Crate amps

[zeegler]

am i the only one who noticed this was to be about solid states only

I noticed that too. That's why I didn't answer.

The only experience I had with SS crate stuff was back when I was in high school. A friend of mine had a G1600XL full stack. Compared to my Peavey Bandit, I thought it sounded awesome, but then I heard one many years later and realized that it sounded fuzzy, buzzy, and pretty fucking horrible.

I had a BV120 for a few years, and just sold it recently. Once you dialed out the mushiness, it sounded pretty damn good.

[jdr94]

yeah i had nothin but crate stuff when i was younger and i thought it sounded good, but as i got older it sounded like shit. not sure if its cause amps got better or i was just playin the crappy crates....probably the latter.

[sevser]

I took a GFX212 home to try out for a week...Loud as hell but it sounded like someone put the amp in a cardboard box then cranked the highs to compensate for the muddiness....super compressed and muffled....

Well...that’s my best analogy anyhow...that was the last nail in the solidstate amp coffin for me...

[emperor_black]

I took a GFX212 home to try out for a week...Loud as hell but it sounded like someone put the amp in a cardboard box then cranked the highs to compensate for the muddiness....super compressed and muffled....

GFX is crap with a capital C. Not sure how GC sold so many. At first, I bought it, took it home, returned it the very next day. It was so horrible. Lifeless is how I would put it. But the GLX that I bought off the ebay the next week, was simply amazing. But again only through headphones. The speaker was a piece of crap. I bet if I still had that amp and I replaced the speaker with a celestion or a eminence, it would still rock. It had enough gain for death metal stuff.

[jgcable]

I've had several Crate amps. The VC series is excellent. I also think their Flexwave distortion is very cool.
I saw Poison and CC was using BV120's and his tone was awesome.

[Cygnus X1]

How about hybrid?
Crate GXT head...sounded ok once I found the right 12AX7's for it.
Not roadworthy, though. It feels like the pots could break off too easily.