Crate V18 - Video Review - The Tone King Cometh
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I think this amp prefers single coils. It also prefers a seamed paper cone guitar loudspeaker, and it definitely prefers better tubes. There's a 600-800 dollar amp in there, you just have to dig it out. I love mine, sprague coupling caps, JJ EL84s, NOS RCA 12AX7As, and I just put the internal speaker wires on my solid pine 2x15 cab with Jensen P-15s. It's now a vintage 18 watt that isn't going to die on me any time soon, and the alnico 15s match it perfectly, amazing sound. Wish I had a vid cam.
2 years ago 5
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i think its a tube amp because he said it's warming up the tubes
2 years ago 4
All Comments (133)
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that amp sounds beautiful!
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This amp is not designed for that boogie kind of saturation. People seem so disappointed when they cant get it with this amp. You have to be realistic about what this amp was designed to do. Its also very touch sensitive, dynamic and very unforgiving. If your not a good player it will be revealed with this amp. It picks up EVERYTHING. You have to play clean and accurate. If you are not used to this kind of tone, you'll have to literally learn how to play the amp!
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Just bought one for $150. Sounds great. It could definitley use a different speaker to smooth it out a little bit. I run mine with the gain-4, level-10, bass-0, treble-10, mid-1, reverb-0. With those settings, this amp rocks. Great sounding 70s Marshall type of tone. Cant understand how people are getting such shitty tones with this amp. The key is to keep the gain control down at high volumes and let the power tubes give you drive and saturation. People arent setting the controls right.
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@phillyfrankb so blackhearts are the new crates? interesting. i dont really need a new amp, but if i can find one i might pick it up just to get a listen. i ended up putting a texas heat in there, and use a blood drive OD and this amp is a really nice small gigging/recording amp
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Crate had a terrific design with the "VC" (Vintage Club) made in USA. They split that design to two lines: Palomino (USA) and the "V" series (China) demo'ed here. Still had good clean. But they chinced out on speakers, switched from separate EQ per channel to a shared EQ and had serious quality control issues with China. It was such an embarrassment to Crate, the parent company "Loud" abandoned the brand and introduced Blackheart as a "new" brand. Find a "VC"!!! Great sound, amazing value.
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@sportoflife881 I know it's 2 years later, but you know that this amp can be thrown to the other side of the room and still nothing! happens to it.. So your teory might be good, but not for this amp.
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@dparnell89 i hate this amp. the lead guitarist of my band had play during one year with this one and the sound was horrible. We are lucky he sold it and replace it by a real tube amp a FENDER. Forgot this amp it's a shit.
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@The170460 Do you not like it?
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the best position for this amp is on OFF
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@sportoflife881 yeah thanks for that info I just picked up my first tube amp and I'm sure I'd be moving it around if I hadn't read this
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i got this amp for $150 brand new. have to say it is Extremely Bassy. Very Dark Sounding. Especially since its an open back. but the clean tone is amazing. IMO better than my carvin clean and my old fender clean (which i sold bc this clean was so much better)
TK i noticed you put a new speaker in. Do you MOD a lot of your hear? I might throw a new speaker in, thinking eminence, what do you think.
leafinfirerob 2 years ago
hey leaf - I think you should put a Texas heat in there. I just loaded up a Texas Heat, and it sounds REALLY good. I'll see if I can post a video of it. HIGHLY recommended!!!
lmsjr 2 years ago
hey man you know its horrible for the tubes to be rocking that amp all around, when the tubes are on you should not move your amp to prevent damage to the valves. (coming from a physics major)
Amp sounds great i have the palomino v32! keep rockin
sportoflife881 2 years ago
Hey sport - thanks for the tip. Much appreciated!! Rock on.
TTK
lmsjr 2 years ago
Haha nice try for Four Horsemen
Bakoryu28 2 years ago
I try :-)
lmsjr 2 years ago