I HATE GUITAR STORES LOL!!!!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- I seriously hate guitar stores sometimes lol, good ones that is! I dropped off my Solar to have set up and did what seems to almost ALWAYS cost me money...walked out to the showroom. What was waiting for me to make eye contact with out there by all of the amps and cabs was one of the sought after pieces of early 90s death metal history...the Crate GX130C. I immediately went to the owner and asked what he was doing with it because it had no price tag on it. He was going to list it on Reverb, but didn't want to if he had someone like me come in the door and save him the hassle of listing, shipping, etc. Soon as I plugged it in and dialed in what I was looking for in tone I was hooked. So he took really good care of me on that amp, and now I have the sound that I grew up on and just love in my playing style. I'll always dig and favor the old school death metal and it's sound vs these modern amps. Now I got me another room amp, and also the power for jamming with a full band(which is coming up soon). We will dive into this amp in a future video, but I just had to share this one with you guys. Thank you so much for watching and supporting homies!!!
Got my little Crate combo amp when I was 15 or so
Been loving it as my one and only bedroom amp ever since.
rob youre the best!!! I’ve never seen you comment on Kevin’s videos before!!
Same. I ended getting three of them for back up.
Never thought I’d see you here..
Hi Rob.
I just got a huge Crate bass head and 2 Crate 12 inch box woofers given to me recently...let's just say I have "neighbors" I never knew about lol (the old people up the road from me that live a half mile away came pulling up in my driveway to, eh hem, "compliment" me)
Dam, must have been thundering!!!! Rock on 🤘!
Haha sweet!!!
Cap
first time in ages they didnt need their hearing aid lol
That's very nice of them,good will to all man kind and all that crap, and remember,if it's too loud you're just too old
I love finding out thrashed out amps. a lot of people I work on music with are pretty snobby about the shit they use, they're dead set on using digital modelling or some high dollar tube amp. The face they make when they realize how good an old Crate or an old Peavey sounds is always priceless.
The 5150 is the backbone of modern metal man. All balls no bullshit.
Check out peavy supreme amps…Real sleepers
Marty is an awesome dude! You're right as hell. Every time I go in there, I leave with something. Been going there since I was a kid man. Much love for Michigan metal!
Mannnnnn I remember seeing you play Through the Eyes of the Dead and I couldn't have been any older than 13
I'm 25 now and just have been on a huge nostalgia trip - been a subscriber for well over 10 years now, and I'll pop into your channel to see whats up every now and again whenever that video pops in my head hahaha.
It makes me really happy to see you're still doing your thing full force and hear you'll be getting on a stage
I wish you the best of luck man, please post videos for us to see the performance!
Cheers
Duuuude you Have got to update us once you find out more about when you get on stage again. Definitely worth posting some of that here too🤘🏼
Fuck yeah I’d kill to see Kevin live
the Crate Blue Voodoo is actually a really decent one also! nice high gain, throw a boost on and you're good
I love my 50 watt head…built like a tank and heavy like one as well
Awesome Kev! So cool to see you excited again about guitars and gear!
I LOVE Crate amps. I had two of them. A 2-12 combo and and a 3 channel half stack. They freakin' ruled. I would love to get that half stack back. It was and has been painful that they went out of business.
When i go home on leave from the Navy i check that place out, see what Jacksons they got. Been watching you for over 12 years and just realized that you’re in the Mitten.
Also hearing you actually struggle a little to get that thing up gives me hope I'm not as bad off as I thought
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Crate still jams! Don't care what anybody says. 🤘 Much love Kevin!
@Der_Mantie very true but you know how guitarist are …especially when you first learning….I mean basses are never as snobby except about using pick lol
I feel ya dude I go into Guitar Center for "1 thing" the same as my wife goes to Target for "1 thing" 😬🤘
Not gonna lie im 6 foot 3 and i could never imagine pumping with ya but i love some fishing and shedding and your energy so keep doing your thing bro!
Still got my GFX-212 from back in the day. Fucking love this thing.
I read direct quotes from Rob Barrett & Jack Owen where they said the Crate GX-130C and EMGs were used to record The Bleeding. Pretty cool 🍺
Hah I'm going to Motor City Guitar tomorrow! Small world.
That through some Celestion G12K-100 take me back to the 90s & early 00 in the best way possible still have that cab.
I got a B C RICH series 7 hate edition. It's a beautiful beast. Peace, love and respect my vascular metal brother✌❤🙏
I got a CRATE GFX 120 2x12 combo and the thing is a BEAST!
I had a Crate halfstack back in 1999. Was either this head or the GT200, can't remember which. I got it at Mike Carey's Music in Taylor, MI for $50 then. I miss that amp lol. Brought back some memories, thanks man. And glad to see another Detroit area metal player!
Have been going to motor city for a decade marty is a good dude and he can play when i was there last month he played for a few and dam !! Shred on
I owned a Crate Stealth GT50 combo Lee Jackson Model Awesomeness 😎👍 WOW Nice Amp 👽🤖👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️
This amp and its Ampeg counterpart are legendary for old school death metal. Can't wait to hear you shred in it
That’s rad! If you get the chance to snag a Crate Stealth 50…DO IT!
You’re welcome 😁🤘
Crate amps was awesome in the 80's and 90's it was my choice of amps great sound awesome metal amp for real
Crate gets a bad rap. My first amp was a crate combo. Good little amp. Your beard game is tight sir.
Shit I have missed kev he’s like my dad when it comes to metal and guitar 🤘
I still need this, an Ampeg, and a Marshall 8100 in my life
Motor City guitars is the best! Marty is a total class act!
I have a huge pile of Crate amps lol. *I just scored a Crate GX212 for $70, and these perform a fair bit better than the head version I've owned for about 28 years.*
My tube gear has better note separation and definition when shredding bassy, clustered arpeggios, *but Crates have always been underrated and unfairly bashed.*
I have a Boss Katana MKII 50, and the beater GX212 I came home will outperforms it.
*These even by today's sounds a wicked metal amp.*
My formal background is in the science of electrical/electronics engineering, and I'm knee deep into an original design that will settle the debate IMHO. I will have a 100% solid state original design by the end of this year. By focusing on a fuzz distortion, I can overcome the limits of SS edge, raunch and sleaze that's overly shrouded with really high even order harmonics; that cliche static sound of swish and froth that robs us of clarity. A few other specific details in the design, and I should be able to *truly* match valve definition and separation everyone always claimed to have for decades.
Long term goal is that design on the commercial market for a few hundred instead of the few grand it takes to get that from a tube rig.
I could have told you were from Michigan just by your voice.
Sincerely, a former Bay City/Midland native.
I was there on Friday and I saw Marty then, really cool dude!! Nice amp!! Brother, you whale on that guitar!! Kickass video as always!! Cannibal Corpse is one of my favorite bands especially Death Metal!! Rock on!! 🎸🤘🎸🤘, let me know how it sounds!! I live in Rochester Hills, Michigan!!
That's pretty sick my dude!! Think it's cool that you dig on a lot of the same gear(80-90s Ibanez, JacksonsJackson's. Solid state heads) though I have to admit, only have owned (2) B.C. Rich Guitars; '03 NJ Series Warlock- Blue Quilt Top, '03 or '04 NJ Series Virgin- Black [both had the licensed Floyd Rose's]. They both did play great, but on they also [both] had the same con/flaw, well not really a flaw, but definitely a major con for me at that time for me at my playing. Were the pointy horn parts where the side of my elbow would rest. Remember spending close to 3 hrs just doing adjustments on the strap, did come close. Was only uncomfortably painful when standing an playing, lol sitting an playing never even touched those parts of the horn(s).
Looking back now, it's a pain to even find a Assassin (I don't even care about which model, I'm a tech so I can always mod/upgrade anything I find lol)
Out here in ARIZONA, can't find any NJ Series or hell, any model of the Platinum Versions
My apologies for my geekness turning into a book on your page 😆
Another great 👍🏻 vid buddy
Oh man, I love me some crate! The first amp I bought myself was an ampeg sst I found on reverb, which was just a preamp so I needed something to run it through, and found a nice crate bx440 in my area I got and wow that is a lot of power for a guitar! Running it through a bass cab sounds really cool, so much low end! I once accidentally turned it on when it wasn't plugged into the speakers and my heart sank, I thought I broke it, but my friends told me that only happens with tube amps, and it's still working to this day so I guess I lucked out on that one. One of these days I'm gonna have to try and find a crate shockwave, because a 300 watt guitar amp just sounds like too much fun to pass up!
Awesome man! I too was looking for this amp but instead I found a gx600. It's pretty good I must say.
Thank you for warning us about motor city guitar, it's legit the only guitar store I ever go into so I'll keeps my eyes wide wide fucking open.
Oh shit this is about to be some good shit when we hear that thing
Dam I remember walking in to music stores in the 90 s crate was everywhere crate really promoted the hell out of their amps
That looks and sounds amazing
I have a Crate Power Block, I keep seeing it in pro rigs on those rig videos. I have a stereo cab for it. Great for using with preamps or software even. I found a couple of companies make a DI for filtering digital device noise, 70-100$. It’s a killer rig for low$$
Being a man who recently got my hands on a 'Marshall 1992 LEM', i can feel your happiness/excitement.
Now all i need is the 'MF280L' to complete the set.
still have a complete american made full crate stack, had to pawn off the head back in the 90s unfortunately so this was a blast from the past to witness.
I've got the big 4x12 cabinet for this in awesome shape.
Motor City Guitar is the best !!!!! Great find , I always liked the Crate products , I have a BVH 150 Scott their amp guy re-tubed it for me not to long ago. Great vid !!!!!!
I'd go see your band. I'm excited for the Mercyful Fate show in the D.
Congrats bro. I picked up a gx130c that wasn’t fully working for $150. I replaced all the caps and retolexed it red. Came out sick and it fixed the issues it had. Best deal of my life lol.
I bought my Crate GX 130C back in 1995 and still have it
I giggled at this one Kev. I had a few of the Crates and you're right about the brutals we get out of them. I found a VH140C a few years ago. Traded a Japan Strat for it. lol. Then I gave it to my buddy Ron from DEAMON. He still has it and its awesome. I hope you find one. Cheers man! Love the vids.
Love your shirt! Devine Intervention is my favorite Slayer album! 🤘
glad your makin videos again my man....
I used to have that same amp head back in the day. I would play my Ibanez RG270 on it and it sounded so heavy!
I used Crate amps forever the switched to marshal later on, but they are great distortion and good clean sound.
Crate Excalibur are pretty sweet too…would love to find a deal like you got myself. Congrats
BIG KEV!!!!!!! Always love your videos man! especially when you get all excited
Always enjoyed Crates!
Dude you’re gonna start jamming again soon? Hell yeah!
Greetings from Pennsylvania brother!!! That head is Classick!! Crunch is killer!!! 😎 👍
I have a blue voodoo 120h and it's still one of my favorites
i looove Motor City Guitar!! Definitely extremely dangerous store!
Im from Detroit. Love your channel
Got that same amp and the VH140C. But both have some issues so I'm going to be doing a recap and repair on both.
Sooo rad. Can't wait to see some jam vids with that beast.
Every time I see one of these I instantly think old school Cannibal Corpse. 🤘🤘
Marty and staff at Motor City are great. Complete different atmosphere and experience then guitar center. Been going to MCG for about 20 years Marty is a real one. Let me take a amp head home for a few days to let me try out before I bought it .of course this was back before EVERYONE be came little assholes. Best music store ever. The guitar/ music stores here in Nashville don’t even come close. Anytime I need something new Road Trip.
Motor City guitar? No clue you were so close to where I live. I'm in the Waterford area, I'll have to watch out for ya!
It's refreshing to see a channel that isn't centered around politics, religion or whacky conspiracy theories. Instead it's centered around a guy doing what makes him happy.
I like Crate amps. I have a first gen blue voodoo 60 and 4x12 with the matching blue tolex and a blue voodoo 120 also with the blue tolex. I love them. They sound great once you get rid of the cheap oem speakers and they're built like tanks.
Awesome, those things are like gold dust in the UK. Id love to get hold of one someday.
I need to get to Michigan for a Wings game and check out Motor City 🤘
Need more demo of that amp) some CC from TOTM cover for example;)
I loved mine! Unfortunately though, I ended up selling it because it never really got the loudest when it came to a live setting
You need to run it in stereo…if not it’s only using half the power
dam u pick up that amp like it it was a lunch box lol great buy 🤘
Motor City Guitar is my favorite guitar store of all time. Marty the owner and Scott the guitar technician and Master luthier are some of my favorite people. I've been taking my instruments to them to get set up and I have purchased numerous instruments and other equipment from them over the years and have never had a bad experience. Yes my friend, you are correct it's dangerous. There have been times where I went into purchase a set of strings and walked out with a $1200 something or other lol. I absolutely love that place. That is a really kick ass amplifier and hope you enjoy the hell out of that thing... do you remember before they moved? They had their old place next to Harmony house and that lumber store. Then they moved to the movie theater. Man memories. Would love to get together with you sometime and shred.
Motor city guitar is where i bought my first fender p bass and my peavy 500 touring combo amp that store is amazing
Funny i was considering buying one of these yesterdays. That makes the 3rd weird coincidence for today
Hell yeah Kev I started out with my bands I rocked the crate 130c half stack ,and you could achieve a killer suffocation sound with it but I always wanted the ampeg too man but I could never grab one! These crates are terrible underated for that early 90s brutal death metal sound!!!!
I always heard crate stands for "Can't Really Afford The Equipment" so I never got one 😂
Seriously been trying to get one for a while now... nice bro ... I'm jealous a little bit but happy for you
I live in Toledo. Bought 5 guitars from motor city guitars. It's definitely a dangerous place if you have money to spend 😂😂😂
Marty is the man dude! Congrats!
And my little brother moved to Michigan!! Crazy
Good to have you back Kevin with a vengeance🤘🤘🎸🎃
I own one of these when I was a teenager my mom and dad got for me. someone sold it for like 200 bucks I was really lucky. now I'm 27 and still use it today best solid state amp in my opinion.
The early Crates stunk. I think that is why they got shit on later. But I had a '91 or '92 G120C(decent chorus BTW for clean). Ended up getting a 212 extension cab loaded with(and I didn't know til years later when I opened it) Nice 85 watt Celestions which they later determined(and changed the model number to 100) were 100 watt. I still have the cabinet which I custom sparkle painted a couple years ago. I sold the amp to a pawn shop in the early 2000's. The amp had a new technology called Tube Flex Circuitry I believe. And like yours, when cranked wide open...had that punchy tube sound. I dug the amp. 👍
duuuuude. I had one of these back in probably 99. Traded it in for a BlueVoodoo. Miss both of those amps so much.
I love that place I was just there last weekend. Motorcity guitar is like 25 miles from me give or take I'm just a couple miles away from guitar center extra 20 miles well worth it though, it's where I bought my America stratocaster first strat because I'm a BC Rich guy too but after playing it I loved it had to bring it home, just went in intended to buy picks lol
I play a crate bass cabinet with 2 15 inch eminence speakers, it sounds monstrous. Far more balls than any 10 inch speaker could deliver. I use a carvin bass head to drive it. It's so heavy sounding. I like to think of the whole band sound as like a back alley beating. I want the bass to be like a massive brick wall with the guitar snarling fear and intimidation into the heart of its victims as the drums just kick the listeners ass till their ribs are shattered
Hrr we’re brother are you familiar with tone wars channel he frequents the motor city music store as well , can’t wait to get there one day great score on the crate bro 🤘🎸
I'm gonna have to check that store out. I'm about 2 hours northwest of there. Sounds like it's worth the drive.
I love old peavey and crate MIA gear.
I USED TO HAVE A GX 130C 2X12 COMBO. GOOD AMP. HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR AMP MAN!!
Omg every guitar except 1 was bought at motor city guitar. I remember when Marty had his long hair. Guy is an amazing store owner. He knows the ins and outs of literally EVERYTHING in his store
Do you remember when they were farther down M59 next to Harmony House?? Right there by the old K Mart.
That thing is awesome
My first several amps were Crates...i have always loved their distortion...
AWESOME ! Have you seen MONSON guitars? Great amp. That was my first amp ever besides a fender push button multichannel practice amp.
My currently use the crate blue voodoo with a metal zone as a front drive, I like it better than my triple rectifier.
Yea man I’ve always loved crate amps ever since the mid 90’s. My first actually really good amp was an 80 watt crate 1x12 combo with a tube preamp and I’ve spent hours over the years trying to figure out what model it was so i can buy another but I have yet to find it. I have mesa’s, victory’s, Dr Z’s etc but I’d sell them all for that one crate I bought for $250 when I was 15….. I share the same obsession with BC rich guitars also from being a broke metal head when I was younger. Nothing makes me happier than a bronze warlock with new strings 🤘😂🤘
Dam she's a Beauty. Yeah Crate was pretty cool. Miss them
hate to tell you. The gig world has changed. No one uses amps anymore.... Just about every venue (as least in Central Florida) runs everything through front of house. We mostly use modelers like Kemper, Quad Cortex, Helix, etc. If you see an amp on stage it's usually only for monitoring or to look cool. Even the major acts have switched to modelers. I use the Quad Cortex. It's awesome because I can run 3 or 4 different $10,000 rigs with the push of a button.
I've always wanted one of those or the randall RG100ES. Big bastards with Big tone.