Crate GFX212

It looks like it was made 1999. I play Hard Rock and Metal, and this amp kick ass. It suppostly comes with 3 channels Distortion, Overdrive, and Clean. the channel switcher lets you go from Overdrive to Heavy Distortion and from clean to Overdrive with just one switch. the DSP onboard board effect are pretty cool. The Delay kicks ass. I never use the overdrive of the clean channel. I use for Gigs and rehersals and I can overpower the rest of the band with this amp.

I use a ESP LTD M-100 with EMG's 81 and 85, a Fender Fat Stratocaster, and an Epiphone Les Paul Classic. This amp is perfect for my style Hard Rock, Metal, Satch style ( whatever his style is). It usually get a radio station on my amp where I practice, I believed that it was bad grounding but then the drummer told me that there is a Electrical Power plant next to the house. I can get any sound I want from that amp. the distortion is good but I use a BOSS GT-3 with the amp so I don't really use the distortion.

I can depend on that amp any time any day. I had it for a year and never had a promblem with it. The Funny thing is that one time a played at MARS Music in Atlanta,GA and they have a stage set up there and they have a Marshall Full Stack. That was the worst gig I ever had that damn amp sounded like shit. I was really disapointed with thee people at MARS MUSIC.

Never delt with them. 5 year warranty

I've been playing for 7 years now and this amp is one of the best amps I have had. the BOSS GT-3 and this amp were made for each other. If it were stolen or lost I would get another one right away.

This amp features effects (which all are prety kick ass, two distortions which are prety heavy with a bad ass sound and has a alot of power of 120 watts through 2 12" speakers.

I use a peice of shit Aria Pro II which seems to work good with it..it sounds awesome on the amp but the guitar just sucks...the clean channel seems to never distort and distortion is very bad ass..the only good maker of a amp that gives u factory metal distortion...Effects are very good (especially the flanger)...Very loud amp though..at practice i can turn it up to 3 or 4 to play with the band....i used to use my line 6 spider 112 at practice and had to turn it 9 even 10 sometimes and it still didnt play over drums and then i played at a gig with the line6 and it was a nitemare...at gigs i doubt this amp will be a problem..ill be giging soon and i know it will be fine without a pa..

i can depend on it...i have had nothing wrong yet and it seems to be working great.

good warranty 5 year with both things..90 day with replacing pedal and batteries or whatver so looks good..

This amp kicks ass and i love mostly evreything on it...but it does seem to have a feedback problem when u sit there with out playing anything..my guitar does this with every amp i play on cuz its a cheap strat and who gives a shit anyway cuz feedback is awesome...This is a good amp for nice sounds and very loud volumes and a good amp to gig with without a pa...I compared this to my line 6 112 spider and everyhting on it kicked the spiders ass(especially volume) and even the price kicked its as majorly...what would u rather get a line 6 112 spider($400)- a amp that blows for gigs and sounds horrible all the time with horrible disotortions and didgital cleans that sounds horirbly annoying and has horrible effects that u cant even here....or a Crate gfx 212 ($350)- a amp that will handle gigs without pa and has great heavy disotortions with good cleans that dont distort and effects that u can actually hear..Go for the Crate! (that was prety lame to put a !)

This amp was made in 2000 in the USA.
120 watts, 2 Channels. The distortion channel has 2 gain types so I guess you could call it 3 Channel. 2 Crate Custome speakers kick ass. Nice deep growl to em. The on board effects sound a little dry, but considering that they were on board to begin with, I cant complain.

I use a Jackson KV-3 and a Gothic Explorer. Lemme tell you, these guitars with this amp RIP UP any other amp out there (Ok except for Mesa, Marshall and Bogner =) ) But really, it is an excellent amp for the money. I use a Boss MT-2 for my distortion and a Boss CE-5 for my chorus and I have LOVED it! Rich deep and clear tone. The flexwave technology really sounds like it works cause I have played other solid state amps and mine DOES NOT sound like its sterile at all.

Never had a problem at all

Never dealt with em.

I have owned 2 other amps in my life, a Fender practice amp, and a Crate GXT-210. This amp sounds better, and projects better than then both combined.
My friend had an older model of this one (a GX-212) and I though it was the best amp ever the first time I heard it. I know there are better amps out there. I know that for a fact, but this amp is GREAT for at home jamming and is the best bang for the buck if your on a budget.

This amp compared to every thing out there bits the big one. compared to amps in its price range its average(that dosen't mean much). Clean: It sucks, no depth no feel, no tone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gain1&2: 1 is weak. I guess its a crappy classic rock voicing. No tone!!! 2 a chain saw with changable pitch. single notes are lost in a wash of noise.no definition,no punch,just noise. with the guitar turned down you here the buzz of the shittly vocied lets ripe off little kids parents pre amp. please don't buy this amp. save your pennies and get a real amp. No bull shit. If you still must buy this amp rip out those crate speakers and get EV's or celestions(vintage 30's from carvin 90 bucks), and make a air tight cab to put them in (not to hard did it for my friend). but just save your money and get a decent amp. I don't own this amp my friend does. but going from the crate to a marshall DSL full stack that I play at his house(and I have tweaked all the knobs) its very easy for my spoiled ass to say all of this.in all save your money and buy a good amp. buy a good amp. on top of that if you still must buy it and play metal keep the gain at 5 to avoid the pre amp buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.thats all the amp sounds like zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

MADE IN 2001.
GREAT FOR PLAYING THE STYLES OF MUSIC THAT MY BAND AND I PLAY.
3 CHANNELS. HAS EFFECTS LOOP,
I DONT USE HARDLEY ANY OF THE FEATURES SO I CANT SAY I WISH IT HAD MORE. I USE REVERB AND THATS ABOUT IT.
I USE MY AMP IN OUT SIDE GIGS AND INDOOR GIGS, IT HAS A GREAT DEAL OF POWER.
I WOULD GIVE IT BETWEEN AND 8 1/2 TO A 9 1/2.

I USE MY LES PAUL WITH MY AMP, AND IT SOUNDS GREAT. NO STATIC IN LESS WE ARE IN A CLOSE TOGETHER SPACE.
WE PLAY CLASIC ROCK TO SOME NEW MUSIC.
I HAVE NO NEED FOR GOING PAST 5 ON MY AMP AND 5 ON MY GUITAR. IN SIDE I PLAY WITH MY AMP ON 3 1/2, AND MY GUITAR ON 4.
THE CLEAN CHANNEL SEEMS TO BE VERY CLEAN AT 5, I HAVEN'T HAD TO HAVE IT UP PAST 5 BUT WHEN I FIRST GOT IT AND TESTED IT OUT THE CLEAN CHANNEL GOT A FUSSIE AT 9 1/2 WHILE MY GUITAR WAS ON 8.
THE DISTORTION ISN'T AS GOOD AS MARSHALL AMPS LIKE WHAT MY LEAD GUITAR USES BUT I ONLY NEED THE DISTORTION FOR A COUPLE OF SONGS SO IT WORKS OUT GOOD.
I WILL GIVE A 9 1/2 TO A 10 ON THIS ONE.

I CAN DEPEND ON MY AMP. I DONT HAVE A BACK UP AMP NOW SO YES I WOULD USE IT WITH OUT A BACK UP.
NO MY AMP HASNT BROKEN DOWN. AND I HAVNT BLOWN A FUSE YET EITHER!!
AND I TAKE CARE OF ALL MY GEAR.

I HAVENT DELT WITH CUSTOMER SUPPORT YET SO I HAVE NO OPINION.

3 YEARS
I OWN A LES PAUL GUITAR, A FENDER ACUSTIC, A FEW HARMONICA'S, A FENDER PRACTICE AMP. A THIRD OF A P.A. SYSTEM.

IF IT WERE STOLEN OR LOST I WOULD MOST LIKELY BUY THE SAME AMP AGAIN. UNLESS A BETTER ONE WAS OUT, WHEN IT HAPPENED.
WELL IT'S GOT A GREAT SOUND, COOL EFFECTS EVEN THOUGH I DONT HARDLEY USE THEM.
YES I COMPARED IT TO OTHER PRODUCTS, THEY WERE MARSHALL, AND FEDER.
I CHOOSE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT HAD MORE POWER THEN THE MARSHALL THAT I WANTED. AND THE FEDER WAS NOT ENOUGH POWER AND I DIDNT' HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE CYBER TWIN!!
I THINK THAT THE CRATE GFX 212 AMP IS A GREAT PEICE OF GEAR AND I RECOMEND TAKING A DEEP LOOK AT IT.
A 10 ALL THE WAY

First off I want to say that I don't give high ratings. I don't believe there's any amp out there that deserves a 10 on every category. I waited to gig with this amp before I submitted my review here, and I must say that using an amp in a gigging situation can radically alter your view of it. <br>
Anyway, the amp is a fairly basic 2x12 combo with a few extras. It has two channels, and the overdrive channel lets you select between two distortion sounds. I wish each distortion type had it's own independent volume control so it could be essentially a three channel amp. It comes with a three button footswitch that uses two 1/4" stereo cables, which is something I've never seen before. The DSP effects are nice to have, and I think that feature will start being included on a lot more combo amps from now on. <br>
The reason I bought this amp is because I needed something loud enough for gigging with the world's loudest drummer and a PA that only handles vocals. My Fender Princeton Chorus couldn't handle it at 25x25 watts, but this 120 watt Crate offers plenty of volume.

My biggest criticism for the amp is that it sounds rather sterile and can be rather tinny sounding. I really don't like how the eq is voiced; I prefer the sound of my Princeton Chorus which is much warmer. Still, with some tweaking you can get decent sounds out of this amp. The two distortion types were designed very well with one being a crunchy 70's tone and the other leaning towards saturated heavy metal.<br>
The digital effects are decent. I don't think any one of them is poor, although the delay is very short (the slapback effect is nice though). None of the effects go to the extreme and at first I though some were weak, but after gigging with it I've reconsidered. I usually keep the effects level knob pegged.<br>
As far as guitars go I've had a few, but my current lineup consists of budget models. I have a DeArmond M75, and Epiphone Sheraton II, and one of those neckthru kramers from musicyo. All of them sound decent through this amp, with the Sheraton sounding the best. The DeArmond is a bright sounding guitar, so using the clean channel with the bridge pickup fully on can get tinny-sounding enough to hurt the ears. <p>
I will admit that this sounds like what it is- a solid state amp. I don't buy into the blanket statement that "tubes are always better" because it simply isn't true. There are some solid state amps that sound every bit as good as tube amps that are twice as expensive. Granted some cheap solid state stuff is nasty sounding, but I've heard tube amps (with good tubes) that sounded pretty bad as well.

This amp is tough, although the first one I got was literally broken in half by UPS. When I picked it up by the handle on the top, the amplifier section came with me but the speakers and the majority of the cabinets stayed on the floor. Not quite as beefy and sturdy as an old Peavey or (for comparison) my friend's Hughes & Kettner 212 combo.

Never had to deal with Crate, although it seems as if they've got a good reputation.

I've been a bass player for a long time and have recently switched back over to guitar for my current band. I own a very small practice PA and of course some basses and bass amps. I've played through a number of amps and this Crate is okay. Not good, not bad, but decent. This amp would suit any young punk rocker or metalhead who wants to play in a really loud band. It's cheap and seems like a good value compared to other amps with similar features and power. I've heard some older crate guitar amps (all solid state, probably late 80's or early 90's) and to me they just sound awful. I'm glad Crate has done something to remedy that problem.

The Crate GFX212 was very versitile and light. I played 70's funk & 70's & 80's rock & reggae. A lot of blues Guitars used were a 12 string Dan Electro with lip stick pickups, a Gretch Country Classic II with humbukers, and a Vaqarro Generator X with single coil pickups. The major problem I had was lack of power at outdoor gigs. It ran out of muscle quick.

Excellent reliability. I moved it around a lot. No problems.

I've since replaced it with a Fender Twin, however a 50 watt Crate GFX is my next purchase for a practice amp. Dollar for dollar I've compared transistor Marshalls, Hi Watts, Roland, Fender, Ampeg & Vox and I'd settle for a Crate as a best valve for the money in the low power category.

This amp is a Solid State, with 120 watts to 2 12 inch crate custom speakers. It has 3 channels (2 overdrive and 1 clean ). It has chorus, flanger, delay, and reverb as well as a few combinations of them. All of them sound great. I especially like the different kinds of chorus you can get. And a slight delay makes solos sound so full. The only thing i don't like about it is that there is just one effects button on the footswitch. and you hafta change the effects knob on the amp to switch effects. But other than that this amp rocks and has mucho versatility. The 120 watts crank and deliver great ammounts of sound with not much deterioration at high volumes. I haven't gotten it above 3 and aa half and it rattles the ears. My band plays Weezer, Greenday, Blink, Metallica, Godsmack, Korn, Creed, Linkin Park and much more.. and the distortions on the amp are GREAT. period. The clean sounds are spectacular too. Great with chorus!

I play on an ESP LTD M-350, with EMG HZ's and a EMG HZ single coil. Like i said before, it has great sound. i was considering getting a marshall half stack ( and AVT 150 head and slant cab) but when i heard the sound of this amp, it made me much happier spendin $420 on it than $1100 on the marshall... cuz personally, i like this sound better. It is a bit noisy sometimes when you have the gains cranked and the volumes cranked but it's well worth it for the sound. Very very very very nice sound. The clean channel is pretty well.... clean. At extremely high volumes it bottoms out once in a long while. The DISTORTION IS BRUTAL

I haven't had it for too long so i don't really know. I got a gig in 4 days so we'll see.... i'm not one bit worried.

don't think i'll hafta deal with them.....

BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOUNDS KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just go and buy it cuz it rocks for only 420.

everyone already knows what the features are, but i gave it a 9 cuz hte only thing i wish this amp had was a mid knob for the dist. channel, but oh well it still sounds great!

This amp has both great distortion and clean channels. overdrive 1 is good for as many people said AC/DC and i use it for punk and it does more then good. overdrive 2 is loaded with distortion..good for metal. the clean channel is nice and..uhhhh...clean, and it doesnt distort at high volume (or atleast as high as i put it at practice).

well since i've only had it for about 2 weeks i really can't say, but so far so good. looks durable.

i guess they are, but never had to deal with em yet.

this amp is definately great for the price. i would chosse this amp over a mashall valvestate any day.

I'm submitting this review as a supplement to my other reviews. I'm older and wiser now.

Alright. I've spent about $5000 on amp heads in the past 4 months testing and returning a brand new Marshall and a brand new Peavey before ending up with a Crate (yes, I said CRATE) Blue Voodoo. Honestly, that amp is still disappointing. It's clean channel doesn't handle a metal zone pedal at all. Just today I left it at the repair shop to change out the tubes and whatever else will help it deal with my style a little better. Anyway, I bought the GFX-212 3 years ago, and it's still my most dependable and best sounding amp. When I got home today, I hooked it up to my Peavey 5150 4X12 cabinet...low and behold...it sounded better than any one of the three heads I'd been screwing around with. This amp is the best buy on the market today. Even for 3 times the money, there is nothing that even touches it. I still don't understand how anybody can get a useable sound out of a Peavey 5150. That has to be the worst amp head I've ever heard. The distortion on this amp is far better than anything on the Marshall, Peavey, or Blue Voodoo. However, I overdrive the clean channel with a Boss MT-2. It provides a punchy, lively distortion on the Crate's clean channel that is absolutely unmatched. If you play metal, buy this amp and a Boss MT-2. There is no metal sound that you can't get out of it...and the clean channel isn't perfect but it IS great.

I've had problems with it. I had to send it away for about a month at one point. There was some microscopic little thing wrong with it, which made it unuseable, that the Crate guy picked out. He fixed it after he got the part in, and it's sounded good as new since.

Crate has the best Customer Service support that you could ever ask for.