Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Find out more about Orange Amps History at orangeamps.com/history
A mainly self-taught tinkerer and rule breaker, John ‘JJ’ James was responsible for designing most of the company’s products through to 1979 including the innovative ‘Pics Only’ amp synonymous with the brand. When the Bexley Heath factory closed in 1979, James began working with Brain Hatt, chief engineer at Orange Studios before going on to spend more than forty years ‘stage left’ for world class gigs including Eric Clapton, Queen + Adam Lambert, Joe Satriani, Robbie Williams and many more.
We filmed this interview with John James, at the Orange HQ, as one of a three-part series interviewing some of Orange amps' first and most influential employees.
Find out more about Orange Amps History at orangeamps.com/history
A mainly self-taught tinkerer and rule breaker, John ‘JJ’ James was responsible for designing most of the company’s products through to 1979 including the innovative ‘Pics Only’ amp synonymous with the brand. When the Bexley Heath factory closed in 1979, James began working with Brain Hatt, chief engineer at Orange Studios before going on to spend more than forty years ‘stage left’ for world class gigs including Eric Clapton, Queen + Adam Lambert, Joe Satriani, Robbie Williams and many more.
We filmed this interview with John James, at the Orange HQ, as one of a three-part series interviewing some of Orange amps' first and most influential employees.
