any thoughts on Carvin Bel-Air 212?

[pytolk]

I've been looking at Carvin's Bel-Air Nomad 212 Combo for some time, what do you think? i play mostly Rock, alternative rock, Classic Rock.
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[mrmudcat]

Great amps for blues rock classic rock.Not sure about a scooped mid alternative sound if that is what you mean.It has a great clean and great reverb.

[pytolk]

hmmm.....that is probably true. I would run my pedals through the clean channel, I would only mess with the Soak in my bedroom, or maybe to beef up my clean a little, ya know?

[mrmudcat]

Yea that would be perfect.Clean ,Soak, then High Gain with a pedal on clean channel;)

[warren0728]

i've heard really good things about them....a friend has one and he loves it!

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[Bloozcat]

Good amp. More or less in the catagory of a Peavey Classic 50...although they come in either 2X12" or 4X10", and not 1-12".

They are loud amps, though. 50 watts of tube power is loud.

[duhvoodooman]

50 watts of tube power is loud.
+1!! Heck, in a small room with an efficient speaker, even 5W is enough to make your ears bleed! :eek:

[pytolk]

haha definately. But i would use it mostly for gigging, medium sized venues so it would work great, i think

[Ascension]

I have owned a few of the Vintage series amps. I would go with a MTS or the new X100B. Both will do all the Bel-Air will do but the Bel-Air won't go where both of those amps will tone wise. When the Vintage series amps try to get heavy they get really mushy and muddy when you start cranking the soak.
Believe it or not I was able to get MUCH MUCH better low volume crunch tones out of the 100 watt MTS than I did the Bel-Air. The 100 watt MTS is much easier to control and sounds MUCH better at lower volumes than the 50 watt Bel-Air or Nomad!!