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The Mercury shines in Guitar & Bass Magazine’s Boutique Amp Roundup

November 11th, 2011 at 3:36 pm by Admin
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Guitar & Bass Magazine, Cover, November 2011

The UK magazine Guitar & Bass features a Boutique Amp Roundup in their November 2011 issue. Six small combo amps from Matamp, Torres, Cornell, Bad Cat, Victoria, and Carr are compared. Which amp came out on top, you ask? Well, here’s what they said:

The Mercury is by far and away the most versatile amp in this roundup. If you could only take one amp to a recording session, you could be confident that you’d have all bases (short of death metal) covered. Quality costs, especially when you buy American, but valve amps don’t come much better than this.Guitar & Bass, November 2011

On newsstands now.

Mini Mercury Video Reviews

May 15th, 2011 at 4:26 pm by Admin
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Guitar Planet produced two video reviews of the Mini Mercury – one using a Fender Stratocaster and the other with a ’59 Les Paul reissue. Have a look and listen:

Superchunk + Mercury = Rock

April 19th, 2011 at 3:41 pm by Admin
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Superchunk‘s Mac McCaughan used a Mercury when performing for their video “Crossed Wires”. He also used a Mercury at Superchunk’s recent show at Radio City Music Hall.

Mac McCaughan with a Mercury outside Radio City Music Hall Superchunk at Radio City Music Hall with a Mercury
Photography by Matt Carr

Carr Amps Demo From The Netherlands

December 3rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm by Admin
Categories: Artemus, Mercury, Raleigh, Rambler, Viceroy | Tags: ,

Our dealer in The Netherlands, Max Guitar, produced this video demo featuring the Artemus, Mercury, Raleigh, Rambler, and Viceroy.

Mercury Review in Wired

April 26th, 2010 at 3:01 pm by Admin
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gator-cream-gator MercuryWired Magazine‘s website has posted a review of the Mercury with some nice photos of the only ‘gator-cream-’gator Merc in existence. Check it out: Carr Mercury Guitar Amp.

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.

Wilco Uses Carrs on Colbert

November 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm by Admin
Categories: Mercury, Players, Rambler | Tags: , , , ,

Wilco guitarists Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline play a Mercury and a Rambler on the October 30, 2008 episode of the The Colbert Report.

Mini-Merc Review

February 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pm by Admin
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Premier Guitar, March 2008

Premier Guitar, March 2008

The March 2008 issue of Premier Guitar Magazine features a review of the Mini-Mercury. Pick it up at your newsstand or read the review online: Carr Mini-Mercury.

Visitors and Updates

December 20th, 2007 at 12:00 pm by Admin
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Bill Frisell tries out a Mercury at Carr Amps

Bill Frisell tries out a Mercury at Carr Amps

Jazz guitarist and composer Bill Frisell stopped by the shop last week. He played through all the models and settled on a Mercury. It was a pleasure to meet him and listen to him play.

The website has been updated. A handful of reviews have been added to the Press page, and more photos have been added to the Users area.

Happy holidays!