Crate BV300H Head

VERY versatile, VERY TONEFUL! amplifier with GOBS of POWER and AGGRESSION!
3 channels from PRISTINE CLEAN to METAL MAYHEM (and beyond!!)

Great for CLEAN
Great for CRUNCH
Great for LEAD
Goes WELL BEYOND any VHT, Diezel, Soldano amp that I have owned. Yes, not to brag, but I have been very fortunate to have owned them all.
The BV300H is BY FAR the MOST AGGRESSIVE, LOUD, GREAT SOUNDING amp of them all!

Have not had it very long BUT- it is built like a TANK- no joke!
HUGE TRANSFORMERS, METAL protective hardware, SOLID WOOD head box,
very high quality components throughout. I took it out of the chassis and the BV300 is high quality EVERYWHERE!

NOT USED, NOT NEEDED

UNBELIEVABLE VALUE for the buck!

New amp. Seems pretty versitile, but not quite my cup of tea. 3 pretty nice channels. I liked the notch filters. I didn't try the loop. 300 really loud watts from 6!!! 6550's

Let me first say that I have to use this amp for a corporate sponsored event. I'm really a VHT, Marshall, Vox user and never really concidered using a Crate amp. Some of the sounds you can get out of the amp are pretty cool. The thing I don't like about it is that it takes a lot of tweaking to make the amp sound the way I want it to. I'm more of a plug in and play type of guy, but for someone willing to take the time, it can sound killer.

The clean channel was ok, but had a weird harmonic happening. Not very pleasant.

The crunch channel was by far my favorite. By using the Ugh and Eek controls, you can go from close to a Marhsall to solid state mud. Pretty unique feature.

The gain channel has everything from Rectifier to modded "Moshall". Would be great for you heavy, down tuned players.

I used a humbucker loaded ESP Horizon for the test.

I'll let you know how it does at stage volumes in another post. So far it's seems like a decent workhorse amp.

This is the new BIG BV300H 300 watt all tube, Blue Voodoo head from Crate. 3 chanels, 1 clean 2 distorted, clean chanel has a mid frequency select, 2nd chanel has mid boost, and channel 3 has high frequency select(5 settings each for amazing tonal variation), switchable effects loop with in and out volume controls(nice for picky effects or just to run a cable out and in for extra volume for solos and what not), 4 button footswitch, "EEK" and "UGG" knobs for high and low presence(very cool). I play a variety of rock and some blues. This amp is all could ever hope for, sparkling clean and every kind of distortion sound there is. 300watts is more than enough for anyone, and it sounds great at any volume. the only thing that would make this amp better would be reverb, but it makes up for it everywhere else.

I play on an Ibanez RG guitar that I made out of and Ibanez RG 170 and an RG 270, I primarily use the bridge humbucker. Chanel one can be super sparkling clean, and then can be over driven to some nice vintage style distortion. Channel 2 is picks up where chanel one leaves off and is very Marshall-like. Channel 3 pushes deep into heavy metal territory, very distorted. Each channel has a very wide variety of sound possibilitys, and all are consistant at low and high volumes. I thought it hummed a bit when i first turned it on, but that was just the two cooling fans(the sound was not coming from the speakers). This amp is great for anything. If I saw someone using a distortion pedal with this amp I would smack them with my guitar. I've never heard so many different good sounds come from the same amp, and the only effect on board is distortion. I am very impressed. This amp will chew up and spit out any Marshall, Mesa, Fender, or for that matter, any amp in its way period.

I've only had it for a short while, so I can't say much about it, but I have owned quite a few Crate amps in the past, and they've all taken a pretty harsh beating, and rarely cause any trouble. Tube amps are a bit more fragile than solid state of course, and they need to be well maintained, but this thing is pretty beefy, and I think it could take a pretty good beating before it broke, although I'm not going to be the one to try it.

Crate is Awesome, enough said.

This is the greatest amp ever period. I've played lots of crappy solid state amps, and of those I preffered Crate, and I played one of the 120 watt Blue Voodoo heads for a while, and I liked it better than any Marshall or Mesa. This one take them all though, it can sound any way you want it too. I wouldn't have bought it yet if I didn't get such a great deal on it (almost half off>>>factory refurb) but it was too good to pass up, and since I playing it, I would gladly pay the normal full price to replace it if this one got ripped off. The only problem with this amp is it's weight, 80 pounds is a lot for one amp, I can handle it though, and if I get worn out, my good friend and drummer Matt can bench a good 315 so I'll let him carry it for me :) other than that, it would be cool if this had reverb, but when I'm playing it, I seem forget about that because I'm so amazed at the great sounds that I am getting.

This amp was made a year ago, 2002. It has 3 channels and trendous tonal options. The amp can do anything. I play whatever style they are paying me to play. It has channel switching and a switchable effects loop.
it has 10 preamp tubes and 6 powertubes. It's the heaviest amp ever at 80lbs. It has side handles which are great and allow two people to load it on stage for me.

This amp is the best sounding amp I've ever used. It killed the VHT UL and the Diezel VH4 I had, plus all the Mesas and Marshalls and HiWatts, and Soldanos, etc.,etc. I have ever used on stage or in the studio.
The distortion is incredibly beautiful and msuical and the clean channel is superb. This is probably the best amp ever made commercially.

It's a real tank. It's heavy as heck and you can hurt yourself if you don't ait for yuor roadies to carrying it for you and try to move it yourself. It's hasn't broken in the 46 shows I've used it on.

Crate is one of the most helpful companies in the entire music business.

I've been playing profesionally for 30 years. I've had all the best gear. I've obtained most of it through endorsements and from my various producers who are always trying to get me the latest and greatest stuff to use on tour and in the studio. This is the one amp I would actually pay for with my own pocket money. It has only one drawback. It's very heavy. I would not suggest any non-professional get this amp. It's not made for the layman. There is a huge market of boutique amps that are suited to that crowd of pseudo-musicians and they would probably not be into an amp made for professional music because it won't help them sound like their favorite records when they are doing their covers and imitations. For those types, I recommend a plain old Marshall, or if you need to spend the money to boost your ego, a Bogner, Roccaforte or Diezel or some other high priced hobby amp. This one is for the pros, leave it alone kids.