GEAR SPOTLIGHT
ORANGE AMPS
GETAWAY DRIVER
REVIEW BY S.P. BURKE
STREET PRICE $155.00
Has any amp company
in the Western world
undergone a greater
renaissance in the 21st
Century than England’s own
Orange Amps? Starting
with a bang at the turn
of the millennium, they
started redefining solid-
state amplifiers with the
AD120 and later Crush
Pro, redefining rock and
metal with the Dual Dark
and Rockerverb, redefining
low-watt amps with the
incomparable Tiny Terror
line (with the Dark Terror
being a personal favorite),
and now expanding its
pedal line with the new
Getaway Driver overdrive.
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Advertised on the Orange
website as an “amp-in-a-
box,” the Getaway Driver
features single-ended JFET
circuitry running in Class
A, designed to mimic an
amp. The voltage output is
even designed to give you
different sounds, with nine
volts mimicking EL84 tubes
and 112 volts mimicking
EL34 tubes. The interface
with the slick graphics on
top keeps it simple with
Volume, Tone, and Gain
knobs.
Making a quality overdrive
would be the end for
most companies, but not
Orange. Like the regular
burger joint that knows to
Orange Amps Getwaway Driver
give you extra fries without
asking, the Getaway
Driver also comes with a
headphone output and
cabinet simulator (which is
constantly engaged even
while bypassed) and an
internal switch that cuts
back on the top end. Aw
Orange, and here I didn’t
get you anything!
A common problem I come
across when reviewing
dirt pedals is they offer a
lot in gain, but not much
in volume. I’m always
appreciative of a pedal with
decent power in the volume
department, and the
Getaway Driver thankfully
has that. The Tone knob