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As for the 70's...there probably wasn't as much choice as there is now. Being fair those days seemed like a heyday for amp manufacturers. Now days the market looks like a real bar fight.
I had a Hornet as my first proper amp many, many years ago! I don't have very fond recollections of it, but it did have parametric EQ, which I didn't really have a clue how to operate.
Interestingly, I saw in one of the Bill Nelson photos that he also had a Booker V12M valve amp. I had one of them, that was quite an interesting amp. Good overdriven sounds, but a bit of a one trick pony. The real issue for me was the stage volume. Theoretically it would have been great miked up, but in reality I often need more volume, and clean headroom especially was a challenge.
Wow, nice one! (What feeling did you get when you saw it again?)
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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I don't really know much about it. 60's Carlsbro PA head. One of twelve made, something like that. Has these huge C-Core transformers in it. It's a bit of a beast and is the first valve amp I ever bought. I've toyed with selling it in the past, but it's actually pretty cool as a clean platform for pedals. You can do some interesting wet/dry stuff with it as well, coz of the 4 channels.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It makes me sad to see what Carlsbro have become. I'm very close to the original brand and people who were behind it. Stuart Mercer started it and apparently he was a fantastic guy. He employed my father in law in the very early days to run the retail side of the business. It says a lot when there are still guys using the gear and it's working flawlessly 60 odd years on. Very well made albeit not the most GAS inducing products.
What makes me sad is that the story behind Carlsbro is a really great one and not that different to Marshall or Peavey. There is no mention of Stuart, the founder for crying out loud, or anything about the history of the brand on the website. That makes no sense to me. It just seems to have all got lost and forgotten about.
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
The omnipresent (and ugly) solid state stuff just totally passed me by in the 70s and 80s tbh, there just never seemed any point in it when you could always pick up a Marshall head for a couple of gigs' pay.
Pub, speakers on rusty tripod stands. blues or general shite, too much reverb, poor vocal sound, ear fatigue.
They were thought of in the same way as Laney were back then - Laney have managed to recover some of their reputation, partly because they had one very famous early user and a few lesser ones - Carlsbro didn't really. The only one I can really think of is Bill Nelson, and he was never a really big name.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I think that's probably all the difference.
Like Marshall and Blackstar, etc....all function with head offices in UK and contract manufacturers to work for them.
Laney have definitely pulled their socks up. Especially with their bluesy amps - and to get Ben Howard, Tommy Iommi on board.
I tried their VC Range while I was trying the Carlsbro VAC15 Classic....both sounded quite compatible. It was obvs the price that made me take the latter.
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