Carr® Mini-Merc, Ostrich - Sold

With selectable power from 8 watts down to 1/10th of a watt, the single EL34 powered Mercury is ideal for apartments, studios, and intimate performance venues.

Features

Class A
Single-ended fixed bias EL-34 output stage
Single channel: bass, treble, reverb
3-position boost switch
Treble cut switch
Built in 4 position attenuator (8, 2, 1/2, 1/10 watt)

Description

The Mercury inspires visions of a classic cabinet design from a time long ago, but within the chassis of the Mercury you'll discover an inspiring and truly innovative circuit (along with utterly remarkable tone). While it is true that your friends, band mates and family members will admire the Mercury for its good looks and 'polite' power rating, Mercury owners seem to cherish our newest amp for many other practical reasons. Our exclusive power attenuating circuit enables the Mercury to be played at 8, 2, 1/2 and only 1/10 watts, with no appreciable change in tone, yet the Mercury easily yields enough clean headroom for club work. Add our renowned reverb circuit, a 3-position boost switch for subtle-to-intense output tube distortion, plus the incomparably thick and rich tone of a single EL-34 power tube, and the Mercury will earn its rightful place among your most treasured instruments.

Our new Mini-Mercury has the same electronics as the standard 1x12" Mercury but differs in its smaller cabinet and its warm and smoky 10 inch Eminence Lil Buddy hemp cone speaker. The cabinet measures a friendly 19.5" wide by 15" tall by 10" deep at the bottom sloping to 9" deep on the top. This is 2 inches shorter and 1 3/4 inches narrower than the standard 1x12" Mercury making it very compact..

Artists and Press

This Carr Mercury is a remarkably satisfying amp to play, both in the studio & live - it's real juicy. It'll grind, and the proprietary attenuator setting still sounds like you're cranking the l'il beast without any of that anemic effect one might expect: I'll take one please! - David Torn

Fortunately, I get to try a lot of different amps. I love an amp that lets my guitars sound like guitars, a Les Paul should sound like a Les Paul, a Dano like a Dano, etc., with as little outside coloration as possible. It should be as transparent as possible while giving you that feeling that your guitar is coming alive. I have a bunch of amps to choose from and what can I say but my Carr is on the A-list in front of the mics in my studio and not in the back collecting dust and has been since it came out of the box. - Joe Perry

The Mini-Mercury is currently reviewed in the Holiday 2007 issue of Guitar World and the Mercury is currently reviewed in the 2007 edition of The Small Amplifier Book (JP).

Specifications

Power: 8, 2, 1/2, 1/10 watts
Tubes: 2 12AX7, 1 12AT7, 1 EL34
Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass, Reverb
Switches: 3-position Boost, Treble Cut, 4-position Output Power

The Mercury comes with a variety of different tolex options; call for details.

Sale Price: $2 600.00

Freight cost (contiguous USA): $50.00

Reference #: 2987

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