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News and interesting stuff from Carr Amps.
…the Artemus is very humbucker friendly – deliciously gritty. For the rock-and-roll Tele player, it’s hard to beat. The amp is well-conceived, highlighted by its cab design, and everything about it, including fit and finish, say
– Vintage Guitar, July 2011quality.
Artemus Review in Vintage Guitar, July 2011 (821kb pdf)
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:
Watch the Premier Guitar coverage of the Carr Amplifiers booth at NAMM 2011 where we showed off two new multi-pedal prototypes: reverb/tremolo/clean boost and analog delay/tremolo/clean boost. Both pedals feature tube signal-paths, point-to-point wiring, headphone/line outs, and Carr quality and craftsmanship.
Check it out on the Premier Guitar website: NAMM 2011 – Carr Amps Tube Multi Pedal Demos
The Artemus goes up against four other mid-power amps in the 2010 Holiday issue of Guitar Player magazine. On newsstands now.
The June 2010 issue of The ToneQuest Report contains a review of the Artemus and an interview with Steve Carr.
From the review: …you’ll feast on this amp’s ability to add chime, depth and rich harmonic textures to well-conceived chords and single-string transitions, and solos acquire a very British flavor and sparkling intensity with virtually any guitar you throw at it.
From the interview: You are trying to get me in trouble!
Visit the ToneQuest website for information on getting a copy.
The June 2010 issue of Premier Guitar contains a review of the Artemus. Don’t delay, read it now: Carr Artemus 1×12 Combo Amp Review.
Wired 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.
Our friends at AskOurMusicians.com have posted part two of their Carr Amplifiers Factory Tour video series.
Recently, a video crew from AskOurMusicians.com spent a day at Carr Amps interviewing Steve and filming us at work. The result will be a three part video series, the first installment of which has just been posted:
In this video, 300Guitars.com‘s Billy Penn plays the Artemus. He has some nice things to say about the amp in his article, NAMM 2010 – That’s a Wrap!!!