Carr Mercury V Head - Best Amp for Stage, Studio and Bedroom

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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!
Ray Kainz gives us a tour of some of the cooler features of the Mercury V 16 Watt amp head from Carr Amplifiers. Ray is playing a Suhr Classic Pro HSS guitar. The speaker cabinet is a vertical open back 2x12 from Longhorn Amps, loaded with 1 Celestion Creamback and 1 Celestion Classic Lead 80.
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[@jeffjohnson3785]

A phenomenal amplifier. Hands down some of the best tones money can buy. I want one......badly.

[@whimpypatrol5503]

Hands down the most impressive Guitar-n-amp shop in the universe.

[@TheMrturn1]

I own the combo version. Absolutely superb, if you're looking for the very best British sounding amp money can buy in a portable package.. it's the Merc. The amp is positively incredible.

[@scotdvorak8861]

Love the marriage of chewy tweed and plexi… crank er up and she delivers!! That’s what the heck I’m talkin bout!!! Mine’s coming to the doorstep later this week!!

[@ajlsrv5490]

I own this amp. It really is incredible.

[@SlickCat]

Killer Old Marshall tones! Best thing is it does cleans with reverb and also has an attenuator!! It sounds amazing.

[@TheStudioRats]

That sounds fantastic, great demo!

[@satinwhip]

That little amp is a beast. Covers so much ground from clean to scream without pedals. Would be cool for bedroom and studio use. The only drag is that all of the switches have to be accessed manually so that would be a struggle in a live setting.

[@funfreq9282]

That's the only complaint I have, it would have been nice to have the parallel switch and boost knob foot switchable!

[@tanukibrahma]

Carr amps are killer! I have the Sportsman, but they all sound fabulous to me. Great demo!

[@motokev2727]

My favorite amp

[@imannonymous7707]

Carr amps kick ass

[@billybudd45]

Awesome amp awesome playing

[@semojo1]

Like a plexi and JCM 800 in one (I think it sounds better) Very usable wattage in so many ways, many tone combinations also..........most excellent tone machine

[@MrTwangstaable]

Always loved this model but can we take a look at the gut shots? Pretty gnarly in there!

[@paulcowart3174]

Series baby No doubt One of the other demos stated 6L6 tubes but the wattage and break up are telling me 6V6 Inquiring minds Thanks

[@scotdvorak8861]

6v6 … hence the name Mercury “V”

[@marsattacks7071]

Very nice amplifier. The two gains (low and highs) are a really nice feature. The high could be used as a treble booster.

[@phfrixion]

Awesome playing and tone! Would love to hear it with some 2x10" Jensen speakers to give it more a Vibrolux vibe... or some 4x10" (Bassman style).

[@gibson3798]

Running the amp at 4w as he did at first, should have been noted in the video.

[@guitarpenter3357]

Sounds great, but not plexi to my ears. You can tell it’s packing 6v6 tubes.

[@brianpara1407]

@Austin Guitar House - would you recommend this or the Bloomfield Drive by Two Rock for at home playing?

[@CBGypsy03]

Tone king imperial

[@Ganache30]

@@CBGypsy03 Ahahahaha

[@RJ-lf8ex]

I still haven't seen a demo that blows me away with this amp. Is it a capable amp? I'm sure it is. Does it sound incredible? No. Sounds like it wants to be a tweed but it's too sterile. I'd take a Tone King Gremlin/Falcon Grande or a Quilter over this amp any day of the week.

[@AustinGuitarHouse]

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[@Ganache30]

Hate to tell you, I’ve had a bunch Tone Kings, fantastic amps, but if you’re comparing it to the Carr and you use the words ‘sterile’, you’re a long way off. You’ve got to hear it in person. So dynamic and touch sensitive. I’d say the Tone Kings I owned were comparatively flat, less open, less dynamic, less everything. Still great amps, the Carr stuff is just better. Tone Kings also noisey as hell. ✌️

[@Ganache30]

Hate to tell you, I’ve had a bunch Tone Kings, fantastic amps, but if you’re comparing it to the Carr and you use the words ‘sterile’, you’re a long way off. You’ve got to hear it in person. So dynamic and touch sensitive. I’d say the Tone Kings I owned were comparatively flat, less open, less dynamic, less everything. Still great amps, the Carr stuff is just better. Tone Kings also noisey as hell. ✌️

[@stringlocker]

I'm not sure about the tone Kings it says assembled in the USA. That's too vague for me. Getting their circuit boards imported and keeping the prices still high

[@stringlocker]

The only word I have four Carr amps is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[@URTH-yb5xh]

Mercury V (5) Five #5 not vee

[@stringlocker]

Haha why would anybody want anything else

[@phillipalexander5389]

Congratulations Carr amplifiers are the best. 🎸🎛🔈👌