Crate blue voodoo?

rashayritto

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went to the pawn shop today with my buddy, who grabbed himself a 100 watt marshall mg series. i spied a large, blue amp head tucked away in the corner. It was a Crate Blue Voodoo head--for 300 bucks! any users here? i might buy this within the month
 
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Stay far far away if it's the early blue versions. Look up pictures to be sure. I had one and the thing was in the shop every week for cheapness. Most people here will agree. They also sound like a nest of bees.
 
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I've heard a couple of the ones that sounded real buzzy. I wrote them off as being designed strictly for metal guitarists. Marty Friedman endorsed them when they first came out.
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Years later I came across a Blue Voodoo 60 watt combo in a shop and it actually sounded quite good. Less Zzzzzt and more toothy growl.

They're certainly easy on the wallet on the used market.
 
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I had one (not a blue one) and it worked great for me until I decided to move onto something different.
I was in a hardcore band at the time. When that band broke up I traded it towards the Blues Jr. that I currently own.
 
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I had one of the first year run 120 heads. More like, Blue Doodoo. It couldn't keep up with a Marshall 2204, noisy, and the PCB fried 3 times in it which would shut down 2 tubes. Thank God it was covered under warranty. The PCB was just piss-poor quality, too thin for the heat generated. Never again. The V-Series tube amps are much better built. I hope they revamped the BV series amps for their sake.
 
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I too have played one of the combos. It was killer...wish I had got it!
 
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I had a combo when they first came out. I renamed it the yellow lemon. In a matter of 3 months I went through 4 of them. Finally traded it in on a marshall. Stay away if it's old
 
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I can't access YouTube, but I think I can guess what video that is. :D

For some odd reason I've wanted to get one cheap to send to Voodoo amps. Seems like the cheapest platform to send them. But I've also wanted to get a 2 channel Recto to send them too...
 
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