Carlos High-End acoustic Pickups now Available in Australia!
Carlos pickups are handmade in Germany with painstaking attention to detail, each dated, signed and serial numbered and recognised by many of the worlds finest guitar players as the world's best acoustic guitar amplification.
"Pushing the envelope ... far ahead of its time" (Guitarre Exclusive. 4-2001)
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BRYAN ADAMS
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PAULO BELLINATI
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RICHARD BENNETT (Mark Knopfler Band)
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OSCAR CASTRO NEVES
- ERIC CLAPTON
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LARRY CORYELL
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BRENDAN CROKER
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JAMIE CULLUM (uses one in his Taylor)
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JOHN FOGERTY
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TONINHO HORTA
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DAVID KNOPFLER
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MARK KNOPFLER (since the Shangri-La Tour)
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NANDO LAURIA (Pat Metheny Band)
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JODY RAFFOUL (opened for Bon Jovi)
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ROBERT RANDOLPH (2004 Eric Clapton Tour)
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CARLOS SANTANA
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BRIAN SETZER
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NEIL C. YOUNG (british jazz guitarist)
*this list does not imply endorsements |
David Knopfler |
David Knopfler (ex-Dire Straits) says ...
I'm not any kind of sonic-fidelity expert Carlos, it has to be said, but to my ears I think you've come up with a first class solution here to acoustic amplification!
The Martin feels and plays totally without any of the previous drawbacks of amplification had, working perfectly with no hums or feedback too - the kind of quality of balance spread too I'd not expected.
The sound doesn't seem to be coloured in the negative ways most pickups generate.
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Serious about your sound? ... you should be using a Carlos Pickup!
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Great deals on Carlos Pickups !
up to 15% 0FF RRP
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Carlos CP-1a
Professional Acoustic Pick-up
RRP: $480
Special $425.00
Save $55 |
CP-1 - High End Pick-up
Brown Box
RRP: $ 1590
Special $1350.00
Save $240
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CP-1 - Black Box Limited Edition
(only 120 of each Worldwide)
RRP:$1990
Special $1690.00
Save $300
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NEW ! Carlos Power Nails
Reinforcement Set
As used by Pat Metheny
"It has changed my life!
It's the greatest thing that has ever happened, it's just fantastic. I can't say enough about it. It's very simple and very quick.
PAT METHENY ...
Fingerstyle Guitar Aug 2006
AU $290.00
How to order here ... >
more info at Carlos website... >
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CP-1a Review
by George A Pepper
'No pickup can match this unit's dynamic range'
"From the softest pianissimo fingernail whispers to the most aggressive string snaps, the CP-1A responds by telling the most intimate secrets, or with shouts which sound nearly like explosions. NO PICKUP - not for electric guitar, not for steel string guitar, not for any kind of guitar - can match this unit's dynamic range. Period. Hell, a lot of mics aren't nearly this good."
George A Pepper - 'A Monk's Musical Musings'
Read the full review ... >
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CP-1 Review
by George A Pepper
This pickup is even more amazing than the CP-1A! The sound is so natural, that it (my 1979 Anthony Gaillard Murray) sounds like a Murray guitar and not just a nice generic classical guitar sound. I'm betting that with this pickup a Ramirez will sound like a Ramirez, a Humphrey will sound like a Humphrey, and so on: It's detail and nuance are that good.
Thank you again Carlos, for your awesome pickups!
George A Pepper - 'A Monk's Musical Musings'
Read the full review ...>
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Review by Gerald Weber
If you have a nice acoustic guitar and you want it to sound its best, there is no finer acoustic pickup than the Carlos CP-1A. It was the shootout winner in a recent test of acoustic pickups, but Clapton has been using them for the last 6 years.
I don't know what to compare it to other than miking a guitar with a Nuemann U-47, except it is better because unlike a mike, you can move around without affecting the volume. When I put the CP-1A on my Martin J-65, I couldn't stop playing it. I felt like my head was inside the guitar. It was so impressive that my drummer went out and bought a Martin guitar just so he could put the Carlos CP-1A in it.
This is the real deal. Ask Santana, Fogerty, Metheny, Clapton or anyone else that demands excellence in acoustic guitar amplification.
The Kendrick Newsletter - March 2008
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