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Published on 08/15/03 at 15:00Back in the 70's I played in a high powered rock garage band and a job change caused the band to break up. 6 months ago almost 30 years later, The band got back together just for kicks. The next thing you know I needed to buy an amp. and guitar. I purchasd the Crate BFX100 bass amp.for $390 at a local music store. Why the crate? SIZE: compared to the 100 watt amps of the 70's this amp has the same performance for one third the size. And for the type and style of music that we play today it has more than enough power. The digital effects are OK.
Likes? Everything, remember I'm comparing this amp to the amps of yesterday. A three 15" speaker bottom 100 watt Kustom setup took up a lot of room. You had to have a truck of some kind to take it anyplace. And the price is fair
I don't care for the weight. For its size this amp is heavy. The speaker grill is not secured down very well. It has fallen off a couple of times while I was playing through it. The line out feature so you can plug into a PA system is in a poor location. Unless you stumble across it or read about it in the owners manual you most likely will never know you have the feature.
As mentioned before this unit is heavy. To me the means built to last. For the style of music I play with moderate volumes the sound quality is excellent. The EQ is far better than the old tone control knobs.
I've owned over the past 30 years Kustom, Fender, Musicman and others.This is the first Crate for me. If I purchase again it will most likely be Crate. Thank you for allowing me to rate what I beleve is a good product.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Likes? Everything, remember I'm comparing this amp to the amps of yesterday. A three 15" speaker bottom 100 watt Kustom setup took up a lot of room. You had to have a truck of some kind to take it anyplace. And the price is fair
I don't care for the weight. For its size this amp is heavy. The speaker grill is not secured down very well. It has fallen off a couple of times while I was playing through it. The line out feature so you can plug into a PA system is in a poor location. Unless you stumble across it or read about it in the owners manual you most likely will never know you have the feature.
As mentioned before this unit is heavy. To me the means built to last. For the style of music I play with moderate volumes the sound quality is excellent. The EQ is far better than the old tone control knobs.
I've owned over the past 30 years Kustom, Fender, Musicman and others.This is the first Crate for me. If I purchase again it will most likely be Crate. Thank you for allowing me to rate what I beleve is a good product.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com