I've been playing for 30 years. Have owned many different electric and acoustic systems and usually will pay for better equipment if the sound justifies it. I play a Taylor GS with B-Band acoustic pickup system. While deciding to buy, I took my guitar to the stores 3 times to play through the available acoustic amps: Fishman, Roland, Fender, GenzBenz and the Crate. This 60W amp wowed me with its clean sound and ability to reproduce the warm mid-ranges of my Taylor. The only other amp the I thought sounded close was the Fishman. I play a show live last weekend and it sounded fantastic. Both through the house PA and just stage mix. I'm happy.

The features that matter to me are having two independent highly tailorable inputs. My other guitar is an old Guild D25 with an old pickup in the hole, so it needs quite a bit of different knob positioning. I also found the adjustable line volume out invaluable when working with the PA system. I could have my stage mix at my volume without overpowering the house PA. The effects are nice, if a bit limited, but switching back and forth between 2 effects using the footswitch is great. Oh yeah -- the feedback control system WORKS GREAT. The only reason this is a 9 rating is that I don't care for the plastic used at the jack nuts. I want 100% metal for ultimate toughness. It's a perception thing with me, but I guess they have to do something to keep prices down.

I got this on Friday and was playing out with it on Saturday night. Super Easy. Need I say more?

Again -- I'm giving it a 9 for the plastic used at some of the connectors. Haven't had it loing enough to know long term but Crate quality is way way up over the past 5 - 10 years or so.

If you plot price vs sound. this amp wins. if you plot price vs quality this amp wins. There are probably better amps out there but I don't think there is a better value.

I have some other Crate gear. I've only ever had one real issue and they replaced the unit without much hassle. Would be 10 if I'd never had an issue.

Very good looking amp. Honestly the only downside is that Crate's old reputation for questionable quality takes away from the badge appeal when people see the name. If this thing said Bose, people would believe it and pay twice as much.

Active Musician

Acoustic Rock, Rock, Blues, Alt.

Best sound for it's price range(under $400) and enough power(60 watts) to keep up with drums. Sounds great with my Martin acoustic and my Washburn 12 string jumbo.

Has some very useful effects, 2 inputs, 10 in. speaker, and nice green tolex, I'm deducting 1 point, as I don't care for the layout of the knobs on the amp. I tend to prefer an amp's knobs to be on the front, rather than on top.

It is a pretty straight forward amp, and not too complicated. I like the variety of reverbs, and the chorus is decent.

Made in the USA. The Gunnison seems reliable. There have been no problems in the 6 months I've had it. The cab it's housed in, is great(no rattles) and it weighs less than 40lb. so it's not going to break your back to transport it. I used to think Crate amps were junk, but some of their more recent tube amps, and this line of acoustic amps has changed my mind about them.

excellent value for the price

I don't know, as I've never had to deal with Crate's customer service dept. Crate amps, and solid state amps in general, are usually very reliable.

Unique green color sets it apart from blonde or black tolex covered amps. You'll probably either love or hate the color.

Hobbyist

alternative & blues

This amp will reproduce the sound of your accoustic guitar very accurately. I play a Godin Multiac Nylon through ant it does not color the sound of the instrument wich I think is a very good thing. I also tried an Ephiphone archtop and a strat an they both sound very good if you are looking for a crisp untainted sound.

Good: - 2 independent channels with full eq - tweeter volume - parametric eq - 120 watts power gives you plenty of headroom No so good: - Very poor effects (chorus sound is pathetic)

It seems very weel built, but the effects on the first one I bought stopped working after a week, so I returned it to the store and got a new one. Hope the effects (which are not very good anyway) will keep on working ...

It tried many accoustic guitar amps and apart from the AER Compact 60 which costs twice as much, their sound is not as good as the Crate.

Semi-pro musician

Jazz, Soul,

Great tones. Really nice soft toens if ya want them

The reverb is amazing, delays are limited and chorus sound good. no thte best but really good

Very good quality, good sturdy build with a strong handle, better by far than most handles

This amp is great for live shows, Great for useing as a pre-amp, With 2 seprate inputs, you can have 2 guitars, 2 mics, or one of each. You dont need a system to play and sing. I definalty recomend the model

Active Muscian

jazzy acoustic, praise and worship, rock