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Posted by: Praetorian Jun 6 2008, 11:34 PM

It is pretty close to me, and I was thinking about picking it up. What do you think of it?

http://albany.craigslist.org/msg/651740771.html

Posted by: ItsMe Jun 6 2008, 11:41 PM

I have one of this amps for 16 years now. Didn't use it in a while but it is a real good practice workhorse. Good clean sounds and some pretty ok gain. The reverb sounds good too. But it's not a stereo amp. For practicing really ok but not really suited for rocking a club.

Posted by: Praetorian Jun 7 2008, 01:19 AM

QUOTE (ItsMe @ Jun 6 2008, 06:41 PM)

I have one of this amps for 16 years now. Didn't use it in a while but it is a real good practice workhorse. Good clean sounds and some pretty ok gain. The reverb sounds good too. But it's not a stereo amp. For practicing really ok but not really suited for rocking a club.

I definitely won't be performing with it! I am just looking for something small and something that can get a good sound without being cranked up too loud. I need it to play in my house, and not bother my wife and 3 little ones!

One more thing...what makes an amp a "stereo" amp? I don't know what that means.

Posted by: audiopaal Jun 7 2008, 02:32 AM

QUOTE (Praetorian @ Jun 7 2008, 02:19 AM)

I definitely won't be performing with it! I am just looking for something small and something that can get a good sound without being cranked up too loud. I need it to play in my house, and not bother my wife and 3 little ones!

One more thing...what makes an amp a "stereo" amp? I don't know what that means.

Well, if an amp has two speakers it's stereo.

My Vox has two 12" speakers, so that makes it a stereo amp.
they also sell a cheaper one with one 12" speaker, which makes that a mono amp if you will

Hope this helps

Posted by: bmh1109 Jun 7 2008, 02:36 AM

QUOTE (audiopaal @ Jun 6 2008, 09:32 PM)

Well, if an amp has two speakers it's stereo.

My Vox has two 12" speakers, so that makes it a stereo amp.
they also sell a cheaper one with one 12" speaker, which makes that a mono amp if you will

Hope this helps

Actually it wouldn't really be considered stereo unless you could send and independent left and right signal to the left and right speakers respectively. so you can have like effects like delay that ping pong back and forth between left and right. 2x12 is usually just mono with 2 speakers instead of one. just my 2 cents..

Posted by: audiopaal Jun 7 2008, 02:41 AM

QUOTE (bmh1109 @ Jun 7 2008, 03:36 AM)

Actually it wouldn't really be considered stereo unless you could send and independent left and right signal to the left and right speakers respectively. so you can have like effects like delay that ping pong back and forth between left and right. 2x12 is usually just mono with 2 speakers instead of one. just my 2 cents..

Yikes, you're right, I forgot about that

Thanks mate

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 7 2008, 03:20 PM

I think that post expired out

Posted by: Praetorian Jun 7 2008, 09:19 PM

Here is the original ad...

Crate Practice Amp - $20 (Saratoga Springs )

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Date: 2008-04-22, 10:40AM EDT

This is a cool sterio practice amp. I have had it for a while, but really have no use for it now that I'm moving. I works fine and sounds good.

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jun 7 2008, 09:19 PM

Well if you can try it , 20$ is very cheap if it does the job

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