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Small But Mighty

August 17th, 2009 at 5:28 pm by Admin
Categories: Raleigh, Reviews | Tags:
Vintage Guitar Cover, Oct 2009

Vintage Guitar Cover, Oct 2009

The Raleigh gets a mighty fine review in the October 2009 issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine. Reviewer Sean O’Bryan Smith writes:

Through rigorous use on a number of recording sessions, it was obvious there’s a lot of tone in this little guy. Dirty or clean, the Raleigh held a great amount of warmth, but was surprisingly transparent. It did not overly color the natural tone of the guitar unless called upon to do so, yet retained the natural characteristics of an EL84 amp. This is a very cool balancing act. And clean tones are full of shimmer.

On newsstands now.

Carrs and the Talkbox App

August 6th, 2009 at 6:05 pm by Admin
Categories: Hammerhead MkII, Oddities, Players | Tags: , ,

Guitarist and producer David Carr (no relation to Steve) helped create the iPhone App Talkbox. He played the guitar tracks for the App using his Hammerhead Mk II and Flaxwood guitar.

Carr Amps Video #2

July 30th, 2009 at 1:57 pm by Admin
Categories: Carr Amps Video, Mercury, Raleigh, Slant 6V | Tags: , ,

The second installment of the Carr Amps video series is here! In Biasing Your Carr Amp, our intrepid leader demonstrates setting the bias of a Raleigh, a Slant 6V, and a Mercury.

Carr at XX Merge

July 29th, 2009 at 3:58 pm by Admin
Categories: Hammerhead MkII, Players, Slant 6V, Viceroy | Tags:
Lambchop, stealing the show at XX Merge. (Photo by Brad Searles)

Lambchop, stealing the show at XX Merge. (Photo by Brad Searles)

Carr Amplifiers provided amps for XX Merge, a five-day, 33-band music festival celebrating Merge Records‘ 20th anniversary. Most bands used some combination of the three amps we provided: a Slant 6V 1×12 combo, a Viceroy 1×12 combo, and a Hammerhead MkII head and 2×12 cabinet. The amps performed admirably through a range of musical styles from delicate to aggressive, even surviving an onslaught of half-full PBR cans during Pipe‘s raucous set.

This article from the Washington Post includes photos of the bands playing our amps:

XX Merge: The Definitive List of 20 Things to Know

The Reptile-Brain Activator™

July 27th, 2009 at 2:48 pm by Admin
Categories: Oddities, Other Press | Tags: , ,
The Reptile-Brain Activator™

The Reptile-Brain Activator™

A while ago Steve Carr built a thing that has become known as The Reptile-Brain Activator™. Hmmm. Best to let Chris Stamey describe it in this article from Magnet Magazine:

From The Desk Of Holsapple & Stamey: The Reptile-Brain Activator™

Carr Amps on Facebook

July 27th, 2009 at 12:45 pm by Admin
Categories: Announcements

Yep, we’ve got a Facebook page. As of this post, there isn’t much there, but we’ll be adding photo galleries, discussions, and all the other bells and whistles in short order. You can, however, become a fan of Carr Amplifiers right this minute! Show your support for Carr Amps while showing your friends that you have superior taste in guitar amplifiers.

Welcome to Point-To-Point

July 15th, 2009 at 1:30 pm by Admin
Categories: Announcements

This is Point-To-Point, the spot for fun, educational Carr Amps Videos, articles, news, and oddities!

What are Carr Amps Videos, you ask? We are embarking on an ambitious project to produce at least one video per month on subjects like amp building, the Carr Amps shop, how-to’s, and more. The first one is already up: Carr Video Series #1.

Yes, we are moving into the modern world (but we still make our amps with tubes). With Point-To-Point’s blog-style format, you are welcome, nay, encouraged to add your comments to the posts. And to keep up with Point-To-Point, there are subscription options via RSS and email. Both methods are hosted by Google’s Feedburner service.

To navigate Point-To-Point, you can scroll through the posts which are arranged by date from newest to oldest, or use the methods provided in the Point-To-Point Submenu (at left) to zero in on the posts you are interested in.

  • Search – Searches posts, categories, tags, comments, authors, and more. Just type in a word.
  • Categories – Posts are grouped into categories–sometimes more than one. The categories a post belongs to are listed under the post’s title. Selecting a category from the list retrieves all the posts in that category.
  • Archives – This is a way to filter posts by month and year.

In other modern improvements, we now have a Carr Amps YouTube Channel. There you can find, in addition to our Carr Amps Videos, collections of others’ videos that feature Carr amps.

Enjoy, and check back often!

Best,
Steve Carr and the Carr Team

Carr Video Series #1

July 15th, 2009 at 11:56 am by Admin
Categories: Carr Amps Video | Tags: , ,

First in a series of Carr Amps videos, Steve talks about prototyping amps. He shows his favorite guitars for prototyping and an amp in the middle of the process.

New Carr Owner

June 6th, 2009 at 12:00 pm by Admin
Categories: Players, Slant 6V | Tags: , ,
Chris Funk with his Slant 6V Head

Chris Funk with his Slant 6V Head

Chris Funk of the The Decemberists added his newly-acquired Slant 6V head to his stage-rig for a show in Raleigh, NC. Watch the video of Chris and the Slant 6V in action as The Decemberists cover Heart’s Crazy on You. Chris is on the right.

Raleigh Review

June 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 pm by Admin
Categories: Raleigh, Reviews | Tags: ,
Guitar World Cover, Aug 2009

Guitar World Cover, Aug 2009

The Raleigh gets reviewed in the August 2009 issue of Guitar World. There is also a good video demonstration of the Raleigh on the CD included with the magazine.

Reviewer Eric Kirkland writes: Its three watts produce surprisingly loud Sixties-style clean tones as well as southern-fried overdrive that sizzles with fat and sustain, making the Raleigh one very versatile little amp.

On newsstands now.