Carlsbro. A blast from the past.

[Piers_Williamson]

12 minutes ago, NickA said:

Carlsbro in trace clothing.  Always sounds better with a green front panel 🙂 

Weren't Carlsbro Green before Trace Elliot?

[Russ]

21 hours ago, Count Bassy said:

Carlsbro are still going!

https://www.carlsbro.com/

Used to go to a rehearsal room about 9/10 years ago that was kitted out with modern Carlsbro gear. It was OK. Nothing particularly special, but it did the job. An improvement on their 80s/90s gear, for sure, but still with a whiff of old Peavey about them. Unremarkable, but ubiquitous and relatively bulletproof. 

 

I notice, with this latest "Viper" range, they're doing what they did with Delta Bass all those years ago - keeping the word "Carlsbro" well away from public view! 

[NickA]

7 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Weren't Carlsbro Green before Trace Elliot?

Really? Interesting. 

 

My cobra was black and white. Had to upgrade to a gp12smx to get the green glow.

[BigRedX]

17 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Weren't Carlsbro Green before Trace Elliot?

 

Looks like the Carlsbro swap to green happened around the same time as Trace Elliot were making their first bass amps (1979/1980)

[Elfrasho]

On 23/01/2020 at 21:15, kodiakblair said:

What was your point of reference ? 98/98 was still quite early days so it won't have been A/B'd against YT videos.

Genuinely curious here. Was it live albums or DVDs ?

 

 

Other amps I'd played at the time. My own ears decided whether it sounded rubbish or not, back in the day we could make our own mind up based on experience, we didn't need to wait until someone told us our opinion.

 

Aye i know this is a 5 year old post but i dont think i replied!

[kodiakblair]

2 hours ago, Elfrasho said:

Aye i know this is a 5 year old post but i dont think i replied!

You replied the next day.