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  1. Yeah, a few other death metal bands used it too, I think.. It does work well in the mix.. Had a bit to much fizz at loud volumes, but it sounded great at rehearsals.. Also looking back to the early 90's and my early days.. I was always jealous of friends who had the Crate combo amps.. They just had the tone of the times.. I had my Fender 85, which served me quite well when I was a youngin, til I turned 16 and finally got me a real amp.. But I still used that 85 for home practice til I was 19 or so..fucking near 10 years playing death/thrash/speed metal that thing..! Lol
  2. Crate produced a genuinely genius product: The Powerblock. Less than 10 lbs, over 100 watts, could be run in Stereo, and didn't sound terrible. It was a gigging musician's answer to prayers for an emergency back-up amp, and if you live in a city where you take mass transportation, it solved so many logistical problems that it was worth it's weight in gold. Seriously: the Powerblock was a stroke of genius. What did Crate do? They discontinued it. I agree.. Not only was it a great pedal platform, but it had a great mid gain overdrive tone on it's own.. Maybe the best SS tube style crunch I've heard.. Even with all the rest of the Crate hate in this thread.. While they always felt rather cheap and were usually a bit thin sounding, they really did do a decent job getting a nice high gain tone suitable for thrash.. And also the gx130 head (I think that's what it was called) did work pretty good for even heavier styles.. In fact, one of my buddies still has that head and it's always fun to play.. I would buy it from him, but the gain channel has volume fluctuations and it'll prolly die within a few days of me buying it, of course
  3. Yeah Tube Depot is very accommodating. Just specify what you are looking for and they'll get you tubes that match. I usually just get what I order, but one time I asked for something specific and they did it. I just put what I needed in the message box during check out.
  4. Mine hasn't changed for quite awhile. But apparently u want to tell everyone how you have a very.minimal setup now and all u need is a loud marshall, a fender or Gibson and an sm 57..
  5. Wow..... Really lame thread.. How did no one put a stop to this LOONG ago..? This was a sad re-creation of the "Dimebag put tape on it to stop the strings from dabba jabba za..." That was funny.. This was sad..
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