NAD

HarrySeven

This arrived today…

https://i.imgur.com/QLdVAFw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2Xjoisd.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/a6p5iwI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/XDQRELu.jpg

Keefy

I got a hernia just looking at that.

HarrySeven

Keefy said:

I got a hernia just looking at that.

I got something entirely different!

dazzajl

That’s some old, old skool right there 

ICBM

I must have seen dozens of those, but *never* with the extension cabinet…

HarrySeven

And from the ubiquitous Bell’s Catalogue…

https://i.imgur.com/9jGZ4jw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hZ3vgr9.jpg

Kalimna

Not so much the amp, but that sparkly pink Explorer thing in the background is awesome!

BillDL

I still want your brown leather / leatherette barber's / dentist's chair.

ElectricXII

I remember those. I also remember they were awful. Sorry @HarrySeven ;

swiller

Love it , mega cool.

LastMantra

What's with the spaces under the controls? 

stylesforfree

So how many guitars do you have?

Nice looking amp btw, what is it exactly? haha 

roberty

So cool

HarrySeven

stylesforfree said:

So how many guitars do you have?

300+

ICBM

LastMantra said:

What's with the spaces under the controls? 

That’s the reflex port for the speaker. Most cabinets have it at the bottom, I don’t know why Carlsbro chose to put it at the top.

stylesforfree said:

Nice looking amp btw, what is it exactly? haha 

Carlsbro Stingray 100 bass amp. A mainstay of pub gigging bands in the late 70s and early 80s. The head version is probably more common.

A bit of a British Peavey, they were inexpensive and unsophisticated but well-made, reliable and loud. The sound was what it was! Usable, even if not great.

They fell out of favour when Peavey and especially Trace Elliot became available in the 80s - they were more powerful and modern-sounding, and at least slightly smaller, although heavier.

The Carlsbro brand still exists although the amps are all made in China now.

Yorkie

ICBM said:

The Carlsbro brand still exists although the amps are all made in China now.

The amp we bought for my wife’s e-drums is a modern Carlsbro. It’s robust enough and sounds good, but there’s a distinct generic feel to it. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone found the same amp marketed under a different brand name somewhere else in the world. 

Jon

BillDL

£232.20 in the Bells Musical Instrument Catalogue presumably from the last few years of the 70s.  It had gone up in price to £347.59 in the Bells 1981/82 catalogue!  Excuse the boxes and arrow drawn on the page.  I scanned the page from my old catalogue and I had ordered the Stingray Lead head and 4 x 12 cabinet.  I crossed out other stuff and wasn't interested in anything to do with bass back then.

LastMantra

@ICBM ;

Ah right. You could keep your cds in there.