Carvin MTS3200 100w Head

Here is a chance to own a great sounding all tube head in great shape. This amp uses 5 12AX7A (3 Preamp, 1 Reverb, 1 Power Driver) and 4 either 6L6GGC or EL34 switchable Power Tubes. Output can be set at 50/100 watts and can use 4, 8, or 16 OHMS Cabinets. This amp was recently biased and Matched to a nice set of vintage tubes. The Cleans channel is one of the best in the business. Drive channels can get you right in the middle of Marshall territory sound. Has original foot switch, power cord. This is a great platform to run your effects through and did I say it is loud!

TECHNICAL DESIGN OF THE MTS3200

The MTS3200 design criteria was to build an all-tube guitar amp that sounded better than anything else on the market. This meant that the MTS3200 was going to be totally new from the ground up and that it was going to be an all tube design with no IC’s or transistors.

HIGH IMPEDANCE GUITAR INPUT:

Carvin has long known about the effects of miss-loading a guitar pickup which can cause high frequency loss. The MTS3200 guards against this loss with its ultra high input impedance. Also, we considered the capacitance of the average shielded guitar cable which can reduce the high frequency response of your guitar pickups. Unlike other amplifiers, we purposely avoided adding capacitance anywhere in the preamp to control high frequency oscillations. Instead, we controlled oscillations through careful component layout and lead placement allowing its shimmering highs to be reproduced.

CLEAN AND OVERDRIVE CHANNELS:

The equalization of the clean and overdrive channel is designed to offer clarity to your instrument. Special mud-cutting circuits eliminate the unwanted sounds in the 500 to 700 Hz range which normally take away the tone definition of your instrument. You will also take notice of the clean channels PRESENCE switch which adds acoustic voicing to your instrument. This switch boosts only the guitars very highest harmonics which are in the 10k Hz range instead of the normal 3K Hz of a bright switch. The PRESENCE control on the lead channel is designed to adjust the “edge” on your sound.

Manual:

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