Nah, they haven't been point to point in many years as far as I know.
But, they are made in San Diego as far as I know.
It's really too bad that Carvin doesn't get the credit they deserve.
One of the few manufacturers that still makes stuff here.
Not sure why they aren't well publicised but they don't seem to put a lot of money into advertisement.
I know their guitars are well made but you don't see that many around.
The Belair was my first tube amp in years.
It's not a bad amp and the clean channel is very good sounding, but the distortion channel or soak channel sucks. Which is what led me to build my own amp. (Brown Note D'Lite)
There are some mods for the soak channel I may end up doing some day.
It really sounds cool when you run two amps in stereo with time based effects like chorus or delay.
Of course back in the 70's I had a few but they were pawn shop and thrift store finds and I didn't know a thing about working on them, (still learning). So when those would break or make funny noises I would either throw them away or sell them on the cheap.
I did have a Sunn amp when I was 14. My sister co-signed a loan at a music store for me. I was washing dishes at a Chinese restaurant making $1.50/hr....
But I lost the job and back went that amp. Don't remember the model but it was loud and it was a half stack.
Then of course solid state came in with a parade and everybody knew that the mighty transistor would replace the lowly vacuum tube........
When I was taking EE courses in 77 we spent one or two days on tube theory...because the instructor said, you may get a piece of tube gear in once in a while so this is how they work.
But guess what?
Tubes are still here and preferred by a lot of musicians. They just sound better, distort better and are much cooler looking than any pcb stuffed with IC's.
