The Artemus delivers versatile EL84 clean tones with great openness and clarity to biting or smooth touch-sensitive overdrive. The fixed bias output stage offers wonderful punch with a smooth break-up when pushed. The Edge and Mid toggles sculpt tones from mellow to aggressive. The input modified cascode 12AX7 circuit emulates EF86 thickness and gain without problematic microphonics. This is a new interpretation of my favorite aspects of AC sounds with all the stellar Carr component, craftsmanship, and cabinet qualities.
- Class A
- Four EL84 power tubes
- Tube rectifier (5AR4/GZ34)
- Fixed bias with external test points and adjustment control
- Two power settings: 30 or 15 watts
- Mid and Edge toggles for expanded tonal palette
- Polypropylene satellite (aerospace) capacitor power supply
- 100% hand-wired
- Solid pine dovetailed cabinet
- 1x12, 2x12, 1x15, and head configurations
- 2x10 Combo - Compact, same size as the head