Crate V-Series Guitar Amplifier Half Stack with V100H Head and V412A Cabinet

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The full power of the V-Series amplifiers. Ready to rock arenas.

Tubes! Just the smell of those glass bottles blazing with fire gets amp aficionados to perk up and lose their cool. Giving their all for the evolution of all-tube tone, Crate's V-Series combos and stacks produce the sweet cleans and earthy distortion that can only come from tubes. Roadworthy construction, modern features and genuine value are causing legendary players and novices alike to develop a thermionic love-Jones for the Crate V-Series.

Crate V100H Head
Classic tones in a thoroughly flexible amp format, the V100H puts an unspeakable amount of power and tonal options in your hands while keeping the price point within your means. Switchable from 100W to 50W with no more than a flick of your finger, the V100H uses two separate headroom palettes to lay the foundation for its equally thoughtful Vintage or Flat voiced Boost function. Add its separate EQ for each of the "Clean" and Overdrive" channels and you've got a variety of tones to that dial in easily. Spring reverb and two inputs, Bright and Normal, round out its simple, effective feature set. The V100H is ideal for live use, allowing the player to set distinct voices that can be accessed on the fly and where massive power is needed.

Crate V412A Angled Cabinet
Clean, stylish and powerful, the Crate V-Series 412 cabs feature 4 x 12 in. special designed, stamped frame, ceramic magnet speakers specifically designed to pair with the V100H all tube head. Rugged construction rounds out a perfect trifecta of stunning looks, read more great sound and roadworthy performance. read less

Crate V100H Head
100 Watts RMS, Class AB

Two channels, Clean and Overdrive

4 x 12AX7 preamp tubes, 4 x EL34 power tubes

3-Band (Treble, Middle, Bass) EQ on each channel

Vintage/"Flat" Voiced Boost

Normal and Bright inputs (which can be Y'ed)

4, 8 and 16 ohm Speaker Outputs

Spring Reverb with Level Control

Optional Footswitch for Channel Select, Boost and Reverb

Crate V412A Angled Cabinet
240 Watts RMS Peak Handling Capability

4 x 12 in. Custom Designed, Stamped-Frame Ceramic Magnet Speakers

Durable plywood construction

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 866-858-5832

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (3 ratings)
Submitted August 11, 2008 by a customer from yahoo.com

Crate V-Series Half Stack Customer Review

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I just hope this thing goes for a long time...love the sound of it. Buy it! Trust me you aren't going to find a better sounding amp for less!

Sound
Great sounding amp for the price. The trick to this amp is driving the clean channel with a distortion pedal. I use a BOSS DS-1 and it has a great crunch sound. I use the amp's regular drive channel for that classic rock rhythm sound, it doesn't sustain like the driven clean channel, but overall a great EL34 sound for a great price!

Features
The amp comes with a boost and reverb feature. The reverb is ok, the boost doesn't really seem to do much other than make it louder. I was disappointed the amp didn't come with the footswitch but luckily I own the flexwave series half stack as well so it really wasn't an issue.

Ease of Use
Easy to use, pretty self explanatory. The clean channel has a bass, mid, and treble EQ, as well as a volume. The dirty channel has all the same features with exception of an additional gain knob.

Quality
Very well made product, the cabinet is extremely tough. I own both the Flexwave series cabinet and the V-Series cabinet, and the V-series cabinet is built much tougher and heavier for that matter.

Value
Where are you going to find 4 EL34 tube amp for around $300? I mean seriously...this is by far the best value amp I've ever owned! Other manufacturers read more need to catch on, b/c I have a feeling that Crate is going to sell tons of these!

Manufacturer Support
N/A, never had to use support, the Crate products I have used have been very good.

The Wow Factor
Good looking amp head and cabinet.

Musical Background:
Active Musician

Musical Style:
Rock, Classic Rock, Modern Rock
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