Little Crate Wonder??

sgman

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Has anyone used Crate's Power Block Amp, the one with 150 watts. This is the real tiny size one. I have a chance to get one cheap.

What cabinet would match it????

Joe
 
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Do a search....I've gotten tired of typing the same thing over and over.
 
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for $70 or $80, just get it. its a cool little toy
 
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I have a chance to get one cheap.
They were $69.99 this past weekend at every Guitar Center in the US.

If there are any left, they're $79.99 until they run out. Your deal had better be better than that.

They're discontinued.

What cabinet would match it????
It requires either an 8-Ohm load bridged or two 4-Ohm loads stereo. That's it.
 
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well actually that will get you the most power but you can use any cabs above 4 ohms, so if you have a 16 ohm cab you can still use it, just wont have all 150w
 
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It's a nice little amp. I use it along with my POD as my main right now. Once I get my Atomic this one will be my Back-up. Of course as cheap as their getting I would almost buy 2 to run 2 cabs stereo, or as a back up for my current one.
 
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I bought one when they hit $99 - then just set it aside. But we had an issue in our practice hall (my family room) where our drummer couldn't hear my guitar. I didn't want to play louder, so I tried to think of a way to get a speaker closer to him. Then I remembered the power block. I had a spare speaker (taken from an old combo). I put it in a cabinet by the drummer. Hooked it up to the power block in stereo - with the other speaker near me - and it worked!

The best thing is how clean it sounds. My first thought was to use it as a practice amp or a backup amp. But now, I'm beginning to think it might serve well as a main amp.
 
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you can use it as backup, if your tube amp fails eg.
due to i use mine barely, my bassist uses it with a 400W 112cab.
it's nice for guitar and bass amplification.
 
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yes, but only one channel - with an ssl-1 equipped strat i can
get good crunch from it, doesn't even sound that bad for ss distortion.
 
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They are Stereo. I run two myself. I run each unit in mono and plug them into each side of 4x12 stereo cabinet which is rated at 8ohms per side. I get the advantage of running my modulation and delay effects in stereo.
 
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buy one. cool little (loud) toy. in my office at work, I keep a Keeley-modded Metal Zone plugged into the Power Block and Marshall 1936 2x12. great for fuggin around.
 
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They are Stereo. I run two myself. I run each unit in mono and plug them into each side of 4x12 stereo cabinet which is rated at 8ohms per side. I get the advantage of running my modulation and delay effects in stereo.

Sounds cool. I bet that kicks booty. 300 WRMS!
 
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