Re: Carvin Legacy?
I had one as my main amp for about 4 years. I really liked it.
The clean channel was awesome - really fat and articulate. Very high headroom too, great amp for fattening a Strat. It took pedals VERY well.
The dirty channel was very fat and powerful sounding, although I found myself needing to use JJ tubes and EQing it very carefully to avoid getting a little muddy. The being said, the tone controls worked very well (on the clean channel as well) But nevertheless it was great-sounding. Kinda had it's own thing going on with a little bit of a Marshally edge. I could've used 6L6's in there but I never did. Great amp for rock.
The thing was LOUD, even for a 100 watter. I found myself having to use an attenuator (Dr. Z Airbrake) to keep it under control with the band I was in. I don't know whether that contributed to me smoking the amp twice (once in the input stage, once in the output stage), but I never heard about any OTHER Legacies breaking down.
I woudn't mind having one again, actually, just as a backup amp. It did everything pretty well, save for being quiet. And I don't mean that there was a lot of background noise... I mean it was just LOUD. To steal a phrase from sosomething, it was like operating a small aircraft.
