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Crate V5...; ...5W tube amp
Topic Started: Jan 30 2009, 07:21 AM (246 Views)
Rampant	Jan 30 2009, 07:21 AM Post #1
Immortal (well, ...so far!) Posts: 427 Group: Top Contributor! Member #8,896 Joined: October 7, 2008	Ok folks Visited a guitar center (lol @ spelling) today and almost walked out with a petite Crate V5 tube amp for US$99.99. It's kinda small and is pretty much the size that I'm looking for and sounds pretty rich, full and clean in the shop, but does anyone have any comments... Seems like a bargain, no? Mark H
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monwobobbo	Jan 30 2009, 01:50 PM Post #2
Posts: 1,032 Group: Moderator Member #8,625 Joined: June 23, 2008	haven't seen one yet but for that price its sounds good. just remember that US power is different than UK so it it wouldn't work without a power converter in the UK.
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Rampant	Jan 30 2009, 03:56 PM Post #3
Immortal (well, ...so far!) Posts: 427 Group: Top Contributor! Member #8,896 Joined: October 7, 2008	I already checked the power supply my friend. The Crate has a dip-switch to select input voltage 115V/230V - unlike the Vox I looked at (and I thought Vox was a British make!). Do you reckon that the lack of effects etc would be a problem, as the Crate is very basic with only vol, tone and a single input?
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voodoorider	Jan 30 2009, 04:17 PM Post #4
Garry Posts: 673 Group: Members Member #8,964 Joined: November 3, 2008	Ah now this you see is the trouble.. deciding if you want a pure tube tone.. or lots of versatility in tones, effects and amp models at your disposal :/ Your choice on that one though.
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monwobobbo	Jan 30 2009, 09:35 PM Post #5
Posts: 1,032 Group: Moderator Member #8,625 Joined: June 23, 2008	Rampant Jan 30 2009, 03:56 PM I already checked the power supply my friend. The Crate has a dip-switch to select input voltage 115V/230V - unlike the Vox I looked at (and I thought Vox was a British make!). Do you reckon that the lack of effects etc would be a problem, as the Crate is very basic with only vol, tone and a single input? most high end amps don't have a bunch of built in fx. just get an overdrive or a distortion pedal and perhaps a delay pedal and a wha. or you could get a multifx unit and use that. some of rocks greates moments were recorded on a little tube amp like that.
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Rampant	Jan 31 2009, 02:57 AM Post #6
Immortal (well, ...so far!) Posts: 427 Group: Top Contributor! Member #8,896 Joined: October 7, 2008	Bought it today Like the sound of it back in my hotel room. A colleague is a decent guitarist, so I got him to play through it in the shop - sounds pretty damn clean and fullsome. The shop only had 1; the one on the shop floor - so I wangled a $15 discount, too Also bought spare power valves - by mesa boogie - so I'm tempted to swap one stright in as some reviews say that the fitted tubes are not te greatest on the planet... Thoughts on that??? BTW - sig now needs to be changed, too
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voodoorider	Jan 31 2009, 09:56 AM Post #7
Garry Posts: 673 Group: Members Member #8,964 Joined: November 3, 2008	Ah bargain! As for swapping tubes, stock tubes are normally pretty average so it wouldn't hurt to stick better ones in! I don't know about the bias on that amp, a few amps have an auto bias feature to automatically set the valves up properly (nothing is simple in the world of guitars :P) So if it does need biasing after changing the valves (which i think would be fairly likely but maybe not, i don't know that much about it) that would be a trip to a qualified amp kinda person i think.
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Rampant	Jan 31 2009, 11:26 AM Post #8
Immortal (well, ...so far!) Posts: 427 Group: Top Contributor! Member #8,896 Joined: October 7, 2008	Thanks chap. I'll look into getting it set up with a new valve when I get back to UK
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