Crate Amplifiers
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'''Crate Amplifiers''' is a company that produces [[electric guitar]] [[amplifier]]s. The company's offices are US-based, but its products are manufactured in [[Puerto Rico]], thus achieving low manufacturing costs.
== Early Crate Amps ==
In the late 1970's, Crate made amps that actually looked like wooden crates. They were manufactured with the same sort of chest handles found on military footlockers.
== Product line ==
Current products include following series:
=== Budget ===
* '''Tour packs''' — budget amplifier packs for beginners.
=== Guitar tube amplifiers ===
* '''Blue Voodoo''' — tube amplifiers with modern rock sound (high-gain).
* '''V-Series''' — tube amplifiers (A and A/B) with vintage sound, built-in digital effects.
* '''Palomino Series''' — 5, 15, 30, & 50 Watt vintage-sounding voiced tube amplifiers.
=== Guitar solid-state amplifiers ===
* '''GT series''' — basic solid-state amplifiers emulating tube sound using Crate's FlexWave technology.
* '''GTX series''' — solid-state amplifiers with built-in digital effects (extended control over DSP).
* '''GLX series''' — solid-state amplifiers with effects and features, optimized for live performances (built-in tuner, lighted control panels, remote control).
* '''VTX series''' - solid-state amplifiers with vintage sound and extended DSP.
* '''FW series''' - Solid state amplifiers with DSP effects and preset effects. Also, have built in tuner, 3 separate channels, and feature "Evolution 5 Preamp".
* '''FXT series''' - Solid state amplifiers with DSP effects and preset effects. Also, have built in tuner, 3 separate channels, and feature channel tracking. exclusively being produced for musiciansfriend.com
=== Specific instrument and custom sound amplifiers ===
* '''BT series''' — solid-state [[bass guitar]] amplifiers.
* '''Acoustic series''' — amplifiers for acoustic guitars (XLR connectors, feedback elimination schemes, piezo / active pickup compatibility)
* '''KXB''' — keyboard amplifier (multiple inputs, linear amplification)
=== Portable amplifiers ===
* '''PowerBlock''' — highly portable and lightweight amplifiers.
* '''Taxi series''' — transportable combos with internal power supplies, requiring no external power.
=== Crate users ===
* '''[[Al Jourgensen]]'''
*'''[[Atsushi Nakagawa]]'''
*'''[[Billy F. Gibbons]]'''
*'''[[Bobby Adams]]'''
*'''[[Bridget Regan]]'''
*'''[[C.C. DeVille]]'''
*'''[[Edsel Dope]]'''
*'''[[Fletcher Dragge]]'''
*'''[[Freddy Castro]]'''
*'''[[Jake Kolatis & Rick Lopez]]'''
*'''[[Jerry Douglas]]'''
*'''[[Joe Walsh]]'''
*'''[[John Hiatt]]'''
==Blackheart Engineering==
'''Blackheart Engineering''' is one of the subsidiaries of Crate Amplifiers, focusing on creating cheap and affordable tube amplifiers, similar to [[Epiphone Valve Junior]]. Currently, their line of products are of following:
*'''BH1H''' - 1w ultra low power class A single ended amplifier head.
*'''BH5H''' - The first and flagship product of Blackheart, it is a low power, class A Single ended amplifier head with switch for 3 or 5 watts. BH5-112 is the combo version that comes with 12 inch speakers.
*'''BH15H''' - A push-pull class A amplifier head with switch for 7 or 15 watts. BH15-112 is the combo version that comes with 12 inch speakers.
*'''BH100H''' - A push-pull dual mode amplifier head: At class AB, it can switch between 100w and 50w, while in class A can switch between 60w and 30w.
== External links ==
* [http://www.crateamps.com/ Official homepage of Crate Amplifiers]
* [http://www.blackhearteng.com/ Official homepage of Blackheart Engineering]
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