Feature:
Less is more...this amp has everything you need to dial in good tone without spending lots of time making adjustments. The 3/5 watt switch alone get an 8 for features! Also, all of the various speaker outs on the back allow this beast to mingle with many of cabs!
Quality:
Seems like it is very solid--the head and the cab. Nothing rattle around and it is sturdy enough to sit on the stack while playing, so saves you from having to buy a chair--haha, you are already saving money by purchasing this amp!
Value:
This product is definately worth the selling price. There are many other small amps around this price, but you can't beat class A tube tone for this price.
Desirability:
This stack is a beauty--just a real Lass!! Simple and elegant, yet so solid and smooth sounding. Everything a growing boy is looking for....in an amp.
Sound:
This amp is able to produce pretty clear and clean jazz tones on the 5 watt mode with the volume at a lower level, which gives a bit more headroom. Turn it up and it produces some great class a overdrive for a nice rock or blues crunch. Push this little beast with a boost pedal or OD pedal, and you've got some serious volume and saturation. The amp sounds good with the matching speaker cabinet, and of course looks supreme with it, but it sounds much larger with a warmer tone when I use my custom build large oak cabinet (semi open back) with a Celestion V30. For my guitar setup, I use this stack, and a modded Valve Junior head with my custom cab, and I run the two in stereo from my stereo delay pedal. The tone I am getting with this setup is actually breath-taking. Sometime I will just strum a chord for long periods of time admiring the tone, stuck in a trance. (I love tone).
Ease of Use:
Pick you're power, 3 or 5 watt, then turn it on and play. Super easy to dial in great tone.
Support:
Never had to deal with them, and haven't heard anything, good or bad. But they are made under Crate, so I am sure the service is very professional.
Overall:
Between this amp, and my modded Valve Junior, and also a Zvex nano head, I am pretty set for tone! I will always keep this amp, and when the amp starts to sound a little rough, I will take it to my amp tech, and get some mods done on it. That is the beauty of these small and simple class A amps--they are easily modded and for a pretty small price, they can end up sounding like $1500 boutique amps!
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