hey guys.. i'm on a hunt for an old school crate amp i had back in 1990.. i would say it was mid to late 1980's
as i recall it had maybe 2x6.5, or 2x8 or maybe even 2x10.... speakers.. they were celections.. the amp had reverb, chorus, dist.. etc.. it was a nice little amp... i always remember the sound being awesome.... didnt play guitar for a long time, and now kind of back into it.. so here i am 20 years later.. looking to get that 80's distortion sound again.. and have not been able to get just the right sound... i have a digitech rp250... and sound great on head phones but.. the little practice amp isnt doing it.. any leads on a possible model number.. etc.. would be great if any one can remember that long ago... great forum....
chris
I have something that sounds similar to what you are looking for from late 80s, a Fender Automatic GT. Has 1X10 Celestion, Chorus, five fuzz presets. Was actually a precursor to the current Fender DEC. Fantastic little practice amp! I can't turn it up past 2 because it just gets too loud.
Hi Chris,
I bought a Crate amp back in 88/89 or so.... I believe it was a G212XL.
Def 80's distortion, if that's the sound that you're looking for!
Don't know the model that you had, though I would suggest looking thru this:
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar+Amp/brand/Crate
See if any of those model numbers sound familiar to you.
If you havn't a clue, I'd start at the G models.... most of those should fall into the right era for you.
Good luck!
Ken
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hi ken... your on the money.... i looked around a bit more and i figured it out....
model
g40cxl
g40cxls
i beleive the one i had was the xls.. i know for sure it had celestions.... they are pretty hard to find... if anyone has one they dont want/need.. i'm interested.. i did find one here in nj but it's in rough shape... and the guy was asking like 125 for it... i did find some others on craigslist and such but they dont want to ship... i'm in nj/.. it would be nice to pick it up rather then ship..
thanks for the advise it really helped...
hey guys.. i'm proud to say i FINALLY found a crate g40cxls amp that i've been looking for.. for quite some time.. it's in really good shape.. i should have at my door tomorrow... price with shipping right around $100.00 so im psyched. hope is shows up i'll be playing aall weekend forsure... ken thanks again for your info it really helped.
chris
Cool. Weekend's here. Good luck and have fun with that! 8)
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