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firebirdVII
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Does anyone have any experience with these?
B Bent
Vibroluxologist
Re: crate palomino
I was quite surprised with the V 32. Major mojo from an amp that has the word Crate on the front. Sorry, but historically Crate has left a bad taste in my mouth. The Palomino series really is nice!! Its got a great clean channel nice OD and pretty convincing reverb. Plus both channels have a footswitchable boost that actually is usable!! HERE are some pics inside and out of one for ya!!
I was quite surprised with the V 32. Major mojo from an amp that has the word Crate on the front. Sorry, but historically Crate has left a bad taste in my mouth. The Palomino series really is nice!! Its got a great clean channel nice OD and pretty convincing reverb. Plus both channels have a footswitchable boost that actually is usable!! HERE are some pics inside and out of one for ya!!
That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: crate palomino
:beerchug:
In short, it's my secret weapon. While my prized Fargen Epic 30 DC was out getting completely rehauled, I needed a really good sounding amp for the 3 song demo I was going to be doing with my band.
For ha-has, I went to Guitar Center and looked around at different amps and I saw in the corner of my eye a sweet looking 1x12'' blonde tolex combo with gold hardware. I saw it was a Crate vintage series amp and from what I've gathered a few notable musicians have used and enjoyed them, like Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and Joe Walsh.
I've played the Marshalls, Fenders and the Mesas and thought they were decent, but nothing "spoke" to me. I plugged into that 1x12'' blonde Crate and it was heaven from the start. First thing I noticed was the "Class A" emblem on it, I knew this was going to be different. The cleans sounded perfectly in the Vox/Matchless ballpark with a sweet chime and a nice full response. The Accutronics reverb tank added some sweet depth to it and it had the overall clean tone had a nice 3d type vibe to it. I flipped over to the Overdrive channel and it was perfect modded Marshall territory. It had a great crunch; it's articulate and very rich as well. With some volume, the boost channels added a little bit of a push to cut through other instruments. Everything I played on it just sounded "right" and the controls were easy to manipulate (while the clean and overdrive channels share the same EQ, it's not hard to make them both sound great without compromise). I looked at the tag, it said "Crate V32 Palomino" and the pricetag was $600. I walked out with it for $500
Is the amp for everyone? If you are a name brand snob, you will not be able to get over the fact that it's a Crate. My singer/acoustic player is like that and then he gets pissed because the Crate absolutely destroys his Peavey Classic 30 in every way If you are a player that dislikes EL-84 tubes and you want a lot of bottom, you will not like this amp. It's a Vox/Marshall sounding vintage Class A amp and it's voiced more for upper mids, the lower registers will flub out if you crank the bass too high.
I understand some people question the reliability of the amps, but I trust mine more than any Vox amp ever made. Mine survived a bad car accident with a huge gash in the side (nearly split the side of the cabinet in half, my entire back side of my car was completely totalled) and it has sung through 4 different gigs, my first 3 song band demo, and countless practices since then. It still has some of my old Honda Civics glass floating around in it and it sounds as good as the day I first bought it. I don't care who you are, that's a good product :fing2:
Why I like this thing so much is that it blows away most of the boutique amps I've played in terms of sound depth, feel and quality of the sound and it's amazingly cheap. I will never sell mine and the car accident was a true indicator that that amp will last. I've played my fair share of boutique and top of the line stuff and I'm blown away by the Crate (and it feels great to say that
).
Honestly, if I had never known about my Fargen, I probably would have been happy with just the Crate
djs194 said:
:beerchug:
In short, it's my secret weapon. While my prized Fargen Epic 30 DC was out getting completely rehauled, I needed a really good sounding amp for the 3 song demo I was going to be doing with my band.
For ha-has, I went to Guitar Center and looked around at different amps and I saw in the corner of my eye a sweet looking 1x12'' blonde tolex combo with gold hardware. I saw it was a Crate vintage series amp and from what I've gathered a few notable musicians have used and enjoyed them, like Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and Joe Walsh.
I've played the Marshalls, Fenders and the Mesas and thought they were decent, but nothing "spoke" to me. I plugged into that 1x12'' blonde Crate and it was heaven from the start. First thing I noticed was the "Class A" emblem on it, I knew this was going to be different. The cleans sounded perfectly in the Vox/Matchless ballpark with a sweet chime and a nice full response. The Accutronics reverb tank added some sweet depth to it and it had the overall clean tone had a nice 3d type vibe to it. I flipped over to the Overdrive channel and it was perfect modded Marshall territory. It had a great crunch; it's articulate and very rich as well. With some volume, the boost channels added a little bit of a push to cut through other instruments. Everything I played on it just sounded "right" and the controls were easy to manipulate (while the clean and overdrive channels share the same EQ, it's not hard to make them both sound great without compromise). I looked at the tag, it said "Crate V32 Palomino" and the pricetag was $600. I walked out with it for $500
Is the amp for everyone? If you are a name brand snob, you will not be able to get over the fact that it's a Crate. My singer/acoustic player is like that and then he gets pissed because the Crate absolutely destroys his Peavey Classic 30 in every way
If you are a player that dislikes EL-84 tubes and you want a lot of bottom, you will not like this amp. It's a Vox/Marshall sounding vintage Class A amp and it's voiced more for upper mids, the lower registers will flub out if you crank the bass too high.I understand some people question the reliability of the amps, but I trust mine more than any Vox amp ever made. Mine survived a bad car accident with a huge gash in the side (nearly split the side of the cabinet in half, my entire back side of my car was completely totalled) and it has sung through 4 different gigs, my first 3 song band demo, and countless practices since then. It still has some of my old Honda Civics glass floating around in it and it sounds as good as the day I first bought it. I don't care who you are, that's a good product :fing2:
Why I like this thing so much is that it blows away most of the boutique amps I've played in terms of sound depth, feel and quality of the sound and it's amazingly cheap. I will never sell mine and the car accident was a true indicator that that amp will last. I've played my fair share of boutique and top of the line stuff and I'm blown away by the Crate (and it feels great to say that
).Honestly, if I had never known about my Fargen, I probably would have been happy with just the Crate
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firebirdVII
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Re: crate palomino
Thanks for the input, I may end up buying one of those. From what I here, they have the tone, plus, I really like el84 distortion.
Thanks for the input, I may end up buying one of those. From what I here, they have the tone, plus, I really like el84 distortion.
PUCKBOY99
Irish Flagologist
Re: crate palomino
I played a V32 in GC one day & it was very nice..........the pricetag was even better!:wink:
I played it as well as the Mesa Lonestar Special....granted, they're a little different beast... but for pure cost purposes, you couldn't go wrong with the Palomino.
I played a V32 in GC one day & it was very nice..........the pricetag was even better!:wink:
I played it as well as the Mesa Lonestar Special....granted, they're a little different beast... but for pure cost purposes, you couldn't go wrong with the Palomino.
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FenderStratRock3
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Re: crate palomino
This amp sounds quite awesome.
Chris, about the clean channel. Is there any specific song/band you could compare it to or something? Thanks, man.
This amp sounds quite awesome.
Chris, about the clean channel. Is there any specific song/band you could compare it to or something? Thanks, man.
That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: crate palomino
Yep, if you want to know how the V32 Palomino sounds, check out the link in my signature. The first song that pops up, "Redirected", really showcases the cleans, the overdrive and leads that the amp is capable of.
To me, it's definitely in the Vox/Matchless camp, you get a nice warm and fat sound with a chimey top end.
FenderStratRock3 said:
Yep, if you want to know how the V32 Palomino sounds, check out the link in my signature. The first song that pops up, "Redirected", really showcases the cleans, the overdrive and leads that the amp is capable of.
To me, it's definitely in the Vox/Matchless camp, you get a nice warm and fat sound with a chimey top end.
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FenderStratRock3
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Re: crate palomino
Sweet. Nice track too. That amp is at the top of my list.
the_Chris said:
Sweet. Nice track too. That amp is at the top of my list.
Re: crate palomino
I've had my V16 since april. v32 is better value but it's just to loud for my apt building.
v16 has only one channel so I had to have some pedals. I ended up discovering the hidden potential of this baby:
I am using a rocktron zombie rectified distortion and a good ol' big muff.
the zombie lets you adjust the symmetry of the distortion. very unique feature. it makes the amp from emulating a marshall to emulating a mesa. swear to good. that's a $40 pedal get one and see for yourself. I contacted rocktron tech support they told me the pedal was at its best with a class A amp. and then there's the big muff. My god: talk about a violin sound.
I am close to the end of life of my stock tubes, 7 months. so I will be trying some new tube in spring. stay tuned.
I've had my V16 since april. v32 is better value but it's just to loud for my apt building.
v16 has only one channel so I had to have some pedals. I ended up discovering the hidden potential of this baby:
I am using a rocktron zombie rectified distortion and a good ol' big muff.
the zombie lets you adjust the symmetry of the distortion. very unique feature. it makes the amp from emulating a marshall to emulating a mesa. swear to good. that's a $40 pedal get one and see for yourself. I contacted rocktron tech support they told me the pedal was at its best with a class A amp. and then there's the big muff. My god: talk about a violin sound.
I am close to the end of life of my stock tubes, 7 months. so I will be trying some new tube in spring.
stay tuned.
