Originally Posted by: Pete KimbrellI just found a pretty sweet deal on a Crate Palomino V16. I know everyone likes to hate on Crate, but so far, the only amp I have ever owned has been a Crate and although it is way to loud for what I need, it sounds great. So I went ahead and bought the Palomino. I know it's pretty light on the features (1 channel, not a lot of gain) but it has some killer tone and I only paid $250 for it. I'm hoping in the future, Vox releases a 2 channel version of the Night Train.

Actually it looks like that Crate amp rates pretty well on Harmony Central . You can always stick a distortion pedal on it (Like a $30 Bad Monkey) if you want Hi gain sound. For a Class A 15W Tube amp, I don't think you could find a better deal for $250. You might also be surprised how good your POD distortions will sound in front of it, if you keep the amp on low gain. Yeah it colors the sound running it that way, but It might sound good in a unique way.

I like my Peavey Valveking 212 but just like Crate, many people have a bad opinion of Peavey, but if it sounds good, who cares.