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{{Short description|UK-based supllier of speaker systems}}
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| foundation       = [[Nottingham]], [[United Kingdom]] (1959)
| founder          = Stuart Mercer, Sheila Mercer
| location_city    = Mansfield
| location_country = [[United Kingdom]]
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| homepage         = http://www.carlsbro.com
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'''Carlsbro''' is a UK-based supplier of musical instrument amplification and speaker systems that was founded by Stuart and Sheila Mercer<ref name="sos">{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/mar97/ctstalkingshop.html|title=CTS Professional Sales|publisher=[[Sound on Sound]]|author=Paul White|date=March 1997|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> in [[Nottingham]], England<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8504000/8504288.stm|title=The Mellors - a history of a fairground dynasty|date=15 February 2010|accessdate=20 July 2011|work=BBC News}}</ref> in 1960.<ref name="thewordis">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewordis.com/carlsbro/ |title=The News On The Web - Carlsbro |accessdate=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327224315/http://www.thewordis.com/carlsbro/ |archivedate=27 March 2012 }}</ref> Their equipment has been used by artists such as [[The Beatles]], [[Mick Jagger]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], The Bubblecars and Vašek Martínek.<ref name="thewordis"/>
The company entered administration in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/29976/Anger-grows-following-Carlsbro-collapse?archive=bmV3cy9hcmNoaXZlP21vbnRoPTAyMjAwOQ==|title=Anger grows following Carlsbro collapse|date=14 February 2009|accessdate=20 July 2011}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but has since been relaunched.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/06903418|title=Company Check - Carlsbro|accessdate=20 July 2011}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://www.carlsbro.com Company website]
[[Category:Audio amplifier manufacturers]]
[[Category:Companies based in Milton Keynes]]
[[Category:Audio equipment manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Guitar amplifier manufacturers]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Nottingham]]
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