[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:39:00 -0500 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:35:36 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_1 POSTED: 06/28/2006 02:08am]]> Comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:08:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_2
POSTED: 03/21/2007 09:30pm]]> Comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:30:42 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_3
SICK.
POSTED: 04/04/2007 03:22pm]]> Comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:22:00 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_4 great amop!!!!
POSTED: 06/16/2007 07:59pm]]> Comments Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:59:36 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_5 POSTED: 08/07/2007 06:58pm]]> Comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:58:34 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_6 RollingFree wrote:

How much did you guys buy it for? I found it at zzounds for $200!

yeah its had a price drop because they have a new amp series now... FM's i think? ...still a GREAT amp.
POSTED: 08/09/2007 02:13pm]]> Comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:13:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 11/16/2007 09:22pm]]> Comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:22:27 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_8 POSTED: 12/26/2007 03:06pm]]> Comments Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:06:27 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_9
The reverb is only good until shortly after the half-way point. After that it becomes a little too cluttered with the signal. The clean channel is great. I've dropped my amp about six times, including down stairs and it has never once shorted out on me.

the footswitch is also annoying--the nuts holding the jacks are made of a cheap plastic.

overall...sweet solid state amp for the price.
POSTED: 01/01/2008 12:04pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:04:02 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_10 mp3stalin wrote:

RollingFree wrote:

How much did you guys buy it for? I found it at zzounds for $200!


yeah its had a price drop because they have a new amp series now... FM's i think? ...still a GREAT amp.

FM is the fender series. Crate has the V and VTX series out now.
POSTED: 01/01/2008 12:04pm]]> Comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:04:41 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 01/22/2008 10:16am]]> Comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:16:37 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_12 . I play an Epiphone Les Paul Standard through it and i must say i can get a pretty close Killswitch Engage sound with the solo channel. As stated before the reverb is overkill past 12 o clock position. Im thinking of replacing the speakers with Celestion Vintage 30s and maybe the reverb tank, but then again that might just be half the price of a Valveking 112. To conclude: a nice solid state amp. Could do with a valve preamp for the cleans but the distortion doesn't disapoint. Could use a master volume. Also the rhythm channel leaves some to be desired.
POSTED: 07/02/2008 12:34pm]]> Comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:34:51 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_13 POSTED: 11/25/2008 09:43am]]> Comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:43:49 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_14 ides-of-march wrote:

This amp looks sick, ive always been looking towards crate for my next amp and this might be it. sweet

Yea you should buy it! This amp has a more than reasonable price tag and an awsome powerful tone!
POSTED: 12/07/2008 10:12am]]> Comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:12:15 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_15 !Schecter! wrote:

Sorry my friend has this amp and it just sucks. the only reason NEARLY all music stores carry Crate amps is because they were distributed by the St. Louis Music Group because they are cheap, loud and have a lot of distortion. and really thats all people that really have no clue about amps look for. Distortion sounds like shit too.

YES YOU ARE RIGHT!! This amp is cost effective, loud....and frankly gain knobs can be rolled back!!!

ALSO ! You must be 1. Crazy, 2. Rich and can afford Marshall Tube half stacks and Gibsons, or 3. PMSing
This is an awsome amp and is extremely affordable, But you can't just plug it into the wall and expect magic to happen. Like all amps you have to play with the Eq and Distortion for some time to get that awesome tone.
POSTED: 12/07/2008 10:19am]]> Comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:19:48 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_16 POSTED: 12/29/2008 11:21am]]> Comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:21:03 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_17
POSTED: 02/05/2009 12:02pm]]> Comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:02:00 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_18 POSTED: 02/26/2009 06:23pm]]> Comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:23:21 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_19 Coldmystery wrote:

This amp is great for kids, serious musicians should move on.
f*ck you dude. we're not all rich *******s like you
POSTED: 06/09/2009 05:42pm]]> Comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:42:32 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_20 POSTED: 06/29/2009 09:54pm]]> Comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:54:47 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_21 Coldmystery wrote:

This amp is great for kids, serious musicians should move on.

yeah because higher end amps must make someone a Serious musician.. .. Just Shadap.. f*ck sakes
POSTED: 03/17/2010 01:10am]]> Comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:10:50 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_22 Coldmystery wrote:

This amp is great for kids, serious musicians should move on.
Ha, kiss my ass. I have a Vox CPH100 all tube head and I still play this amp on a regular basis. I've had it for over six years and it's never given me a single problem. I even installed wheels on the bottom which REALLY helps in transporting it. The cleans are great, reverb is plentiful and the overdrive/high gain channels are good too.
POSTED: 04/26/2010 11:21am]]> Comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:21:31 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_23 !Schecter! wrote:

Sorry my friend has this amp and it just sucks. the only reason NEARLY all music stores carry Crate amps is because they were distributed by the St. Louis Music Group because they are cheap, loud and have a lot of distortion. and really thats all people that really have no clue about amps look for. Distortion sounds like shit too.

I own a mesa boogie all tube 50 Watt combo (which I play through a Marshall 4x12 baby cab, and a 20yr old Gibson Les Paul)- I have been using the crate as a workhorse for three years and it sounds good, the distortion is rich and quite harmonic for a solid state. bottom line is its solid state and made in china - as is everything in its price range and quite a lot of more expensive name brand amps. If you dont have that much money, or are looking for something you can throw down the stairs, and your choices are limited to something Chinese and cheap - then its not a bad way to go at all - to imply that it sucks because it wouldn't stand up to an amp over ten times the price is stupid, its all about context and in its price range its a bargain.
POSTED: 06/15/2010 02:31pm]]> Comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:31:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/crate/gt212/index.html#u_24 POSTED: 02/19/2011 05:35pm]]> Comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:35:36 -0500