peel Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Hi Cant recall who posted about this amp but I liked what a heard and read on the website. Im in Canada and theres no way to demo it here, which is too bad as sounds great. Anyone have any direct experience with this amp? Any reviews or articles to check out? thx Peel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Craig could tell ya..... Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peel Posted March 13, 2002 Author Share Posted March 13, 2002 should i repost it over at his forum then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 I have one of the early ones, the SX-200 model with two 12-in. speakers; I bought it in 1988. It is really a very versatile, good-sounding amp. It is loud, clear, and the distortion sound is remarkably tubesque as they claim. If you are a real tube purist you probably can pick bones with it, but for the price I think it's a good workhorse and I just keep hanging on to it. I don't know how much they have evolved the circuitry since 1988, other than they added a digital multieffects (mine has a spring reverb only). I don't know if the effects are good or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 http://www.carvin.com/ubb/Forum8/HTML/001320.html Check out the above link on Carvin's discussion board. Boggs Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peel Posted March 13, 2002 Author Share Posted March 13, 2002 col thx guys. My research confirms that Carvin has improved on the original design, if only I had one to demo. Ill check out the forum. peel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 I hope Craig doesn't mind using his quote, here it is right from the Carvin website: Craig Anderton says " The reason I find the Carvin SX amps so attractive is because you can get clean sounds - clean enough to serve as a recording amp in the studio - as well as some of the sweetest distortion sounds I've ever heard from a solid state amp. It's no small feat to please me in that respect; remember I've spent a lot of my adult life designing fuzzes to get the sound I want, since conventional fuzzes sound too rough for my tastes. Carvin's distortion circuit though is exceptional. A lot of folks claim to give a tube sound; frankly, the Carvin sounds better than a lot of the tube circuits I've used - it's almost like the SX produces an idealized tube sound rather than a real tube sound. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Originally posted by strat0124: I hope Craig doesn't mind using his quote, here it is right from the Carvin website: Craig Anderton says " The reason I find the Carvin SX amps so attractive is because you can get clean sounds - clean enough to serve as a recording amp in the studio - as well as some of the sweetest distortion sounds I've ever heard from a solid state amp. It's no small feat to please me in that respect; remember I've spent a lot of my adult life designing fuzzes to get the sound I want, since conventional fuzzes sound too rough for my tastes. Carvin's distortion circuit though is exceptional. A lot of folks claim to give a tube sound; frankly, the Carvin sounds better than a lot of the tube circuits I've used - it's almost like the SX produces an idealized tube sound rather than a real tube sound.Exactly! Carvin's tube emulator is AMAZING! It's got really good distortion. It almost had me fooled as to being solidstate. It's not quite there but it sounds aweful close to tube overdrive. Not to mention it has sweet chorus on it. For the price, you can't beat 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peel Posted March 14, 2002 Author Share Posted March 14, 2002 thanks guys, Ive posted over at the Carvin website...we will see... peel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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