Crate GX15

Heres a plan and simple review from metal guitarists standpoint. I bought it from a friend who took up guitar, but soon quit afterwards, and sold it to me basically brand new.

As far as a simple amp goes it has what it should have. 2 channels, clean, and OD, with EQ's and a headphone jack etc.. so lets move on.

Using it with a Jackson RR-5, with stock pickups.. blah blah. I play metal, the likes of Hacride, Meshuggah, Gojira, Opeth, Psycroptic, Textures, etc..

Like everyone is saying, it sounds very muddy. I honestly cant believe anyone gave the sound quality higher than a 4. As far as the clean channel goes its super bassy, you cant get even close to a clear sound. So basically its going to suck with pedals.. I've tried it with a Boss Metal-Zone, and a digitech RP2000. Basically what will happen is you will get used to the ****** sound and start to think its decent, until you actually play a different amp and you start to remember, oh yes, its awful. The OD is just muddy also, cant get a nice high gain sound, very muffled, and poor.

As far as Crate goes I own this amp, and a Crate cab. Both have been beaten pretty hard over the years, but the sound quality never gets any worse (or better, sadly). I must say Crates stuff just doesnt break, so Ive never had to deal with customer service.

Refer to reliability.

OK amp for a starter maybe.. as long as they can find it cheap. I wouldnt recommend it though, because they will get used to a terrible tone and things just wont sound right. So playing along will basically just suck.

It's just has clean level, OD level, OD gain, Low, high, and mids. Nothing special, theres no reverb or effects. It doesnt come with a foot switch in fact you cant even use a foot switch with it.

Dark dark dark dark muddy muddy muddy. If it wasnt so muddy it wouldn't be bad, and it has a decent amount of gain. The cleans are actually pretty good it doesn't distort until around 6. I play metalcore, hardcore, metal, thrash, and melodic metal. I have a Ibanez grx20L with humbucker pickups and a digi deathmetal. Even my deathmetal sound muddy through the clean channel.

It's never broken down or anything pretty reliable, and i have had it since late january. I wouldn't gig with it because it says 30 watt max on the back.

never dealt with it.

I dont own but i've been using it since january and over all its probably a 5.5 all together.

Well, I didn't expect much when I was buying it, so I was a bit suprise. It has two channels (clean/overdrive) with a button used for switching between them, 3-position equalizer, volume knob, two knobs for overdrive (gain, level). It has a power but rather for use in home. It's made for versatile styles of music but in my opinion it's rather for rock and metal, than clean music.

I play rock with it on my Cort Z-42 and I'm satisfied with the sound. It's has very good basses, but not such good high noises, so getting them with bad guitar could be very frustrating. Distored channel is very dirty and I don't like it, very brutal and it can be used only for metal.

No problems with him so far (First owner used him for 2 years and now I'm using it first year).

Never heard of them

I play with some effects: digitech rp80, chorus koda, digitech hod rod and I'm satisfied, but it's pitty that it hasn't got even reverb. But for this price you can't get anything better for home use and beginners.

Pretty basic features but for a practice amp this seems to work fine.
Gain knob, Volume knob, Treble knob and Bass knob. Input, Output and Phone jacks. Powerking 15" speaker.
Single Channel but can be great if used with a distortion pedal.

This is my setup; Squire stratocaster, big muff pi (Russian), Boston GX-15.
When playing clean, this amp has a warm tone which is suitable for jazz or softer rock. With the gain knob maxed out it produces a fuzzy distortion which is pretty cool. I find my big muff pi works fine through this amp but I would only ever use this amp for playing at home. I would never gig with it. When the volume knob starts to get past 3 o clock it starts making an ugly distorted sound, but for playing at home it goes as loud as you need it to go before it starts distorting. Put it this way. I've never turned volume to full in the 3 years that i've owned it.

This amp has never stopped working. It is incredibly reliable

never dealt with them

I mainly use this with the speaker output into a pair of quality 2X12 Peavey Black Widows. I never use the dirty switch. Since I use multi-effects I put the EQ mids on ten, the high on zero and Bass in between. this is a little secret if you have multi-effects.

I tried a Crate amp 10 yrs ago in a studio and I was intantly addicted to the sound. I play classic rock/rhythm/blues. I use this as a practice amp, but it sounds like the real deal with the flex wave. I have 120 Watt Tubes on my Peavey, but for practicing I prefer to use this amp. It crunches tone. I use this with Boss ME 50, Aphex Exciter, Rocktron Nitro and Bad Monkey/Screaming Blues. I don't use the little speaker, except once in a blue moon. This amp has enough volume that I never turn it over half the way in my living room.

Rather dependable. No gigging with this little practice amp. Although who knows, Neil Young gets his sound from a 15W Fender pumped throgh a PA.

After 4 1/2 years the amp crapped out. I brought it in for repairs with the 5 year warrenty within the last week and had it fixed at Sound Check, Nashville. I didn't pay a nickle. That to me is a gift. The price for repairs was more than half the value of the amp.

I like Crate's tone. I also use this with Boss Amp Machine and I can live vicariously through Marshall, Fender, Vox, 5150, and Mesa tones. I just don't know about it's overall reliabilty, you get what you pay for.

Really nothing special. Non-reverb model.

Best one word to describe it 'Muddy'. Just not very exiciting. Can make some pretty good blues sounds, what it's probably best for probably. Haven't played many different amps, but this amp just seems a bit biased on the bass.
Overdrive Channel: Never left me wanting more gain.
Clean Channel: OK. Basically all I can say.
Speaker out has some hope in it, maybe it's the speaker responsible for the loss of brightness?
Seems pretty loud for a 12watt but what do I know?

Seems pretty tough. Had it for a few years now. One thing I just noticed recently was I had it on the overdriven channel and it would sort just lose some of the volume/drive, like the gain knob had been turned down. Pretty strange, happened a couple of times randomly. I'm not worried about it though.

You should easly get this for less than the $120 that was for at the time. I wouldn't recommend it unless you can find it very cheap (under $50) and you are just looking for a clean bluesy sound to practice on. It's not very bad and not very good, just an O.K. amp.

two channels, no footswitch (unfortunately), two of the useless jacks you usually find at the right in amps. Volume in the clean channel, volume and gain in the OD channel. High, bass and mid. made in 2001 or 2002.

2004 squier strat copy, single coils, and a les paul copy. Play mostly blues, prog rock, symphonic rock and a bit of everything.

Clean channel is muddy. Very unfenderish, even more dull than a marshall's clean channel - note that the owner's manual says 'crystal clear'. Not very usable - i usually just use the OD channel and turn the volume down on the guitar if i want clean sound, due to the fact that there is no footswitch jack. Distorts at about 6 - unusable.

From the OD you can eventually get a decent sound if you play around with the knobs, but just one that will get you through. It is plain dull, no spark, no passion. Just sounds mediocre. It doesn't allow much tonal variation, does not respond to different pick attacks or changes in playing strength. It has only one sound and it's crap. Just boring, sounds like shit at over volume 5. Absolute crud. Maybe i am a bit harsh in judging or my playing is still shitty but i've played with 15W solid state amps sounding loads better. This doesn't sound like anything - no wonder i got it new for $85.


Sounds quite loud for only 15W. Still not enough for rehearsals. Not noisy at all, even with single coils - there are amps far more noisy. You can get a quite decent sustain if you stand near the amp when it is facing slightly upwards - just find the exact point.

I suppose the amp is quite reliable, as it is simple. I can't see anything that could possibly go wrong, as it is just plain solid state. And if it did it would be cheaper to buy a better amp than to repair this i guess. Anyway, i've had this amp exposed to sunlight, rain, temperature changes, falls, humidity, lack of affection, everything. I even painted it white with regular wall paint - looks ridiculous. Hasn't suffered any damage. Sounds just as bad as the day i bought it.

Never dealt with Crate. And i wouldn't do so if the amp broke down or something - simply don't care. I suppose it wouldn't be any use anyway as i live in Chile.
Warranty is 5 years - quite impressive i must say, though i doubt anyone would stay with this amp that long

Been playing for about ten years since i was seven, but i only got an electric in 2002.
Only amp i own, don't have money for a tube amp. But i am saving for a valvestate which is more decent.

If it were stolen i would do nothing.

I only got it because I didn't know a shit about amps. But I guess that for 85 dollars it does it job well, and i am thankful that it has gotten me through various situations.

Vesatile enough for rock-blues styles.
2 channel.
Good Reverb.
No footswitch.
Headphone entrance.
Output for more expand or register (but a rec on pc with this amp will have some "zzzz" not desired.
You can use it everywhere, very good for home praticing, a perfect "first amp".

Mexican Telecaster 72 custom
American Telecaster Plus '95.

Not noisy but also not so dynamic when you're playng, reverb seems not like any crash in his area.

Clean channel ok.

Distortion's very brutal and rich. Rare to search in a Marshall or in featuristic amp of any type.

Solid as small.

After 4 years little malfunction in input entrance, corrected by myself with a little bit of attenction.

I hope i'll never dealt with them.

Good amp, you can count on it for homeplayng and also for homerecording.

I would buy it again but you've always to check every amp you can every year for a calm purchase.

El ampli que me compre es del a?o 2002. Es muy versatil cuando se trata de tocar algo de Rock & Roll, Blues, etc.
Mas caracteristicas lo encontraras por internet eheheh
pero a lo que se refiere a estructura es buena, sus efectos son buenos para un amplificador de 15W

El ampli lo estoy usando con una guitarra Samick, de 3 pastillas simples, y los estilos que toco son mas METAL & Rock
Mira, el sonido en general no es muy genial, de hecho cuando aplicas mucho GAIN con distorcion el limpio muere, aun asi tiene mucha mas potencia sin distorsion, mucha mas! solamente que no es distorcionado eheheh
El sonido distorcionado lo aplico con una pedalera de efectos que neutraliza el mal grado de limpio. SUENA POTENTE PARA SER UN AMPLI DE "10W".
Si quieres tocar en una banda, no te recomiendo un crate de 15W porque el sonido de la bateria o bien del bajo se lo comera.

No se si sea muy fiable.
Muy fiable seria si empezaras a tocar en tu habitacion, pero no para conciertos o tocar en una banda.
Pero, lo que quiero destacar es su estructura eso le da puntos extras :)

no se, no la he reabilitado aun.
Ademas que lo tengo en optimas condiciones, ninguna falla :)
sobre los a?os de garantia creo que es de 5 a?os.

Muy bueno para los que empiezen a tocar guitarra con este ampli, pero no recomendable para empezar a tocar en una banda.
El ampli de casa.

well..i got this amp free which was a step up from a silvertone smart III's edition amp i had..it was like 12 watts and the most god awful thing in the world., this one was definatley better.

speaker out is always good which this has, 2 channels one clean and one overdrive which the OD sounds hella better once u play it through a cab rather than the lil speaker it has in it. everyone else has teh features so just read there. would be good if it had a foot switch but hey..its a lil practice amp....live with it...and the OD channel could have a cuple more knobs but again the price...o well. the speaker out again was a nice addition

used a bc-rich warlock (pukes) bronze series then upgraded to an ESP/LTD MH-100FM (o ya baby) used a metal zone mt-2 (sounded alright thru this amp.

the clean channel is decent as well as teh OD but tends to break up and sound crap the higher u get.

done expect to much of good sound thru this..its a cheap amp....you want good sounds dish out the extra money for it.

if kicked...dropped this lil sucker as well as banged it aorund on accident...nothign damaged....very reliable

never had to deal with em

if your new to guitar...get this....its cheap...has a distortion channel...its good enuff till ur better than the amp and need something more pro.

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.

This is a basic beginner amp. The features are pretty much barebones. It has your basic clean and OD channels, L/M/H eq, and headphone + speaker out.

I play mostly rock and alt rock, and some older stuff (Simon & Garfunkel, etc). The clean channel is decent, but not great. It starts to distort at fairly low levels and seems to distort at even lower levels through the headphone out. I use high quality headphones but by the time I turn the volume up enough to hear the nuances it breaks up all to hell.

The OD channel is terrible. With the gain up, it sounds really cheesy. There's no body to the sound at all; it sounds more like static than distortion. With the gain low... well, it still sounds cheesy. If you're looking to play any type of music that relies heavily on distortion, stay far away from this amp. I have to use a distortion pedal just to get decent sound out of this thing, but even that doesn't compare to the OD of a decent amplifier.

I drag the amp around constantly and have not had any problems with it. It is very reliable.

I have been playing for about a year now, and my main guitar is a Mexican Fat Strat. Occasionally the amp lets the strat shine when playing clean, but not often. If I could go back, I would not buy this amp. For the price or a little more you can get something that sounds much better like a Ibanez Tone Blaster 15. The only positive thing about this amp is that it's cheap. If you're picking up guitar and need a cheap practice amp until you're sure you want to stick with it, maybe this amp is for you. On the other hand, you have to be pretty good to make this thing sound decent.

my crate was made in 2002 i play almost every kind of rock i dont use the channels because you can get much much better distortion through any kind of pedal then through a small amp like this i like it the way it is but it is too small and not loud enough i use it in my room and sometimes to play with friends and it doesn't have enough power

i use an Ibanez Icemen which has two humbuckers the sound is good for what i do but it ins't loud enough but what can you expect form a practice amp yes the clean chanel is distorted at high volumes and the distortion sucks

it will be gone in about a year or so because i play it so damn loud because it is so small but other then that it is reliable if you use it as a practice amp

i have been playing for about a year if it was stolen or lost i would do the unthinkable and buy a new amp i love how simple it is and i hate how quiet it is

This amp is a great begginner/private amp its got two channels clean and distortion with separate volume levels and master low, mid, and high knobs. this is perfect for my taste in music which is punk, and rock. I give it a seven because its not the best but its one of the best and i have had it for 3 years.

I use a fender strat with the regular single coil pickups and a gibson sg standard with humbuckers they both sound great through it. Like i said before it goes perfectly with my music style because you can find that perfect distortion. The amp isnt noisy all of the time its just like you would find in a regular amp. If you find that perfect standing spot you can have no noise. But with any amp you cant have absolutly no noise so I think its really good. The clean channel stays clean with high volumes. I give it a ten. with confidence

Like i said before i have had this amp for three years and i havent had a single problem and i have knocked it over accidentially i have transported it over 100 accumualative miles. I blast the amp at full volume whenever i want. Which is pretty often because i like to hear loud music. Its very reliable.

havent had to deal with them

I cant give the amp a ten because it is not perfect, no amp or anything for that matter is.

Very basic, but useable. I use this amp for practicing and as a monitor in low volume applications. The distortion is kinda cheasy sounding but I never use it(I like to practice clean).I always find myself wishing it had reverb though.

For what it is I think it sounds good. It's just a practice amp(obviously at 12 watts with a 8" speaker it was not made for gigging) and it works great for practicing. especially since it's small and dry so it makes you work, and it brings out mistakes in your playing. The clean channel is decent for practice purposes. The distortion is pretty cheasy at high gain settings but actually sounds good on lower gain crunch/overdrive settings.

I have been using this amp as a home practice amp and stage monitor(low volume applications) for about 6 years and i have never had a problem with it. Works great low maintanence

Don't know, no problems with amp

Great little practice amp. sounds decent enough, has never let me down. i do wish I had gotten the one with reverb though.

Crate GX-15 solid state probably made in the late '90s. I play pop, rock, folk, metal, anything and everything. Two channels, clean and overdrive. Three band EQ. Speaker, headphone jacks. I use this amp for practice only.

The main guitar I use with this is an Epiphone SG Special (two humbuckers). I have also used a Peavey TK-15 and an Ovation acoustic through the amp. It is a bit noisy but I am pretty sure that is the cheap SG Special humbuckers. With the SG the amp is fairly one dimensional. The clean is too bright and twangy and the gain is too muddy. The distortion sounds like really bad grunge (Mudhoney). With the Peavey TK-15 I played through it I could get really nice bluesy tones on the clean channel. Lately (after owning the amp a year) I have figured out that you can sometimes dial in nice sounds by being very exacting with the gain knob. I have never played this amp at high volumes nor would I. It is too noisy.

I doubt you can depend on this amp. I've never used it to gig and I never will. Nevertheless, for light daily use in a practice setting it works fine.

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I've been playing guitar for only two years. I am primarily a bass player. I bought this amp because it was reviewed as the best of its price range. I would have to agree. The Fender Frontman 15W is even louder than this one, but it has better bluesy tones. I have also listened to one of the Ibanez 15W amps and it was horrible compared to the Crate. The bottom line is that you can't expect much from a 15W amp, but the Crate is definitely the king of the 15W amps.