Crate VC5212B

Amplification All Tube:
- Preamp: 4 x 12AX7
- Power: 4 x EL84/6BQ5

2 HP 12 "Crate 16 ohms.

Gain, Volume, Channel A (Bass, Treble), Channel B (Bass, Middle, Treble), Effect Send, Return Effect, Reverb, Reverb A, B Reverb, Channel Selector, Standby, On / Off.

Channel selector pedal.

UTILIZATION

It's a pretty simple amp to handle. Not too bulky and heavy for the power it generates sound ... Concert-goers enjoy ... Especially their backs ... Casters are easily possible.

SOUNDS

The sound is excellent, especially in Crunch and Overdrive. The clean sounds are fairly crystalline, with powerful bass. You can really have fun on a wide range of sounds. In addition, the manual offers some presets for different sounds "classical" guitar truly effective.

OVERALL OPINION

This is a very good buy. I do it again without hesitation. This is an amp that really a color, a warm and powerful. I use this amp for about five years, and I can not get enough. He holds over time. The HP does not weaken after one hour of play .. It's solid, strong. And besides, he has a mouth !!!... Do not hesitate, the price where you can find this amp! It is worth many others who have the reputation but not effective ...

Amp 50 Watts All Tube ... 2 channels clean and crunch, quips each of their legalization. An effects loop, one pedals, and ... and ... SWEET!

UTILIZATION

This amp is really the Amp! In my eyes, and after jou on other brands and MODELS, lamps, transistors, or modlisation, this amp is that we feel like anything else once that 'we have ... A clear channel bttn, both smoothy and full of characters, and a saturated channel that allows up to 4 or 5 a game with finesse, trs expressive. To del is a little adventure, the sound is more modern ... ... but allows all of the same s'clater well. The simplicity of using this amp, if we take into Whereas the quality of sound that it is DGIG bouriffante! Friend of Mark Knopfler and Gilmour, your guitars! this is the amp for you!

SOUNDS

Friend of the blues and rock 60's, hello! Fans of heavy mtal, go your way! This amp is a small (big and heavy!) Perfectly.
I play it with a stratum frne lightweight, microphones Team Custom 54 '. Color hot, powerful, net.
FlyingV with my 71 'team to a single double humbucker bridge is much more aggressive, the Tone knob to max, and immediately softer (see BB King) that ds 'Tone has played with the bass. THE Panard!

OVERALL OPINION

The downside to this apareil is its excessive weight: 35 pounds!
Carry a horror, even after you mount the wheels (yes, because the wheels ....). Ms. grip transport eventually shouting thanks, long! However, weight is important for its size which is not less, and this is precisely the color of his sound. A similar lamps amp, but with a slimmer body, you get sounds sharper, more incisive, axs more about rock than blues. One can say that has the quality of its default! The lamps are fitted as original Sovtek, even a guarantee of quality except for those who prfrerons clearer sound (bring up the Groove Tubes), or a more crunch (prvoir Electro Harmonix). For my part, I stay in Sovtek, and directs you to the same! Another positive: after several hours of play, HP Submitted remain, and seem to show no signs of fatigue (contrast with the owner) ... Conclusion: a scraper, a jack, this amp, and dump all multi-effects!

2-channel amplifier has lights if I'm not 4 12AX7 tubes in the preamp, 4 EL84 in the power

50W

2 Hp 12 'crate (there are other versions with different Hp)

2 finishes either black or cream (mine is black)

connectors: Spartan to death

- An entry
- An input / output effects loop (via stereo jack) pretty damn bad
- Attention footswitch to change channels (no reverb control)

no outputs for connecting external cabs.
settings:

Clean channel:
volume + + 2-band eq reverb level

disto
Gain + + + level 3bandes eq reverb level
I put that 7 because of the lack of connection, no external output for HP, can not control the reverb, damage, it cost no more expensive to wire all this home

UTILIZATION

configuration simple: plug and play.

Manual useless

the resulting sound is immediately on the nice clean channel, the distortion must not push the gain but rather the level to keep a pretty good dynamic crunch.

Large distos is not too its register.

SOUNDS

This amp can do many things, but rock and blues are her favorite fields.

Friends of the metal, go your way, unless they add enough to make a distortion of death.

In our past 14h as the distortion is pretty sloppy on mine, but the lamps are tired. we'll see change

The power output is enormous, the day falls apart in the challenge or else you have to have deaf neighbors.

I play mostly with my jackson JJ4, and I get nearly any sound I want as long as I add the pedaltone ...

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a nearly 2 years. I have tried many models before you buy (Ashdown FA40, engl screamer 50, mashall dsl602, randall rg50tc, ampeg reverbrocket, Laney TT50, etc..).

In fact my favorite amp is Laney TT50, but at 1400 €, I could not get the offer.

The crate was therefore an economically realistic (330 €, so yes, you read correctly! OCCAZ of course but hey, that's all lamps!).

It helps to have an original sound, this is not an amp that can cross at street corners all els ....

I would do without hesitation that choice, especially given the ridiculous price for an amp product in the U.S. ....
The bad thing is, I do not have the footswitch CFP1 home and not find it anymore <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_cry.gif" alt="" />

This amp is a big combo lamps! Class with its black finish (photo above).
5O watts RMS, 2 speakers crate, 4 12AX7 preamp and 4 EL84 in amplifier in
An input jack, an effects loop weird in (cable jack to predict Y)
A nice spring reverb with a level for each channel
2 channels: one for clean sounds with 2-band EQ and volume, one for saturation, three band EQ, gain and volume
No master volume!

So minus 1 for the master, if not everything is perfect, it's not complicated, no need to take the lead three hours to make his adjustments.

UTILIZATION

As I said before, this configuration is very simple and super effective.
The manual ... It's wasted paper ^ ^
The sound is coming right away, but beware, these 50 watts is not the gnognotte! So should go easy, sutout there is no master (it's simple, repeating, I never exceeded 1.5 by volume). For the effects loop, and I use no effects bin, except for a wah-wah, so that way it's done.
9 for the Masters.

SOUNDS

My style of music: I play a bit of everything, but mostly jazz-rock, rock and hard rock.
The amp perfectly follows these styles.
The clean sound is beautiful, it almost does not crunch, in short, we have a real clear sound, both jazzy, crystalline, warm and silky.
In saturation, we can have everything, pretty much crunch reactive attack distos up to modern rock. Attention, it is not recommended for metal, it has not enough bass and low mids for that.
Moreover, the second channel, when more than 6 in gain, we have a really sharp fuzz and not very pleasant if we do not drop the treble on the amp (I always keep 3). So be careful there!
With my ibanez rg 3120, seymour duncan sh2 rise and SH5, the soli saturation are sublime: very good attack, grain a bit messy at the marshall, sustain large, the total, actually.
There, that's good for me: 10/10, Bravo Crate.

OVERALL OPINION

This makes now a year since I use it. I bought 500 euros secondhand, and I have no regrets, even after having tested the amp as 15-25 express mesa boogie or marshall of modern vintage. Only regret: it is a bit heavy ...
Value for money at the top, although for me it is only quality that counts.
Crate thank you! But why do most of these amps?!