Richie Castellano

According to the Blue Oyster Cult's live gear list, Castellano uses the Audio Technica AEW-4100 wireless system.

"From there the signal goes into a Matrix Guitar Amplification G-1000 Stereo Power Amp. This is a solid state 1000 watt power amp that only weighs 6 pounds!!! It's stereo, so I run it in mono mode. I could run my rig in stereo if I wanted, but I find that my being mono is more effective in this particular band. Buck has a really nice stereo spread on his sound, and I don't want to get in the way of that. Since I wasn't really loving the sound of the Pod going to direct into my ears, this was a perfect solution. I got the air moving and I got to have a little bit of stage volume. This power amp isn't as loud as you'd think, but it does give you a pretty respectable stage volume and it's totally fine if you're using in-ears. I kind of wish the amp had a depth and presence control like other power amps, but the BBE pedal fills that void nicely."