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The Orange Crush Mini has been redesigned to give you classic Orange tone in a small, lightweight amplifier. Whether warming up backstage on the road, at practice, or in your bedroom, the Crush Mini is the perfect companion.

The redesigned control panel gives you full tonal control with gain, shape and volume. Backing off the gain and pushing the volume up results in British crunch, while pushing the gain up will give you searing high gain. The shape control, like the Micro Dark, cuts or boosts the mids, giving fat mids through to scooped tones.

A updated feature for the Crush Mini is the 8 Ohm speaker output. Using the preamp stage of the amp, you can plug directly into an external speaker cabinet to open up even more tonal capabilities.

The Crush Mini features a built-in tuner, as well as a headphone output that cuts the speaker for silent practice. The aux. in makes playing along to your favorite songs is a breeze!

Versatile, Simple Controls
The Crush Mini uses three controls: volume, shape and gain. Giving you a wide range of tones; The gain can be backed off and the volume pushed up to gain crunch tones. Then the gain brought in more to add more high-gain distortion, with the shape being used to fatten or scoop your sound.

Speaker Output
Plugging a cabinet into the speaker output turns the Micro Crush into an amplifier for your cabinet.

Headphone Output
Connecting headphones disengages the speaker output for silent practice.

Aux. Input
Play along to your music with the aux input, to give you a portable practice rig.

Built-In Tuner
Simple, easy to read, built in tuner, makes the Crush Mini a great all-in-one amplifier.
Orange Amplifiers Crush Mini 3W 1x3 Guitar Combo Amp Black
Orange Amplifiers Crush Mini 3W 1x3 Guitar Combo Amp Black
Orange Amplifiers Crush Mini 3W 1x3 Guitar Combo Amp Black

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  • Power: 3W
  • Single channel
  • Controls: gain, shape, volume
  • External speaker output
  • Aux. input
  • Headphone output
  • Built-in chromatic tuner
  • Orange basketweave vinyl finish
  • Battery or power supply
  • Dimensions: 5.9" x 5.7" x 3.26" (15 x 14.5 x 8.3 cm)
  • Weight: 1.99 lb. (904 g)

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3

3 Reviews

67%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

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Best Uses
  1. Amateur Recording2
  2. Busking1
  3. Home Studio1
  4. Performances1
Cons
  1. Limited Functions2
  2. Chintzy1
  3. Poor Sound Quality1
  4. Weak1
  5. Pour battery life1
Describe Yourself
  1. Experienced2
  2. Novice1
Pros
  1. Easy To Use3
  2. Portable3
  3. Excellent Sound2
  4. Cheap1
  5. Good Power Output1

Reviewed by 3 customers

  • The worst

    1

    submitted4 years ago

    byJohn

    fromColorado Springs, CO

    Now let me first state that Guitar Center is the only place I'd buy this from, to try it out and return it to the store. Guitar Center is the BEST. This little amplifier is the WORST. I bought this specifically for it's cabinet output and the fact that it can run on a 9 volt battery. I own four other mini amplifiers, two of them are pedals and the other two are Blackstar Fly 3 (with the extension cabinet.) Here's the crux of my review: The Blackstar Fly 3 is louder and sounds far better than the Orange Crush Mini, even if that Crush Mini is powering a larger speaker cabinet (a 2x10, in this case.) So yes, two 3" speakers in the Blackstar are louder, and the sound quality is far superior to the Orange Crush Mini driving a 2x10" cabinet. The Crush Mini's 3" speaker is unusable, sounds very tinny and is very low volume. Now, I also have two pedal amps that run on 9 volts, an Electro Harmonix 5mm and a VHT Redline 6. The 5mm is amazing, and the VHT is very good also. So if you want to drive a cabinet with a pedal size amp you can put in your pocket, try the Electro Harmonix 5mm. The VHT Redline is also very good and has the added features of an aux in jack and headphone out jack. An adapter cable to use a battery can be had (I have a few of them.) Avoid the Orange Crush Mini, the Blackstar Fly 3 is far superior.

  • Beautiful

    4

    submitted5 years ago

    byEvan

    fromVa

    The battery runs out within about 1-2weeks, but you can buy a power chord for it so that is a big plus

  • Big tone out of this little dude

    4

    submitted7 years ago

    byRobby

    fromMa

    This little thing has some great tone. Although there are some downsides to this little 3 watter... the first being the tuner that barely works. Also the headphone jack doesn't have the cabinet simulator like the bigger models do so it's basically a practice only amp but totally excels at it. Totally killer tone

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Have a question about this product? Our expert Gear Advisers have the answers.

  • submitteda year ago

    asked byStanley

    fromundisclosed

    Is this amp compatible with European current?

    Is this amp compatible with European current?

    Open Reply - Gear-Support
    No, it isn’t.

  • submitteda year ago

    asked byLars

    fromundisclosed

    Could you use this as a bass amp or would it damage the amp?

    Could you use this as a bass amp or would it damage the amp?

    Open Reply - Gear-Support
    No, you would damage the speaker.

  • submitted5 years ago

    asked byLiv

    fromTampa, FL

    What is the difference between this black Mini Crush and the orange colored Mini Crush? (1x3 vs. 1x4) ?

    What is the difference between this black Mini Crush and the orange colored Mini Crush? (1x3 vs. 1x4) ?

    Open Reply - Ronald
    One is smaller than the other, and the obvious different colors.
    Open Reply - Ronald
    Besides the obvious color differences the speaker sizes. the 1X3 is a 3" speaker. and the other is a 1X4 is a 4"

  • submitted7 years ago

    asked byKeshav

    fromundisclosed

    Are the clean tones good?

    Are the clean tones good?

    Open Reply - Ronald
    the best aspect of Orange amps is the clean setting. It's a perfect launching point for various effects pedals or any recording setup.