Carvin unveils Steve Vai Legacy II Series amplifiers January 10, 2009 by NAMM Winter NAMM 2009 is coming up, January...
Carvin unveils Steve Vai Legacy II Series amplifiers
Winter NAMM 2009 is coming up, January 15th to be exact, Carvin Guitars will be unveiling the all-new Steve Vai Legacy II Series amplifiers.
The Legacy II amps represent years of design, development, and testing between Carvin engineers and, guitar master, Steve Vai. Some new features of the Legacy II is the amp’s 3-channel operation (the Legacy is a two-channel amp) with clean, lead, and new clean-boost channels. There’s also a new 25 watt output mode in addition to the original’s 50 and 100 watt mode options. While each channel has it’s own volume, there is now also a master volume, allowing adjustments to overall amp volume without having to worry about messing up the overall volumes of each channel. The 3-channel, all-tube Legacy II features all-new circuit designs that have been reviewed and tweaked by renowned amp designer Benjamin Fargen of Fargen Amps.
According to Fargen, the end result is “a powerful blend of high-end boutique sound and rock-solid American manufacturing”.
Steve Vai has a few words too
“The Legacy II is a dream amp,” says Vai. “It’s simple, versatile and the sound is creamy and warm. Finally there is an amplifier that has a Master Volume control that can raise or lower the overall sound coming out of the speakers without changing its saturation or tone. Although the sound has retained the integrity of the original Legacy, there is now an added channel that acts as a boost on the clean channel giving it a bit more hair. No need to keep dreaming, it’s here.”
The Legacy II Series is available as either a VL2100 100-watt Legacy II head, a VL2412 100-watt single stack cabinet, a VL2812 100-watt double stack cabinet or a VL2122 100-watt Legacy II combo amp.
The remaining specifications remain the same:
- Volume, Bass, Mid, & Treble for Clean/Lead channel & Presence for Lead channel
- Tone, Drive & Volume for Boost channel
- 5 12AX7 (V1, V2, V3 Groove Tubes™) & quad EL34 matched Groove Tubes™
- All tube design
- Bias switch for 5881, 6L6GC or EL34
- Cabinet voiced line output
- 4, 8 or 16 speaker
- Impedance switch Effects Loop
- Hand crafted 7-ply poplar wood cabinet
- Optional footswitch for selecting channels
- 1 Year Warranty
- Made in San Diego, California
Find our more information at carvinguitars.com/legacyii
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