Kurt Cobain’s Carver PM-600/900 Magnetic Field Power Amplifier
Please note that this amp was previously falsely identified as the PM-1200. Thanks Ronald for clearing things up.
Kurt Cobain used this rack unit very briefly in 1992. More specifically it was seen during the Saturday Night Live gig in January 1992, during which it was paired with a Mesa/Boogie Studio .22 Preamp, and another unknown unit.
On Nirvana’s next show, on January 24, 1992, at the Phoenician Club, Sydney, Australia, Kurt was seen using a Crest 4801 Power Amp instead. So it appears that the Carver was only used for one gig total.
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Does anyone know if these “Carver PM-1200 Poweramp” are still in production these days!? Which are made in the northwest and are very unique, Earnie Bailey (Kurt’s guitar tech) tells me.
Production of the Carver PM1200 (PM1201) – PM900 – PM600 stopped at approx. 1994
I have a pair of Carver PM 1200 and it is not a Carver PM 1200 in the picture, it is a PM 900 or PM 600
Thank’s for clearing that up. It bugged me for so long that there some major differences between the amp in the photo and the PM-1200. But, I never got around to looking at all the different Carvers and try to match it to something else.
Too bad there are no visual differences between the PM600 and PM900, but I guess this is close enough.