Guitar Player Editors’ Pick
THE NAME SUPER Bee recalls a famous Mopar muscle car from the late ’60s, but in this case we’re talking about a potent new boutique amplifier from Steve Carr that’s designed to shift through different flavors of blackface Fender tone. The key to the highway here is the Sting rotary switch, which has three positions: 64 (based on Carr’s own ’64 Deluxe Reverb), 68 (classic medium-gain Super Reverb), and 72 (a blackface-style circuit modded to deliver extra drive and distortion). Tone shaping is provided by treble, mid and bass controls, and the amp is equipped with a variable power feature to accommodate practically any performance situation.