| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Anybody ever hear of Carlsbro amps? I was at Hampshire Music Co.
on rt. 101A in Nashua last week and they stocked a lot of those
amps. Until then, I'd never seen one. I tried a few but the one
I liked most was the Carlsbro 45S Lead amp. I little noisy but very
clear and loud for the price. It made my Gibson Lucille sound quite
good---clear and throaty. The amp has two channels, one clear and
one overdrive. It has high and low gain inputs, treble, mid, and
bass tone controls, reverb, distortion, and a high-end boost
switch.
When I plugged the guitar into the high gain input, there was a
noticable but not too displeasing hum. When I plugged it into the
low gain input, the hum nearly disappeared (but ofcourse, some of
the volume was gone too).
Any comments? I'd like to get some feedback before I blow any more
hard-earned money.
Thanks,
Rob
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| 463.1 | They're from the UK | AQUA::ROST | I feel your innuendo | Thu Jan 14 1988 20:43 | 6 |
Carlsbro has been making amps in the UK for years. I once saw the
British band BeBop Deluxe using them.
Any UK noters have comments???
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| 463.2 | Reliable | THEBAY::RYAN | Thu Jan 14 1988 21:10 | 6 | |
The amps are made in the UK and I don't know about the particular
model you have tried but Carlsbro were always reliable. I was in
a band with a complete PA from Carlsbro and it lasted about three
years with no problems.
Joe.
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| 463.3 | No Bias (honest) | SUBURB::BURKEG | Ovation axe man | Mon Aug 15 1988 18:19 | 15 |
Took a long time gettin to this note phew,
Carlsbro amps are well liked in the UK, their best Range (for
me anyway) is the Sherwood and Sherwood Junior, 50w and 90w
respectively designed specifically for Electro/acoustic Guitars.
They feature 3 input channels, 1 high gain, 1 low gain and 1 with
parametics to cut out all that wooly middle you tend to get with
amplified acoustics. Also have reverb (with footswitch), effects
loop and an independant tweeter that can be switched on or off as
you desire. They sell for uk# 280 and 225 respectively. I dont know
much about the rest of their stuff but ive not heard anything bad
about them.
Gavin(who_is_fed_up_playing_thro_an_HH_pa_amp_and_is_going_to_buy_a_
Sherwood_Junior_next_month)
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| 463.4 | Thumbs up for the Carlsboro Colt 45. | KEEGAN::TURNER | Mon Jul 12 1993 09:28 | 15 | |
I played my Telecaster through a Carlsbro 45 at apractice session the
other day, and I was quite impressed. Actually, the model I played
through is called the Colt 45, but I presume it's the same amp referred
to in the basenote. (Obviously Carlsboro decided to make a 45W amp so
that they could then call it "The Colt"!)
The reverb/overdrive gave exactly the results I like - nothing too
exagerated. Not a flash amp, but very solid. Unlike .0, I don't recall
any problem regarding a hum in the high gain input.
Wonder what the retail price is...
Dom
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