Carvin V3M micro amp

[tluckbrown]

That amp doesn't sound anything like mine. I have one and mine sounds awesome. I think it's that guitar. It really is a great amp that can do almost anything...it really can. It might be the guitar. I don't know.

[Srinivassa]

I like this amp, but it really doesn't have the high gain channel of a Mesa

[rjg7000]

@Srinivassa Who told you it has the high gain of a Mesa? It's a Carvin. It's going to have the high gain channel of a Carvin amp. It has it's own unique sort of tone. But I wouldn't suggest going by this review. Or any other for that matter. Carvin says it best themselves, "Give it the test of real-world performance". Order it and see if you like it. Not satisfied? Send it back for a full refund or exchange, no questions asked. Best way to do it IMO.

[Srinivassa]

Can anyone comment on what the clean headroom is like on these amps? I don't trust those EL84s to give me a whole lot of headroom.

[dannilamf]

You ripped off wicked sensation and made it sound like shit haha

[dcaudio1]

If you buy one get the vintage 30 upgrade or you will regret it. Amp is awesome but, that GT12 carvin uses requires to much power to run it nicely. It just sounds muddy. Plug it into Vin 30 speakers and pow... there you go...very nice and very affordable. You don’t need more than 7 watts in the house, and 50 watts will run a full stack easily. Just sayin....I own one!

[AbrahamZilberstein]

It seems like it sounds not very bright :( Hope it's just his guitar and settings he set.

[mdragoonx]

FAGGOT!!!!!!!



[13RGaun]

i want this amp..but i bet it is damn expensive :(((

[BEEGER1]

@13RGaun Actually they run around $500-$600. The combo is closer to $700-$800. Not expensive at all.

[Mesaboogiedualrec]

watch other videos. It's not the amp that sounds bad. I played one of the solid body taylors at a taylor roadshow and wasn't impressed. They feel and sound almost like a 300 dollar guitar but are priced in the 1500 to 2500 dollar range (list price). I own an Ibanez RG1451 which i bought for 800 and it is 4 times the guitar that one is. Taylor makes great acoustics but not electrics. Shoulda been done with a different guitar....

[foraquid]

skip to 2:54 , then skip to another video of this amp

[trucker1300]

He has the presence level on the channels on " 3" tone is a little dark or muddy sounds like crap that low, think Paul does that a lot for his tone.Have same amp and I'm happy with it sounds nothing like his review, demos from Carvin much better!

[jcjunior86]

A 15w amp at volume 2?! Fuck that shit!!!

Turn that volume up!!!!

I can even hear the fuckin' pickin'!!!

[Highwaytoguitar]

@jcjunior86 50W, not 15W ;)

[jonathan401]

Does anyone know if the reverb is spring or digital?

[thecrowing24]

Why is the clean channel being played on the bridge pickup? :(

[gerbilbill]

Let's see some Guitar World reviews for gear that they don't like too.

[razhua]

why so much hate for Paul? he is quite a decent player and helps to a perspective on a pssible purchase

He plays better thatn mane haters out there

[musicgary70]

gotta plug the taylor and the dunlop strings lol



[number7backpassage]

i Fucking hate this guy.

[darren0512341]

I dont like guitar world reviews anymore.

[19Gabe88]

Does anyoone even take this guy seriously? i hate his playing and dont know anyone that actually likes this guy. NEXT REVIEW

[vwjodyme]

This amp has a nice clean channel that Paul isn't doing justice.

[Linqua2112]

I HATE PAUL FROM GUITAR WORLD

[speedjunkie66]

That riff was lynch mob,wicked sensation

[jeffjlake]

Nice to look at but the shit I played thru in the 70's & early 80's.. and have long scince thrown away (wish I Knew NOW...whatever,) Was so much more tastier did you say this was a tube amp ? It does look to travel easy though..I'll give it that.

[EMGmikey]

I respect paul, but using that guitar combined with that head really dropped the quality of the whole set up, the pickups are muddy sounding, channel has a more pleasing gain structure and the mic almost makes it even less quality, i would've put a BBE Sonic Maximazer in the mix to clean up the cab, but thank you guitar world for making one product video not seperate

[EMGmikey]

@EMGmikey i meant channel 2

[LuccaTotti]

Wow , I really missed the Taylor. not

[SuperGuitarMark]

What is the price of this head?

[srwspoon]

@SuperGuitarMark The current price direct from Carvin is $599.

[Aristowi]

Does anyone know the price of the head and the cabinet?

[srwspoon]

@Aristowi The price for the head and cabinet is currently $849 on Carvin's website.

[jo27hn666]

c'est moi ou la disto est pas mal compressée?

[galatonim]

Finally, some guitar specs, less shitty stadium reverb

[kingdarko]

sloppy clean channel, channel 2 and 3 kick ass though. redo the clean and you've got an amazing amp in your line up.

[srwspoon]

@kingdarko It's not the amp, it's how the amp and guitar is EQ'ed that is making the tone sloppy.

[kingdarko]

@srwspoon so its sloppy :D

[srwspoon]

@kingdarko :) :) :)

[javiogarcia]

I love how all manufactures throw (HD) in front of anything these days.

[XxJoshbxX]

@javiogarcia Its the new EFI!

[5150tt]

@javiogarcia Yeah I thought that was pretty stupid too. Just like everything is "extreme". Everything is extreme now, pens, cheeseburgers. Any word becomes meaningless if you say it enough times.

[srwspoon]

@javiogarcia Where did you hear or read that "HD" thing from Carvin. I don't understand your comment.

[gingersteve]

@javiogarcia I don't see HD infront of this amplifier...

[javiogarcia]

@gingersteve It's the Taylor guitar the one with the "HD humbuckers"... whatever that means.

[KSX387]

Less talk, more playin'!

[FCValle]

There is the damn taylor!I liek it =)

[DinoandDansMusic]

yes paul!!!! dunlop strings for life!

[carvinguitars]

The master volume on this amp should be pushed up to 4 if not higher to get the amp's tone to really shine.

[gtrRat]

The tone of this amp is not coming through.

[srwspoon]

Not one of the better Guitar World reviews. They really did not get to know the amp before they turned the camera on. Very disappointed in this review. I vote Guitar World a 2 out of a possible 10 for this review. A MUCH better tone and capability review can be found on CarvinChannel website - search for V3M and check out the 15 minute review.

[IDONTGETPAIDFORTHIS1]

@srwspoon You sound like a snob, get a life.

[JamieandhisIbanez]

@IDONTGETPAIDFORTHIS1 he was voicing his opinion..

[IDONTGETPAIDFORTHIS1]

@JamieandhisIbanez So was I.

[srwspoon]

@IDONTGETPAIDFORTHIS1 Your comment is childish, grow up. You don't like my opinion on the video that's fine, that does not change the facts that I base my opinion.

[gingersteve]

@IDONTGETPAIDFORTHIS1 OMG someone said what they were thinking! Arrest that man!

[IDONTGETPAIDFORTHIS1]

@gingersteve Haha again, so was I.

[iluvs2sk8]

The cleans didn't sound as good as they could have, but the tone you had for the drive channels were phenomenal

[knmhobbies]

Sounds like Paul had a rough night.