Carr Amplifiers News
- 06 Mar 2008
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Renaming The Vincent
Due to trademark issues we're changing the name of The Vincent to The Viceroy. Within a few months we will be shipping Vincents with the new Viceroy nameplates. The Viceroy will be the same as the Vincent in all respects; only the name will change.
- 21 Feb 2008
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Mini-Merc Review
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.
- 20 Dec 2007
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Visitors and Updates
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!
- 22 Oct 2007
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The Vincent on Steelbender.com
Photography by Jason BarkerThe Vincent gets a thorough going-over by Jason Barker of Steelbender.com. The article, Steelbender Spotlight: The Vincent, includes photos, audio and video clips, and an audio conversation with Steve Carr.
- 18 Oct 2007
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Reviews A-Plenty!
The Vincent is reviewed by Guitar Player Magazine in their December 2007 issue. See a video demonstration of The Vincent on the magazine's Guitar Player TV site.
The Vincent gets the
Guitarist Choice
pick from Guitarist Magazine in their October 2007 issue. The issue also includes a CD with sound samples of The Vincent.
Carr Amplifier's new Mini-Merc, the 1x10 version of the Mercury, gets it's first review in Guitar World magazine's Holiday 2007 issue.
The Mercury is reviewed in The Small Amplifier Book, a Japanese publication by Shinko Music.
- 5 Oct 2007
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New Carr Products at LA Amp Show October 6th
Photography by Matt Carr
The Amp Shop's booth at the 3rd annual Amp Show, held in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, October 6th, 2007, will include two new Carr Amplifiers products in our striking new blue covering. Come play the Mini Merc, the smaller, 1x10 version of the Mercury, and the one-of-a-kind Vincent head prototype and extension cabinet.
- 10 Sep 2007
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Announcing the Mini-Merc 1x10 Combo
Photography by Matt CarrThe Mini-Mercury Amplifier is an extremely versatile combo with all tube reverb, 3 position boost switch, treble cut switch, and a built in attenuator yielding 8, 2, ½, or 1/10 watt output.
It is 100% hand wired and rigorously tested.
The Mini-Mercury offers big amp tones and 'feel' ranging from lush 60s American reverb to modified brown 70s British crunch at almost any volume.
All Carr Amplifiers have solid pine cabinets with dovetailed corners built in-house. The cabinet measures a friendly 19.5" wide by 15" tall by 10" deep at the bottom sloping to 9" deep on the top. This is 2 inches shorter and 1 3/4 inches narrower than the standard 1x12" Mercury making it very compact.
Output is thru a single JJ E34L power tube while the pre amp uses two 12AX7s and one 12AT7.
Our new Mini-Mercury has the same electronics as the standard 1x12" Mercury but differs in its smaller cabinet and its warm and smoky 10 inch Eminence
Lil Buddy
hemp cone speaker.List price $2250.00
- 20 Aug 2007
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Fretboard Journal Article on Carr Amps
Fretboard Journal, #7, Fall 2007, features an article on Carr Amplifiers with excellent photographs of the shop and amps in various stages of construction.
- 03 Jul 2007
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The Vincent Reviewed in Guitar World Magazine
The Vincent 1x12 combo was reviewed in the August 2007 issue of Guitar World Magazine.
Read it here:
Drive My Carr
(1.13mb pdf) - 16 Apr 2007
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Carr Amps and Tom Anderson Guitars
Tom Anderson Guitarworks' weekly feature Guitar of the Week showcases an Anderson Cobra Special owned by our own Mike Webb. Also mentioned are other Anderson guitars belonging to Mike and Steve Carr. The Cobra is pictured with Tom Anderson's Hammerhead Mk II head and cab. That's Tom with a Hammerhead Mk II 1x12 combo in the photo above. Thumbs up!
- 16 Jan 2007
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Coco Montoya & The Vincent
Photography by Frank VigilCoco Montoya, a long time Slant 6V user, is enthusiastic about his new Vincent. In an interview with Modern Guitars Magazine, he said, "[The Vincent] sounds amazing. It's really a neat little amp. I've been pretty happy using [Steve Carr's] stuff for the last four years."
- 15 Jan 2007
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The Vincent Product Page is Up
- 10 Jan 2007
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Introducing The Vincent
Photography by Matt CarrThe Vincent is our newest dual 6L6 powered, classically American amplifier. The Vincent boasts three new features: a unique variable drive control that provides clean gain at lower volume settings but will push the amp into overdrive at higher volume settings; a fixed midrange boost that can be enabled at the control panel or via the lighted footswitch (included); a power level switch for selecting either 33 or 7 watt operation.
The Vincent Features
- Class A
- Dual 6L6 output tubes
- Two power levels: 33 or 7 watts
- Variable drive control
- Footswitchable fixed boost (lighted footswitch included)
- Reverb
- Control Panel: volume, treble, mid (w/boost switch), bass, reverb, drive, power level
- Eminence Wizard speakers
Available in 1x12 and 2x12 configurations retailing for $2490 and $2690 respectively.
The first Vincents will be arriving at a dealer near you in late January 2007.
A complete product information page for The Vincent is under construction and will be posted in mid January 2007.
