Product: Crate CR60
Price Paid: Traded another amp (Kustom II-L Lead) for it used
Submitted
03/26/1998
at
02:32pm
by
Terry Allan Hall
Email: tahall at flash<dot>net
Features
:
10
Solid-state 60 watts,single 12"(heavy-duty),footswitchable clean/overdrive,great reverb,FX send/return,both hiZ and lowZ line out w/level control.A very,very versatile little amp.Doesn't look like much,but it has impressed several people who've played it.Covers all my bases nicely.
Sound Quality
:
10
Primarily I use it with my acoustic guitars(Guild JF-4,212XII 12-string,etc.),but it screams nicely with my ES-335,too! Vastly superior to the "acoustic" amps I've checked out.The distortion is the best I've heard in solid-state,better than many tube amps,if you'll pardon my heresy.For an acoustic rocker like my self,it's very tasty.
Reliability
:
10
Excellent dependability factor,never use a back-up amp(I could plug directly into my P.A. in I wanted/needed to,but thus far I haven't.Plenty loud on a amp stand or chair for all my gigs(at festivals we all run lines out to P.A.)
Customer Support
:
10
Crate folks are very cool!(I called them up for info about my amp,and they were very obliging.Never needed repair.Not sure how long warrantee is,as I got it used.
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been performing for 24 years,and mostly use Carvin gear for P.A. and Bass,a Fender Deluxe and the Crate CR-60 for guitar amplification.While my taste in music is not the mainstream (and I thank the Gods for that),I think for working class "pickers",the CR-60 is hard to beat-many great sounds,small size,dependability,reasonably priced (I see 'em all the time for less than $150),etc.If I lost this one,I'd have to find another exactly like it.
