Crate GX15

ok guys freaking calm down

this is what now?
like a 50 dollar amp? what do you really expect from it? so hardcore distortion and sound? this isnt some marshall so dont rate it like one
geeze what noobs

ok this amp has two channels a clean one and a "dirty" channel for distortion. it also has a 3 band eq and a headphone and external speaker output

i am using an old charvel with and emg 91 in the neck and an 81 in the bridge.

the amp has some good sounds for a cheap practice amp. even better, turn the gain all the way up the bass on full blast, mids at about 2-3 and then treble on 7-8, then use the speaker output and hook it up to your stereo. youll get a metalish sound from it and is pretty damn impressive for a 50 doller amp

def not enough power for gigging but id say its good enough for practice

this amp has never let me down. great job crate.

psh never had to deal with em

ive been playing for a loooong time

if i lost this amp or if it got stolen, i might go out and buy another one and perhaps mod it to my delight. (i am an active electronics hobbyist.) it is a great amp for the money as long as you know how to use it

so stop complaining about how bad it is, and rate it as a practice amp not as some professional studio amp.

Mine is an early nineties, its not very versatile i use it for metal, two channels,i use the speaker out never the headphone,

when i first got this i used it as its mainly intended; a practice amp. Recently I discovered the preamp out and have started running it into my mid-seventies sunn(100 watts, 2x12) it sounds awesome. best metal sound very metallica-ish. if you dont play metal you wont dig this amp. I play clean stuff and jazz and the amp isn't good for that. I've played a standard Fender Telecaster through it and it sounds decent. Where it sounds great is my late eighties Charvel/Jackson which is a much better guitar and i do not car much for single coils. people that say the distortion is too harsh should learn to turn down the volume on their guitar, big difference can get Jimmy Page that way easy. The amp will feedback and his. if you dont like it use a noisegate or turn down your volume when not playing.

very reliable. a friend of mine had one that died tho so we smashed it at one of my bands shows. not worth fixing just buy another. Mine has been great though

never dealt with crate

i love this amp. i would buy another i would like to take the preamp out and cut the speaker wire and just use it through the sunn. who needs reverb i could care less

Well well, I really wish two separated foot switchable channels, but for the price and size what you expect?

First of all I want to say I'm not a newbie here. I play guitars for almost 10 years, I heard lots of big bucks heads, I've had a Marshall head and I currently have a Mesa Recto, so I've a bit of experience. I wanted something cheap, portable and with good distortion. And Oh man, I can't believe those f..ls telling you that the distortion s.cks. This little thing has the Flexwave digital preamp and when you run this thing with a 1x12, 2x12 or even a 4x12 cabinet sounds killer, very close to the big brothers tube amps like Blue Voodoo (also remembers me a bit of a 5150 sound), it's awesome, the feel is perfect for that thrash or power metal! But it's a bit dark and you must turn the treble all the way up and the mids as well for a tighter and richer sound. The settings found in the manual are very bad. And then, of course, the 8" speaker will not do justice, but it's portable and I'm not going to wait for a good distortion sound of a so small thing, never dud, never. Anyway for the small size it does the job very well.
And, yes yes yes, the bad part is that the the clean sounds very bad and breaks very easy and in the bad way.

I think this thing was made in China. One of the volume pot broke very quickly, which I hated that.

I live in Argentina. I got some warranty from the local store, but anyway I think it lacks in support.

I think that if you are looking for an awesome distortion this is the thing, plug this puppy with a 1x12 Marshall or a Boogie cab and be suprised. But, now there are a lot more options than this to try at the same price point like say the Roland GCube, Line6 Spider 15, etc... And don't buy this for clean please, buy a Fender Frontman 15 or Champ or whatever. Even that crappy squier 10 watts has better clean. Ok, that's all. Thank you!

Ok this amp has a 3 band eq and a gain, and a volume for the overdrive channel and a volume for the clean channel it also has a button for the channel selection.......so there is not very much variety

This is where the amp sucks.....the clean channel is not as crappy as the distorted channel.......the clean channel is ok but not very ok its clear but if you want a real clean sound get a tube amp.....the distorted channel is so crappy it makes me want to scream its that crappy artificial distortion that comes with most solid state amps.....if yall people want a real good amp get a tube amp

The speaker goes out every now and then so i give it a 5

Never had to deal with them

I got this amp when i first started playing about 4 years ago and i thought it was great but now i realize that it is a piece of crap....if you dont want a good sound out of your amp get this one.....k well im 13 years old and i can say this is a piece of crap and im not the smartest person in the world and i can tell it is cheaply made.....the speaker sucks.......okokokok ill admit its just fine for a starter

I think it?s a 12 watt amp, and not sure when it was made. I would suspect about 2002-2003. Basic features, 2 channels, and 3 band EQ, input, and ext. speaker jack. Very basic solid-state practice amp. Wish it had reverb, but usually you can?t get that in this level of amp.

The amp sounds best in clean mode. The overdrive channel sounds ok, but you really have to play with the EQ and gain levels to sound passable. In my opinion, the overdrive is the weakest point.

As far as noise, I did not really notice anything. With a Fender single coil guitar, the clean channel sounds really good and clear. Very pleasing sound. With a humbucker in clean mode, I did not care for it, but I don?t care for humbuckers in clean mode in general.

As far as overdrive, this amp actually sounds better with a single coil guitar, rather than a humbucker. Usually it?s the other way around, which surprised me.

Like other Crate amps, they all seem to have a decent amount of warmth. Good for Jazz or blues, or anything in general. Most small amps are lacking in the warmth area.

In clean mode, there is little degradation when you use headphones. Sounds about with the speaker or the headphones. That?s unusual also. Usually they sound worse with headphones, unless you have amp emulation.

Crate amps are always reliable. Solid state so there is little to go wrong. I doubt I would gig with this amp, it?s not the size, or the amount of output, it just does not have a good enough sound in the overdrive mode. If I?m going to gig, I need the versatility of decent sound with both modes.

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I?ve been playing a long time, and it?s an OK practice amp, but there are a lot of other amps out there for not much more that have a much better sound in the overdrive area. If all you play in is clean mode, then it?s a good choice. A single coil in clean mode really shines through this amp. Clean mode is the best feature of this amp. Warmth is it?s other strong point.

It would be nice if had reverb, but that?s another price range in general. If the overdrive channel sounded decent, it would be a good alternative. It does seem to fill the bill for low-end practice amps.

I'll try to be objective about this.

Pros: 2-channel switching
3-band eq
Headphone jack & speaker out

Cons- Channel switching cannot be done by footswitch, the button to activate the "overdirve channel" very small
No reverb (unforgiveable in this price range)
No separate EQ for gain channel

I used this little amp for a very short while with an assortment of old Dano guitars when I was first learning to play and a friend of mine had leant it to me. Now, some years later it ended up back in my apartment (after loaning it to a friend who was learning) and I plugged it in for shits and giggles. I played with it for a half hour or so with my American Tele and had to turn it off after that.

In short, it sounds pretty flat. The 8" speaker is unable to generate much depth in tone, regardless of how much you tweak the EQ. It does get relatively loud for a small amp but is painfully shrill. The "overdrive" channel is actually a distortion channel, and a bitter one at that. The amp is exceptional at picking up radio stations at high volumes, particularly AM talk radio and Mexicali stations. I cannot imagine what use one would have for the speaker out box.

The amp was tamed considerably when played behind a EH Holier Grail and a Vox Valvetone, but was still nothing to write home about.

It's lasted this long without showing much signs of wear, so I'll give it that.

Idunno

I hope kids researching their first practice amp get to read this because YOU CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS FOR THE MONEY. Consider a Vox Pathfinder 15R that has two channels, an EQ on each channel, is footswitchable, and includes reverb & tremolo. The Orange Crush 10R is a great amp you may need to search around for but you'll keep it for the rest of your life. I would even choose a POD over this & just play through headphones-- at least you can hear what you're playing. Do yourself a favor, save up a hundred bucks, check out Ebay, and get something worthwhile.

Bought it in 2002 brand new...You know the features, it a basic practice amp w/ clean and overdrive 15w. I use all of its features but i wish it had a reverb. I think all amps should come with reverb mandatory, o well. I never use the speaker out. I only use this amp to practice in my basement; it definately does not have the power to gig and such. I gave a 6 because it will get the job done for a beginner. You can get it real cheap off ebay. it's worth it for those prices not $80 bucks.

I use a strat copy with this amp but its still crap even with my friends $800 peavey. The clean is extremely muddy now, it was a little better when it was new. The problem is probly due to me having the volume on 6+ because it so quiet. The clean also has a buzz when you sit anywhere near the amp.
The overdrive channel is extremely noisy. You have to be about 10 feet away and find just the right place to stand so that you do not get an overwhelming buzz. With gain maxed you can barely hear yourself over the buzz sitting next to it. Feedback can also get rediculous. The overdrive channel isnt that bad if there wasnt a buzz. Because of the loud constant buzz and muddy clean it gets a lousy 4.

I would never use it on a gig...but who would use a 15watter on a gig anyhow. For the last few months a huge problem that is very annoying is that on the clean channel there is always a terrible echo. This probably developed from pushing this little amp to hard since the clean is so quiet. The noise also brings this score down It has always worked though so it gets a 5.

never bothered the amp so cheap anyhow ill just let it brake

I played guitar only 2 years but i play everyday at least 3 hours usually more. If this amp was stolen i wouldnt care since im getting a brand new marshall avt100 very soon. I would just go a couple weeks playing unplugged or with my epiphone acoustic.Just 2 weeks until i go down to nashville over spring break. Getting and epiphone les paul custom flametop too, amazing value the just throw a couple new pickups in and then a bigsby trem and your set. I chose this amp because it was the cheapest one at my local guitar shop and at the time i knew little about guitar. I'll give it a five due to the fact that it works and if your a beginner you wont know the difference between good sound and crappy sound, until it starts to buzz and echo(:

This is a great amp for jamming by yourself. You can play around with several style tones with the EQ and adjustable gain on the Distortion. Easy to operate and light to carry.

You can get lots of sounds. People who say it sounds bad dont know what they have. This is a cheap amp with small features small wattage and a small speaker. Thus you can do things with this you might not do with other amps. For example, I play my Ibanez Active 5 String bass through this. I can get an array of tones with the active electronics of my bass, and I can even get a true to life distorted speaker. The speaker just can't handle it. Sounds awesome. Use it for what it is, and it sounds great, unlike other amps which try to emulate sounds and end up sounding like crap.

Its reliable if you dont treat it bad.

People who say this sounds like crap give me a break. Its a cheap amp. Accept it artistically as a cheap amp. I think it sounds great, very cheap.

I don't need to make this too wordy....this amp is pretty basic, you have 2 channels, one clean and one distorted, that's about it.

I used this amp with a Squier Strat and also a Les Paul..This was my first guitar amp, and when i started playing i thought it was really nice, but as time went on i got kind of bored with it and moved on to a bigger amp with more features. The distortion is ok, however if you are too close to your amp you'll get a lot of unwanted feedback, and even if you're 10 feet away and playing at a high volume, you still get a lot of crappy feedback. The clean channel was nice, but if you turn it up more than halfway it sounds really muddy and bad.

It has never broken down on me, and was always reliable...so i give it a 10

Never had to deal with the company....

I've been playing for about 2 or 3 years, i'm only 15. I now own one a 30 watt marshall with digital effects...but I would recommend this amp to someone who is just starting out. I don't think I would buy a new one if this were to be stolen. The thing i liked best about this amp was the ease of use. A monkey could figure out how to work it. So for all beginners, this is a good amp, and the price is right.

this amp is one u use to get sound out of. it has the clean and od channels and theyre alright if ur not too concerned with your sound. its only 15 watts and it starts breaking up after u crank it past five.

i usually use an ibanez rx 20 r ( if u got one email me) with two humbuckers and its just for foolin around with. i tried a gig with this amp and it was a disaster because it was so quiet. basically the od sounds like that cruddy old kinks distortion but the clean is nice and sounds great with pedals at low volumes(get a boss blues driver perfect!)

basically i leave this sucka in my room and mess with it whenever im bored. the amp has never had any problems.

didnt need em

this is just my bedroom setup dont bother gigging or even practicing with a band with this guy. if it was stolen id wonder why this guy would even want this amp but i would probably just get something else with the money.