player opinions
Carvin VT50
Name: Kurt Jurgens
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Band: Early-mid 90's
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Model Year: -----
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Price Paid: eBay special $425 w/ship
Performance
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Straight forward easy to use — 10. Same maintenance as all tube amps — 7.5. But aren’t tubes worth it? Whole lot of amp for the price.
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Performance Rating: 8
Sound Quality
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This amp excels at Santana’s warm leads (the only reason I purchased it.) Send your clean signal somewhere else the clean has a little too much bite when turned up to 10. Compression and a volume pedal correct it but take away from conveying the nuances I love about the lead. The tweed should give it away that you will not be playing Metallica on this amp — the crunch is just a little too shy.
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Sound Quality Rating: 8
Construction
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Birch ply, solid.
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Construction Rating: 9
stats
Average Ratings
- Performance: 8
- Sound Quality: 8
- Construction: 9
Ratings Key
- 10: Excellent
- 0: Useless
Company
- Carvin





