All user reviews of 5/5 for the Crate GFX-65

There seems to be a lot of negative reviews on Crate solid state amps. I've been playing guitar over 40 yrs.. I'm not a beginner. I've owned and played through a LOT of amps. I have modified and upgraded many amps as well. I've done solid state, hybrids, and tube amps from low end to high end. I currently own a Crate GX212 and GFX65. I play mostly classic rock, southern rock, jazz, blues, and country. I don't use the high gain channels on the Crate amps because I'm not in to metal or heavy distortion. I absolutely love the clean channels on my Crate solid state amps. They have plenty of punch(guts) with chime and sparkle. I use pedals for overdrive and light distortion. These amps IMO are some of the best amps for clean tone and clean headroom. They have more than enough volume for gigging. Except for the Jazz Chorus 120, the Crate is my go-to amp for almost everything I play and every place I gig. I set mine up by dimming the bass, mid, and treble. I then back off which ever control that I have too much off. IMHO these are excellent amps....especially for the money!!

I had a cheap offbrand AMP I was using for Years I just decided that I needed something better, so I went to one of the local music stores and they had a blowout sale on all Guitar Amps I saw the Crate itwas $200.00 even and I looked at list price of $300.00 something so I saw I had a great deal and I got it.

Great sound its only 60wt+ but it has some big big noise I can really blow some windows with this thing. Also the effects are great though I cannot combine most. Its small and easy to transport.

Just the fact that I can't get multiple effects t the same time but its really no big deal.

Great very durable.

BUY this Amp!

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I paid $345.00 at Mars Music, I owned a smaller Crate practice amp 18 watts and and sound and effects was pretty cool for small size.
I bought this amp because CRATE units have a good reputation and good price.

This amp has pretty good effets which can be change with the pedal ( from High gain to clean )and the echo and chorus is nice.
You can get pretty good bite even at low volume.

The effetcs set up does not let you combine multiple effets ( you can only have the reverb & chorus as one ), I like a small touch of echo with chorus & reverb.

This unit is well built, will stand moving it around and the small size is adequate for one speaker and the controls knobs are easy to use.

This is one good amplifier to have in your room for practice, jamming or for recording.

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