Orange Outlowd ES Amps: Ed Sheeran’s new Busking range
A range of three acoustic guitar amps for live musicans
We’ve already featured several guitars, his own looper brand, and today the Outlow ES amps from Orange. These three amplifiers are specifically designed for the needs of street musicians and designed in conjunction with Ed Sheeran.
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Orange Outlowd ES Amps
Ed is also active in the gear world. He makes electric guitars with PRS, acoustic guitars with Lowden, and then he has his own company that produces looper pedals and a busking PA system. But that doesn’t seem to be enough for the British bard. He’s also teamed up with Orange for the ES amps.
Three amps are part of the Orange Outlowd ES series, all naturally in the manufacturer’s signature colour.
Acoustic Amplifiers
However, Orange hasn’t simply released three sizes of the same Outlowd ES amp; the Outlowd ES3, Outlowd ES60, and Outlowd ES100 are fundamentally different.
What they all have in common is that, as “Acoustic Amplifiers,” they are better suited for amplifying acoustic guitars than for harsh, distorted sounds. Perfect for busking and small gigs.
ES3
The smallest of the bunch, the ES3, is a battery-powered amp and Bluetooth speaker in one. And with 3 watts, it’s more suited to the living room or hobby room than the pedestrian zone or the subway station.
You can carry the amp easily with the included strap, and its 4-inch speaker can easily provide the soundtrack for your next garden party.
Priced at $174/£157/€179, it is very reasonably priced for a mini amp with Sheeran’s backing, and it is available now at Thomann.
ES60: “The Ultimate Busking Amplifier”
Orange describes the mid-range of its Outlowd ES amps as “The Ultimate Busking Amplifier”. It has 60 watts, can be battery-powered, has two separate channels (guitar/line and vocals/XLR), integrated effects, Bluetooth input, and an FX loop: it’s a pretty well-rounded package for a busking amp.
At 7.3 kg, the amp is also still portable.
Optionally, 48-volt phantom power can be activated for the microphone signal. While this is rather uncommon with dynamic microphones like the SM58, which are mostly used “on the street,” it’s a nice feature to have.
The guitar channel offers controls for Volume, Treble, Middle, Q, Mid-Freq, Bass, and Reverb. The second channel has separate controls for HPF, Gain, Treble, Middle, Mid-Freq, Bass, and Reverb.
In addition to guitar and microphone inputs, the ES60 also features an Aux-In, a headphone output, and a balanced XLR output for connecting to a PA system.
Another practical feature: the ES60 comes with a padded carrying case, making transport to the next gig even easier. It remains to be seen how the Outlowd ES amps perform outdoors compared to Roland’s popular Cube series, which is virtually indestructible even in harsh weather.
This one costs $584/£527/€599 and packs in a lot more features and is available to order now at Thomann.
Outlowd ES100
Let’s move on to the flagship of the Outlow ES Amps, the ES100. It’s so hefty that while it’s certainly suitable for outdoor performances, it’s primarily intended for gigs on stages. Or, indeed, scenarios where quick setup and teardown aren’t paramount.
The amplifier weighs in at a good 14 kg.
Celestion
For this, you get a 12-inch neodymium full-range speaker from Celestion for your acoustic guitar, combined with a neodymium tweeter, also from Celestion. The thing sounds great. And it offers virtually everything the ES60 has in terms of connections and controls.
The ES100 is currently a pre-order and expected later this summer. Priced at $1266/£1144/€1299, this model is for larger gigs and has even more power and is available from Thomann.
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