Crate Amplifiers DX-212 manual DX-112/212Digital Guitar Amplifier, Amp Models, Model Name

DX-112/212 Digital Guitar Amplifier

Model Name	Modeled After the...	Brief Description
Top Mount	Vox AC 30	Bright with a great clean sound at low gain, distorts smoothly at high gain
		settings – an early 60’s amp with lots of 2nd and 3rd order harmonics,
		favored by the Beatles for the rhythm and lead tracks in their early days
High Power	Hi Watt DR	An early 60’s “upmarket” alternative to the popular Marshall amp – loud-
		er and cleaner than most
Studio Tweed	Fender Deluxe 5E3	The sound from which Rock ‘n’ Roll was born – Fender’s early 50’s claim
		to fame
Black Face	Fender Deluxe Reverb AA763	The classic tube amp – one of the first amps with reverb, a mid-60’s sta-
		ple to the rock and roll diet (considered by some to be one of the best
		amps ever made)
Large Tweed	Fender Bassman 5F6-A	Originally designed for bass, favored by guitarists for its big sound – a late
		50’s classic
60s Era UK	Marshall 1959	The renowned “brown sound” – a softer, smoother Marshall than the
		more modern creations
70s Era UK	Marshall JCM 800	The sound of ROCK! – loud and powerful with a definitive edge
Fuzzbox	Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face	Jimi would be proud – the classic stomp box distortion of his day
Tube Rectifier	Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier	Barre chord Heaven – the beginning of the modern high-gain amp era
Calif Mod	Mesa-Boogie Mark IIC+	Tons of overdrive and sustain; the sound of Santana! – the hot-rodded
		powerhouse Simul-Class amplifier
Ampeg VL	Ampeg VL-501	A hot-rodded Marshall-style amp – powerful, lots of distortion and multi-
		ple gain stages
Flexwave	Crate GX-140C	The massively overdriven, solid state Crate sound preferred by Metal-
		Heads everywhere – a solid-state competitor for most classic tube amps
		due to Crate’s proprietary FlexWave circuitry
Vintage Club	Crate VC-60	A unique combination of both modern high-gain and classic tube amps
		– bringing back the “vintage” sound of the early days of rock
Blue Voodoo	Crate BV-60	Awesome modern high-gain tone – smooth, clean, and powerful
Acoustic	Boss AC-1 Acoustic Simulator	Makes your electric guitar sound like an acoustic
Clean	Crate GX-140C	Clean Jazz sound – just enough of a an edge to get your message across

AMP MODELS

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Vox, Hi Watt, Fender, Marshall, Dallas-Arbiter, Mesa-Boogie, Boss, and the names of their respective products are all trademarks of their respective companies, and have no affiliation with Crate and/or SLM Electronics, or with the DX-112/212 amplifier. These companies and their products are acknowledged herein because we listened to their stuff and modeled some of their sounds into our amplifier.

Also, the above descriptions are paraphrased synopses of many of our own experiences with the amplifiers, along with information from the

“The Tube Amp Book, 4th Edition.”

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