I saw a guy using one in a club one time, and he got it sounding exactly like old Eric Clapton and Cream live albums, exact. A great piece of equipment.........
@justclassicalguitar That right there is enough to sell me...! I messed w/ a used 1 in a store. I thought engaging the "blues" switch made it sound like the meanest Vox AC-30 I've EVER heard !
I wonder why Carvin housed the amp head in such a large cabinet? It's the exact same amp that is in the 300 sx combo. I've removed the amp (controls & circuit board) from the combo cabinet several times for small repairs and you wouldn't believe how small the circuit board is! Then I see the size of the head version (SX H)! Anyway, I'm happy with my sx combo. I use stomp boxes for everything except for reverb.
@fweezella It looks kinda funny sitting on the 410 cab. I think they just made it the same size as their other heads at the time... and probably so it would look normal sitting on a 412 cab. But I wouldn't have complained if it were smaller. :)
@ElfDude2112 i love carvin guitars but i first ordered the sx 300 .the guy said ya dude its got tons of high gain this that .i got at 10am and was boxed and at post office by 10;25. this amp is great for any kind of music but hard rock and metal. unless u use distortion pedals but thats dumb.
@metalmusiqcrzy Yeah, I made a similar comment a couple of months ago. Great classic rock distortion, but it's not a metal sound per se. One needs pedals to do metal with this amp.
@halfie25 The cab is a Vintage 410 from the 90's. It's the same tweed that they put on the Nomad and Belair. Unfortunately they don't sell that model anymore.
@ElfDude2112 That's sweet man! I thought it might be an older cab. Well, I can always get the 4X12 in tweed now with there custom color options. Carvin is great!
@RidiculousTuna Thanks for watching. The amp takes pedals okay, and you'll need one if you want to do death metal or something like that. The SX has much more of a classic distortion than is really suitable for metal. I play in an oldies/classic rock band. In that kind of an environment I need no pedals when we gig, which is just so convenient! Using the internal reverb and echo I have all I need.
@RidiculousTuna sx300 is junk for hard rock and metal but is great for everything else .buy a new roland cube combo 15 80 xl seies they blow these away.
@coopdawg68 Thanks for watching! You can have one effect and reverb simultaneously. But you can't mix effects like flange and echo. I generally just use the reverb and a little bit of echo when I gig with it.
Sounds like you're SX300 is better than mine. You ever have any problems with it? I get horrible feedback and other crazy noises when I'm on the distortion channels. The tone on those channels is ok, but makes my Les Pauls and PRS guitars sound kinda twangy. It's also overly noisey. You have any of those problems?
cool sound demo!! I gigged in the 90's until about 01' with Hughes and Kettner and Randall solid state heads and cabs. Honestly I miss em'! Tubes have that undeniable "feel" but sometimes too much feel, to me IMO. I think most important in an amp is "punchiness", if that makes sense. Also responsiveness. I have a little Peavey Rage 158 SS combo as one of my amps that cleans up as good as any tube amp with the volume knob, sweet really. How do you like this one vs. your V16
Thanks for the comments. To answer your question about this one vs. the Vintage 16... it's funny. I play one for a while and love it and then start to miss things about the other. I'll get the other out and play it, love it, gig with it, and then start to miss things about the other one. The cycle repeats over and over. :-)
Solid state has come a LONG way, that's for sure. Solid state used to be a joke. No harmonics, no depth. They didn't even try to make them sound good until peavey woke all the manufacturers up with their Transtube line in the mid-90s. And when digital processors get even 1% better-sounding than they already do, tubes WILL become obsolete.
No way, tubes will never be obsolete. Play a Fender Frontman and a Vibrolux side by side, or a Marshall MG and a JCM800, and see which one sounds better. Maybe if you're hard of hearing they'll sound the same, but to me and many other people, tube amps are far superior. Solid state is harsh, cheap sounding garbage. Maybe for bass amps, but for guitar, no way.
@WoWintosh give it another decade or two and as a desktop engineer and analog circuit builder I have to admit, digital will take over. Once they increase the sampling rate and start utilizing more powerful chips, we will see SS and tube become a fraction in the market.
Consider running a preamp with a quad core processor and 128 bit sampling converters at 192khz. When that day comes, and it will, the units will be instrument synths aside from surpassing tube and SS.
@gwugluud11 Yes and No, There will always be tube 'Purists' who will insist on tubes. These are the same people that swear by 'True Bypass' pedals as well, but there are plenty of pros who use buffered pedals in addition to true bypass. And now we have the Axe FX processors/modelers that a lot of people are switching over to. It's all in your ears and what sounds good to you.
Nice demo.... though it reminds me of the intro to the "Dukes of Hazard" and how Waylon singing they 'see my hands, but not my face on TV:=." :)
PeterJCruzMusic 4 months ago
Ahh I love this amp. Carvins are so amazing, I'm so happy I have my xv112!
nascarbean 6 months ago
Damn economy sized cabinets, I got stuck with a couple of those too.
JonDeth 7 months ago
I saw a guy using one in a club one time, and he got it sounding exactly like old Eric Clapton and Cream live albums, exact. A great piece of equipment.........
justclassicalguitar 1 year ago 2
@justclassicalguitar That right there is enough to sell me...! I messed w/ a used 1 in a store. I thought engaging the "blues" switch made it sound like the meanest Vox AC-30 I've EVER heard !
gwugluud 1 month ago
I wonder why Carvin housed the amp head in such a large cabinet? It's the exact same amp that is in the 300 sx combo. I've removed the amp (controls & circuit board) from the combo cabinet several times for small repairs and you wouldn't believe how small the circuit board is! Then I see the size of the head version (SX H)! Anyway, I'm happy with my sx combo. I use stomp boxes for everything except for reverb.
fweezella 1 year ago
@fweezella It looks kinda funny sitting on the 410 cab. I think they just made it the same size as their other heads at the time... and probably so it would look normal sitting on a 412 cab. But I wouldn't have complained if it were smaller. :)
ElfDude2112 1 year ago
@ElfDude2112 i love carvin guitars but i first ordered the sx 300 .the guy said ya dude its got tons of high gain this that .i got at 10am and was boxed and at post office by 10;25. this amp is great for any kind of music but hard rock and metal. unless u use distortion pedals but thats dumb.
metalmusiqcrzy 1 year ago
@metalmusiqcrzy Yeah, I made a similar comment a couple of months ago. Great classic rock distortion, but it's not a metal sound per se. One needs pedals to do metal with this amp.
ElfDude2112 1 year ago
Did you Carvin to do a custom color on your cab too? If so what is that color called?
halfie25 1 year ago
@halfie25 The cab is a Vintage 410 from the 90's. It's the same tweed that they put on the Nomad and Belair. Unfortunately they don't sell that model anymore.
ElfDude2112 1 year ago
@ElfDude2112 That's sweet man! I thought it might be an older cab. Well, I can always get the 4X12 in tweed now with there custom color options. Carvin is great!
halfie25 1 year ago
Great demonstration. Short and sweet. Sounds really good.
seraph127 1 year ago
Nice demo! How does this thing take to pedals?
RidiculousTuna 1 year ago
@RidiculousTuna Thanks for watching. The amp takes pedals okay, and you'll need one if you want to do death metal or something like that. The SX has much more of a classic distortion than is really suitable for metal. I play in an oldies/classic rock band. In that kind of an environment I need no pedals when we gig, which is just so convenient! Using the internal reverb and echo I have all I need.
ElfDude2112 1 year ago
@RidiculousTuna sx300 is junk for hard rock and metal but is great for everything else .buy a new roland cube combo 15 80 xl seies they blow these away.
metalmusiqcrzy 1 year ago
NIce demo! How does this thing take to pedals?
RidiculousTuna 1 year ago
@coopdawg68 Thanks for watching! You can have one effect and reverb simultaneously. But you can't mix effects like flange and echo. I generally just use the reverb and a little bit of echo when I gig with it.
ElfDude2112 1 year ago
Very nice sound!
TOKILLTHECOPS 1 year ago
is that a kramer?
bulletdeposit 1 year ago
@bulletdeposit The guitar is a Carvin DC135. I hope the demo was helpful.
ElfDude2112 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking about buying one of these amps for a while now.
headhunterzmma 1 year ago
Hey ElfDude! thanks for this demo, were you using chorus for the first chords/riffs? thanks
nascarbean 1 year ago
@nascarbean Thanks for watching. No sir, no chorus. I had the reverb on, and a little bit of slap echo. Nothing else.
ElfDude2112 1 year ago
thanks dude! i like that distortion tone! i've been thinking about getting one of the sx series amps and think i just may do it. :oP
shawn2571 2 years ago
What year is the SX300 from?
RavenMadd9 2 years ago
Oh heck... it was right after they announced the color options. Early 2008 maybe? The cabinet is from the 90's.
ElfDude2112 2 years ago
Brother thanks for the reply ...enjoy your day
RavenMadd9 2 years ago
Sounds like you're SX300 is better than mine. You ever have any problems with it? I get horrible feedback and other crazy noises when I'm on the distortion channels. The tone on those channels is ok, but makes my Les Pauls and PRS guitars sound kinda twangy. It's also overly noisey. You have any of those problems?
discofishing 2 years ago
No, I've had no problems. But I never engage the high gain or the presence switches on channel 1. It's just too noisy to work with when you do.
ElfDude2112 2 years ago
Hey ElfDude!!
cool sound demo!! I gigged in the 90's until about 01' with Hughes and Kettner and Randall solid state heads and cabs. Honestly I miss em'! Tubes have that undeniable "feel" but sometimes too much feel, to me IMO. I think most important in an amp is "punchiness", if that makes sense. Also responsiveness. I have a little Peavey Rage 158 SS combo as one of my amps that cleans up as good as any tube amp with the volume knob, sweet really. How do you like this one vs. your V16
mrloquacious 2 years ago
Thanks for the comments. To answer your question about this one vs. the Vintage 16... it's funny. I play one for a while and love it and then start to miss things about the other. I'll get the other out and play it, love it, gig with it, and then start to miss things about the other one. The cycle repeats over and over. :-)
ElfDude2112 2 years ago
Solid state has come a LONG way, that's for sure. Solid state used to be a joke. No harmonics, no depth. They didn't even try to make them sound good until peavey woke all the manufacturers up with their Transtube line in the mid-90s. And when digital processors get even 1% better-sounding than they already do, tubes WILL become obsolete.
gwugluud11 2 years ago 8
@gwugluud11
No way, tubes will never be obsolete. Play a Fender Frontman and a Vibrolux side by side, or a Marshall MG and a JCM800, and see which one sounds better. Maybe if you're hard of hearing they'll sound the same, but to me and many other people, tube amps are far superior. Solid state is harsh, cheap sounding garbage. Maybe for bass amps, but for guitar, no way.
WoWintosh 8 months ago
@WoWintosh give it another decade or two and as a desktop engineer and analog circuit builder I have to admit, digital will take over. Once they increase the sampling rate and start utilizing more powerful chips, we will see SS and tube become a fraction in the market.
Consider running a preamp with a quad core processor and 128 bit sampling converters at 192khz. When that day comes, and it will, the units will be instrument synths aside from surpassing tube and SS.
JonDeth 7 months ago
@gwugluud11 Yes and No, There will always be tube 'Purists' who will insist on tubes. These are the same people that swear by 'True Bypass' pedals as well, but there are plenty of pros who use buffered pedals in addition to true bypass. And now we have the Axe FX processors/modelers that a lot of people are switching over to. It's all in your ears and what sounds good to you.
GearhartGuitar 1 month ago
Dude Rage 158 was my first amp. Kinda a freak of nature, isn't it?
TheDistortionist 2 years ago