Personally, this amp is perfect for my music, metal. The high gain is amazing! It is better than most pedals or any other amp, stack or combo, around. The clean is crystal clear and the overdrive is impressive as well.

This product had everything I needed. It came with a pedal to change from clean to overdrive to high gain in one step. The pedal included the ability to turn the built in effects on and off. I rarely use the effects due to the fact that I believe it muddles the sound, but I must say that the effects do sound very nice.

Plug in, and play basically.

I have never had a problem with the quality of this amp. I have toted this thing up and down steps, threw bushes, and everywhere in between. I haven't had any components come loose or fall apart.

When I purchased this item, I considered lots of different amps. I looked at Marshals, Peaveys, Ravens, and just about everything else. I chose this amp because it was the right price and had everything I needed at the time.

Due to the fact that I haven't had to replace anything this amp is the best.

I believe this amp is very "sexy." It has a nice exterior and is "heavy duty."

Active Musician

Metal, 2-step, hardcore

for a low cost amplifier the sound is very good. remember its not a $2000 dollar Marshall tube amp but you already knew that. the clean channel is very usable. the overdrive channel is also good the high gain channel is not to my liking but will work for some. as a practice and rehearsal amp its perfect.

the foot switch is good but the dsp you can keep I wanted a simple amp with minimal effects. I don't like programming the effects via the footswitch its a pain. the built in tuner is useless. but that's ok because you don't have to use it. overall quality seems good but I've only had is a week. remember its a $260 amp.

tone is fairly easy to dial in on this amp and for the price you cant beat it is loud if you want it to be. good for rehearsal. don't know if I would gig with it though.

seems to be well made remember the main idea here is its very cost effective cant say its road worthy but will definitely work for practice which is why I bought it. I am on a budget and needed a practice amp.

great value for the price. now lets see how long this ting will last.

don't know haven't used them although Zzounds is amazing so no worries.

for the price you cant beat it.

playing guitar for almost 2 years. I jam at home with friends when able play almost every day

love rock and metal.

i just started

rock. blues

Saxes: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, WS5 electonic, Trumpet. Trombone, Harpsicord

Not professional but a very good enthusiast Classical to Christian to Blues to Rock to TV ditties play by ear and read musi

well first the sound is just amazing the clean is so clear and beautiful the overdrive is really good for punk and rock and the best of all high gain amazing for metal and solos

the amp came with a 3 button foot switch and it works great

plug it in and rrrrrrrrrrrocccckkkkkkkkk out

very great durability iv banged it around a lot and not even a scratch

great for the money

never had to call

all i half to say is get it

active musician

rock

the clean channel sounds good, but its really hard getting a sound between absolutely clean and heavy distortion. also, the distortion can sound kind of dry unless you turn up the reverb and frequencies quite a bit. overall the amp makes good sounds though, and it gets very loud.

some reviews say that there is a tuner in the amp, which would be awesome, but there isn't one. the digital effects aren't very good and sound pretty cheesy for the most part. the amp does come with a foot switch though that works great.

very easy to use. storing digital effects and other settings is a little tricky though, and the instructions didn't make much sense so it may take a little getting use to if you really want to use them.

very good quality. the output jack got loose pretty quickly but its easy to tighten and the amp is pretty solid.

its great value. 300 dollars for an amp that can be played along with thousand dollar amps and not be overpowered.

i never dealt with crate directly, and i've only dealt with zzounds on another product, and they were very helpful and let me return my defective product for a new one free of charge.

it looks alright, and oddly, people with much better amps have said that they love it.

hobbyist, jammer

alternative rock, blues, some metal, classic rock

The clean tone is clear and crisp the reverd works well as long as you dont over do it. The overdrive is perfect wide ranged nd my damien fr from shecter really grinds through it. While the high gain is something you have to work with it does great as well really makes my emgs growl.

The pop in wheels are a little hard to get in but no complicated put together and when their in thier in. The real time tuner and three chanels are awesome. The included pedal is a little confusing on setting effects but once its set its easy nd works great.

Very easy to ise the amp nd tone is great but setting differnent effects to the pedal takes getting use to. I have only tryed reverb and chorus they are all i need and their both great.

Durable and heavy i seriously doubt ill break this anytime soon.

This amp is worth every penny stop thinking and get this amp.

Havent needed any works great

This is somthing about this amp that makes it down right sexy inits own way nd the velco straps in the back are awesome.

lead guitarist for five years

Metal melodic classical and rock

This amp is AMAZING. I bought it as an upgrade from a 7" practice amp, and it's a huge improvement. It is great for metal with the solo channel which has insane amounts of gain, and its clean channel is beautifully clear. The only drawback is that it tends to break up at (very) loud volumes. But it still sounds fairly decent turned up.

It has three channels, a solo, rythm and clean. It also has a tuner and a footswitch. I use the footswitch all the time, its definately a big plus. The ryhthm channel has a nice crunch to it,and like i said the clean channel is crytal clear. The tuner sometimes can be a pain to work with, as it occasionnally won't register the correct note. It has a small selection of effects and a dedicated channel for effects on the footswitch.

I plugged it in and turned it on, and instantly got a great sound from it. You can put the tone knobs just about anywhere you like and get a good sound out of it. The effects are simple to use and the manuel explains them rather clearly.

It comes with a 5/2 warranty- 5 years on electronics and 2 on speakers. It seems to be made rather well, although the head on mine is a tiny bit loose in one corner. It has velcro straps on the inside, handy for holding cables and the footswitch or whatever you carry in the back.

This amp is definately worth its price. I tried out several amps in my guitar shop and none came even near to the tone you can get out of this beast.

I had troubles getting the amp, as they kept coming broken due to shipping problems. ZZounds was extremely easy to work with, and has the fastest shipping i've ever seen from an online store!

This amp looks great. Everyone in my band said it was sick when i showed up with it.

Hobbyist/Active Musician

Metal, Rock, Deathmetal

This amp can produce any sound you want really. I use the clean more, and it's very clear and beautiful. The high gain is intense, and with the right noise supressor sounds really well too. Whenever I do use gain, I use the regular built in overdrive. It works like magic and sounds unblemished.

Built in DSP effects that track and auto adjust when you switch settings. Simple 3 button foot pedal that switches in between the gains, cleans, and effects. Wheels for rolling the sucker, which isn't that heavy anyway. Built in tuner on the top.

You plug it in, set up your sound, and play. The only kinda confusing part is the effects and working it out on the pedal.

Looks really great and futuristic. Good quality.

Haven't had to call. I didn't get a manual with it though, but they have that on their website.

Musician

Indie, Prog, Experimental

Newbie

Classic Rock, Metal, and Country.

In a band when I was a young stud. Thought I'd try to live the life once again.

Blues,rock,country

In a band when I was a young stud. Thought I'd try to live the life once again.

Blues,rock,country

played prof. for 20 years now play for enjoyment only, have Fender Strat, and Les Paul custom

Classic rock, country, and Blues mostly

fair to good

the high gain channel is very good for metal and some hard rock, the overdrive channel has some use but not much, very thin sounding and kind of like blown speaker sounding, The clean channel is great sounding but has very little power, can't use that on stage its far to weak.

very easy to use, confusing on the part of the DSP but ok once you figure it out, the manual is pretty useless. Again can't use the clean sound on stage cause its far too weak I'm guessing more like 30 watts max.

no problems, but again I can't use it much, cause its far to weak in power

not worth the money except to use at home for your own enjoyment only

I did call them and complained about the low volume, I thought there was really something wrong with it. They said it was a "MUCH QUIETER AMP THAN THE HAVE MADE IN THE PAST" I argued that it was advertised faulsely, They did not agree, and said HEY it's only 120 watts !!!!

I give it an F, I'm using it in my apartment only, thats all its good for

40 years, Fender strat w/EMG's, Strat w/lace sensors, Les paul custom, Schecter C1 plus

classic rock, some metal, country, and blues

45 years experiance, 25 years professionally, now just jamming

country, blues, comercial