Feb 04, 2004 02:33 pm nope, but horray for free gear!
Carlsbro?
Posted on Feb 04, 2004 10:54 am
aongodavo
Member Since: Jan 21, 2003
anybody heard of a carslbro amps? my uncle gave me one - carslbro cobra lead seems to be pretty good just want to know if anybody else has used them
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Feb 04, 2004 04:05 pm hey my brother's name is carl, i guess that makes me "carl's bro"... oh ooops... nope Never heard of the amp company, but hey, if it sounds good and is free, awesome.
Feb 05, 2004 12:25 am First I gotta ask, what country are you from? The amps were mainly distributed in the UK, they were very popular in the 60's or somewhat popular I should say. They were a rare find over here in the states for the most part, not to many dealers over here. I had a keyboard amp from the, 120 watt job, solid state, blew up after some major loud nights. Most of their gear is and was solid state although they do have and did have a couple of decent valve amps. The sound was not bad from what I can recall.
Is the amp you have a single 12" speaker either 30 or 50 watts, and I believe should be two channels? I may have some old guitar mags with a review of them, Ill let ya know.
Feb 05, 2004 10:00 am yeah that description seems to fit-i dont know what the wattage is- i was looking for it but i cant see it printed anywhere-
id love to get a review on it and some tips to maximise its sound potential
Feb 05, 2004 04:23 pm Disclaimer: HRC is not responsible for any damage done to any member or lurker's equipment by suggesting they turn it up to 11. User discretion is adviced
Feb 05, 2004 04:32 pm Haha. But, dB is right. If it's a tube amp, turn it up all the way in order to get the most character out of the amp, especially in a lower wattage amp that you can crank without the local authorities showing up at your door.
It's all about dialing in a bit of preamp distortion (pre) and maxing out the power stage (post)in order to get the power tubes to break up, and even a bit of speaker breakup. That's where the tone hides :)
If it's a solid state amp, then you won't get much more character out of it at high volumes than low volumes...the speakers will behave a bit differently, but that's about it.
Feb 05, 2004 04:45 pm Yes, I believe it is solid state. Most of what they made was, save for a few of the elite type amps they built. Even their newer 100 watt heads are solid state, with Valve emulation.
I did a search for it on google and dogpile and turned up a bunch of their stuff but nothing on the cobra lead.
Feb 16, 2004 08:30 pm I use one, Stingray lead combo, (150watts) got it in the eighties for around £300, the only amp I've ever owned.
Feb 19, 2004 09:07 am Quote:
Disclaimer: HRC is not responsible for any damage done to any member or lurker's equipment by suggesting they turn it up to 11. User discretion is adviced
lol...member or lurker. im a member who lurks, if that counts...
Feb 20, 2004 11:34 am its got a setting on it called suzz-sustain-i dont know how to describe the sound-like a poor quality distortion-who uses this effect?
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