Carvin, Anyone?

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 2 Mar 2006 2:18 pm

Is there anyone using this gear for steel? What's out there, and what are the comments?

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 2 Mar 2006 3:28 pm

I have an old Carvin tube amp that sounds great with a steel. It has been modified for a 15" speaker and currently has an old spiderweb Black Widow 1501-4 in it. I refinished the oak cabinet and it looks great. Also, its not quite as heavy as a twin reverb.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

James Quackenbush · Post by **James Quackenbush** » 2 Mar 2006 8:05 pm

Darvin,
You did a really nice job on that old Carvin !!.....They're great sounding clean amps !!.....Jim

John Bresler R.I.P. · Post by **John Bresler R.I.P.** » 2 Mar 2006 8:43 pm

Here's a link to a past discussion of the Carvin SX amp. It does sound pretty good to me.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/005272.html

Grant Johnson · Post by **Grant Johnson** » 3 Mar 2006 1:10 pm

I recently played a Carvin vintage tube series Nomad with a telecaster and found it to be one of the best sounding amps for the money... I am considering one for a lightweight smaller gig amp.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 3 Mar 2006 1:47 pm

I tried one of the SX300 rack preamp's and for my Telecaster it sounded great but there wasn't enough low end for the steel.

My wife has a Carvin Pro Bass 200 bass amp and it's great for the bass and would even do in an emergency for steel.

LARRY COLE · Post by **LARRY COLE** » 3 Mar 2006 5:57 pm

I play a Carvin 3 s/c p/u TL-60 Tele style through a Carvin Nomad Tweed amp. It is 50 watt all tube(EL-84s). I have never played a Fender guitar that I would trade my Carvin for. I get lots of compliments on how good the amp sounds. They are the best kept secret in the guitar/amp world.

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c c johnson · Post by **c c johnson** » 4 Mar 2006 3:55 am

I have a 50s vintage Carvin dbl 8 steel looks like a fender and is a fine sounding steel through any amp I've come across and great through my nash 112. CC

c c johnson · Post by **c c johnson** » 4 Mar 2006 7:33 am

Darvin, I don't know if I have asked you this before. Since you live in Leander, do you know the name of the fellow in Andice that has the great collection of Ricks to include orig frypans. He showed them to me yrs ago but would not let me take pics. I had one hell of a time trying to contact him in Andice. All the folks I talked to acted like I was a "revenuer". I finally locatd him by going door to door. At my age now I don't care to repeat that. CC

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 5 Mar 2006 2:46 pm

Thank you, all. Much good info here (and on the cited thread)to digest.

PS, Darvin. Great looking one! I would think it should sound as it looks.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by James Cann on 05 March 2006 at 02:47 PM.]</p></FONT>