Crate FlexWave FW15 Guitar Amp Combo, 15 Watt Single 8 Speaker

Customer Ratings:
List Price: $111.99
Sale Price: $79.99
Today's Bonus: 29% Off

• 15 Watts RMS
• 1 x 8-inch speaker
• Clean and overdrive channels
• Headphone out
• CD/MP3 Input

Click Here to Read More Reviews >>

This little amp is your basic home practice combo amp. It has your CD input and all the distortion and clean controls. The distortion is not great, but the clean is excellent. However, if you want to get the most out of your amp, plug in your headphones. The amp works wonders on that aspect. Everything you play from clean to distortion sounds pretty good to excellent. It's not the best amp in the world, but it does what it does. If you're a beginning guitarist, like myself, this will fit the bill fine for a couple of years or so -until you get a real tube amp or a higher watt amp with "professional" features.

Buy Crate FlexWave FW15 Guitar Amp Combo, 15 Watt Single 8 Speaker Now

For the longest time I had a small Peavey practice amp which served me well for almost ten years before it died a natural death. I then started looking for a suitable replacement and I came across this Crate which after more than a year of use has done more than what I was expecting from an amp this price and this size. The clean tone sounds great and while the amp distortion isn't the best that I've heard it is still acceptable. I usually use this amp with the clean tone attached to my Muff distortion pedal plus tuner and compressor and/or analog delay. The sound is steady and so far after more than a year I cannot find anything to really complain about for what I use it for. I don't use the cd/mp3 connecting function and when I tried it out on my Creative Nuvo a few months back it didn't work that well but as this is not a critical feature for me I'm not too upset about this.

For what it does and for the price it retails for this surprisingly good amp comes highly recommended.

Read Best Reviews of Crate FlexWave FW15 Guitar Amp Combo, 15 Watt Single 8 Speaker Here

It is what I expected. What more can you ask? It's actually much lighter in weight than the crate amps I had twenty years ago. Excellent clean channel. Dirty channel is not as crisp as higher priced amps, but it's much better than I thought a $75 amp should be.

Want Crate FlexWave FW15 Guitar Amp Combo, 15 Watt Single 8 Speaker Discount?

If you like it loud, you will love this amp. I bought this amp and it has served me well. The only thing I hate is how the overdrive is so....god awful. But the clean is beautiful. All you have to do is get some effects pedals and your set. If you can only afford under $100, get this. If you have more money invest in something else.

This product was a Christmas gift to a friend, so I don't know the details of whether it was well received or not. This person did seem excited when I gave it to him at Christmas though.