Crate V Series BLOWOUT!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:07 pm

St. Jimmy wrote:i'll know more later tonight (and yes, I will make a demo in the next week or so), but i MAY end up swapping out the tubes for JJs...not sure. i don't have the money to do that for a few weeks anyway. i'm pretty certain i'll be replacing the speaker for something more sexxy-assed. but out of the box and just gettting five minutes with it leaves me with the impression that it's built really well, looks sexy as a motherfucker and is a GREAT all tube amp for 200 bucks!

sorry for my ignorance, but would you not have been better just buying an amp with tubes and a speaker that you like in the first place? or is it a cost/quality balance thing? enlighten me.

ultraviolence · Post by **ultraviolence** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:15 pm

my fucking amp is making loud popping noises and i can see little blue flashes in the back....two of the screws are stripped so I can't even get to where I think he tubes are...

other then that the crate v-50 sounds fucking amazing for the price..

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:23 pm

stewart wrote:
St. Jimmy wrote:i'll know more later tonight (and yes, I will make a demo in the next week or so), but i MAY end up swapping out the tubes for JJs...not sure. i don't have the money to do that for a few weeks anyway. i'm pretty certain i'll be replacing the speaker for something more sexxy-assed. but out of the box and just gettting five minutes with it leaves me with the impression that it's built really well, looks sexy as a motherfucker and is a GREAT all tube amp for 200 bucks!
sorry for my ignorance, but would you not have been better just buying an amp with tubes and a speaker that you like in the first place? or is it a cost/quality balance thing? enlighten me.

it's definitely a cost/quality balance thing. i've yet to hear any amp that i loved the stock tubes in...except like vintage gear...but that's vintage gear and therefore a totally different thing. as far as spekaers go, it's the same thing...i have no problem upgrading

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:40 pm

^yeah, amps rarely come with awesome t00bz and speekz. unless you get like a mesa, and you pay for it with the Celestion v30 and matched mesa-picked t00brz. shit be expensive brah!

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:55 pm

Crate V18: $150 + $45 for decent tubes + $70-ish for speaker = awesome amp for $265.
Makes sense to me.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:00 pm

DuoSonicBoy wrote:Crate V18: $150 + $45 for decent tubes + $70-ish for speaker = awesome amp for $265.
Makes sense to me.

and a spot of soldering...?

ultraviolence wrote:my fucking amp is making loud popping noises and i can see little blue flashes in the back....two of the screws are stripped so I can't even get to where I think he tubes are...

other then that the crate v-50 sounds fucking amazing for the price..