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Anybody have one of them Crate V18's?


Sparky

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I bought mine for two reasons... 1st it was so damn inexpensive and second I was planning on running

my Tonelab LE through it for the occasional jam session. I thought it would have plenty of clean headroom

but, alas, it has virtually none. I've read that some cats trade out the pre-amp tubes to reduce the distortion

but I really don't want to spend more money on the thing... I'm thinking of selling it and buying a cheapo

solid state amp from the '70's or '80's that has nothing but clean headroom.

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Sparky - my first tube amp was a crate.  I was So proud of myself for knowing to buy a brand new tube amp.  Turns out, it was a turd.  New tubes, speakers, re-bias - - nothing.  It totally lacked a soul.

 

On the positive side, I recently bought a crate 2x12 cab.  Pretty poor workmanship but had two ceramic Tone Tubbies, casters and tilt arms ala Fender.  For the scratch it was worth it.

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