Crate amp blowout

[warren0728]

#3...have everything delivered to your work address.
During business hours youll be there, if not somebody else will sign for you...almost nobody delivers on weekends, so youll never miss it.
AND as a bonus, the ol lady will only find out when youre ready for her to find out.:AOK:

hmmmmm....my work address is my home address....but then again i don't have an ol lady either.... :thwap:

ww

 

[ShortBuSX]

hmmmmm....but then again i don't have an ol lady either.... :thwap:

Oh yeah...yer the one with the shorts? Right?oke: ancake:

Dude, as much money as youre saving, not having one, you should feel no GAS pains.:rockon:

 

[warren0728]

Oh yeah...yer the one with the shorts? Right?oke: ancake:

you think it could be the shorts? :thwap: :whatever: i thought the babes really digged them! :rotflmao:

Dude, as much money as youre saving, not having one, you should feel no GAS pains.:rockon:

i do have a 9 and 11 year old though so my gas still gets put on the back burner sometimes....

ww

 

[ET335]

Well first of all the delivery:thwap:.the Roadway driver called me yesterday about 12:15 and said there was no way he could deliver the amp:flamemad: [of course not he was driving a 55 ft. rig ]why?.. I don't know and didn't ask,I just wanted my amp...so we arranged to meet at the main highway at the entrance to my street.fortunately he had just enough room to the side of the road to park that thing,so I pick up the amp and head back home:AOK:

I was hoping to post this last night ,but was babysitting grandson and of course he comes first

So here is my review of this amp...first it was packed extremely well,double boxed, and no rips or tears or mashed up carton:AOK: more than likely I could not say the same for UPS or Fedx .[from past experience]

I proceed to unpack the amp and was not expecting to see such a really nice amp,[very nice indeed]...this amp is very well built and not a flaw anywhere on it,very nicely constructed with plywood.[no MDF crap]

I first tried out the peavey triple single and then the Schecter with HB,both guitars sounded very good through this amp, a lot of low end to this amp,which I like and can be tamed down with the amps EQ or even a seperate pedal Eq... takes pedals very well also and has a nice crunch to it but does not have a lot of clean headroom...the breakup starts early as you turn up the gain and volume,but that isn't bad.. sounds good to me and I like it no it is not a marshall or any other fancy booteek amp,but is a very good amp for the price and can be modded if you want to change the sound.
Speaker,tubes and so on.Vood or tung would probably like this amp for modding,I think this amp would be a great modding amp considering the price.

this is a very good amp in my opinion...good for small clubs and great for practice and very nicely built....I like it and am not disappointed whatsoever.

Hope this helps to those considering buying one

Edit....ooops forgot to say it's very loud

 

[just strum]

#3...have everything delivered to your work address.
During business hours youll be there, if not somebody else will sign for you...almost nobody delivers on weekends, so youll never miss it.
AND as a bonus, the ol lady will only find out when youre ready for her to find out.:AOK:

Sending an item to a business saves money too. If the sender notes that destination is a business, then it's cheaper. When I sell stuff, I send from work and encourage the buyer to have it shipped to their place of work. It is a nice reduction in cost.

 

[Spudman]

So here is my review of this amp...

So which model did you get?

 

[ET335]

So which model did you get?

It is the V18-112

I set all my pedals up with this amp last night in this order...DD3 delay-BD2-Bad Monkey-GE7 EQ-Arion Chorus and it is even better with the pedals hooked up.
it sounds great with these pedals and it isn't bad at all on its own.I really like this Amp,it is a Great deal for the price I paid 139.95 ,and built very solid:beer:

 

[WackyT]

Hopefully get my V18-112 on Monday! :drool:

How does the speaker sound, ET335? That's the one weakness I've heard about these?

 

[ET335]

Hopefully get my V18-112 on Monday! :drool:

How does the speaker sound, ET335? That's the one weakness I've heard about these?

WackyT it sounds fine to me right now,it even sounds much better with all the pedals going into it,if something happens to the speaker later and it doesn't sound right...well I'll just get a better one I really think you will like it though.
Also looks like a great amp to mod out if you decide to do so,It sounds great to me for now ,so I am leaving it the way it is. I have thought a lot about getting another one [Nah I didn't say that did I]?

OH! by the way this is the new MF delivery service

:rotflmao:

 

[WackyT]

My amp was supposedly shipped out last Wednesday, and I just called MF for a status update. They checked with Roadway, and they have no record of this shipment. I seriously feel that some Roadway trucker or MF warehouse guy absconded with my amp.

 

[Duff]

Lost in space and time

I know how you feel like you are being ripped off.

I have a lot of equipment and just put a padlock on my den where most of my stuff is and keep the house locked. I'm very worried about getting the house robbed. I live in the country.

I'm planning to get a rider on my homeowners' ins. for 15 dollars I can get about five thousand worth of actual coverage. No deductible with the rider. That's 15 dollars a year. You can get the same rider on renters' insurance.

When I get this rider I will relax a little.

Duff

 

[Ro3b]

So WackyT, I assume Musician's Friend is going to do the decent thing and FedEx you another amp? It sucks mightily when something goes wrong like this.

I got mine yesterday, and I'm liking it very much. I hope you'll be seeing yours soon.

 

[Spudman]

My amp was supposedly shipped out last Wednesday, and I just called MF for a status update. They checked with Roadway, and they have no record of this shipment. I seriously feel that some Roadway trucker or MF warehouse guy absconded with my amp.

If you've been charged by MF then they either shipped it or didn't. If they didn't then they will get you what you paid for. If it did get shipped it will either show up or it can be tracked. If Roadway received a shipping manifest then the amp should be on it. A driver would have a hard time explaining what happened to it because they have to check each manifest. It would be very difficult for an MF employee to abscond with it too. Besides, why would they? A Bogner, Marshall or Egnator would be a better choice to risk going to jail over.

Don't worry you'll get your amph.:AOK:

 

[WackyT]

Looks like I gotta wait until Oct 1st before MF (perfect name for this waste of a company) will even do anything.

 

[ET335]

Man that really sucks WackyT....what now?

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Huh? And the charge shows on your card? That does not seem like effective customer service.

 

[WackyT]

Huh? And the charge shows on your card? That does not seem like effective customer service.

Yup. They charged my card on the 10th.

 

[Spudman]

If it possibly got delivered to the wrong address then the Roadway driver has a signature from the recipient and the date it was delivered or if nobody was at the address he mistakenly delivered it to then he had to sign off on it. Contact Roadway and tell them what is going on. Did MF issue a shipping # via email or something? If so then it should be able to be traced.

 

[WackyT]

Roadway doesn't have any sign of this shipment what so ever. I've got my local Roadway agent on the lookout for it.

 

[richey88]

I'd buy the 18 watt one, it works out at £75 which is less than I paid for the Harley Benton.
But then I'd have to pay postage, import taxes, VAT, replace the OT with one that can handle 240v...

You should buy the 18 watter if you can find it. IMO it's the best buck and a half spent on an amp (for me anyway). Sorry if anyone who wanted one missed the boat.

Franklin Mills PA Sam Ash had a couple when I asked for a buddy earlier this week......Here is the slightly modded V18 112 unmiked at my gig last night.....some SRV:http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6925065
Popa Chubby (PRS SE Soapbar II) : http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6925053

Not the finest recording, just a vocal feed from the board, and condenser mic on the room. no instruments miked, but I was asked to turn down!! Not bad for 18w. Pardon the playing we're just a biker/bar band. Fun though!

 

[Duff]

V 18

Liked the song, rowdy for sure. Hey, rock out. The babe part sounds exciting; but, as they tell me: no pictures, "it didn't happen"! LOL.

The amp doesn't come thru real well but you can hear it in he mix.

You are happy with it though and thats what matters.

Is yours one of these new, marked down ones, or an earlier version?

I almost picked one up and still might, but based one some reviews that indicated some of these new discounted ones aren't up to the regular runs, I shied away. Has to be some reason they are marked SO FAR DOWN.

I picked up a used very mint Squire affinity P bass, don't laugh, it's nice and is going to be "real nice", like my "Black Pearl" affinity strat some of my friends are drooling over. The P bass is gloss black and GC has an aged white shell or pearl pickguard that would look really good against that black, especially with a set of SD quarter pounders in it. For two hundred dollars I don't think I could find as nice a bass very easily.

And I also just picked up a Squire affinity J bass new that sounds sweet, super good build quality with a really nice straight grained neck. I play this into my new Marshall MB30 practice amp that has manual adjustable compression and two channels, clean and drive and I use a Zoom B.1u; woops, now I'll have to post some clips in addition to the pictures.

This I should put some new pickups on but it sounds great now. I can't imagine how good it will sound with some custom shop sixty something J bass pickups, or some SD quarter pounders.

My P bass is destined go probably get a set of P bass quarter pounders or I might break weak and put in a set of the guitar fetish hot P bass ones but they don't cost that much less. Probably be quarter pounders. Then I'll work on the J bass.

That Crate eighteen still looks like a great amp and it is supposed to have some bite to it: hearing "Pride and Joy" thru it shows that it has some bite.

Sounded good dude, despite just the field mic type recording. Real good, considering. It was neat to hear the whole band.

Duffy

 

[Ro3b]

FWIW, from what I've been reading on the Telecaster forum, the godawful reverb on the V18 is due to the cheap two-spring reverb tank. Replacing the stock tank with an Accutronics 4EB2C1B should make everything better. I'm looking forward to trying this.

 

[richey88]

Thanks Duffy! If you go to the other songs on my SC page, "Shocking" is all V18 too. Other things there with the Crate also. Home studio stuff (I have a TASCAM DP01).

The Squier SQ is the 2nd line of axes that were MIJ. Really feels like a '69 Fender. I dig a lot of their stuff (I'm poor). That's why I rave about the V18 as it's a great value. It got mine at a local Sam Ash and had to have them check their own website to match the $149 price. I ended up trading a pedal and 96$ for it. A few swapped parts lying around the house and it's a killer! I'm not sure what run it was from. :rockon:

 

[Bilsdragon]

I jumped in last week and ordered a V18-112 over at MF. I really like the tone with my LP. Over the weekend I cranked her up a little while the Mrs. wasn't home and had a hard time not smiling for a while. I then ran up the street to my local g.a.s store (Pro Line Music) and had Don match the MF deal on a DS-1. Now I really can't wait for the used Monte Allum Tube Screamer I bought arrives. The only down side I've seen so far is that the cabinet is huge for a 1x12. I figured they used the same cab for the 2x12, but nope, that cab is a little bigger yet.

 

[WackyT]

Finally! Got my 112 today! On the first, I had MF send me out another unit since the first one fell into a black hole somewhere. She was waiting for me at the front door of my apartment when I got home from work today. I did have time to un-Crate her, plug her in, and test her. I'll have more time tomorrow to test her out.

 

[Spudman]

Yea! :bravo:

 

[richey88]

I jumped in last week and ordered a V18-112 over at MF. I really like the tone with my LP. Over the weekend I cranked her up a little while the Mrs. wasn't home and had a hard time not smiling for a while. I then ran up the street to my local g.a.s store (Pro Line Music) and had Don match the MF deal on a DS-1. Now I really can't wait for the used Monte Allum Tube Screamer I bought arrives. The only down side I've seen so far is that the cabinet is huge for a 1x12. I figured they used the same cab for the 2x12, but nope, that cab is a little bigger yet.

Wow ! I have a Pro-Line down the street......Failess Hills PA where r u??

 

[Robert]

I finally tried one. I liked it a lot better than the V33. A great small tube amp for peanuts. I would have bought one if I didn't already have an 18 watter.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Finally! Got my 112 today! On the first, I had MF send me out another unit since the first one fell into a black hole somewhere. She was waiting for me at the front door of my apartment when I got home from work today. I did have time to un-Crate her, plug her in, and test her. I'll have more time tomorrow to test her out.

Great news! I was just fretting about what had happened to your amph today when this thread saw some new activity. Glad to hear they got you one delivered.

 

[Bilsdragon]

Wow ! I have a Pro-Line down the street......Failess Hills PA where r u??

It's the same one Richy. I live in Vermilion Hills right down the steet. My son takes guitar lessons with Jake on Thursday nights at the store. :dude: :bravo: