HANGAR18 Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 I recently acquired two amplifiers so I'm combining them in this post.First off, for someone like myself who had Marshall blinders on, I must mention mars-hall who wrote a glowing review of his new Carvin Legacy and how that review turned my head in the direction of Carvin, a brand I had barely ever even heard of, long enough for me to closely examine their offerings.I began researching the brand and listening to every video demo I could find and then decided that the Carvin V3 was the right amp for me to try next. Then, Millennium Maestro, the enabler of the year, sold me his V3. And here it is...Every amp and every cabinet I started out this year with is gone.So I may as well show you everything else I now have in my living room.The Marshall 1960A 4x12 cabinet is well used but it is new to me.The brand new Marshall M412B cabinet is also plugged in to the Carvin amp but I have them spaced out to get a more full sound when I play. The Carvin V3 is a 100 watt all tube, 3 channel amp but I have it set to the 50 watt option and play it at about #2 or #3 on the dial because I don't have the words to describe how unbelievably loud this thing is. This is my first tube amp so all I know about it is that there are 4 big tubes and at least 6 little tubes.The next amp I bought is brand new. There are 2 big tubes and 2 little tubes.I figured that it might be good to take a break from the face melting distortion once in a while.The Carvin can certainly play clean tones but I don't really need 100 watts to do that.AC15C1: 15 Watts Single 12" Celestion G12M Greenback Speakerhttp://www.voxamps.com/custom/ac15/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Merry Christmas to you Hangar18! Those appear to be a couple of fun amps. Your 150 / 157 will go very nicely with the Carvin. You'll need a good 137 or other P90 equipped guitar to really appreciate that Vox. You must have been a good boy this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANGAR18 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Merry Christmas to you Hangar18! Those appear to be a couple of fun amps. Your 150 / 157 will go very nicely with the Carvin. You'll need a good 137 or other P90 equipped guitar to really appreciate that Vox. You must have been a good boy this year! Merry Christmas to you too! This is probably going to be a dumb question but my black H157 has a push/pull pot installed by the previous owner. I never use it but I assume it splits both pickups in half. Would that be the same thing as a P90 or should I get a guitar with actual P90s in order to experience what you are describing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Coil splitting is more reminiscent of single coils ala Strat. P90s, while being single coils, have a distinct sound of their own. See if you can borrow a 137 or meet up with an HOC member to try with the Vox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212Mavguy Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Hard to beat Carvin for the "bang for the buck" factor...an example of a great American company. Congratulations on your new additions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Never tried anything by Carvin, but I've never heard a complaint either. I love the AC line. The tones are killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokedtires Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Congrats on your new amps! Merry Christmas to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANGAR18 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Never tried anything by Carvin, but I've never heard a complaint either. I love the AC line. The tones are killer! The thing that did it for me was this one moment when I was listening to one of the V3 demos and the idea occurred to me that the tone sounds exactly how guitar tones sound on a record/album/CD/whatever. Let's say that you go to a studio to record an album. You can set up your guitar and amp and everything exactly how you want them to sound, but a recording engineer is just going to tweak and polish everything up so it sounds really good on the recording. That's how these amps sound to me, just like I was playing on an album. Very polished and nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Maestro Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 I am glad you have fun GAS Master. You have alot of catchin up to do.... Great Music room! M.M. "The Enabler" Merry Xmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANGAR18 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 M.M. "The Enabler" Enabler of the year award nomination. hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulk1 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Vox = Had the AC15CC1 with a Blue Dog for a while. Great amp! It really does the chimey cleans - to natural OD very well. All with the turn of a volume knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurph1 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 congrats on both acquisitions!! Gotaa say though that AC-15 is right in my wheelhouse!! Enjoy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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