Carr Super Bee

The Bees Knees

The ultimate Fender Super in a usable, recordable, and transportable package...and she can be attenuated!!! Dream do come true and the fellas at Carr in the great state of North Carolina really figuresd this one out for us. 
We have played many Super Reverbs throughout our time at Casino and have been able to hear the beauty of what those wonderful beasts from Fender could do. They are the tone behind some of the greatest artists of modern recording history but my oh my...they are loud and need to be loud just to get it started. 
The mad scientists over at Carr have somehow figured out how to capture that tone in a small box with an amazing attenuator to boot. Besides the standard beauty of what this amplifier does it also allows for the user to sculpt the overall shape through three very different tonal starts: the 64, 68, and 72 voicing.

Now one might be tempted to live in the 72 but that would be a shame. Yes we here at Casino also love the growl that voice brings but you would be remiss to ski the 64. There lies a place for amazing clarity and pure tonal control within this wee voice and we love it!

This fantastic amplifier showcases the ingenuity of the folks at Carr in how they have captured one of the most iconic tones in musical history, made it their own, and then gave it to us with an attenuator and outrageously stylish good looks. Well done team Carr, well done. 

FROM CARR:
The Super Bee captures that legendary Fullerton-made blackface 4x10" Super Reverb sound in an inspiring new model sized and powered to suit the true needs of today’s venues.
No channel switching, no loop, just pure old-school blackface-inspired tone, delivered with new-school usability. From scooped chime, to edge-of-breakup twang, to stinging roar, it’s all there at volume levels that will keep the soundman smiling while you push the Super Bee into succulent output-tube-driven overdrive and harmonically saturated bloom.

The key to the Super Bee circuit lies in its current-production 6BM8 output tubes. The pair achieves rich, bold, articulate tone remarkably reminiscent of the classic 6L6GC but at only 10 watts — plenty to cut through your drummer at the next club gig, but easily driven into dynamic sonic splendor without violating any noise restrictions. Add a built-in attenuator to take it from 2 watts to a whisper for late-night jams; Carr’s spacious, three-dimensional tube-driven reverb; an EZ81 tube rectifier for a lively, bouncy playing response; and Carr’s legendary point-to-point construction and high-end component selection, and this is the finest compact Fullerton-killer on the scene today.

But wait! There’s also the versatile Sting switch to reconfigure the Super Bee for three classic voices:

64 – extra-scooped shimmer for crystalline cleans

68 – pushed blackface with bite for meaty twang and crunch

72 – more gain and a shift in the EQ circuit placement delivering fuller mids for luscious leads

The Super Bee — a Super reverb combo you can actually carry . . . And tear down the house without shredding any eardrums.

The Carr Facts:

10 Watts full output ---- (Modern Macho)

3 Position Sting switch - (Fullerton Time Travel)

Built-in switchable attenuator 10/2 to a whisper - (Ultra Useful)

Analysis Plus and Transparent cable - (Super Conductive)

16 Jupiter US made signal capacitors - (Replete)

3 Band Tone Stack – Treble, Mid, Bass - (Tailor Fit)

Solen Satellite Power Supply Caps - (Space Spec) 

Carr Valiant 12” or Copperhead 10” speaker - (Good Vibrations)

Custom Carr Transformers – (American)

All NC yellow pine cabinet - (Real Wood)

Spring/Tube Reverb - (Aquatic)

Tube Rectifier – (Old School)

6BM8 power/pre amp tubes – (Exotic)

Power: 10 Watts + built in attenuator 2 watts down to a whisper

Construction: Hand wired point-to-point in the USA

Components: Custom USA-made transformers, Solen Fast Cap Film Power Supply, US-made Jupiter signal capacitors, Analysis Plus speaker cables and more

Power: 10-watts (Attenuated from 2 to 0)

Channels: One

Tubes: two 12AX7, one 12AT7, two 6BM8 (aka ECL82), one EZ81 (aka 6CA4)

Controls: Volume, Treble, Mid, Bass, Reverb, Attenuator

Switches: Three position Sting switch (EQ/gain configuration), Attenuator in/out, on/off/standby

Features: All-tube spring reverb, Sting switch, built-in attenuator, 8-Ohm speaker out

Cabinet: Hand-crafted from solid pine and uniquely styled

Speakers: Eminence Copperhead 10" or Carr Valiant 12"

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