Blackheart Handsome Devil 15W

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:29 pm

a shop up the road from me is doing these half price Â£409 Â£199, played one today and they're rather good. if I didn't already have my VC-15 I'd have bought one of these...here

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:39 pm

Its made by Crate...this equals iffy quality

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:44 pm

I didn't like it as much as my Laney, however it was a nice sounding amp. I wondered what the free crate stool was all about, didn't know they were made by crate...

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:27 am

fun fact: crate was formerly known as Westone / Electra.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:38 pm

Mages wrote: fun fact: crate was formerly known as Westone / Electra.

WHAAAAAAA

I did not know that.

Anyway, are Crate amps really that bad? The valve series they did some years ago (55 or something?) seemed to get fairly good reviews. Sloan was a fan.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:47 pm

ekwatts wrote:
Mages wrote: fun fact: crate was formerly known as Westone / Electra.
WHAAAAAAA

I did not know that.

Anyway, are Crate amps really that bad? The valve series they did some years ago (55 or something?) seemed to get fairly good reviews. Sloan was a fan.

Fact...Crate use to be owned by St. Louis Music Corp and made here in St. Louis Mo...... Crate was sold and now is made in some Asian country and quality suffers.....

you can still get some decent tonez but in that price range u might as well get Peavey durability too

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:20 am

There amps are known to break down a bit. (the v series I think is the ones you were talking about)

BUT, they are pretty good mod platforms. Change the speaker and clean up some of the electroncis and you can have a decent amp for pretty cheap. I remember at one time they were blowing out the Crate V series amps for like under 200 USD for the 50 watt combo 2x12. 100 for the 15 watt 1x12 I think.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:15 pm

I've had the handsome devil for over a year now. It's a bright amp, but it's a nice change up from my mig 60. Never had a dYs trouble from it and it's used near daily

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:24 pm

Do not know about the blackhearts. I know the old club series and V series had some reliability issues. I think this was mainly with gigging/ They did not handle being moved/tossed about/smoke/spilled beer/etc. I am sure the blackheart can handle the End Chokehold just fine though.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:25 pm

mickie08 wrote:Do not know about the blackhearts. I know the old club series and V series had some reliability issues. I think this was mainly with gigging/ They did not handle being moved/tossed about/smoke/spilled beer/etc. I am sure the blackheart can handle the End Chokehold just fine though.

I've looked inside. It's as nice as any boutique. I'm sure it could live up to steady gigging.

DGW · Post by **DGW** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:17 pm

I was at NAMM 2011 and these were in the backline at most stages..Guys were just plugguing in thier pedalboard and they sounded as good as anthing there.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:54 am

aye, the one I played sounded really nice. I'd have bought it if I didn't already have a tube amp.