Crate GX15

I wish this amp was just a little bigger. Like 20 watts would be perfect. I read some people say that it's worthless for gigs, and band practices, but I disagree. I used it for a couple of large hall gigs. It's not that complicated. YOU PUT A PA MIC IN FRONT FO IT!!! It sounds great during practice. My drummer would drown it out if I didn't know how to ajust the settings, and put it at a frequency contray to the drums.

I am using an Epiphone Les Paul. FOr Beatlish type stuff the standard distortion is good, but I often find I use other distortions. The clean channel is great. Its the most crisp clear sounding thing I've heard in a combo amp.

I have had it for more than fopur years, and I think it's starting to go. I may be wrong. I could just be my cords, but I have replaced them a few times. Overall no major problems. It never stopped working.

nope

I've been playing for 8 years, and Ive had this for 4. it's a great amp for it's price. if I had more money I would but a bigger version of the same amp. A GX-50 perhaps.

2 chans: clean and overdrive. Equalizer, low,mid,high, 1 level for each channel. 8inch speaker. The power suplly cord could be longer.
The channel switch could also be bigger, if you want to switch between clean and overdrive, get a pedal. The headphone jack is a good idea since i live in a apartment building. Power is ok i guess if i play without a drummer, if so you cant hear me even at fuill level. But its enough for practice or room. Not very versatile cant get much different tone or dist effect.

im currently using a Stage fat strat shitty guitar with unknown REALLY cheap pickups so i may not be getting the best out of that amp.
The clean channel is okay at low level and with more highs than lows, when i crank it up i have to use distortion because all i hear is a mud like sound. The overdrive chan is way better but there is no intermediate: if its not at 8.5 or more its clean. The tone and dist are comparable to pop rock. Since i mostly play nu metal like korn or slipknot and some pearl jam i switch to .11-.52 strings. Thats the best thing i ever did, i get a full rich sound from the amp when i eliminate mids. IF you play with distortion you can achieve good sounds but forget the clean chan ..

ive owned it for 4 years now and i had no problem with it at all. THe sound is the same except when i crank it up, im afraid it'll blow so i dont really play real loud. It aslo screech alot without dist. But in all, its very reliable. I dont gig yet but i definitly wouldn't use it on a gig, not enough power and i wouldnt even get trough the intro of any songs by slipknot without exploding

Ive never dealt with Crate. It came with a 5 years warranty from the vendor (2 from Crate i think. Since the vendor is not a authorized dealer anymore i hope to find one if something ever happens...

Overall its not a bad amp. IF you dont crank it up you can get good sounds out of it. But as i said forget the clean chan, play with overdrive at 4 or 5 its much better. it satisfy my needs for now but since im getting a Ibanez RG and a pedal im considering upgrading my amp as well. im sure the sounds gonna be much better with that guitar. if it were stolen id probably get some other better models
Overall its a good practice amp but not for gigs...

2 channels, overdrive and clean. Low, mid and high eq-switches. Speaker and headphone out. Nothing special, just basic practice amp features...

Crap. The sound is muddy and unclear, some people may like that but I don't. The overdrive sucks too (I have always used an effects pedal for that instead).

I guess it's very reliable. I have had mine for over two years now and it haven't let me down yet. I have had keyboards, guitar and bass connected to it at once at full volyme, and it still works fine.

Never had any technical problems with it yet.

It's cheap, and you can tell that by the sound. It would be a great practice/home amp if the sound would be better/more clear. I have tried to tweak the eq settings but the sound is still muddy and unclear.

But if you are a beginner and don't have that mutch money, then it could be somewhat good. It's cheap, small and has basic features as eq, overdrive/distortion etc. Before I bought my 100w amp I tried to use it at my bands practice, but it was worthless. There isn't enough power in it to play with a band or on stage, it's best to use it home for practice etc. But then you could acctually buy a smaller 10w or a mini-amp with good sound and for less money.

2 channels, Clean and distorted. Headphone jack, basic tone and volume controls. Nothing special, but all the necessities are there. Read the other reviews for more information

I play lots of metal and some nostalgic classic rock on an Ibanez GRX-45. Decent sound, good, cunchy, thick distortion on the humbucker. Nice clean sound on the top single-coil, almost acoustic sounding. Sounds kind of messy during distortion solos, however.

Seems pretty solid, although I've never really abused it. I try to take care of my equipment as much as possible because anything can break.

Never had to deal with Customer Support

overall it's a good little practice amp. I didnt get a chance to compare it to other practice amps, as it was a christmas present, but It works for me. I wouldnt use it for a gig simply because it's not powerful enough. I tired it one or twice for a band practice and the drums and bass absolutly drown it out, but thats due to the fact that this little amp wasnt designed for performances. If it was stolen I'd probably buy the GX-15R with reverb controls, but overall it's a good amp for 100 bucks.

This amp has 2 channels (Overdrive and Clean), one 8 inch speaker and nothing else. Bare bones, down to playing amp (the way I love it). The features are useable and good.....nice amp features over all for a combo.

Great! This was my first amp! I loved and love it! The sound is good for bedroom use, thats what I use it for. I bought a Fender Princeton (BIG MISTAKE) to play bigger rooms and band practice, but I still use this one for practice. Good clean and very crunchy distortion. The Clean distorts at around 8, which is normal, but not annoyong and the amp looses all distortion when the gain is not on 10.......

VERY! I've had it for 4 years! Great amp! Its fallen, been kicked, knocked over and even had coke spilled on it! This thing has earned its stripes!

Never dealed with em....

GREAT! Good for practice and fucking around! Nice amp!

My Soon, but not Current setup now is a......

Crate VC6112 All Tube Combo
Fender Tex Mex Strat

2 Chan clean and overdrive. NO REVERB

Gibson LP Custom and 79 Strat with EMG SA's. Play rock, metal and some jazz. I bought this because the distortion in the store sounded good for a practice amp but when I got home it was just so so. I have a POD 2 going into the clean channel and this amp can't handle the lows without the POS speaker on the verge of jumping out. Turn the bass and mid all the way down along with volume and it's ok for practice. I hear others saying they gig with this thing??? I can't imagine that.

Had this about 6 years now. Not problems. Keeps on going.

2 channels, 1 overdriven and 1 clean with a line out and headphone jackabout 15 watts solid state amp. This is strictly a small bedroom, camping, living room, sun deck, very portable pratice amp. Don't ever on your life expect to play any gigs with a low power solid state amp. It's called a pratice amp for a reason.

69 Gibson SG with P-90 pickups. I play anything and everthing.

Has never broken. Very tough a have a toddler who like's to fiddle with it, play with all the knobs and stick things in it.

14 years, I own a '67 (tube, like duh)fender deluxe reverb. I love the sustain in this amp that you can pracitce anything through it from open chords to two handed tapping all without a distortion pedal. It is very compact and I use for in the bedroom and infront of the T.V. for when I don't want to drag my fender out of the basement.

12 watts...Two channels...Shared EQ. I guess those are pretty standard features on a practice amp. Then again at 12 watts does it even classify as a practice amp? This thing isnt loud at all. I tried practicing with it once....

Ive actually used a few guitars thru this p.o.s. First off an ESP M-155. Then another ESP this time an EX-350. Also Ive used a Fender standard strat and a cheap Les Paul copy thru it. Basically they all sound like garbage clean. It just sounded flat to me but hey what do I know Im just some punk kid. OH yea and dont expect to play louder than maybe five. After that it starts to break up. Its awful. The overdrive channel is alright though. If you set it up right you can get an OK hard rock sound. Only OK though. Its really noisey and you cant really crank it or it gets all nasty on you.

Alright heres what I dont understand. I thought solid state amps were supposed to be these super reliable MACHINES. Maybe I have really really bad luck with amps I dunno. Well at band practice one day I had to bring this hunk of junk along cause the amp I usually use isnt mine and well wasnt available. ANYWAY. I plugged in and turned it up. Trying desperatly to over power my drummers MUFFLED set. It worked alright for maybe an hour and then it just died. Does anyone know why? Its not the speaker thats fine. ALL the bastard does now is hiss and buzz. Anyway I wouldnt suggest turning the gain and volume on the overdrive channel to ten for any length of time or you might fry it like I did.

Alright not quite loud enough to be a good practice amp and the clean channel blows asshole. Distortions only OK. Dont even think about buying this or any other Crate similar to this one. Even as a practice amp this thing cant measure up to a Fender Frontman or a Marshall MG series.

Basic practice amp. As such, features are limited - which is a good thing. Practice amps are for practicing, not fiddling with.

I'm on vacation and brought my guitar to practice with. Turned out I was invited to play with a group while I was here. The only amp available for me to use is this Crate GX15. My reveiw is based on my experience with it.
I was pleasantly surprised. I expected pathetic performance but found otherwise. Sweet overdrive and warm clean sounds. My guitar is a hybrid (godin LGX-SA) and capable of both strat and Les Paul sounds. My guitar sounded good through this little puppy. Yeah, it's no tube amp but for a crappy little practice amp, who woulda though? Ok, so it only has an 8" speaker. I put a mike in front of it and put over the mains. No problem. Plenty loud enough.

who knows. it's solid state. probabley reliable.

Like I say, I was impressed. I expected a lot less performance than what I got. I consider it a good value for a practice amp. I wouldn't get it for any other purpose though.

ajem... ehhh. 2 channels, 1 overdriven and 1 clean with a line out and headphone jack(nothing out of the ordinary), about 15 watts (sometimes I think it has about 100 watts!!!) it's a practice, solid state amp; nothing more.

I have a Yamaha SE200 with 3 single colis(very rare and old guitar, but I love that guitar!!) connected to a zoom 505-2,> Ibanez CS-9 chorus,> Crate amp. I play anything I heard and like its a bit noise but, what the hell, anything that has dist is a bit noisy. I think this amp its in the middle of the sound caracteristics of a mesa amp and a marshall. the clean sound produces warm sound, not as good as the clasic tube amp, but, hey it's a $100 am. the overdrive channel is some times good for some power chords, but for those warm solos, the amp produces a very thin and weak dist. one thing about this: the amp is very loud, so if you will use it at high volume levels, make shure you use a external speaker!!! I can't believe it!!! even at 1/4 of the level (cln ch) a peavy speaker was almost exploding!!! another thing I don't like: when a chord is falling into silence, the sound starts to crack!!!...

this thing is very dependable... I sometimes use it as a chair. is a tank.

don't know

about 2 years playing, if stolen, buy something better..., although it is a fantastic value to a novice guitarrist, I know when a dist sounds good.