finally broke down....carr content!

[esoteric pete]

yup, sure sounds great w/ the tele, but it KILLS w/ a LP..

[Tonefish]

For a great range of tones WITH a great range of volumes....hard to beat it!!

[LordRiffenstein]

Wow, I almost feel bad that I only have 1 Carr. My Slant6V is going nowhere and maybe I´ll own another Carr in the future.

Congrats!

[esoteric pete]

Originally Posted by LordRiffenstein

Wow, I almost feel bad that I only have 1 Carr. My Slant6V is going nowhere and maybe I´ll own another Carr in the future.

Congrats!

i still havent tried the slant6V yet...i hear about it all the time so maybe i need to check it out?

[CNOTE]

Originally Posted by esoteric pete

i still havent tried the slant6V yet...i hear about it all the time so maybe i need to check it out?

The Mercury and the Slant 6V are smooth,rich, and juicy. The Slant is a loud mofo. Both amps have the mojo...

[esoteric pete]

i can concour w/ the mercury being smooth rich and juicy, but i really wanna try the slant.....

[zenfreud]

Originally Posted by BIGGERSTAFF

The Mercury can get power tube drive at guitar string volume(i.e. you can hear your strings acoustically over the amp).

You know, if the Mercury really does provide what could be considered "no-compromise" tone at "string volume" (cool term, btw) I need to check one out. They are expensive little buggers though...

I know I should do a search, but with the retro styling can I assume the Mercury is tonally in a vintage camp? As in BF or tweed?

[MoRawk]

Any Mercury owners ever have problems with losing the tonal versatility when using the 2nd or 3rd boost functions? It seems you're limited to the way the amp is voiced if you use the boosts except for the cut control.

[cubado]

esoteric.... glad you are lovin it....



must say i miss it bad.... i knew i would!

if you get down this way again.... come buy & tryout my SST 30 !

love to hear what ya think of it!

Still on honeymoon... but... yowzah !

[Flyin' Brian]

I usually don't use the overdrive because of the removal of the tone controls.

However:

I had an opportunity to listen to another player playing some blues with a Strat through my amp. I had left the room and came back thinking "bit that guy's sound is GREAT!" Then I realized he was playing through my Mercury (with my permission). He was using the first OD position and it was a smooth overdrive with lots of harmonic color.

[Tonefish]

Originally Posted by MoRawk

Any Mercury owners ever have problems with losing the tonal versatility when using the 2nd or 3rd boost functions? It seems you're limited to the way the amp is voiced if you use the boosts except for the cut control.

Of the items people point out that would be improvements to the amp: footswitch, external speaker jack and easier to get to speaker jack, and the tone controls for boost settings, that is the one that I do miss.

That said, I still haven't found a better amp for range of tones at all volumes, and if it really mattered I would use my Eq pedal...which I haven't needed. I guess that means it really doesn't matter!

[Crazyquilt]

I liked the first boost setting. Guitars have tone knobs, right?

[nickelwound]

Try a Sea Blue EQ in the second and third position. You won't be disapponted.

[esoteric pete]

Originally Posted by Crazyquilt

I liked the first boost setting. Guitars have tone knobs, right?

yes...