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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:07 pm
by stewart
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:15 pm
by ultraviolence
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..
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:23 pm
by JamesSmann
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
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:40 pm
by Sloan
^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!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:55 pm
by Will
Crate V18: $150 + $45 for decent tubes + $70-ish for speaker = awesome amp for $265.
Makes sense to me.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:00 pm
by stewart
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..