Carvin Belair 2x12 50 Watt Tube amp Rocky Mts Denver for $175

This kid is letting this go cheap because it has a "slight buzza after the pick attack." - asounds like a crappy Chinese Preamp or phase inverter tube - but might be worth taking a look.

50W Vintage Tube Amp (212 Bel Air) - $175 (Gypsum)
Reply to: sale-mjzzp-1226974989@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-06-17, 6:57PM MDT
This is a Carvin 50 watt, 2 X 12 vintage tube amp in good condition, endorsed by Joe Walsh of The Eagles. Here is the description from Carvin: The 50 watt 212 BEL AIR combo amp has been reviewed as one of the finest vintage amps on the market today. True vintage tones give "open-ness and breath" to your playing as you power soak the EL84 tubes. Dual channels offer all the vintage features you need including long-tail reverb. This amp comes loaded with Carvin VL12 speakers. The guitar amps reflect our devotion to tone. Rich, thick harmonics with creamy smooth mid tones define the superb sound of these amps. Channel one is clean ranging from warm and mellow to shimmering and glassy. Channel Two, with its SOAK control, offers enormous 12AX7 grid control from smooth blues, to full sustain (V1&V2 Groove Tubes™, a $44 value). Matched EL84 output Groove Tubes™ (a $52 value) reacts to the subtlest touch - if you play soft, the tubes remain clean. If you drive the amp hard, it rings out with rich tube harmonics. Here's one internet review: Name: Jim Kubitza Price Paid: $500 "Let’s just say that I have been playing guitar for 35 years, fifteen of those years professionally, and the Carvin Belair is by far the best sounding amp I have ever played. I have owned two full rack setups, Marshalls, Fenders, Ampeg, Sun, Vox and Lee Jackson. The Carvin Belair is the most open, airy sounding amp I have ever played. It also has the most “feel” and expressiveness of any amp I have ever played. I don’t do a lot of heavily distorted stuff. What I judge an amp by is its tonal quality on the clean end of the spectrum — clean to crunch — and the Belair excels here. I play primarily blues. I have no complaints with how it handles effects. All of my guitars are custom wired (by me). Most of them are dual humbuckers with 3-way splitters (either coil or series) and a 3rd switch to bypass the 3-way selector entirely and put the bridge/neck in series. The Belair thrives on all pickup selections in those guitars (it even sounds great with all four coils running in series). I also have a custom “Strat” that I built on Warmoth parts — using three Kinman noiseless single coils and the Belair sounds great with these as well. Furthermore, all of my guitars have a Chandler Red Booster installed (26db clean boost) on a pull up vol. switch — and the Belair just hunkers down and pumps out the hottest, juiciest stuff imaginable." Carvin is selling new ones on sale for $599 plus shipping. I have used this amp 5-10 times live in church worship situations and never past 1 or 2 volume. It's in perfect cosmetic condition--it looks brand new. If you crank this amp past four or five, there is a slight buzz on the tail end of the pick attack, perhaps something that needs to be tightened or a slight defect in one speaker. The speaker is definitely not blown because the sound is still true and doesn't break up. Feel free to email me at irishrock77@gmail.com or call me at 970-331-6930. Thanks!!
Location: Gypsum