Looking at this 1/2 stack for 1K

[D-Rock]

This is dead mint with very low hours and the guy is willing to do $1000 USD. Cab has V30s.

Worth a shot, or not?

 

[Techdeth]

Idk about $1k but it’s a decent amp . Tell him $800 cash

 

[CoreyW]

There is one of these heads for $500 on FB marketplace around Atlanta.

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

Yeah I'd offer lower. There are aome good tones in it can kinda come close to a Marshally tone, a Mesaish tone but will still always be its own thing. Good cleans too. I had one for a bit. Also verify V30'S or else that cab is worth next to zero if it is loaded with Carvins crap speakers.

 

[RaceU4her]

yeah id offer $800. that cab with v30s im sure sounds at least decent where you wont take too much a hit if the amp is terrible.

 

[Metlupass2]

Pass

 

[BeZo]

Carvin cabs are solid builds.
Carvin amps are not.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

I'd pass at 1K. Like others have said maybe $800, but IMO that's too much. I'd look at it as just buying the cab and the amp is thrown in for free.

The Carvin V3 head is pretty much a crap amp. A big fizzy, inarticulate non-versatile mess. I was really interested in this amp at one point and was close to getting one. I'm glad I came to my senses before I wasted my money. The amp almost takes away from the value of the cab if sold as a set.

Cab on the other hand, if it's plywood and not MDF would be a good purchase at the right price. If anything it's worth the value of the V30's.

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

I'd pass at 1K. Like others have said maybe $800, but IMO that's too much. I'd look at it as just buying the cab and the amp is thrown in for free.

The Carvin V3 head is pretty much a crap amp. A big fizzy, inarticulate non-versatile mess. I was really interested in this amp at one point and was close to getting one. I'm glad I came to my senses before I wasted my money. The amp almost takes away from the value of the cab if sold as a set.

Cab on the other hand, if it's plywood and not MDF would be a good purchase at the right price. If anything it's worth the value of the V30's.

Interesting. I wonder if there was something wrong with the one you tried. It could be fizzy as fuck if dialed that way but I owned one for a little over a year and got some really good tones out of it. You definitely can't dial Carvin amps like other brands. Definitely dial by ear and this amp has a lot of tone shaping options that make it easier to dial in shit tones than good ones. And I had it next to the best JCM 800 and a Mark III at the time I owned it. It certainly wasn't as good as those amps but could cop a good approximation of both at the same time.