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Carvin VT50

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mQU_2NOjQ

anyone ever got their hands on one of these? Thoughts? Im going to look at snagging one next week.
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M Fowler
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Re: Carvin VT50

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Yeah I had one on my bench two week ago the VT50 1-12 version.

Had plenty of power and high plate voltage but I didn't keep my notes when I retubed and bias the amp.

Play through it and it was okay.
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Re: Carvin VT50

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I have one of the originals with a 4 x 10" cab. i have modified it a good deal, and all i can say is it sounds wonderful but circuit board amps are a pain in the ass.
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Re: Carvin VT50

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TUBEDUDE wrote:but circuit board amps are a pain in the ass.
I gotta feeling that this one will get the Beasley treatment soon enough (as Beaze reaches for his stack of shiny new white fiberglas lunch trays.)
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Re: Carvin VT50

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Leo_Gnardo wrote:
TUBEDUDE wrote:but circuit board amps are a pain in the ass.
I gotta feeling that this one will get the Beasley treatment soon enough (as Beaze reaches for his stack of shiny new white fiberglas lunch trays.)
Yeah Dustin the Beaze was kind enough to send some of those lunch boards to me it seems like good stuff. I better build another amp just to show off the white lunch tray boards. :lol: Thanks Dustin. :)
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Re: Carvin VT50

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Haha! I've put those lunch trays to good use. Made a bunch of 5e3, Hoffman Vox and express boards out of them last week. Why? Hell I don't know. A PTP carvin? That could be fun.
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