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Title: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: turtle441 on October 16, 2017, 08:58:39 pm

So, I saw on the DIY Stompboxes forum that the Carvin Amp company went bankrupt.  As they're selling off their final inventory, they also posted the schematics to all of their amps online, free of charge.  I know almost nothing about these amps, but figured whoever manages the Hoffman library might want to snag some or all while the site's still up.

https://carvinaudio.com/pages/guitar-amp-schematics

https://carvinaudio.com/pages/bass-amp-schematics

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: sluckey on October 18, 2017, 12:42:23 pm

Get 'em while you can. Nothing lasts forever.

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: pompeiisneaks on October 18, 2017, 02:18:43 pm

I've downloaded them all and zipped them up.  I am trying to think of the best way to share them for longer term.   

~Phil

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: sluckey on October 18, 2017, 03:09:14 pm

Send Doug a pm. I'm sure he would like to add them to his schematic library.

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: MFowler on October 19, 2017, 08:33:22 pm

They don't have some of the really old schematics.  When I needed to fix my Carvin B2000 bass amp Carvin sent me the parts free plus schematic and other data in 1976.

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: roseblood11 on October 21, 2017, 02:55:35 am

Most of the older schematics are on the carvinmuseum site, but they should be saved somewhere else, too.

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: EL34 on October 23, 2017, 08:24:03 am

I finally had time to upload the carvin stuff


I had to do a bunch of bulk reaming on the files
They are all here now
http://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/carvin/Carvin_Schematics.htm (http://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/carvin/Carvin_Schematics.htm)

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: pompeiisneaks on October 23, 2017, 09:33:32 am

Quote from: EL34 on October 23, 2017, 08:24:03 am

I finally had time to upload the carvin stuff


I had to do a bunch of bulk reaming on the files
They are all here now
http://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/carvin/Carvin_Schematics.htm (http://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/carvin/Carvin_Schematics.htm)

Thanks!  My part was pretty lame/easy "right click, save as" :)

~Phil

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: roseblood11 on October 23, 2017, 01:25:05 pm

To all the Carvin connaisseurs:
Is there a Carvin Amp that has really good distortion and clean channels? All I ever played were the Vintage series and the MTS3200. Both had good clean channels, but the distortion was horrible...

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: DummyLoad on October 23, 2017, 02:33:00 pm

legacy did both reasonably well, as did the the x100b.


--pet e

Title: Re: Carvin Amp Schematics
Post by: kagliostro on October 26, 2017, 02:27:04 pm

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I finally had time to upload the carvin stuff

That is very COOL Doug

Thanks

Franco