Rockerverb 50 MKIII - 50-watt 2-channel Tube Head Review

Tone Monster

As someone who has skimped on getting an expensive head unit for over a decade because I thought I could supplement a lesser head with pedals, this is the real deal. Monster tone both clean and every which way distorted. The attenuator is a life saver for playing ball busting tones at merely ball tickling volumes. Seriously, the ability to play at midnight during a work week without… read more bothering the rest of the house has been critical to my enjoyment of this amp. There are multiple videos showcasing the range this distortion channel can pull off and yet somehow this is still understated in its versatility. This amp arrived quickly from Sweetwater taking four days from time of purchase. Unfortunately, one of the preamp tubes were cracked in transport, not for lack of Sweetwaters packaging, it was packaged in its factory packaging from Orange as well as packaged doubly in a Sweetwater box with air and foam spacers to secure it in place. Sweetwater was more than amenable to getting a new preamp tube my way at no cost to replace the broken one. All in all, 100% would recommend this amp and Sweetwater to all my friends.

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From chimey cleans to buzzsaw distortion

The gain on this thing could rip your face off, the clean channel is chimey like an AC30. I keep the gain a few notches below 12 O'clock and I get a smooth crunch. The attenuator allows me to play at literal bedroom levels with great tone intact. Does it have all the bells and whistles? No, but it's a real Orange from the UK and it completely rocks!

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ORANGE - Rockerverb 50 MK III - organic tube animal

Everything about my Orange Rockerverb 50 valve amp is incredible, simple and user friendly. You get to "go softly or rip off facial parts" just how I like to. For me, "This one goes straight from super clean to nasty leaving "eleven" in the dust." Then it can catch you softly before you fall and hurt your bad dumbfounded self and sing you to sleep too if you like. BTW I have only… read more played it thru an EV 1-12 so far... I won't be back after plugging into those four Celestion's ;-}) The only thing lacking {4.5 stars} is a balanced line out and better alignment of the graphics where the knobs are. For 1999, come on guys, a little more QC please. Guess I'll try the effects-loop return send to a DI. PS three way foot switch is from an original Roland JC-50. Works great for attenuator - reverb - channel select.

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Orange Rockerverb MKIII 50 watt

Probably one of the most versatile amps of all time! The clean channel goes from clean country all the way up to hot blues when you crank it up. The attenuator makes it manageable at all volumes. The reverb is very pleasing to my ears, however not on the level of a Fender still it does the job very well. The overdrive takes you from classic rock all the way to old school metal.… read more Not so much modern metal ( but thats ok with me) This is a very classic sounding professional touring amp. I like to run on the 25 watt mode with a little bit of attenuation for maximum tube power! By the way Sweetwater is the ONLY place I will buy online musical gear from

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Flexible and Quality!

I shopped around for an upgrade from a Marshall JMD:1 head (one of the only Marshall modeling amps) for about a year. I was originally looking for something in the 30-35 watt range so I ignored the Rockerverb because it's advertised as a 50w head, BUT the attenuator and the half-power setting (which aren't highlighted too well in the description) had me sold! The tone of the amp… read more is extremely versatile, dirty channel can get a nice classic/indie rock tone in the low-medium gain (perfect for drum/bass focused songs) crank the gain a little more and you have something worthy of modern progressive and metal! The clean channel is chimey and clear, if you throw and overdrive pedal on it for a little character you have a wonderful bluesy sound. Something I wasn't used to is the pots on each switch: they aren't a smooth, free-spinning pot like other amps. The pots seem to have notched settings, which takes some getting used to, but that's in no way a bad thing, just unusual. I like to go through any and every genre, from twang, to folksy, to alt-rock, to heavy and this bad boy does it all and you can get reasonable home-friendly volumes using the attenuator without sacrificing the tone! Awesome amp, I'd highly recommend it!

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