An Orange OR50 head signed by Biffy Clyro and gigged by touring guitarist Mike Vennart is up for auction

Orange OR50
(Image credit: Orange Amplification)

Orange is auctioning off an OR50 amp head signed by all three members of Biffy Clyro – Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston – as well as touring guitarist (and solo artist in his own right) Mike Vennart to raise money for Cancer Research.

Based on the company's 1972 ’Pics Only’ amp – so-called due to the absence of any text on its front panel – the OR50 is powered by two EL34 valves, and features a traditional single channel configuration with three gain stages, an HF Drive control and a three-band EQ.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.