Crate GX15

My GX-15 was made in 1996, or atleast the speaker was. The amp is 12+ watts of solid state power. Which is enough power for solo practicing, but try to keep up with drums and your toast. It has 2 non foot switchable channels, clean and overdrive. no effects loop, head phone jack, external speaker jack, no reverb or effects. It has your basic starter amp features

I play a yamaha pacifica with 2 single coils and a humbucker in the bridge positionthrough a tuner, then a wah wah pedal, then a snarling dog american tube simulator, then through an ibanez distortion pedal. The clean channel is standable, though if you use humbukcers the tone is extremely flat and the lack of reverb doesn't help. the overdrive channel is pretty unusable because it operates at lower dbs then the clean channel. it sounds like your sound is muffeled.

this amp has never broken down on me, but try to drive a 2x 12 via the external speaker jack, and the sound starts fading, so i unplugged the cab and the speaker in the amp sounded rather muddy and low. it let it cool for a few hours and played it again and sounded fine. I woul not gig with this amp due to its power and tone but it won't break downdruing practice

i bought the amp used when i started playing and so it had no transferable warranty. therefore i haven't dealt with CRATE

I hate the amps tone and power. i bought it because i just started playing and needed a cheap amp. i have been playing for maybe 7 months now. i also have an epiphone studio 10, a crate gfx112, a few mics, and a feneder hotrod deluxe. if stolen or lost my keyboardist wouldn't ahve an amp, but i would not replace. instead i would buy the Vintager GM110 30w anolog modeling amp made by behringer. but now i'm working on getting a fender 65 twin reverb

Mine was made in or around 92. This is not the most versitile amp in the world...but for at home it's great. It's got plenty of power to get yer practicing done. This amp is totally solid state so if yer looking for a tube....go get one.

I always use mine with a Strat for semi-blues tones. This thing has an amazing clean sound...the reverb is awesome. The overdrive is pretty noisy...a commom problem for all Crate solid states. You can get a really good alt. rock sound out of this amp. If yer into the Seattle thing it's perfect.

I've had this amp for almost ten years now and I still play on it alot. Sure I've got others at this point, but it's still fun to mess around with it. Brings back lots of memories. It's never broke on me before. I used to play in a garage band with it and it could be heard easily over the drums and vocals. I used to play it extensively at 7 or 8 on the volume.

never dealt with them.

I've been playing a long time and I still use it from time to time. If it were stolen I'd probably blow it off and never get another one....but just because it's too small to gig with. Plus, once I discovered tube amps I rarely touch solid states for live stuff. Look people, this is a cheap amp...but it's been good for me. I was young when I got it because of the money factor. Yer not gonna get monster tone from something this small...simple as that. But it is fun to jam on in yer house.It's unreasonable to think it's gonna sound like a stack!! Crate is very good about making stuff young players and people on a budget can afford. But that being the case you can't expect it to sound like a Marshall stack.

I GOT IT IN 98.IT HAD ALL THE BASICS OF A FIRST,I PLAY ANY THING FROM PUNK TO BLUES.IT HAS ONE CHANNEL,HEADPHONE JACKS AND OVERDRIVE, FEATURE WISE IT HAS EVERY THING YOU WHOULD NEED TO LEARN.IT IS WAY TO SMALL TO EVER USE TO GIG

I PERSONLY HAVE A CRUISE SINGLE COLL IT SUCKS BUT ITS CHEAP FIRST, BESIDES THAT I HAVE USED MOST POPULAR GUITARS LES PAULS,STRATS,AND SG.
THIS AMP RELLY SUCKS FOR ANY STYLE YOU PLAY. LARGE PLACES ARENT AS BAD BUT IN SMALL ROOMS IT MAKES A VERY HIGH SHARP SOUND.ON CLEAN I WHOULD GET A WEIRD VOODOO WOBLE IN THE SPEAKER AND WITH OVERDRIVE IT SOUNDED LIKE A TV GETING BAD RESEPTION BASICLY THE SOUND OUT OF IT SUCKED

I WOULD NEVER TAKE THIS AMP TO A GIG IT IS VERY UNRELIABIL. IT HAD BROKEN SEVERAL TIMES THE LAST STRAW WAS WENE IT STATED SMOKEING

I NEVER NEEDED TO CALL THE COMPANY FOR HELP DURING THE 90 DAY WARRANTY IT NEVER BROKE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR CRATE SO I HAD A GUITAR SHOP I TOOK LESSONS AT FIX IT FOR CHEAP.

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING 4 YEARS AND FOR THE PAST 3 I USE A RACK WITH A CARVIN CAB,IF I HAD LOST IT I WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY GO TO A SMALL MARSHALL,IF ALL YOU WANT IS A BOX THAT MAKES SOUND FOR CHEAP GET IT,
BUT IF YOU WANT A QULITY AMP GET ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE ITS MORE THAN LIKELY BETTER "HATEING IS STILL HATE BUT WENE IT COMES TO CRATE HATEING IS GREAT"

this has pretty much beginner features: basic eq, gain settings, thats it.

i play a yamaha pacifica through it and it sounds OK. you just have to mess around with the EQ to your liking. i have the low on 10, mid on 5, and high on 7. the gain is on 8. that pretty much makes the best possible sound that can come from this POS.

very reliable. the black tolex will start spliting where the screws are. no biggie. i replaced the tolex with duct tape. looks mighty nice now.

ive never had to call them up so i dont know.

The bottom line is that this amp is good for the beginner but, nothing more. dont expect to get marshall sound out of the little box. if it were stolen i wouldnt really care. i compared this to the fender frontman and this was better. this is probably the best amp in its class.

2 channels, little button to switch them (a pain), one 8 incher inside, solidstate

Using an epiphone les paul standard with it. I play mostly classic rock and that kind of stuff. This thing is horrible, unless you like distortion that has no tone. I'm not saying is sucks next to a Marshall or a Boogie (it does but...), I'm saying it just plain sucks. Horrible distortion that sends me into convulsing fits on the ground while frothing green stuff seeps from my mouth. Yes, it's that bad. Clean is ok but too muffly. I thought it was cool when I was a beginner. I think I finally heard a Marshall though and now this thing doesn't impress me. Either that or I messed it up some how.

Ripped the tolex I thought was tough. I have to frickin fidget with the input every 5 seconds. I have to have the cable dangling half in and half out.

Don't wanna deal with the people who made such a horrible machine...

I have another Crate which I like much better. If it were stolen, I wouldn't notice except when i go to prop my feet on it while watching tv, my trusty Crate foot rest won't be there. It does make a pretty good foot rest. I also go out in the garden and produce horrible sounds which scare away pesky animals. Sometimes I let little kids in the neighborhood use it for a base in baseball. Overall this things sounds are hideous, but its a good household object every family needs.

three band eq, distortion switch, not that complicated. I've taken the amp to rehearsals and it's been loud enogh to deal. I kind of get afraid when turned up past halfway, but for eighty bucks, I couldn't be happier

I use a DS-1 with a single coil pickup. If I can't complain about noise then all you 13 year-old wannabe poser f'up slipknot guitar idiots need to shut up. Clean is awsome for such a small package. THE AMP ONLY COSTS $80. IF YOU WANT A HALF-STACK SAVE YOUR FUGGING ALLOWANCES AND BUY THE HALF-STACK

I've had this amp for about three years now. I've gigged with it (with speaker a attachment) and it still works. Everything I've played that is crate has seemed very well built.

I'm going to preface this by saying anyone who hasn't graduated third grade shouldn't be reviewing anything. Anyone who has a problem with this amp needs to pull their heads out of their nether regions. Those of you who are dissapointed because you didn't get a half-stack for eighty dollars need to shut up. If you don't like the distortion, buy a pedal. If you don't like the clean sound, buy a reverb pedal. Shut the hell up. Quit bitchin'cause your amp sucks. Turn the amp down and learn how to play first...

Pretty simple amp distortion channel clean Channel, get's the job done, much better then my old Fernandez POS (piece of S***).

The amp has a nice crisp clean setting goes up really loud and does not distort when loud. Distortion is not bad it's a pain to turn on when playing, you have to pause and hit the tiny little button on the amp.

I've never had one problem with it and probably never will great litle amp

I've been playing for 7 years I just use this to fool around with I also have a Trace Elliot Super Tramp For my gigs. Overall a great practice amp. Buy it if you have the money.

good for the price, fine practice amp, but nothing more

The distortion can get out some punk sounds for the size, and you can play a little Blink 182 on it. The clean channle is crappy, but that's cause I play a Fender Power Chorus.

I've beat this thing into the ground and it still plays, and it was used!! Don't ask me how this thing stays together, cause I have no clue.

don't know, always fixed it myself [or got dad to do it]

fine for a beginner, but then go with a DX100H or something big with a load of power.

I play mostly rock and blues. This amp does quite well for its size and quality. It has two channels, clean and overdrive. The button to switch between them is kind of small, but when I'm using a practice amp anyway, I'm just practicing, or more likely, writing on it, so I don't need to switch conveniently all that much with it. I wish I had gotten the one with reverb, since it's not much more, but I didn't. It has plenty of power for pissing around in the bedroom and writing things. If I turn it up and use a distortion pedal, it'd probably be plenty to get me arrested. The Flexwave emulation is good for solid state, but I'll still probably upgrade to a tube amp eventually. For what I use it for, though, it's really quite a nice amp.

I use Epiphone guitars, a strat-copy and a Dot, and both sound great on it. It does fairly well for my musical style. I kind of overlay it with pedals and only occasionally use it straight, but when I do, the clean channel has some nice gain on mid volume levels to just saturated tones, and the gain on the overdriven channel is plenty scathing to my ears (in a positive way). It buzzes a little bit, but most amps do, really. I can get lots of different sounds from it, which is always a good thing from a practice amp. The clean channel gets slightly saturated at high volumes, but pleasantly, ending off where the overdrive channel begins. The distortion, at full blast, is a fine kick in the teeth.

It's very dependable, it's solid state, they tend to be. It's also fairly light on the components. There's not a whole lot in there to mess up. It's never broken down on me, and I've punished it like crazy, by hauling it all over creation and exposing it to the elements. If I were ever to be in a situation to use it in a gig (I'd hope not. I'd rather something with a bit more power), I'd feel alright using it without a backup. I don't think it'd break down on me.

haven't tried it. Got it used, never sent in the warranty.

I've been playing for four years. This was my first amp, and I still play on it from time to time. I've had a vintage 70s Fender twin reverb, a Dean, a no-name tube amp, and some others, and while those have great sounds, this one is the one I started on. It's a comfort thing. But it does have a nice sound, really. If it were stolen, I'd be pissed off majorly, since I like it, but then I'd probably invest in something with reverb and some edgier distortion on it. I chose it because it was the cheapest one at the store when I bought it, but it turns out, I got more than my money's worth, I think.

It would be better if you had a footswitch between channels

I use the cheapest POS wannabe strat there is, and i get great sounds. I listen to alot of metal, and I can play anything on it and it sounds great as long as you have a separate effect pedal(BOSS DS-1). It makes a pretty nice sound on the Overdrive channel at 5 and the distortion all the way up on the pedal.

Never had any problems

The best practice amp you can get!