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    RAD - Carvin XV-112

    Refurbished Amp Day
    Got the Carvin XV-112 on eBay for cheap, "parts only not working."
    Replaced the old capacitors - put new tubes in it - installed a reverb tank - built a cabinet - covered with tolex = killer amp -
    4 EL34, 3 12AX7
    100 watts
    select 4, 8 or 16 Ohm speaker
    RMS power level adjustable
    Loop level adjustable
    Clean and Overdrive channels
    Sound incredible! 1981 was a good year for this Carvin amp
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    Re: RAD - Carvin XV-112

    Nice,I like that!

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    • #3
      Re: RAD - Carvin XV-112

      Very nice. So you turned the combo into a head. How did you bias it for EL34's? Don't the originally come with 6L,6's? I ask because I once tried to set the bias on my XV212 only to find a fixed resistor instead of a trim pot.

      Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk

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      • #4
        Re: RAD - Carvin XV-112

        Originally posted by Demanic View Post
        Very nice. So you turned the combo into a head. How did you bias it for EL34's? Don't the originally come with 6L,6's? I ask because I once tried to set the bias on my XV212 only to find a fixed resistor instead of a trim pot.

        Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk
        No need to bias for EL34s, those are the standard tubes for it.

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        • #5
          Re: RAD - Carvin XV-112

          Interesting. Mine came with 6L6's. I wonder what year Carvin switched?

          Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk

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          • #6
            Re: RAD - Carvin XV-112

            Sweet!

            Can I send you mine?


            Nice Work!
            "Scalloped & Stickered"
            A Colled One & A Rold One!!!

            RIP My Beloved Sleepy Flower

            https://forum.seymourduncan.com/show...t-67-Of-Myself

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            • #7
              Re: RAD - Carvin XV-112

              Mine is EL34 from 93 or 94. I think they went from el34 to 6l6 back to el34. Still, all the mojo is in the fuzzy carpet, not the tubes. Tweed and oxblood is like making it change its name to Toby.

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                Re: RAD - Carvin XV-112

                Originally posted by Pilatvs View Post
                Mine is EL34 from 93 or 94. I think they went from el34 to 6l6 back to el34. Still, all the mojo is in the fuzzy carpet, not the tubes. Tweed and oxblood is like making it change its name to Toby.
                Ever try to find thwt fuzzy carpet? Couldn't so it was stainmaster or tweed, chose tweed and it's name is now toby or moby or knoby...

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