
At first glance, the Carmen Ghia looks rather, well, modest. Is this why, over the past 35 years, the Ghia leaves so many people floored from the first note? Or is it the notes spilling out with a warmth, complexity, and sustain that one would never expect from such a small amp. Each pluck has a hugeness to it that belies it’s 18 watt power section. All this before the amp really starts to sing. As you turn the Volume clockwise, the clean tones resonate even bigger than they were. Sustain rolls out smoothly, as musical as you have ever heard it. Notes seem to hang in the air forever. Rich, harmonic overdrive is easily coaxed just by digging into the strings. Just seconds into playing it, you’ll have trouble putting your guitar down as the hours pass like minutes. The Carmen Ghia interacts with your guitar, your touch is in complete control of the amp, it’s dynamics, it’s distortion, it produces a sound that is as uncanny as you.
Power Output - 18 Watts
Output Tubes – EL84
Preamp Tubes – 12AX7/ECC83
Rectifier - 5Y3
Controls - Volume, Tone. What more do you need?*
*(Apparently a master volume, new for 2024!)
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