Crate Guitar Amps - Enjoy The Innovation

Crate guitar amplifiers have acquired an iconic status among both beginners and professional guitarists. These are the amplifiers that are known for their terrific sound characteristics, versatility and durability.

Crate guitar amps are manufactured by the US-based company called Crate Amplifiers. Most of the company’s offices are located within the US but the manufacturing facilities are spread across Asia. Crate amps are patronized by great musicians like Joe Walsh (from The Eagles) and Earl Slick (from David Bowie band).

Flexwave Technology

Crate Amplifiers have quite a few ‘firsts’ to their name. It is the first company to invent a solid-state technology, which can simulate the sound coming from over-driven vacuum tube amplifier and deliver an output, which has distorted lower frequencies and harmonics, while the higher frequencies are relatively distortion-free. This technology was patented as Flexwave in 1990.

As far back in 1985, Crate Amplifiers invented an easy waveform control mechanism, which could modify the shape of the guitar amp’s tone wave. This feature made Crate guitar amps very popular among guitarists.

Crate Amplifiers come as vacuum tube guitar amps, solid-state amps as well as hybrid guitar amps (ones which have vacuum tubes and solid state circuitry). You can also buy loudspeakers made by the company, which are specially matched for individual Crate amplifiers.

The versatile product range of Crate guitar amps include:

• Tour Packs - These are budget amplifiers for guitarists who are beginners.
• Blue Voodoo - They are vacuum tube amps with high gain used in modern rock.
• V-Series - They are vintage sound tube amplifiers which have built-in digital sound effects.
• GT Series - They are solid-state amplifiers using Flexwave technology.
• GTX Series - They are solid-state amps with digital sound effects.
• GLX Series - These are solid-state amps with sound effects which are optimized for live performances.
• VTX Series - They are solid-state amps producing vintage sound.
• BT Series - These are solid-state amps for bass guitars.
• Acoustic Series - They are amps specially designed for acoustic guitars.
• KXB - Its an keyboard amplifier.

The portable amp range of Crate amps are:

• PowerBlock - which are portable and lightweight.
• Taxi Series - which are portable amps having their own internal power supply.

Crate Amps for Lead Guitars

Crate Amplifiers have guitar amps specially meant for lead guitars. All of these lead guitar amplifiers have three or more stages of distortion control through which you can create the fuzzy ‘distortion effect’ of heavy metal guitar sound.

The first stage is known as Gain Stage One, which amplifies the output from the pickups without any change in the sound tonality. Gain Stage Two enhances the sound definition and adds punch to it by adding mid-range and high frequencies. The Gain Stage Three further amplifies the sound and adds even more upper spectrum frequencies so that the resulting sound has clearly defined notes and flexible outstanding distortion tones.

All in all, Crate amplifiers simply rock! When you’re looking for a new guitar amp, consider getting yourself a screaming Crate!

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