Help Me pick a New Amp!!

I love my Traynor YCV 50. I bought new for $800 but I have seen them used between $400 - $500. More of a high gain amp if that's what your looking for. The clean channel is pretty good too but not as crisp as a Fender tube amp.

ianvomsaal wrote:

Most Carvin Amp Cabinets use their own speakers - A few use Vintage 30's, but most just use
their own (and more recently they also started using Celestion G12T's in some of thier cabs).
I believe the PS10 can be used for both Guitar & Bass, & it's also used for sound reinforcement.
Here are the speakers Carvin Uses: http://www.carvinguitars.com/products/group.php?cid=70
Now their old 10" speakers were called VL10's, but were talking Mid 90's (the cab was the VT410).
http://www.carvinmuseum.com/decade/images/95-vt50.html

Cool bud. I swore I read or was told that Carvin slaps there name on someone elses speaker. Totally could be wrong!

mccreadyisgod wrote:

I would guess it's a Carvin sticker on an Eminence driver. Everyone else is doing it, why not Carvin?

If someone here had a Carvin speaker, we could check the code...

My neighbor has a 4X cabinet and we're going to change out the speakers next week, and I'll do just that! I think you're right about some of those speakers, though.



Another versatile amp is the Mesa DC-3 or DC-5. I have a DC-5 and it needed some patience to find the right settings because there are a lot of controls,,,,, but when I found it, I kept it written down! Those amps weren't really popular and you can get them for a good price. The DC-3 is 30 watts and the DC-5 50 watts of loud power. There's an easy mod to the amp where you clip a resistor at the volume pot and it sounds good at lower volumes.

onejourney wrote:

Thanks for all the input guys. Guitar Center is having a Memorial Day Sale. I might go check it out.

Memorial Day Sale, that's funny . . . lemmings off the cliff (there's really no such thing, it's just marketing).
Pacomc79, you work/worked for Guitar Center in Atlanta, are you able to back me up on this . . .

mccreadyisgod wrote:

I would guess it's a Carvin sticker on an Eminence driver. Everyone else is doing it, why not Carvin?

If someone here had a Carvin speaker, we could check the code...

Two sitting at home. If I remember I'll take a look (when I get there).

All Those Yesterdays wrote:

Sale at Guitar Center... First I've heard of this :-)

I got a postcard in the mail and everything...I was excited to get mail...yay mail

ianvomsaal wrote:

Memorial Day Sale, that's funny . . . lemmings off the cliff (there's really no such thing, it's just marketing).
Pacomc79, you work/worked for Guitar Center in Atlanta, are you able to back me up on this . . .

yeah the "list" is freaking hilarious. Sale? It's just an endless rotation of either blowing out crap that no one wants until it's on sale and then they realize after they bought it it's really not all that great... or a financing agreement with a manufacturer that lets you strech out the payments or go interest free on a purchase. You pretty much just have to pick what you want watch what they do and then find the best month sale for you.. if you're buying GC anyway.

lol... guitar center "sales." :rolleyes:

anyway, i like crate v series amps:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation?q=crate+v+series&st=

most of them are under $500...

ianvomsaal wrote:

Funny . . . the markup on those Crate tube amps is ridiculous (employee cost is about 1/2 of the selling price).

true, at least they come with tone tubbies now though.

That's one reason I never liked Kaman Music either the huge markup.

I run a halfstack version of this and I love it!...Its a little bit more than what you were looking to spend but its a GREAT amp

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Peavey-Classic-30112-Tube-Amp-Combo-?sku=481014