Crate BV120HB

PS to your worst nightmare. Groove tubes uses Sovtek tubes exclusively for 80-90% of their tubes. They don't manufacture their own tubes (I beleive they may have one or two made to their spec's though). In all fairness, they also do use Tesla and some other good brands.

Sorry to "Your Worst Nightmare" but this amp really sucks. Its a decent beginners amp but it really lacks in tone. The distortion is over the top but its very "transistor-ish" and good reason. the distortion is from TRANSISTORs, not the tubes. Yes, it does have a complete tube preamp and and tube power amp, but the distortion is coming from Crate's Flexwave circut. Take them both apart and you'll see what i mean. I've been playing SERIOUSLY for close to 20 years and was featured in Guitar Players best of amatuer talent back in 1985 after only 4 years of playing. Just because you've been playing for a long time doesn't mean anything. I teach kids who have only been playing for a few years and are complete tone freaks and can hear the difference between a PAF with nickel covers to a PAF without them. The Voodoo is very cheap sounding. I currently use a Boogie Triaxis and its a complete tone machine. the Voodoo only has varying degrees of sterile distortion - from weak floppy to full blown metal pedal buzz. Its a good amp for heavy metal heads who just want full blown hard grinding distortion and really don't care about tone. i used to be a metal head, then i grew up and became a musician. by the way...i am a graduate of DeVry technical so i know about circuts, so don't try and say that i don't know what i;m talking about.

A good basic amp for heavy metal. clean channel is horrible and the distortion is very over the top solid state / stomp box sounding. A good amp should sound great without any extra effects or eq's.

lets start by saying whoever says this amp has no gain is tone deaf and should quit TRYING to play the guitar NOW! Ive been playing since I was 12 and I am 30 . I own 14 guitars from Jackson, custom mades to washburns and in betweens. Ive owned it all Marshall, Boogie, Randall. The Crate is just as good and better than most. I currently run my voodoo in stereo with my touring rack of stuff. Every serious lead guitarist should own a Furman PQ3 for tone. Got mine from Dimebag himself. For the people saying its noisey........Buy a good cord and a good guitar you wouldnt have that problem.Probably trying to sound like Squirt Hammet with a junkass strat.You need quality equipment for quality sound you stupid fucks.Also I gave it an 8 overall cause yeah most people say it isnt versatile.True....but its like women , you test drive them before you buy them. You know what your getting before you take it home to meet the folks. dont buy a nose to the grind over the top distorted amp unless you play metal.I wouldnt buy a marshall plexi for a PAntera sound dont buy Voodoo for A Skynard sound. If you have one of these you can make it sound pretty much the way you want to with a eq through the efx loop. Definately get rid of those shitass Sovteks that come in them,Groovetubes the way of life. Put some KT66's in place of the 6l6's. Trust me. Remember .......shit in = shit out.Learn your instrument before going to a board and running your jaws.P.S. 5 year warranty.never used mine and its been to hell and back.
Marshall=no balls,goodtone though, Soldano = too expensive for average amp, 5150 = noisey cheap ass made amp, boogie= good, crate = gring(best for the money)

120 watts at 8 or 16 ohms, dual reverb, dirty and clean channels, all tube

I've got an ibanez x-series guitar (best guitar i've ever played, including guitars many times its price) I play funky type metal, and the dirty channel has a pretty decsent distortion, but it produces huge amounts of noise. the clean channel is pretty good until you get to about 3 then it starts distorting which sucks.(it doesn't seem to really get louder after 3 or 4 either, ive got it running into a marshall 1960a, so i don't know what the deal is on that)

its never failed me (only had it for a month) and its got a 5 year warranty so i imagine its pretty reliable

customer support bit the big one. I asked them how to hook my speaker cabinets in series to equal 8 ohms (so i don't blow the head) and they couldn't tell me, i left a message for a "product specialist" but he never called me back

I've been playing for about 6 years, ive used peavy, sovtek, randall, and marshall heads, and sounds better than all of them, but it produces quite a bit of noise so a noise reduction system is a must, i t doesnt work to well for me because i like to use a clean channel with my metalzone pedal, and the clean distorts too quickly and doesn't get loud enough for me.

I love this amp! I'd give it a 10, but it's not blue. The blue color just makes it look cooler. The store didn't have a blue head in stock and it would of cost more than $600... blah blah blah...

Basic head, 2 channel with seperate tones, seperate reverb, presence, FX loop, 4 12AX7 preamp tubes, 4 6L6GT power tubes, 120 watt... NOT BLUE!

I'm using a Les Paul copy with EMG 81 and 85's in it. I play hard rock/metal. It's the perfect tone for me. It's got a dark "bassy" tone, but also hits some highs too. It's got a great distortion on it too. I don't use a distortion pedal cause the amp's is so cool.

I've only had it a couple months, I've never had any probs yet. I doubt I will either. US made, so I don't have to go far to get it fixed.

Never had to deal with them.

I used to play a little Marshall 1x12 Valvestate, this is so much better (duh). Marshall is overpriced and the distortion isn't THAT great, or at least none of the Marshall's I've played.

I've never liked Crate amps before playing this guy. Now, Crate rules!!!

2 channels, seperate reverb for each. Effects loop. I use this amp all the time: when I play live and when I practice. Wish it had an overall master volume for each channel, though.

It sounds great. The clean channel is beautiful and the distortion is so heavy. The reverb sound pretty good. It sounds even better if you put it under some compression. The really high notes get a little weird when you crank the gain up.

I've had it for about half a year now, but I bought it used and its pretty old, but it has given me no problems.

I haven't had any problems, so I haven't had to deal with the Crate company.

Great amp. Wonderful tube tone.