Carvin R600

[Lazen]

looking into buying this: http://nashville.craigslist.org/msg/1721211303.html


at most i usually play with two guitars and a drummer. generally they are pretty loud and i can never hear my self with my hartke a100. is this going to be loud enough? We have a gig coming up and i need to make sure we'll be okay. Please reccomend any amps if you feel like it.

[blastjv]

I've never played the combos, but I had a R1000 with a 410 and 115 cab. I loved the amp, thought the cabs/speakers were only OK. that would be a big thing to move around (though I have an Aguilar GS412, so I'm not judging...)

I'm sure you could get just about any sound out of that combo, If you use a lot of extreme low bass in your sound, I would worry that you might get farty sounds, but that's from my limited experience with NOT the same rig...

Hope that's at least a little helpful...


-John

[5port]

I have an R600 head and the RC210 combo. When bridged that head makes good power at 4 ohms thought it runs hot doing it. When biamped like in the Cyclops each channel is not very strong.

Change the head to a BX1200 or BX1500 and the Cyclops would kick.

Its going to be better than what you are now using but not what you will want in the long run.

[Eric Moesle]

Arguably one of the worst amps Carvin has ever made. Weak sounding for its power rating, difficult to dial in a desired tone despite all the knobs, and a spotty reliability record for that model.

Carvin's newer offerings are much, much better.

[MysticMichael]

Originally Posted by Eric Moesle

Arguably one of the worst amps Carvin has ever made. Weak sounding for its power rating, difficult to dial in a desired tone despite all the knobs, and a spotty reliability record for that model.

Carvin's newer offerings are much, much better.

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What he said...

MM

[Lazen]

Are there any cabs you guys could recommend? I have a fender super twin combo that i put bass speakers in and i just love the sound of it. But it just isn't loud enough. There is an output on the back of the amp itself to go to a cab but i'm really new to that kind of stuff and don't know what cable i need and what kind of cab i need to go with it. It says 4 ohm output. Also out of curiosity i was woundering if there was a way to bypass the combo's speakers and just use the speakers from the cab. 300 dollars US is the most I can spend. I know its not alot but its all i have at the moment.

[5port]

If you've been making due with a Fender twin with bass speakers I'm pretty sure that (in the $300 price range) the Acoustic B200 is the way to go. It should blow away your present set-up. Try one out at Guitar Center.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Acoustic...87-i1399999.gc