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MGR/Schenkeinstein « Crate GFX 1200H »
Published on 04/11/09 at 15:00For an inexpensive 120 amp head, this thing rocks. As with most Crate amps of the last 10 yrs they have done it again, they nailed tube tone from an inexpensive solid sate amp. I build and repair tube amps, but Crate has floored me again with the tone and crunch they are getting from this amp. I've played guitar for about 30 yrs now, I'm in a Death Metal band and the GFX 1200 is a great rehearsal/recording amp for me, I normaly use a B-52 AT 100 on stage
I bought this amp off of craigslist in Jacksonville FL for $50.00, it had some nasty hum issues, but after a quick solder job(the filter caps had cold solder joints)it sounds quiet,meaty,crunchy and the clean channel with the digi FX made me rember how much I missed a sweet chorus effect.
The amount of sound and tone you get from such a small light weight amp head, compaired to my tube amps this thing is like a feather to tote, oh I did I mention the tone. I'm not much into FX on the crunch channel of any amp, but on the clean channel the chorus,reverb and delay are very cool, it has a flanger also but I don't use that to much, and did I mention the tone, yes tone very very close to a tube amp, not sterile and bright like a lot of SS amp...cough cough um..Marshall MGDFX Heads....The Crate GFX amps kill the Marshall MGDFX amps(I've worked on both)..more tone,more bottom end growl(for METAL)more sound and tone at high volume.
The fact that I can't asign the DSP to a single channel..ie Clean or Crunch. The fact that it's under rated,my friends laughed at me when I showed up with it, that untill I unleashed it and let it run ramped through the band room...who's laughing now!!!!
The Crate GFX 1200 is built very well for a small 120 watt amp head, aside from the soldering the amp is tough, maybe Crate and LOUD Technologies can figure out some thing to stop the solder joints from cracking..99% of the Crate amps I work on(new and old) have soldering issues.
The Crate GFX amps kill the Marshall MGDFX amps. Crate has one of the best lines of affordable,Solid State amps on the market new and used
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I bought this amp off of craigslist in Jacksonville FL for $50.00, it had some nasty hum issues, but after a quick solder job(the filter caps had cold solder joints)it sounds quiet,meaty,crunchy and the clean channel with the digi FX made me rember how much I missed a sweet chorus effect.
The amount of sound and tone you get from such a small light weight amp head, compaired to my tube amps this thing is like a feather to tote, oh I did I mention the tone. I'm not much into FX on the crunch channel of any amp, but on the clean channel the chorus,reverb and delay are very cool, it has a flanger also but I don't use that to much, and did I mention the tone, yes tone very very close to a tube amp, not sterile and bright like a lot of SS amp...cough cough um..Marshall MGDFX Heads....The Crate GFX amps kill the Marshall MGDFX amps(I've worked on both)..more tone,more bottom end growl(for METAL)more sound and tone at high volume.
The fact that I can't asign the DSP to a single channel..ie Clean or Crunch. The fact that it's under rated,my friends laughed at me when I showed up with it, that untill I unleashed it and let it run ramped through the band room...who's laughing now!!!!
The Crate GFX 1200 is built very well for a small 120 watt amp head, aside from the soldering the amp is tough, maybe Crate and LOUD Technologies can figure out some thing to stop the solder joints from cracking..99% of the Crate amps I work on(new and old) have soldering issues.
The Crate GFX amps kill the Marshall MGDFX amps. Crate has one of the best lines of affordable,Solid State amps on the market new and used
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com