Carlsbro CS60TC Twin

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Carlsbro CS60TC Twin

Post by bill bokey » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:57 am

I bought an early 70's Carlsbro 2x12 combo a while ago :

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It had no valves nor speakers when I bought it so it just stood there, in my studio for a few months...Until I found a decent pair of Goodmans. At first I wanted to mod it, add more gain, make it more "Superlead" but then I plugged in a Les Paul jumpered the channels and turn both volumes up :

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcuIbFo3Sdw[/youtube]

I have enough Superleads so I left the amp as stock, I really like how it sounds, kind of a Hiwatt/Vox mix. Here's how it sounds with a Strat and the same amp settings :

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HVWq1Uo51Y[/youtube]

It's 70's loud but I didn't install a PPIMV as it takes pedals really well. In this video I start with the amp set on a cleanish sound at fairly "low" volume, then kick in an OD pedal for a few lead licks then back down the volume on the guitar for a cleaner sound :

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNbZzVZFyYg[/youtube]

Great amp ! And it looks great too !
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Re: Carlsbro CS60TC Twin

Post by SteadyEddie » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:25 pm

Sounds great and a unique looking amp for sure. Nice!

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Re: Carlsbro CS60TC Twin

Post by demonufo » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:18 am

Hmmm, a friend of mine's father has had a dead one of these kicking around for many, many years now (nothing but hum came out IIRC from about 20 years back). I must try to persuade him to offload it into my grubby little hands. :twisted:
So I like purple, okay!!!!!!

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Re: Carlsbro CS60TC Twin

Post by pwelly » Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:48 pm

Hi Bill. I have got 60TC combo the pre-rola speakers date to 1967. I am going to re-cover the cab soon. These are great tone monsters. I read somewhere this was the amp Bill Nelson of Be-bop Deluxe used with his ES 345. Enjoy!

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