Crate guitar.... amazingly good

[rudociliak]

So I'm sure some of you have heard of the Crate Blue Voodoo... now who has heard of Crate guitars . Seriously this thing is from 8 years ago when I first started playing, it was my first guitar and I just put strings on it today for the first time in say maybe 6 and a half years. Now that it's running through a real amp, holy shit it actually sounds fucking good, and plays pretty dam well too... I repolished the frets so they'renice and shiny but this thing sounds like a strat on cleans, and rips dirty on the high gain. Cheap Chinese for the win? This thing came in a beginners guitar package that also came along with a little crate amp (which absolutely blows) . unfortunately the high E saddle has a rusted out screw for string height adjustment however I'm looking to fix this soon, this guitar is sure fun to play again! And now that I'm way better! I should include a sound clip of this thing, but atm my recording software is not computing with windows 10, and neither is my phone so I cannot grab the pic of the actual guitar but here is the closest I found on the internet... the logo is the only thing changed. I was considering doing a pickup swap for the thing but I don't want to anymore, she rips! Those who may think I'm a liar... oh well, the guitar is really something

[Texas Crude]

Hell I remember when Crate amps were practice amps that literally looked like wooden crates. I do believe that some cheap beginners guitars are pretty good for the money. I bought my niece her first electric, a Peavey Rockmaster I think it's called. No idea where it's made, but it has a full size 25.5" scale neck on a smallish single hum body, in pink sparkle. Even with the old strings, I was shocked at how well it played and sounded. It could be a little better at staying in tune, but she needs to learn tuning anyway. Kids these days...have it made with guitars and amps anyway, compared to what we had lol.

[PowerTube]

Kids these days...have it made with guitars and amps anyway, compared to what we had lol.

Yep. This is a fantastic era in which to be a guitarist. When I started, a cheap beginner guitar was an unholy piece of crap. Now you can grab a used Squier for $69.00 in a pawn shop and it can actually be intonated and set for decent low action and sound good. Then there's Epiphone, low-end Jackson, Yamaha, etc...

As for amps, modern modeling can make almost anything sound respectable right out of the box.

[rudociliak]

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