Author Topic: New amp with MM/IT/VHII combination (Read 8488 times)

JamesHealey · « **on:** May 06, 2006, 11:53:45 AM »

Got a new amp yesterday gigged it for the first time last night, it's a Carlton Camel, a very small scottish firm that hand made these little beauties they're now none existant no idea why.
These amps are a rare little treasure of the british isles.

anyway i recorded this little ditty using the usual cheapo M.E. SM57 copy infront of the amp the cleans are VHII and Irish Tour in neck/middle selection.

the leads are a VHII, maybe a few notes on the miracle man not sure can't remember if i changed pickups during the improvisation.

donovan.x · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2006, 12:14:13 PM »

Good stuff.

_tom_ · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2006, 01:21:41 PM »

Wow really nice tone, those Carlton amps sound awesome

sgmypod · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2006, 02:57:50 PM »

Did you buy the amp from axesrus.com?

JamesHealey · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2006, 07:30:58 PM »

i certainly did.

hunter · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2006, 08:48:41 PM »

Sounds nice, especially the cleans. Does this amp manufacturer have a website?

sgmypod · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2006, 09:11:58 PM »

well he's a nice man....and only about 2 miles away..so easy to get parts

JamesHealey · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2006, 09:45:59 AM »

sgmypod: yea the guy seems fantastic he was really kind and even made sure nobody else could buy the amp for a few days without a deposit not many people will do that.

hunter: the firm went bust in the mid 90's and there is very little information available about these amps.

fps_dean · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2006, 04:32:38 AM »

Nice tone!

....and a nice avatar too even! :)

plen · « **Reply #9 on:** May 27, 2006, 02:39:24 AM »

james i just picked up a carlton head its a great amp.i love the sounds you can get

peter

JamesHealey · « **Reply #10 on:** May 29, 2006, 09:10:47 AM »

fantastic plen, hope you enjoy it which head is it?

plen · « **Reply #11 on:** May 29, 2006, 03:39:57 PM »

james all it says on the front it says carlton high gain series and on the back it says on a metal tag is model hgh120.

peter

JamesHealey · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2006, 08:12:27 PM »

all tube? or solidstate? coz they did a bucket load of solidstate stuff which also sounds fantastic!

plen · « **Reply #13 on:** May 31, 2006, 09:13:33 PM »

it is an all valve amp. they are called smooth tubes.they look like valves,but inside the tubes they have small circuit boards with components on them.

peter

JamesHealey · « **Reply #14 on:** June 01, 2006, 11:11:23 AM »

yea the smooth tube series isnt a valve amp the "full valve" series are the tube/valve amps. but seriously dont underestimate the Smooth Tube series they sound so much like valve amps it's unbelievable.