Sound Pure's Take
The good folks at Carr Amplifiers have taken the adage of "less is more" to a whole other level with their new Raleigh model. It may be low-wattage with minimal controls, but don't let that fool you...it's a tone monster! Equally adept at clean as crunchy and equally at ease practicing in the bedroom as tracking in the studio, the Raleigh has got you covered!
From Carr Amplifiers
The Raleigh is a versatile practice/studio amp designed to deliver both pristine clean and heavily overdriven tones at truly usable volumes. The Raleigh's styling pays homage to the funky practice amps of the late 50s and early 60s.
Producing 4 watts, with just three knobs on the panel, the Raleigh’s secret weapon lies in a split personality that delivers everything from glassy, spanky ’60s American blackface tones to juicy, sustaining Brit-voiced overdrive, all at the flick of a switch. Fire it up for low-decibel apartment jams or mic it for the easiest clean-to-scream studio tones you’ve ever tracked, all with the full, rich, dynamic sound and feel of a much bigger amp.
The Raleigh’s aural opulence comes courtesy of a single EL84 power tube in a pure Class-A output stage, driven by two 12AX7 preamp tubes in the front end. The simple Volume and Tone controls keep the signal pure for optimal clarity and touch sensitivity, while a flick of the Clean/Overdrive toggle ramps up the gain and brings in the Master control for saturated lead tones and singing sustain, right down to hushed neighbor-friendly volume levels.
Despite its simplicity, the Raleigh is nevertheless built using Carr’s acclaimed point-to-point, hand-wired circuit construction and a hand-crafted, thin wall Baltic Birch cabinet that brings this stylishly retro 1x10" combo in at a mere 21 lbs.
Grab, go, and let the tone commence!
Construction: Hand wired point-to-point in the USA
Components: Custom USA-made transformers, Solen Fast Cap Film Power Supply, Mallory signal capacitors, Analysis Plus speaker cables, and more
Power: 5 watts
Channels: One
Tubes: two 12AX7, one EL84
Controls: Volume, Tone, Master
Switches: Two-position Clean/Overdrive toggle, on/off/standby
Features: All-tube circuit, 8-Ohm speaker out
Cabinet: Hand-crafted from thin wall Baltic Birch and uniquely styled
Speakers: Eminence Copperhead 10" OR Celestion G12M-65 12”
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