I still use a crate gfx212 I've been hooked on the gain these amps have I wish they were still in business because they are great Amps for metal heads like me

Had all of those over the years. I kept my Stealth 50 and GX-130C. Gems..The Crate solid state overdrives sound better than Peaveys of the day. Still love the Stealth

Finbar, a truely great guitarist, and pro demo guru. I was 13 in 1989 when you did a demo in Brisbane for Pro Music, B.C.Rich gear. You blew me away, a great moment in my life mate. I’m still playing and see that you’re still writing great tunes, fantastic mate.

My first amp with distortion was a Crate GX-15. However, it wasn't until I got a DOD Thrash Master that i could finally play One without having to stop and switch channels on the amp, lol. Great memories.

I have been a Crate amp user for so long. . So happy to get to the 90's where I could enjoy that sound. I love the stereo chorus and the clean channel is sparkly. That is my sound, Crate 130c with a four 12 cabinet. I went through the Marshall stack phase, and keyboard players would quit the band left and right. I have a gt200 I would sell.

I've always been a sucker for Crate amps. I currently own a GFX-30. It has a great clean sound, and once you understand how to adjust and use the overdrive, you can really get a good distortion. a lot of people trash Crate overall and I think that's a shame, cause they will go all balls to the wall with the settings and then bitch that it sounds crappy. Instead of taking the time to fine tune the settings. I think mine is a '98 model but it works great still. Too bad that they went out of business.

Really nice vid! I have the gt50 head and the combo. The best for everything, period. I use the head in a death metal band now, even the built-in distortion would be enough but I use it with a pedal. It kills all modern amps when it comes to high gain. It is simply relentless. I need a 100 watt too! The combo has that same kind of aggro, also with a very clean, Fender-ish type sound. The Stealth series unbelievably stellar, it is ridiculous. A hidden gem.

Still such a highly underrated and harshly criticized amp company, *but they really did shoot themselves in both feet when they produced model lines that had a shape control on the overdrive channels but no midrange.* The worst part is, you can add the midrange by changing a 100 ohm resistor that costs literally less than 1 cent with a 40 cent 500 ohm potentiometer, and that turns those models into the ultimate metal amp! *That, or the low-tech way is to pu an EQ on the effects loop.* One of the best thrash, death, industrial and numetal amps of all time.

I still play my GX212 every day.

First amp I ever had was a g10 .and then a G250 , G200cxl mini stack which was pretty cool and finally a gx 600 head . Good enough for me . That’s all I could muster up at the time.

I still have my GX160 bought it in 92 was on a budget going to college i have tube heads now but this amp i used for many years wish they could have been able to stick around i just turned on the amp to exercise the pots lol never use much anymore.

Gt80dsp was my first real amp that wasn't 10 watts back in 2005. I loved for a decade and starting having issues and sold it to guitar center. I just have gone through a dozen amps in a few years and just couldn't get that sound again. So I bought another one from GC. This time I am keeping it. And he say that it won amp of the year in 1993?

my left ear is enjoying the nostalgia

Good times getting lessons from ya fin at east Gosford music shop haha long time ago now

I have couple of Crate twin amps myself. For the smaller amps I love the GT80, GX65 and the GX 40c.

The Tampa death metal amp from way back

Wonder if Finny would want to do an interview?

wow that dude is bad ass

Wow finnie,great memories!what model is that axe?

Love the guitar - is it a Jackson Phil Collins model?

Good Lord, you can really play!

Hey Finnie still looking like back in the Turra days there! :P

Music at the start was from your album the elements that i bought from east Gosford music maybe 25 years ago, i lent it to someone at the conservatorium and never got it back, how would i get another ?

Which one was your favorite?

G130cxl have 4 of them and always looking for a 5th🤟

This is the first time I think in the history of my playing I have not owned a crate. I finally sold my gx130c.

evillll with them Lelon's man...I did like those...those are bit darkerrr.

mono audio?

I keep hearing Saigon Kick in there \m/

what the hell, the sound is only coming out by one side of my headphones lol

crate took off around '87....they stole a big chunk of marshalls profits....i had one....it kicked ass!!

My first amp was a GT-200dsp, it retailed for $1000 and was amazing to me at 12 years old. I even had the 4x12 cab. Eventually, I came to understand just how terrible the tone was after hearing several other rigs, processors, etc.

I just get my Crate GX - 60

no audio

The promo is so bad it's hilarious. I laughed pretty good at the first min or so. I was sad to learn a few years ago that Crate was dead. In my opinion Crate solid-state amps had the best solid-state sound available, ever, even by modern standards. Have yet to hear another solid state come close. And also in my unpopular opinion, Crate solid-states sound better than most of 'God Tone' valve/tube amps then and now. They did have some flaws. I don't know which heads and combos were designed for actual touring (maybe none, maybe the Red Voodoo?) but all of them I have ever owned from new to used had weird glitches like loud popping when switching channels or crappy pots made of plastic that would fall apart or being able to fully control channel 3 with channel 2's controls because there's a crossover issue. But if I had the money I would take my favorite Crate heads and have them copied with the same parts but of better quality and less internal PC cables, zip-tied, better jacks, pots etc. I would definitely do it.

finbarrr Trollfin build loli.imgur.com/7ssn7aW.jpg...I hate to say it but it's looking grim dude and more fucked up in storage shit fell on it tore the pots off of it idk...RIP dude Lol

CRATE= CAN'T REALLY AFFORD THE EQUIPMENT!

Video audio sucks but it doesn't matter because its for Crate lol Get a Marshall tube amp