Carvin X-100B
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:13 pm
What can I say. I had a chance to buy this thing for $200.00. It looks like someone had painted it blue as some point and the Carvin "signature" is missing from the front. I run it thru a Marshall 4 X 12. For anyone that is not familliar with this head, it is the same kind that Steve Via (so what!) used to use in the late 80's & early 90's and was the predecessor to the Carvin Legacy (Steve Via design). Anyway, I get this 100 watt beast about 1 1/2 years ago. I am a hobbiest so I don't want to put a ton of money into my music equipment. The tubes light up, I have plenty of power, good tone, and a buzzing sound. I play single coils (Telecaster) so I figure it is time for a stacked humbucker for the Tele for more crunch and less buzz. Low and behold, the buzzing goes away! Now, move forward about 1 1/2 years. I have been gigging a lot and making some extra money and my fiance' bought me an ASAT (she really loves me!). I am not about to change the pick-ups in my ASAT. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO, DAMN IT! Crazy me, I decide to change the tubes in my amp (just on a hunch). Well, those may have been the original tubes I pulled out of that thing. I will follow up with the brand of tubes that I used, but the buzzing is almost completely gone (even from the single coils) and it sounds incredible. I can make this amp sound like a Fender, Marshall, Boogie, whatever I want without a modeller and for $200.00 (the new tubes cost approx. $115.00 at Bogners in Flint). Moral of the story is: Don't change your pick-ups before you change your tubes unless it is a new amp!
I did it and the other guys weren't happy and read the post about the annoying guest that pissed us all off.