Crate GX15 Reviews2 Found On 2003-06-20, Duncan MacKinnon gave this Crate Guitar Amplifier a 2...(5116)
Purchase: I bourght this Amp as my first in Hayward Guitars, Winchester as my 1st amp for £70
Pros: I like the size of the amp, the weight and the comforting click of the on/off button. It is great as a 1st amp, is 70d.b, plenty to jam with mates andlooks good.
Cons: The distortion is too heavy, it has a lack of options, and everything that isn't in the likes section
Quality: Heavily built, cood construction and good quality Summary: A good starter amp for the 1st 10-12 months of playing. Upgrade after that.
Search for more Crate Guitar Amplifier reviews and comparisons On 2003-01-23, Yury Baranoff gave this Crate Guitar Amplifier a 4...(4107)
Purchase: My friend bought it long time ago for ~$200, and recently I had to repair it.
Pros: Very good clean sound. Drive channel gives a perfect tone, a bit old-style, but it is the best I've ever heard from 15-Wt amp. Works good with most drive pedals, although a bit fuzzy. It has adequate volume and the bass is ok - like always, the best sound is obtained with the volume set near to half maximum level.
Cons: Crate 15 and 20Wt amps has 2 basic disadvantages. 1-power amps and speakers usually get out of order 2-tone and volume pots aren't reliable. Maybe amps with these disadvantages are specially chosen for exporting to Russia 8-)
Like all cheap amps this one has hum and noise, though in most situations they are unaudible. The speaker has a little bit more treble than I'd like it to have. Reverb unit isn't somethig very good, like any other cheap spring reverb unit.
Quality: Like I mentioned it has problems with power amp and speaker. Assembly quality sometimes is awful - for example, speaker is never centered to its hole. I've even seen an amp mounted with only 3 screws. Summary: If you're lucky you may choose an amp with no disadvantages I mentioned above. If so then you'll own the best sounding 15Wt amp. Marshall practice amps are much more reliable but they have much worse tone, especially for the drive channel.
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