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MGR/Yury Baranoff « Crate GX15 »
Published on 01/22/03 at 15:00My friend bought it long time ago for ~$200, and recently I had to repair it.
Very good clean sound. Drive channel gives a perfect tone, a bit old-style, but it is the best I've ever heard from 15-Wt amp. Works good with most drive pedals, although a bit fuzzy. It has adequate volume and the bass is ok - like always, the best sound is obtained with the volume set near to half maximum level.
Crate 15 and 20Wt amps has 2 basic disadvantages. 1-power amps and speakers usually get out of order 2-tone and volume pots aren't reliable. Maybe amps with these disadvantages are specially chosen for exporting to Russia 8-)
Like all cheap amps this one has hum and noise, though in most situations they are unaudible. The speaker has a little bit more treble than I'd like it to have. Reverb unit isn't somethig very good, like any other cheap spring reverb unit.
Like I mentioned it has problems with power amp and speaker. Assembly quality sometimes is awful - for example, speaker is never centered to its hole. I've even seen an amp mounted with only 3 screws.
If you're lucky you may choose an amp with no disadvantages I mentioned above. If so then you'll own the best sounding 15Wt amp. Marshall practice amps are much more reliable but they have much worse tone, especially for the drive channel.
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Very good clean sound. Drive channel gives a perfect tone, a bit old-style, but it is the best I've ever heard from 15-Wt amp. Works good with most drive pedals, although a bit fuzzy. It has adequate volume and the bass is ok - like always, the best sound is obtained with the volume set near to half maximum level.
Crate 15 and 20Wt amps has 2 basic disadvantages. 1-power amps and speakers usually get out of order 2-tone and volume pots aren't reliable. Maybe amps with these disadvantages are specially chosen for exporting to Russia 8-)
Like all cheap amps this one has hum and noise, though in most situations they are unaudible. The speaker has a little bit more treble than I'd like it to have. Reverb unit isn't somethig very good, like any other cheap spring reverb unit.
Like I mentioned it has problems with power amp and speaker. Assembly quality sometimes is awful - for example, speaker is never centered to its hole. I've even seen an amp mounted with only 3 screws.
If you're lucky you may choose an amp with no disadvantages I mentioned above. If so then you'll own the best sounding 15Wt amp. Marshall practice amps are much more reliable but they have much worse tone, especially for the drive channel.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com