Crate Amplifiers

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Crate Amplifiers is a company that produces electric guitar amplifiers. The company's offices are US-based, but most of its products are manufactured in Asian countries, thus achieving low manufacturing costs.

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[edit] Product line

Current products include following series:

[edit] Budget

  • Tour packs — budget amplifier packs for beginners.

[edit] Guitar tube amplifiers

  • Blue Voodoo — tube amplifiers with modern rock sound (hi-gain).
  • V-Series — tube amplifiers (A and A/B) with vintage sound, built-in digital effects.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Portable amplifiers

  • PowerBlock — highly portable and lightweight amplifiers.
  • Taxi series — transportable combos with internal power supplies, requiring no external power.

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