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JamesHealey

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« 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.

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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2006, 12:14:13 PM »
Good stuff.
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2006, 01:21:41 PM »
Wow really nice tone, those Carlton amps sound awesome

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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2006, 02:57:50 PM »
Did you buy the amp from axesrus.com?
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2006, 07:30:58 PM »
i certainly did.

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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2006, 08:48:41 PM »
Sounds nice, especially the cleans. Does this amp manufacturer have a website?
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« 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
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« 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.

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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2006, 04:32:38 AM »
Nice tone!

....and a nice avatar too even! :)
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« 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

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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2006, 09:10:47 AM »
fantastic plen, hope you enjoy it which head is it?

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« 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.

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« 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!

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« 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.

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« 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.