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The Crate FlexWave FW65 is a mid-sized stage/rehearsal guitar combo amp that uses the FlexWave™ Evolution 5 preamp and patented Sequential Cascading Gain™ technology to pump 65-watts of rich, articulate tone through a 12" speaker. Variable 3-channel operation lets you switch between clean, dirty, and saturated channels with the included remote footswitch. And Digital Signal Processing (DSP) effects add separate delay, modulation, and reverb to your signal. Crate's Channel Tracking automatically stores your DSP settings, so the amp recalls which effect is assigned to each channel when you switch between them. Develop your own sound by tweaking the onboard 3-band EQ. The solo channel features our proprietary Shape Control circuit for crafting dynamic custom lead tones. A built-in tuner ensures that you're constantly in tune.

Crate FlexWave Series FW65 65W 1x12 Guitar Combo Amp Features:

  • 3 channels
  • 65 watts
  • 1x12" speaker
  • Evolution 5 preamp
  • DSP effects
  • Onboard tuner

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Crate FlexWave Series FW65 65W 1x12 Guitar Combo Amp

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Average of 16 User Ratings

Overall

Overall: 9.21

Quality

Quality: 9.00

Features

Features: 9.14

Value

Value: 9.36

Customer Reviews

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 8

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 9

Nice Price
Posted by metalman666 from SLC UT on May 19, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobby something to do
Reviewer's Play Style: Metal and Hard rock
I have had this thing for over a a year now. I love it. There are a some downsides though. 1 Needs more diverse FX range isnt that great. 2 the high gain channel is tweaked way bad. volume all the way down and I still get noise turn up the gain and its just like boom here I am it goes realy realy loud and the Clean channel kinda cuts out when I turn the volume up. Other than that its a great amp. So maybe I got a lemon kinda thing. Dunno overall great amp.

Overall

Overall: 8

Quality

Quality: 7

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Amazing....When it works
Posted by abs0lution33 from Pennsylvania on Mar 21, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, metal, hardcore, experimental
First of all, This is amp is a huge bargain, and it definitely can get loud enough to play a show with. However, what I don't like about it is....

The built in tuner sucks (not a big deal)

There is no separate EQ for the high gain channel (It shares the EQ with the OD channel)

My footswitch doesn't work properly...It makes my guitar cut in and out. At first I thought it was my cable.....and sometimes when you change the effects...it doesn't work. So I may just have gotten a bad one, but I would definitely not call this amp reliable.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 10

Crate Flex Wave
Posted by Darkrider on Mar 20, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock
I bought this amp recently after watching vidoes of people playin olnine and I have to say it blew me away. The clean channel on this thing is amazing and the included effects are above average for built in effects. The Overdrive Channel gets good sound as well and the High Gain Channel is wicked. This is the perfect amp for sound sound quality and and price for those who our on a strict budget. Personally I would suggest you get this amp or a Marshall.

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 9

the best
Posted by dimebagdean49 from chester, iL on Dec 26, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: rock
well first off i was going to choose between this and a marshall mg30dfx and i play alot of pantera and rock and roll music so i played the marshall and it was just junk no harmonix what so ever then i played this and it just had that pantera sound so i bought it i would say its a great amp for its value

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Definitely a BANG for the buck
Posted by ewall09 from Pittsburgh, PA on Dec 3, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Garage Band, Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: TOOL, Rock, Alternative, Punk, Metal
This amp has 3 channels, all of which you can completely shape with the EQ (the high gain channel has a 'shape' knob). There is a reverb knob, Chorus (3 Levels), flanger (3 levels), Phaser (3 levels) and delay (slap, medium, long). The EQ lets you get bright, sparkling cleans or deep, crunchy gain. I can match almost any bands tone with this amp. It is definitely worth it.

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Crate FlexWave Series FW65 65W 1x12 Guitar Combo Amp

Overall: 9.21Read 16 Reviews

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Crate FlexWave Series FW65 65W 1x12 Guitar Combo Amp

Overall: 9.21Read 14 Reviews

MSRP: $433.36

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