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Mercury V 

Our Perspective:
This beautiful Carr Mercury V was originally purchased here at GMC, the original owner has decided to let this one go - low hours, in exceptional condition - Save!!!

Overview:
In 2003 Vintage Guitar’s Carr Mercury cover story exclaimed ‘Tone of the Gods’
Now, 13 years later, the amp that started the full featured, low powered, attenuated combo revolution --- returns!!

The Mercury V, older British cousin of our award winning Skylark, is back with a highly evolved feature set borrowing the best of the past while rocketing into the future.

The Mercury V is highly touch sensitive with a huge range of English tones from 60s aggressive clean thru 70s rock into 80s and 90s tasty crunch. Our built in attenuator delivers real power tube overdrive at whisper levels retaining the feel and juice of full volume fun. Like recording on your computer? Just plug the Mercury V line out into your A/D interface and go! The Luscious Spring Reverb, full ranging Overdrive options, and effective tone controls make the Mercury V an invaluable recording tool. Home player? Experience big amp satisfaction with domestic tranquility. Gigging musician? 16 burly watts in full power means the Mercury V is a commanding stage amp. Mercury V wins the six string triathlon ---- Home - Studio - Stage.

Plus, you get everything Carr is known for, in-house crafted solid pine dovetailed cabinets, bleeding edge power supply components mixed with Mid-Century signal elements, and true point to point wiring. The Mercury V – Scary Good!

Features:

• Class A
• Push Pull 6V6 - enriched fixed bias
• Single channel: Treble, Mid, Bass, Reverb
• 3-position boost switch
• Paralell or series input gain stages
• Built in attenuator 4 to 0 watts or 16 watts full power
• Mercury 1x12 combo, Head

Specifications:

• Power - 16 watts full, Attenuated 4 to 0 watts
• Tubes - 4 12AX7, 2 6V6
• Channels - 1
• Controls - Volume, Treble, Bass, Reverb
• Switches - Series/Parallel Input Gain Toggle, 3-position Boost, Attenuator Toggle
• Footswitch - No
• Reverb - Yes
• FX Loop - No

Impala 1x12

Our Perspective:
This amp just came in on consignment, Its in great condition, a few scuffs. It comes with a padded cover. The amp sounds great - great price for a killer amp!

Consignment Sale, as such, All Sales Final!

Overview:
The Impala is one of those very rare amps that can do it all. From sweet glassy clean tones to pushed, in your face, American overdrive – you will find it here.

The control panel is deceptively simple with its ultra wide range Volume control the star.

At lower settings the Impala stays in the 60s American clean voice while taking the volume past 3 o’clock brings in heightened pre amp toothy overdrive. The Master Volume allows you to dial in the right amount of power tube thickness and overall loudness.

Amazing with pedals due to its wonderful solidity and openness!!

Specs:

• 6L6 Class AB ------------------------- Punch
• 44 Clean Watts - Max 55 Watts ---------- Power
• All Tube Reverb ----------------------- Lush
• Wide Range Volume Control ------------- Sweet/Nasty
• Slow Taper Reverb Pot ------------------ Smooth
• Super Usable Master Volume ------------- Control
• Floating 60s Style Baffle ----------------- Dimension
• Truly Hand Wired --------------------- Tough
• Carr Elsinore Speaker ------------------- Dynamic
• Custom Transformers ------------------- USA
• Anywhere you are – the Impala is the ride of choice!

Controls:

• Volume – Adjusts the loudness and drive of the amplifier. The Impala has an extended range volume control and you will find you can sweep from sweet and clean to very distorted.
• Treble – Varies the top end from dark to bright.
• Mid – Varies the midrange frequencies and is very interactive with the Treble control. For a 60s American tone, set the Mid to the ‘68’. The tone becomes more aggressive as you advance the Mid past 1 o’clock. When the Mid is set near full, the Treble control’s effect is more subtle.
• Bass – Varies the low end from lean to full. To retain clarity, turn the Bass down at higher volumes.
• Reverb – Controls the amount of reverb sound from none to deep and lush. The Impala uses an audio taper pot for reverb. The effect is very subtle till you hit 12 o’clock on the dial allowing great control over the amount of reverb.
• Master – The interface between the pre amp and the power amp on the Impala. For the cleanest sound, set the Master to Full and set the Volume control low. For thicker clean tones, set the Master to 11 o’clock and the Volume to 12 o’clock. For overdriven tones, set the Volume to 3 o’clock or higher and set the Master to the desired listening level. Higher Master settings will bring in more output section overdrive when the Volume is set high.
• Standby – Set the amp to Standby (switch baton down) before turning on the power switch (see On-Off-On below). After 1 minute of warm up, switch the Standby baton up. The amp is ready to be played. Using the Standby switch every time the amp is turned on will prolong tube life. Note: the Impala uses a very large pre amp power supply capacitor – it will take about 45 seconds for the pre amp to come up to full volume once Standby is in Play.
• On – Off – On – Selects between two ON positions and the OFF position (middle). The two ON’s are wired in opposite phase of each other. If you receive a shock from another piece of equipment (a microphone or another amp) that is not properly grounded, or if you hear static, switching to the opposite ON may solve the problem. This is sometimes called “switching polarity”.

Dimensions & Weight:

• Width: 24 1/4"
• Height: 17 1/4"
• Depth: 9 1/2"
• Weight: 50 lbs