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Carr Amplifiers Sportsman 19W Amp Head - Black  From Carr

Versatile 19-watt American-voiced amp inspired by 60's reverb-style amps! A serious choice for the tone seekers in all of us.

Carr Amplifiers

$2,620.00

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What We Think

Classic spongy american amp tone with flexible EQ options! This amp translates to a variety of styles. We've tested with many guitars with fantastic results. Carr has a ton of great amps on the market and we believe this to be one of the strongest recent additions to the line.

Give us a call to talk more about it, or if you're lucky enough to live relatively close to our shop in Durham, NC, definitely stop by to play through the entire line of Carr Amps and choose the best one for your style and budget! That's what we're here for

Eastman SB56/N-GD Electric Guitar #12751020 Quick 'n' Dirty

In this video, Sound Pure electric guitar specialist Eddie Berman tests out an Eastman SB56/N-GD Electric with a Carr Sportsman 19W 1x12 Combo Amp, an Xact Tone Solutions Imperial Overdrive Guitar Pedal, and a Boss DD-7 Digital Delay Effect Pedal.

Manufacturer's Description from Carr

We know those sounds from countless guitar-driven hits of the ’50s and ’60s, laced with everything from toothy, biting twang to snappy, glassy chime enabled by those classic Fullteron amps’ transition from tweed to blackface. The Carr Sportsman captures it all in one versatile and eminently playable package, exuding tones so sweet you can stop turning back to tweak and just let your calloused fingertips dig in and enjoy.

While fusing the purity and clarity of an American reverb amp of the mid ’60s with the more aggressive dual-6V6 output stage of the late ’50s, Carr extends the Sportsman’s vocabulary with a fully usable Volume control, a wide-ranging Mid knob, and a Headroom control—the secret weapon that helps you bridge the decades. With the bonus of Carr’s delectable tube-driven, long-spring reverb, the full package makes for a lot of sonic splendor at your beck and call.

Rarely does one 19-watt, single-channel, 1x12" combo do so many things so well, but the Sportsman’s sonic purity and the chameleon-like capabilities of its control complement merge for a ton of versatility. From scooped rust-belt funk and R&B cleans, to stinging edge-of-breakup Chicago blues, to snarling Tex-Mex grind, and even a nod toward trans-Atlantic crunch and wail, it’s all there with just the twist of a few simple controls.

Of course, Carr’s next-level design and high-quality construction help to squeeze maximum sonic juice from the Sportsman, too. The circuit is fully hand-wired, point-to-point in the Carr tradition, using high-end and military grade components to ensure unprecedented signal clarity. Coupled with a hand-crafted, Birch multi-ply combo cabinet and ’70s style fixed speaker baffle for optimal resonance and character, the total package results in an expressive amp with utterly playable dynamics.

The Sportsman — pulling no punches on a bold sonic frontier.

Carr Amplifiers

About Manufacturer

Like you, all of us at Carr Amplifiers are guitarists. We share your love of the guitar, and we feel very fortunate to build amplifiers for a living at our shop in Pittsboro, North Carolina. And although we are understandably proud of our unique circuit designs, meticulous point-to-point construction, premium components and hand-crafted cabinets, our success has ultimately been the result of one simple fact; discerning guitarists continue to enthusiastically embrace the tone, reliability and versatile nature of our amplifiers. Perhaps it's because we view guitar amps as being as much an instrument as the guitar itself, and we truly believe that an amplifier should become a personal extension of every player. To that end, we strive to design and build amps with a distinct character and sonic personality, and the flexibility and practical features that will inspire you to create your very own signature sound at volume levels appropriate for home, studio and stage.

Specifications

Construction: Hand wired point-to-point in the USA

Components: Custom USA made transformers, Solen Fast Cap Film Power Supply, Mallory 150M signal capacitors, Carbon Comp resistors, and more

Power: 19 watts

Channels: One

Tubes: two 12AX7, two 12AT7, two 6V6GT

Controls: Volume, Treble, Mid, Bass, Reverb, Headroom

Switches: On/off, Standby

Features: All-tube long-spring reverb, 8-Ohm speaker out

Cabinet: Hand-crafted from Birch multi-ply and uniquely styled

Speakers: Eminence Red White & Blues 12"

Weight & Dimensions: 1x12" combo 21" (W) x 17.75" (H) x 9" (D), 40 lbs