of harmonics and distortion from the guitar amp are blended with the core bass tone to create the ultimate full-range live sound. The Crush Bass 50’s Gain and Blend controls create the same effect in a single package, adding extra bite and crispness to the tone at lower gain settings, right up to all-out filth with the dials cranked. These controls can also be engaged remotely with the optional FS-1 footswitch, ideal for fattening your tone on the fly.

ANALOGUE DESIGN & PORTED CABINET

The Crush Bass series delivers fat, rounded sound thanks to an all analogue signal path. The Crush Bass 50 houses a 12” speaker with a reflex port for improved low-end response. The buffered effects loop has been engineered for maximum transparency, ensuring your pedal arsenal will perform to its peak.

CABSIM HEADPHONE OUTPUT, AUX INPUT & CHROMATIC TUNER

The headphone output features our Cabsim circuitry which emulates the response of our stage-ready OBC bass speaker cabinets during silent practice. This signal can also be sent to a console for seriously authentic direct recording. The Aux. Input allows for connecting external audio sources for backing tracks whilst the handy onboard tuner makes for quick tune-ups between jams.