Cornford amps?
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I saw Bossk (www.myspace.com/bossk) a few weeks back. One guitarist used a 400watt marshall power amp into a Cornford MK50. The other guitarist used a Sunn Model T, and the bassist used an Ampeg SVT iirc.
They have such an immense sound in my opinion, and lots of dynamic range. Cleans were great, as were the overdriven gainy sounds.
They have such an immense sound in my opinion, and lots of dynamic range. Cleans were great, as were the overdriven gainy sounds.
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I don't know if you have the metal pack for pod, it's included there. If it comes close (I don't know the original) it should be a decent amp.
Guthrie occasionally teaches at my college and is fucking incredible, and as he's a pretty major Cornford endorsee, the college has a few cornfords, having only played one once, I can say that they are rather incredible sounding amps IMO.
Their defining characteristic I would say is their ability to bring out the character of your playing and the rest of the gear you're using. Plugging in a strat REALLY sounds like a strat, and playing really well sounds amazing. They're just not particularly forgiving amps, as they are just incredibly responsive and if you make any small mistakes then it REALLY shows up.
Dweezil Zappa only plays Cornford because Guthrie does
Their defining characteristic I would say is their ability to bring out the character of your playing and the rest of the gear you're using. Plugging in a strat REALLY sounds like a strat, and playing really well sounds amazing. They're just not particularly forgiving amps, as they are just incredibly responsive and if you make any small mistakes then it REALLY shows up.
Dweezil Zappa only plays Cornford because Guthrie does
Hmm, interesting to hear - I'll say this, for their prices, they'd fucking better be good! Total boutique and hand-wired (even the transformers), and all point-to-point wiring. Not to mention a severe lack of bells and whistles (unlike similarly priced Engls/Diezels/Mesas), so the cost has gotta come from somewhere!
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Those trainwreck amps sound awesome but not great enough to the point of wanting to drop that kind of money for one.
You can't be serious; what am I even looking at?
That first one looks like a Dumble. Apparently they're quite special, but I'm not really sure what the big deal is.
For one, people who like SRV's tone way too much and expect to get it by spending a lot of money jump after them, since they're what he used...
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