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Given the recent re-birth of Matamp in WA circles, this seems a natural and currently topical inquiry. Were the Orange Matamps ever actually used in the studio, if so, when?-And what prompted you to quit using Matamps, too loud, too heavy, etc? Promise not to bother again with gear questions.
Jef
Hi Jef,
I think we were using Orange Matamps around the Argus period (early 70s). The original design was very clean and undistorted with a very rich mid-range, they were loud and clear but as the company became bigger they changed the design to a more crunchy distorted sound a la Marshall. These later amps are distinguished by the addition of symbols to indicate what the controls did. The distortion made them sound louder it seems. The original design was quite demanding in that it did not cover up any lack of technique and seemed to demand a very precise playing style which I would say was exactly what we wanted but maybe did not appeal to everyone. Remember at that time PA systems were pretty crude and by the time guitar cabs had been miked up and sent through fairly distorted PA equipment we found that we could reproduce our recorded sound better by having the source pretty clean. It was demanding to play on but worked well for us. I can remember p
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