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Crate GT212 Guitar Combo Amplifier (120 Watts, 2x12 in.)

Two 12 in. speakers. 120 watts RMS.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           9 out of 10
Value:
           10 out of 10
I Want It:
           9 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           9 out of 10
Support:
           9 out of 10
 
 

"Don't wait!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from brtc.net
Submitted: 6/28/2007
Style of Music: Metal / Rock
Musical Experience: Rookie
Location: kentucky

 

 
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Feature:
1 crisp clean channel, 1 raspy rythyn channel and 1 "slap yo momma in the face" solo channel, what more do you need? I had 2 with all of the effects and they suck!

Quality:
Like a tank!

Value:
You cannot beat it, I tried.

Desirability:
Looks like an amp is supposed to, no sissy colors!

Sound:
I have went through a Behringer V-ampire, a Behringer V-tone 212 and this blows them away!!!! This thing will make your ears bleed. Make sure you buy a wha pedal (cry baby not hell babe) and life will be good.

Ease of Use:
It's so easy a caveman could do it.

Support:
Don't know and hope to never find out.

Overall:
This will be my sons amp when i'm done with it!

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"I LOVE CRATE!! now i do anyway, thanks to this amp."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
Submitted: 7/17/2007
Style of Music: pop punk
Musical Experience: Active musician

 

 
Feature:
I'm glad crate didn't throw in too many things to make it complicated. It doesn't settle for the bare minimum, or make the price jacked up with a bunch of features you don't need. Everything is perfect; just like you want them.

Quality:
Crate rhymes with great! Seriously this thing is tough. I can just feel that i could be taking this thing on tour for years and it woulds stand up. I don't want to put it throught too much abuse though. I've only had it for a weekend and it's already my baby.

Value:
DO NOT PASS THIS UP!! I REPEAT: DO NOT PASS THIS UP!! i was about to get a behringer but when i saw this WHOA!! u can't beat the price. forget the marshall forget the fender, u'l save hundreds with using this. DON'T WAIT!!

Desirability:
I LOVE IT. If this amp was a woman, she'd be beautiful. But seriously folks, this thing looks like an amp should. It looks ready to rock. It looks like it wants to own the stage. And it will.

Sound:
Oh my gosh... it says "CREATE YOUR OWN SOUND" on the box. They're not joking. I can get any sound i need out of this bad boy and i LOVE IT. The solo channel is saturated with a thick, beasty distortion that is PERFECT for metal. The rhythm channel is raspy and trashy and sounds great with blues and pop punk (my personal preference. set the gain to 9, low to 10, med to 7 and high to 4 and it sounds awesome). and the clean channel is super crisp and clear. chances are you might spend a little bit of time fiddling with the EQ to find ur perfect tone (i did), but once you do you won't want to turn it off.

Ease of Use:
Maybe it's because i had a behringer before this (and i've found that their equalizers are a little wierd) so it took me a while to figure this one out. But the manual has a little page with equalizer suggestions that will give your amp different sounds. Once i tried those out, I got the hang of it and it was smooth sailing.

Support:
Has plenty of phone numbers and stuff, but i doubt i'll ever need it. Plus, it has a 5 year warrantee.

Overall:
Awesome sound, great appeal, excellent features, simplicity and a price that'l make your jaw drop. Don't waste your money, folks. Get a Crate.

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Crate GT212 Guitar Amp Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from bellsouth.net
Submitted: 7/23/2007
Style of Music: Hard Rock and Melodic Metal
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Dana, NC USA

 

 
Feature:
Includes foot switch to change between channels and to operate Reverb. Instructions for hook-up and use less than adequate.

Quality:
Built tough and looks great! Should hold up to pretty much anything. parts and assembly look good, also.

Value:
Worth every dime I paid for it.

Desirability:
Sleek.

Sound:
Clean to Mean!!!!!!!!!! Played a BC Rich Dark Arts Warlock through this puppy and the tone was SMOKIN' Reverb not very good.

Ease of Use:
Easy to use unless you've never operated an amp before. Manuel great except for foot switch use.

Support:
Never used.

Overall:
Will keep indefinitely! Good for practice or gig. If it was lost or stolen, I would buy another. Sound perfect for country, rock or metal. Do your self a favor and get this amp! Great tone for a solid state amp! I own a Mesa Stiletto Trident and this amp has equal to or better tone, especially in the clean setting.

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"This is a large step up from your average amplifier."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 5/5/2007
Style of Music: Metal, Rock, Alternative
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Sturgis, MI

 

 
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Feature:
The features that come with this amp are acceptable. Three channels; with all of which you can easily find a good sound. The footswitch was a nice bonus and you can even control the reverb with it.

Quality:
Good quality amp. It's very hefty, coming it at around 50 pounds. Its sturdy, stable and makes for a nice seat. The knobs don't feel cheap and the handle does it's job.

Value:
Don't waste your time with the upper scale, name brand amps. Sure they sound great. But give this one a chance, because it does the job and you could buy a few different accesories with the money you save by purchasing this one.

Desirability:
This has a basic amp design. There really isn't much of anything that pops out and grabs you. But, I really don't care how my amp looks. Isn't the guitar supposed to display your personality?

Sound:
The sound of this amp is outstanding. It is unbeatable for the price and I am very pleased with my purchase. There isn't any buzzing when I am not playing and the Solo channel is very cool.

Ease of Use:
I plugged it in, and played. Chances are if you are buying this amp, you'll pretty much understand how to use it.

Support:
I wouldn't know because it hasn't been neccesary for use, yet. But it does come with a 2 Year warrenty on both speakers and a 5 year warrenty on all electronics. Both of which are free of charge.

Overall:
Overalll, this amp is a great buy. I am very pleased with the quality, sound, and features. And it is simply put, worth your money.

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"Buy it already!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          5 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from jmp.com
Submitted: 6/5/2007
Style of Music: Rock, Jazz, Fingerstyle, Classical
Musical Experience: Active player
Location: Detroit, MI

 

 
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Feature:
Features are pretty standard. I specifically didn't want the onboard DSP which impactss the amp's overall tone. Glad I caught this one before they ran out. GTs are no longer being produced. I have a gt65 too.

Quality:
You know, this amp is a wonder of minimalism and utility. Yeah, I know it doesn't have audiophile components and a cabinet made from rare rainforest woods. But, darnit - it still sounds pretty good. Crates are known for being robust - not breaking down.

Value:
Huge value for me.

Desirability:
It is plain black - nothing that would turn heads down the street or anything.

Sound:
You could do alot worse for $200. This amp has plenty of volume and distortions are good IF you use the EQ!! Clean is nice and punchy and warm. Oh yeah...if you turn it to 10 - it won't sound nice. So don't turn it to 10, OK? ;-)

Ease of Use:
Very Easy. Just turn the EQ until it sounds good. DON'T crank thr trebles too high though - ouch!

Support:
Pretty good.

Overall:
This will be my kids first amp when I stop playing it.

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"LOVIN' IT."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 12/29/2004
Style of Music: Rock, Metal-thrash, death, black
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Bowie MD

 

 
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Feature:
good footswitch. everything is already mentioned...Oh yeah, with this amp ur able to add casters for easy manuverability. the thing is, i have no clue where to get casters that fit into this amo.

Quality:
this seems the only area of lacking. for the price what can u expect? the right speaker is cracking up although it is kinda my fault because i played a bass through it. NEVER play bass guitar through a guitar amp. ruins speakers, even celestions. anyways, the material is cheap but all that matters is the sound right? the amp is still built very strong.

Value:
compared to its other competitor 212's (fender FM/ Behringer V-tone/hughes and ketner WARP7/ Ibanez Toneblaster) this one has the most features and sounds for the price.

Desirability:
meh....

Sound:
GREAT distortion. more than i expected. sound is awesome at high levels. clean is typical SS sound, but SOMETIMEs when u have settings set perfectly its sounds close to TUBE. to get good bluesy tone i turn voluume nob down on guitar and use rythm or lead channels and it sounds AMAZING. clean works flawlessly with effets pedal and doesnt color tone of pedal at all. only downside, i play C tuning sometimes and the speakers somewhat muffle the low end. recoomend for fellow black/death metal players: get extension cab or swap speakers. (get vintage 30s or ....hell, greenbacks)

Support:
N/A

Overall:
great great great. Is awesome for the price. works amazing with efffects pedals. would upgrade speakers or get an extension cab if gigging with. TOO MUCH POWERRRR!!!! cant turn up past 6 without sound breaking up on speakers. OH well.... its stilla great amp. at 5, the volume is PLENTY GIGGABLE. trust me.

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"OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from comcast.net
Submitted: 1/14/2006
Style of Music: Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal.
Musical Experience: Guitarist, Violinist, Drummer.
Location: Indianapolis, IN

 

 
Feature:
The features with is amp are great. The channel pedal that comes with the amp is great for live performances and what not. There is nothing I would want more than whatalready comes with this amp.

Quality:
For the price, this product is exellent. It is 100% durabal. I am very happy with what I have and I trust this amp and the people who make them.

Value:
This amp is worth every penny! For a 120 watt RMS combo amp, I have never seen a better deal. Every single thing about this amp is worth the price.

Desirability:
This is a stunning beast! very large and powerful looking for a combo. Trust me the chicks will drop dead when they see this.

Sound:
When it comes to sound, this am rules all. I play heavy/death metal music with my band and the distortion you can get on this baby's 3rd channel is unbelivable! This is a loud amp!!! The reason I bought his amp was because that my drummer was playing to loud. But now that I have the good old 120 watts, he cant even hear himself play!!!

Support:
Do not have to yet!

Overall:
I will always have this amp. It is exellent in every way. I think if Crate keeps making these then there will be a new word to describe sound. I love this amp more than anything!!!!

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"Perfect for gigging guitarists"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from uiowa.edu
Submitted: 2/23/2004
Style of Music: Latin, Rock, Funk, All good
Location: Iowa City, IA

 

 
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Feature:
Real 3 channel operation, perfect for a crisp clean, a dirty crunch, and a full on power lead with no level fluctuation unlike some amps with 2 way channels and such.

Quality:
Sturdy as can be, could throw it off a building and be good to go. Basic black is all ya need but still sexy and sleak.

Value:
120 Watts, True 3 channel, rediculous power, and perfect sound. Perfection!

Desirability:
Looks great, sounds better, what more is there?

Sound:
Very impressive clean sounds, and even better distortion sounds. I thought about buying a Carvin Tube Half Stack but I am glad i saved 750 buks and still have a sweet amp.

Support:
NA so far. no problems.

Overall:
Absolutely best bang for the buck amp out there. Crate amps are great amps at great price, Why buy Marshall and buy the name and the pretty inscription on the cab?

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"METAL MACHINE"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 7/10/2006
Style of Music: THRASH/DEATH METAL
Musical Experience: live for it
Location: Cinnaminson NJ

 

 
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Feature:
Like i said the reverb kicks ass and the shape selection on the lead is a great way to make ur sound more solid and the footswitch is so convienient and perfect, but they could pump alittle more effects in this baby

Quality:
solid build, cheap price, long lasting, what more can u ask for

Value:
this thing is bad ass and its so nice

Desirability:
when u plug in the sound makes u want to go insane...i love it

Sound:
If ur a metal player this is the amp to get when it comes to sound, the reverb is sexy and when u turn the shape all the way up on lead slection u get a sick, thrash metal kinda roar that screams through the amp...its nice!

Ease of Use:
never had any trouble usin it

Support:
never had a problem

Overall:
coulndt get any better and the sound goes great wit my rhoads and dimebag duncan pick ups

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"Crate GT120 2x12 - ROCKS!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 12/27/2004
Style of Music: Metal/Industrial
Musical Experience: Active Musician/Hobby
Location: Iowa

 

 
Feature:
Speaker out, RCA inputs in the front, and footswitch with reverb switch, what else could you ask for??

Quality:
Give it a 10 right now, because I just bought it today. Not enough time to see how it will stand at a gig or practice, or really loud for a long time, but it looks good, and is built great!!

Value:
I got a deal on this thing, but It is so worth the normal selling price, such a great amp. If you havent heard one, get somewhere and hear it, you'll want one!

Desirability:
Looks don't always matter, but i really think that it looks sweet! no matter what anyone else thinks.

Sound:
This thing is the best. I owned a boss multi-effects pedal but after buying this, I am selling that. the clean is alright, and then rhythm will work, but the solo..oh man!! no need for a pedal ever agan!

Support:
Haven't dealed with it yet, and hopefully won't!

Overall:
GREAT AMP! bottom line, you need to go out and buy one!

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