Carlsbro Stingray Old School UK Made 100 Watter £35

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This is an 80's amp that I'm selling because of a move to a smaller house. It's a very old Carlsbro and though it's rated around 100 watts it's plenty loud enough to compete with a drummer and great as a starter or backup amp. It's the one with the filter buttons that cut and boost the signal. It works as it ought to although it's a bit rough cosmetically and has been serviced over the years. No trades sorry and pickup preferred but I can post for a tenner UK only. It's probably more of a nostalgia item for bassists of a certain age but it's a testament to old UK companies like Carlsbro that it still sounds pretty good!

[Mudpup]

I had one of those in the 80's......

[3below]

A blast from the past, when 100W was more than adequate. These and / or HH were the amplifiers to own - Marshall and Hiwatt were not popular for quite a while. A bargain for someone

[lee650]

Lol my first bass head!!! It had a matching 4 X12 which was the size of a house

[NickA]

Had the cobra ... never quite aspired to an actual stingray! Think my nephew still has the cobra; before I gave it him I cleaned it up, got it out and played it .. and wondered why I'd been so keen to replace it.

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I used a Cobra 90 combo and a JV Squier for years. No backups.I bought it used from Chase Music in Manchester for £125. Our drummer who was an electrician put a balanced line on it and we replaced the speaker when it eventually blew with a Celestion. The only reason the speaker blew was heavy use by other bands as it became our rehearsal place's amp on loan as it was so efficient. It was a great little amp for the money and served me well for about 9 years! I'd love to get that one back for nostalgia's sake I've still got the JV Jazz.

[el borracho]

As far as i remember the Stingrays were 150 Watts and the Cobra 90 Watts. I had both and loved them at the time.

[NickA]

Think my cobra was only 60W - but still loud enough for me playing in a forth floor attic bedsit to disturb the bloke in the ground floor bedsit AND the psychotherapist over the road!! Not the most subtle of beasts.

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The original Cobra was 60 watts and had a 12" speaker and then they brought out the 90 version that was also available as a head. I'd love to hear what a Cobra 90 would sound like through a modern cab like a Bareface.

[xgsjx]

I had a Cobra 90 watt head. Also had a Stingray Lead, which was 150w & had a built in spring reverb. That was a big long amp head!

[kodiakblair]

Fantastic price. Sold my Stingray combo to a rehearsal room fella last year,great bit of kit.
If I didn't already have one as a spare I'd be having this.

GLWS

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Cheap amp bump

[gjones]

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The original Cobra was 60 watts and had a 12" speaker and then they brought out the 90 version that was also available as a head. I'd love to hear what a Cobra 90 would sound like through a modern cab like a Bareface.
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Through a decent cab the carlsbro stuff sounded ok. I put my stingray head (from a Stingray 2x10 combo)through an Ohm 2 x15 and it sounded excellent. Through the carlsbro 2 x10 cab it was provided with, it sounded shocking. I put a B string through it once, at living room volume, and almost blew a speaker.

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Yes the old amps were fine it's the speaker technology that's moved on leaps and bounds.
It's still here and still going cheap!

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TTT