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Back with Roberto Wesson in Montevrede, Costa Rica, GW continues its examination of Gear-Under-Fire, or rather, water, as the case may be. As you'd probably assume, the rainy season" is not the best time of the year for electronics in Costa Rica.  

Owen O'Malley gives his take on the Crate V50-112, and it's basically the same take Axe's marketing department would come up with. Crate V50-112: How Dirty Amps Get Clean!  

Have you been craving a tube stack but don't have the coin? Crate's new V100H will deliver 100 watts of powerful tube sound for just pennies a day -- so long as you've spent the past century collecting $800 worth of pennies.  

O.H. Lee, one of the founders of Santa Barbara California’s The Right Hand recently took time to talk to Gearwire about the band's studio set up. We also chatted with him about some specific--and in some cases unusual--gear...  

Prong is back with their first record in four years. Their latest effort, Power of the Damager, is a hard hitting but still raw record that recalls the band's earliest efforts. Guitarist and vocalist Tommy Victor takes...  

Pat Ogle interviews Blueheels' guitarist and lead singer Robby Schiller about the gear behind the Blueheels' farm-core sound, and finds out that for Robby Schiller, it's all about what sounds best. Playing a Mexican Telecaster...  

Gearwire's Pat Ogle is back on the road, talking to Justin Bricco of Blueheels about his SG Standard and Crate Amp. The SG Standard is a solidbody introduced by Gibson in the 60's, and it was such an instant classic that...  

And the stroll through the Gearwire Gallery continues with this September 1990 full-page ad promoting Crate amplifiers.

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Rob Warmowski: The new shape of rock,...  

The Adicts have been playing with essentially the same line-up since the 70s. A seminal band in punk and post-punk, The Adicts frontman was eager to discuss the band's gear over the years. We spoke to Keith "Monkey" Warren...  

Crate takes its VTX 200SH amp head for a test drive. It's a 200 watt stereo head, with 100 watts per side and stereo effects. The Crate rep puts the head through its paces, so you'll be able to hear the amp at work with a...  

Crate's V Series amps are retro-tube amps, with five configurations. You can get two-channel versions with digital effects built-in. Not bad for a tube amp, eh? But that ain't all, folks! The V Series has plenty of other...  

The Crate rep talks up the line of Crate acoustic amps in this short-but-sweet video. If you're new to acoustic amplification, this video is a good way to start your acoustic-electric homework. Crate offers everything from...  

You might say that Crate's petite PowerBlock is the ultimate practice amp. The PowerBlock is about the size of a loaf of bread, and pushes 150 Watts into 8 Ohms Mono, or 75 Watts per side stereo at 4 Ohms. That's more than...  

Crate's battery powered amp series includes the Taxi and the Limo. These amps are tricked out with built-in effects, an 8 hour battery life, and can even be used as a portable PA system, according to the Crate rep. There...