Members Perfessor Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 I played through one at a guys house and it sounded like it had plenty of mids and had a clear sound. Are these amps reliable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 i think they are loud, and muddy. crates sound is very unclear to me. I liked me when i had it because it was about volume, not tone. of course i was 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 Not bad, not great. They're not as good as a Peavey, but they're not as bad as Behringer. They're quite affordable, though, so I'd say they're a pretty good value. The ones that I've played through locally have been fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 Here's mine: My first amp Crate B1, bought new in 1981. It was damn heavey for a 13 year old to carry a mile with a bass to a friend's to jam. I still use it almost daily as my living room practice amp. Sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tylytle Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 The newer stuff, (last 5 or so years) Is pretty nice. I had a 220 watt head with the matching 410 and I really liked it. Just not enough power for a loud band. Nice tone though. The older stuff was crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-40 Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 Their newer guitar amps are killer. The bass stuff..... meh.... not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 I had a Crate BX25 practice amp. It was awful. I do like Rowka's Crate, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 I have the Crate TX50 "Bass Bus" amp, it's been my main practice amp since I got it, sits in the living room right by my chair. The built in effects are pretty worthless, but it's not a bad little amp, and it can run on the internal batteries for a good long while. It is kind of heavy, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sudbury Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 ugh, i have a bx-25 amp and i hate it with a passion. i can't wait to sell it on monday. the volume knob is useless because the limter seems to always come on and the tone is terrible. maybe the bigger stiff is better, but mine is shyite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fireball_73 Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 I dunno I tried out a 100W crate (Bt range?) whilst looking for a small combo for gigging and rehersals. Its had nice features on it but the Ashdown Electric Blue trounced it with tone. The crate sounded bass heavy and muddy with forced highs. On the plus side it had carry handels and castors which the ashdown badly needs, and its got a cool built in tuner. However tone over novelty features always! (yes wheels are a novelty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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