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salome.sebastien
Published on 05/06/07 at 17:20
I don't know what tubes it has, I haven't got the slightest idea, but I can tell you that it really has that tube sound! It has enough power to stand up to many amps and drummers, it has a lot of punch!!! I don't know about connection options, I don't use effects, I love guitar and I love this combo, it's really good!!! The controls are very simple, although you need to take some time to dial it in. It's more for blues hard than thrash! Playing with the soak control will surprise die-hard blues fans! The reverb is incredible, too. Apart from the soak and reverb controls, this amp has no effects. It lacks a pedal!
USE
It's incredibly easy to use, even for the dumbest among the dumb. It's very simple and practical!!! Moreover, its looks somewhat like a mesa boogie. It's very easy to get a good sound, but it's either a bass or a treble-heavy sound! It's a very surprising sound, compared to marshall or mesa boogie, fender or soldano. I think it's a good sound. Different strokes for different folks! You can get a powerful sound pretty quickly! It all depends on the music style. I don't have the manual! But you don't need it, it's very easy to understand!
SOUND
It's perfect for my style of music (led zep, blues hard, classic hard and manouche hard). I play a vintage jacobacci, a true museum piece (it's sort of a les paul with beneditti pickups), a '72 gibson sg with bigsby, an Ibanez Satriani, and a jackson Professional. It sounds completely different with every guitar!! As for the sound, you can crank the soak but you need to adjust the guitar's volume, otherwise it can be incredibly sharp and even hurt your ears! I usually use it together with a Fender performer 1000 or a Mesa boogie mark IV Trust (it has nothing to shy about in terms of power!)!!! I love how it sounds with Soak set to 7, because the treble is not too upfront and, with the Satriani, I have the impression of playing an old Strat!!! The clean sound is a bit Pink Floydesque with a very extreme reverb, wow!!! But watch out for the highs! That's the only thing I don't like about this amp.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had it with me for 4 years now and I haven't done anything to it, not even a revision, but still it delivers!! I don't recommend it for an apartment! I play with it two hours every day and I have nothing bad to say about the little Carvin! What makes this amp so particular is its old mesa-like look, its controls, which are extremely sensitive, its sound for an amp with this output power. There's no need to crank it all the way up to hear it, a great advantage when you have small kids, since you won't disturb them, on the contrary, they'll got to sleep peacefully with THE sound!!! I have 10 amps! Marshall, fender, mesa. I like them all, but I like this one particularly! If mesa is the rolls among amps, this carvin nomad 112 is the bentley among amps! In terms of value for money, you have nothing to envy other guitarists for when you show up at a gig!!!!!!!!! The price is pretty reasonable, given its output power and sound. If you're a bluesman don't think it twice, go for it, it's good! You only need to get fit to transport it! It's an incredibly powerful combo!!! Given my passion for amps, if I had known carvin before, I would've surely bought this bentley right away! It delivers all the notes exactly like you want them! That's only my opinion, obviously, but it's really powerful for a small combo!
USE
It's incredibly easy to use, even for the dumbest among the dumb. It's very simple and practical!!! Moreover, its looks somewhat like a mesa boogie. It's very easy to get a good sound, but it's either a bass or a treble-heavy sound! It's a very surprising sound, compared to marshall or mesa boogie, fender or soldano. I think it's a good sound. Different strokes for different folks! You can get a powerful sound pretty quickly! It all depends on the music style. I don't have the manual! But you don't need it, it's very easy to understand!
SOUND
It's perfect for my style of music (led zep, blues hard, classic hard and manouche hard). I play a vintage jacobacci, a true museum piece (it's sort of a les paul with beneditti pickups), a '72 gibson sg with bigsby, an Ibanez Satriani, and a jackson Professional. It sounds completely different with every guitar!! As for the sound, you can crank the soak but you need to adjust the guitar's volume, otherwise it can be incredibly sharp and even hurt your ears! I usually use it together with a Fender performer 1000 or a Mesa boogie mark IV Trust (it has nothing to shy about in terms of power!)!!! I love how it sounds with Soak set to 7, because the treble is not too upfront and, with the Satriani, I have the impression of playing an old Strat!!! The clean sound is a bit Pink Floydesque with a very extreme reverb, wow!!! But watch out for the highs! That's the only thing I don't like about this amp.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had it with me for 4 years now and I haven't done anything to it, not even a revision, but still it delivers!! I don't recommend it for an apartment! I play with it two hours every day and I have nothing bad to say about the little Carvin! What makes this amp so particular is its old mesa-like look, its controls, which are extremely sensitive, its sound for an amp with this output power. There's no need to crank it all the way up to hear it, a great advantage when you have small kids, since you won't disturb them, on the contrary, they'll got to sleep peacefully with THE sound!!! I have 10 amps! Marshall, fender, mesa. I like them all, but I like this one particularly! If mesa is the rolls among amps, this carvin nomad 112 is the bentley among amps! In terms of value for money, you have nothing to envy other guitarists for when you show up at a gig!!!!!!!!! The price is pretty reasonable, given its output power and sound. If you're a bluesman don't think it twice, go for it, it's good! You only need to get fit to transport it! It's an incredibly powerful combo!!! Given my passion for amps, if I had known carvin before, I would've surely bought this bentley right away! It delivers all the notes exactly like you want them! That's only my opinion, obviously, but it's really powerful for a small combo!