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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: dave_mc on November 23, 2008, 08:17:35 PM
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Hi guys,
Any of you tried one of these? Currently suffering a major GAS attack, despite not actually having tried it. :lol: :oops: In my defence, though, i loved the Hurricane when i tried it, just for home playing I'm guessing 5 watts is better than 20, especially since Cornfords seem to sound better when turned up a bit, in my limited experience with them, anyway.
Anyway, if you've tried one, or heard any good/bad rumours about them etc., let me know.
Thanks! :)
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I played one with just a Fender Tele plugged straight into it. I got some of the most amazing tones from it. Absolutely amazing amp. I'd have one if I had the money
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Tried one quite extensively in Coda a while ago; an incredible amp. Sounded fantastic with everything from the new Les Paul standard to PRSs, Eggles, Tele-hybrids and Vigiers.
'Tis very, very nice Dave.
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ugh, you guys aren't helping. :lol:
Thanks for the posts, guys, at least if i'm going to buy it I might as well have a few recommendations saying it's awesome... :lol:
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have either of you (or anyone else) tried the hurricane as well? as i said, i tried it and loved it, but the carrera is more suitable for home playing (and with the switchable power valves, would appear to be more versatile too), if it can do similar tones to the hurricane (which is what i want)...
:)
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:D :lol:
Not tried the Hurricane.
But you're definitely right that it the Carrera is the (far) better option for home playing. I had it on bedroom levels most of the time and it still sounded good.
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No worries, sambo, thanks for your input anyway :)
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I owned the Hurricane for a year or so and a Harlequin for a week and my advice is get a Martamp for the same price :lol:
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Use to own a Hurricane, and tried a Carrera out fairly extensively in a shop.
Didn't like the HUrricane at all, but absolutely loved the Carrera !! If I had use for a 5W amp I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
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I owned the Hurricane for a year or so and a Harlequin for a week and my advice is get a Martamp for the same price :lol:
interesting, could you expand on that a little? I know martin's work is very well thought-of around here, but I thought most of his stuff was more vintage in character?Use to own a Hurricane, and tried a Carrera out fairly extensively in a shop.
Didn't like the HUrricane at all, but absolutely loved the Carrera !! If I had use for a 5W amp I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
Haha, I'm not quite sure how to take this, because i loved the Hurricane! :lol:
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I owned the Hurricane for a year or so and a Harlequin for a week and my advice is get a Martamp for the same price :lol:
interesting, could you expand on that a little? I know martin's work is very well thought-of around here, but I thought most of his stuff was more vintage in character?
Sure.
Just so ya know I'm not saying Cornfords are bad-the build quaity is fantastic and to look at the inside the wiring and pathways look exceptional. I love the tones Greg Howe and Vinnie Moore get from their MK50 and Guthrie through the Kotzen sig.
I fell for the hype on the Harlequin and bought it without playing it, I only kept it for a week because it was without doubt the worst sounding amp I had played.
The Hurricane is a different kettle of fish though it does have a GREAT sound, but in all reality it is literally just one great sound. The clean break up. GREAT with p90s and single coils but less inspiring with buckers.
No matter how much I turned up the mids and treble I couldn't get the presence I wanted, it's just a dark dark dark sounding amp. It starts to open up about half volume.
An amp builder told me the reason it sounds so dark is because of the way the wires travel inside the chasis, it's wired up like a PC.
Im not saying the Hurricane's a bad amp(the Harlequin is lol), but it does one thing well and no amount of knob fiddling changed it for me.
The Martamp is in a different league soundwise and I don't care how biased that sounds because it's true, it wasn't the intention of the amp but the way it responds and the clean sounds of the Martamp reminds me loads of my old VHT PITBULL(thats a good thing). The gain on the Martamp is hot rodded plexi heaven.
Best thing is it was made for me, the difference between buying an amp because you like the sound of it and having one made to the sound you have in your head is a million miles apart.
Not pissing on your bonfire but you asked ;P
The Martamp comes with a free cup of tea too.
Edit: Yea his stuff is more vintage in nature but then so is the Hurricane, it's not a modern sounding amp. It sounds like a dark Vox with more gain. Your going to need a pedal to get modern gain.
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Hi,
I haven't tried a Carrera but I used to own a Harlequin so you might be interested in some views on that. I didn't really get on with it, though it took me a while to find this out. It's main failings were :
1) If you crank it - and that is the point of a low powered valve amp - it's still pretty loud, certainly you won't be popular if anyone else is in the house and doesn't want to listen to you. I certainly wouldn't describe the sound as "bedroom volume"
2) If you crank it, it doesn't actually sound that great anyway in my view. The sort of response I'd expect from a cranked valve amp (increased harmonics, touch sensitivity, etc) wasn't really there. I have a Marshall JMP50W that sounded much better with an attenuator than the Harlequin did without, which defeated the purpose of the Harlequin somewhat!
3) Inflexible sound - it generally sounded much the same with the tone controls producing only variations on the same theme
Having said that, where it did perform well was for recording at low volume. It produced some very nice rock and metal tones (I really am talking about bedroom levels now with the amp nowhere near on 10!).
I believe the Carrera is a bit more flexible with more controls but I would definitely advise you to try before you buy as it may not be what you expect.
As for build quality, I had an interesting experience recently. I ended up acquiring a used Cornford MH50H after selling the Harlequin, and that is a very nice sounding amp. After it died recently I took it to the amp tech who eventually found that one of the wires hadn't been soldered onto its connection properly and had been just poked through the metal loop, eventually losing proper contact. Although I'd bought the amp used he thought it must have left the factory that way which wouldn't reflect too well on QC for a hand wired amp but I should stress that this was just his opinion and we don't know what really had happened....
I tried a Hurricane in a shop and it sounded pretty similar to the Harlequin to me, albeit louder of course. Not really to my taste but that's just me. :)
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Thanks very much for those extremely detailed replies. I know what both of you are saying about doing one tone, and doing it really well. The problem being, the tone that the hurricane did do well was more or less the tone I have in my head! So that's the big problem with ordering e.g. a martamp, i might end up going further away from what i want. Or else saying, "can you build me something which sounds like a cornford?" :lol:
i know it's going to be louder than bedroom volume, don't worry. :)
I don't think I can try it, unfortunately, that's the big problem (and I realise that it's always best to try first)- there are no dealers in Ireland, and taking a trip to England solely to try one would cost me more than the amp would (plus if order it and don't like it, i could take advantage of distance selling regulations if i haven't tried it).
that's interesting about the attenuator sounding better with a higher-wattage amp- i have an engl, and have never bothered with an attenuator, as its master volume sounds pretty good... might be worth considering as another option.
Definitely nice to hear some less glowing reports, though, thanks very much for those- makes it harder to decide, but at least I know it's not just one side of the story I'm hearing. Don't worry about "pissing on the bonfire", I'd rather hear the bad things now than after I've bought! :lol: :)
EDIT: i thought the hurricane sounded kind of halfway between vintage and modern when i tried it... didn't sound modern like e.g. an engl, but didn't really sound vintage either... and it had a lot more gain than any vintage-style amp i've tried... :)
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There's a clip on you tube done by a geezer here with a Martamp check it out http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4KmuKkAazcE
I get a bunch more gain out of mine than that too.
Here's a good representation of the single coil sound you can easily dial in http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uNCmG7pT2ws
and with buckers too http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M9YgYbRnCXo
If you get a Hurricane you should look at ebay and get a bargain like this.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cornford-Hurricane-Guitar-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ140283864728QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item140283864728&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
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I owned the Hurricane for a year or so and a Harlequin for a week and my advice is get a Martamp for the same price :lol:
interesting, could you expand on that a little? I know martin's work is very well thought-of around here, but I thought most of his stuff was more vintage in character?
Sure.
Just so ya know I'm not saying Cornfords are bad-the build quaity is fantastic and to look at the inside the wiring and pathways look exceptional. I love the tones Greg Howe and Vinnie Moore get from their MK50 and Guthrie through the Kotzen sig.
I fell for the hype on the Harlequin and bought it without playing it, I only kept it for a week because it was without doubt the worst sounding amp I had played.
The Hurricane is a different kettle of fish though it does have a GREAT sound, but in all reality it is literally just one great sound. The clean break up. GREAT with p90s and single coils but less inspiring with buckers.
No matter how much I turned up the mids and treble I couldn't get the presence I wanted, it's just a dark dark dark sounding amp. It starts to open up about half volume.
An amp builder told me the reason it sounds so dark is because of the way the wires travel inside the chasis, it's wired up like a PC.
Im not saying the Hurricane's a bad amp(the Harlequin is lol), but it does one thing well and no amount of knob fiddling changed it for me.
The Martamp is in a different league soundwise and I don't care how biased that sounds because it's true, it wasn't the intention of the amp but the way it responds and the clean sounds of the Martamp reminds me loads of my old VHT PITBULL(thats a good thing). The gain on the Martamp is hot rodded plexi heaven.
Best thing is it was made for me, the difference between buying an amp because you like the sound of it and having one made to the sound you have in your head is a million miles apart.
Not pissing on your bonfire but you asked ;P
The Martamp comes with a free cup of tea too.
Edit: Yea his stuff is more vintage in nature but then so is the Hurricane, it's not a modern sounding amp. It sounds like a dark Vox with more gain. Your going to need a pedal to get modern gain.
I had the Harlequin for over a year and I loved it. It's not a bad sounding amp, it's one of the best around. I found mind had alot of presence but I could easily dial it out. I wish I'd have kept it.
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the Hurricane was the first Cornford I tried - didn't think much of it at all.
have since tried an MK50 and another head that came out after it (dual channel high gain affair) and they were both very nice indeed.
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I had the Harlequin for over a year and I loved it. It's not a bad sounding amp, it's one of the best around. I found mind had alot of presence but I could easily dial it out. I wish I'd have kept it.
For the same money I think the Cornell 7 smokes it.
One mans meat etc... it's all opinion and not fact :)
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For the same money I think the Cornell 7 smokes it.
One mans meat etc... it's all opinion and not fact :)
The Cornell Plexi 7 is actually £300 less!
I'm following this with interest as I've considered both the Carrera and the Plexi 7, not tried either I'm afraid.
I can only say, if the Cornell Romany is anything to go by, they are impeccably built, and great sounding, although
better suited to single coils, hence my interest in a Plexi 7/Carrera/ whatever? for the LP rock stuff.
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I haven't tried the cornell plexi 7- i have tried the romany plus (head to head with the cornford hurricane, ironically enough), and it was awesome. the big problem is, it doesn't do anything like the tone I'm after- it's a fendery style amp, and that's really not what i want. Nothing against fendery tones, just not what I want. I'd assume the Cornell plexi is a vintage marshall type of tone, and again, I don't think that's what i really want, I want a lot more gain, and a thicker, woodier tone...
I would say, though, that out of all the amps I tried that day, the Hurricane and Cornell were the two standouts- I didn't think either sounded "better", but both were awesome in their own way.
That soundclip is actually sambo's, who posted already in this thread :lol: (i know you knew it was from a guy here, just pointing out that it's a small world) - it sounds great (as i said when sambo first posted it a while back on here), but again really isn't the type of tone I'm after- that raw ac/dc style of tone is awesome, just not really what i'm after.
I think the big problem is that, as you've already correctly said, it's personal preference, some people are going to like it while some won't... That doesn't exactly help me decide, but at least if I realise that, maybe I can get a little further on. I mean, those cornford clips you posted were much closer to what I'm after, more or less spot-on, in fact (in the case of the single coil one). I definitely dig warmer, thicker tones, I think, and I got tones similar to those youtube links when i tried the hurricane.
Thanks for all the replies, guys, by the way, I read them all even if I didn't specifically reply to them.
:)
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Looks like you should get a Hurricane then 8)
If you take your time you could get a used Hurricane and a used Plexi7 for the price of a new Hurricane ;p
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yeah, i know what you're saying, and the Hurricane versus the Carrera is the big dilemma- if the carrera sounds similar to the hurricane but at lower volumes, the carrera would be better for what i want (home use). plus it has the advantage of changeable tube types (i assume that's an advantage, anyway :lol: ). the volume where the hurricane starts to sound awesome (in my opinion) is going to be way too loud for home use. Could have the same problem with the carrera, of course, but it should at least be slightly more crankable. :lol:
i haven't tried the plexi 7 either, so that's a whole other problem...
not super keen on used stuff, to be honest, unless there's no alternative (if something is discontinued, for example). sure, it's cheaper, but there's added risk, plus you don't get that nice feeling you get when you get something new. i mean, if i really wanted the plexi 7 too i'd just save up for it... also over here in northern ireland, this stuff rarely comes up second-hand, so you're tied to e-bay (and a lot of amp sellers don't want to ship, plus you can't try it out first).
:)
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The Carrera will sound like the Harlequin not the Hurricane, it was made because people were asking for a 'super harly' :)
Move to the UK and get second hand gear :lol: I know what you mean about used gear, I don't mind used amps or pedals but I'm not happy with used guitars :?
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I owned a carrera for a year or so - it does indeed sound like a harlequin as thats exactly what it is - just with a switch to let you change from the el84 to a 6l6 which makes a difference at louder volumes but not that much at quieter ones.
Like many have already said it does one sound very well - its a dark and very smooth tone. Kind of Brian May like in its smoothness - saturated almost. The tone controls make bugger all difference and it is a loud amp even half way up.
I liked it but I found it very one dimensional - if thats your dimension then it does nail it though
Matt
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^ Thanks :) yeah, the one dimensional sound, that's the problem. I'm aware it does the "cornford sound", but assuming that the hurricane i tried also did the "cornford sound", then that sound is more or less perfect for me- as i said, almost the sound i hear in my head. And all the ex-shredders (and newer ones, like guthrie govan) who've switched to cornfords more or less seem to get the exact tone I want, too, with them. grrr, i hate making decisions. :lol:
Did you try the carrera with any power valves other than the 6L6, out of interest?
The Carrera will sound like the Harlequin not the Hurricane, it was made because people were asking for a 'super harly' :)
Move to the UK and get second hand gear :lol: I know what you mean about used gear, I don't mind used amps or pedals but I'm not happy with used guitars :?
i'm already in the UK ;) just not a part attached by land, unfortunately. :lol:
big problem is, I haven't tried the harlequin either (I've only been able to try cornfords when i was in holiday in London a couple of times, and was limited to what they had in stock at the time, which turned out to be "not much" :lol: ), so saying it sounds like the harley isn't much help unfortunately (don't get me wrong, that's not your fault, it's mine!). I realise that's what it probably most sounds like, and is most likely the best way to describe it (if you were describing a marshall clone to someone and they hadn't tried a marshall, you're going to struggle to describe it too, for example), just that it doesn't really describe what it's like to me... :lol:
thanks for all your help, though (to everyone who posted), it's helped a lot, especially for getting not just positive comments (as i said, i'd rather hear the negatives now, rather than after i buy!). All the comments have helped a lot, cheers, guys. :)
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Difficult decision Dave :?- especially after reading all the above contradictory posts. Cornfords are like Marmite - you either love 'em or hate 'em. I've got a Hurricane and Hellcat Combo so you can guess what I think (like Marmite too). I'm very wary about buying amps based on other people's opinions as it will depend on what type/style of music they play as well as what they consider 'good' tone (dark,bright,open sounding etc). Couple years ago decided I wanted a low wattage amp for recording - spent ages on the Matamp forum looking at all the posts/opinions on the Minimat. One particular member did an excellent thorough review which convinced me it was what I wanted. I was bitterly disappointed when I got the Minimat - tried different valves, speakers etc.. my Hurricane sounded much better turned right down than the Minimat flat out .... but again that was my opinion. To rub salt in the wound the guy who raved about the amp had sold ALL his Matamps within a few months (he also had a GTL and King Street Major) and first went on to Cornell and then Marshall :o. Seems to happen a lot (even in this forum) people rave about a guitar/amp/pup and within a few months have moved on to something else.
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lol excuse the brain melt Dave... I ment England :lol:
IMO the Hurricane and Harlequin sound completley different. FWIW If I had the money, I would have kept the Hurricane for just the break up tones :)
You can say they both have that Cornford sound in the same way that a Plexi and a JCM have that Marshall sound, a Pitbull and Deliverance have that VHT sound and Dual Rectumfryer and Lone star have that Boogie sound... ok I think I made my point :lol:
There's a good review of the Carrera by an american mag floating around on you tube :D
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Have you tried a Blackstar Artisan Dave? They do a 15w switchable to 5w. Never tried one myself, but they
get good reviews. The 5w will probably still be too loud for home use though, if it needs to be cranked to get the
best out of it.
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^ thanks for the suggestion. :) again, trying them is the problem, I'm not aware of any dealers over here. Plus, I'd assume (perhaps wrongly) that they're more vintage-sounding, considering they don't have a master volume. I had originally considered one of those, just for a laugh, but when I couldn't try them, kind of went off the idea. I haven't tried any Blackstars, but have tried a few Cornfords- Blackstar is a 100% unknown quantity to me, which is too much risk, while at least I've tried some Cornfords. :)
Difficult decision Dave :?- especially after reading all the above contradictory posts. Cornfords are like Marmite - you either love 'em or hate 'em. I've got a Hurricane and Hellcat Combo so you can guess what I think (like Marmite too). I'm very wary about buying amps based on other people's opinions as it will depend on what type/style of music they play as well as what they consider 'good' tone (dark,bright,open sounding etc). Couple years ago decided I wanted a low wattage amp for recording - spent ages on the Matamp forum looking at all the posts/opinions on the Minimat. One particular member did an excellent thorough review which convinced me it was what I wanted. I was bitterly disappointed when I got the Minimat - tried different valves, speakers etc.. my Hurricane sounded much better turned right down than the Minimat flat out .... but again that was my opinion. To rub salt in the wound the guy who raved about the amp had sold ALL his Matamps within a few months (he also had a GTL and King Street Major) and first went on to Cornell and then Marshall :o. Seems to happen a lot (even in this forum) people rave about a guitar/amp/pup and within a few months have moved on to something else.
yeah, i know exactly what you mean :) Considering what I thought of the Hurricane, I'd assume I like Cornfords, but you're never sure.lol excuse the brain melt Dave... I ment England :lol:
IMO the Hurricane and Harlequin sound completley different. FWIW If I had the money, I would have kept the Hurricane for just the break up tones :)
You can say they both have that Cornford sound in the same way that a Plexi and a JCM have that Marshall sound, a Pitbull and Deliverance have that VHT sound and Dual Rectumfryer and Lone star have that Boogie sound... ok I think I made my point :lol:
There's a good review of the Carrera by an american mag floating around on you tube :D
Thanks, I'll take a look for that review! :)
I know what you mean about the vhts, marshalls and mesas etc. :)
No worries about the brain melt :lol: :drink:
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There's a clip on you tube done by a geezer here with a Martamp check it out http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4KmuKkAazcE
Woo!!! Someone linked my video! :lol: :lol: :oops:
I should really do some more actually, and try and do the amp justice.
I get a bunch more gain out of mine than that too.
Interesting! What Martamp have you got?
but again really isn't the type of tone I'm after- that raw ac/dc style of tone is awesome, just not really what i'm after.
Yes it definitely is raw. Or "dry" is another way of putting it. I can imagine it not being many people's cup of tea!
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Yes, do more!
It's a v620 with master vol. Guitar has med output alnico pups.
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but again really isn't the type of tone I'm after- that raw ac/dc style of tone is awesome, just not really what i'm after.
Yes it definitely is raw. Or "dry" is another way of putting it. I can imagine it not being many people's cup of tea!
i actually wouldn't mind having an amp that did that type of tone- just if I had about 10 amps! :D :drink:
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I like the same sort of tone as what you describe. I have been looking at cornfords too. I've been to try a carerra 2x now but i didnt have the cash at the time. Do now but someting is holding me back. It sounded amazing. Really nice overdrive tones with no pedal.
I havent heard many "great" clips of it. Im suprised they dont release some on their website. There are a few on youtube but the best clips of cornford ive heard are from the hurricane (mainly cos of the players skill).
You should go on to the cornfords new forum. There are a few really good clips of the hurricane. I think McGas is the persons forum name. Really good examples of clean and lead and songs. That is the tone i was looking for but not heard clips of the carerra like that, although in person i got similar sounds which made me smile.
Since its a lot of money and I am picky i have two reservations.
1. The speaker. Now I know you can buy extension cabs but thats not the point, but I would love the option to have difference speaker choices. Celestion Blue is an amazing speaker but its one example of a speaker that is too big for the cab. I saw a harlequin on the website with one in but this would make it even more expensive.
2. If you read through the cornford forum you'll see a comparison of the insides of the amps. The wiring of the harlequin, carerra , and hurricane is different and the posts said that it is why they sound slightly different. I havent tried the hurricane so cant say but those clips are my fav so it could be the carerra isnt quite what im after, but im only needing it for a bedroom and the hurricane is louder and more expensive.
The carerra is a versatile amp. Ive spoken to people who use them for gigging. Putting pedals in the loops and before will give you all sorts of sounds + changing tubes. I think its a lot more versatile then the harlequin. Although between 2002-2004 pretty much every song/lesson in the guitarist mag and guitar techniques was using a cornford and they were able to get all sorts ofsounds from them. If you have any mags from back then its worth re going back and listening to them. :lol:
It might cost £100, but a flight to london, a short train ride to kent and a days playing of all amps side by side in Cornford studio would be worth it? If you love the sound and you want to buy new your going to be paying £1k+ for those amps.
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^ thanks for the reply, gizmo, that's a lot of help. :)
i know what you mean about the clips, there are very few of the carrera, and most, if not all, of the hurricane clips sound amazing (plus I've tried the hurricane and know it can sound like that). you're right about player skill being very important to the clips, too. :)
I actually did register on the cornford forum and make a post on this subject, but didn't think to do a search on the points you made (differences in wiring etc.). I'll do that, thanks for that! :)
The big problem with taking a trip to England is that I know fine rightly (at least with the type of person I am) that it won't cost me £100. To get the cheapest flights, you have to book WAY in advance, and also go at cr@ppy times (middle of the night). I'd probably end up staying overnight (there's not much point in getting to try the amp if you're so tired you can't think or test it properly), so that's more money, eating out, taxis/tube etc., it's going to come to £400 or £500, minimum. plus, the shop could sell the amp half an hour before you get there, so it's risky too. It's bad enough paying several hundred pounds to get to try the amp without paying it only for the thing to be sold before you get there! :( Plus trying in a shop (which is much bigger than the room I'd be using it in at home) won't give all that good an indication of how good the thing sounds at home volumes, anyway (I've been caught out on that before :lol: ). Not having a go at you or anything, I know you're trying to help, and you have valid points, just I think travelling to England to try it is infeasible. :)
And anyway with distance selling regulations, and the fact I haven't tried it, I could just order it and send it back if I didn't like it (only paying the postage, which is likely to be about £40-£50). I'd be able to try it for 7 days or so, in the exact home environment I'd always be using it in. Which seems more sensible (if I do decide to go for it). :)
EDIT: just to clarify what i mean by that- I've already tried the Hurricane, but still don't know how quiet that'd be for home use... only real way to be sure is to have it at home. Trying the Carrera would let me see if I liked it, and if it got a similar sound to the Hurricane at a lower volume, but if I tried both and preferred the Hurricane, I wouldn't be any further on, kind of thing.
As I said, i'm not having a go, I appreciate your input and you brought up a couple of points which I hadn't thought of before. Just letting you know why I don't think a trip to England is sensible. :)
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Thats ok, np just a thought.
Btw the Cornford studio although sells amps wont be out of stock. Its the home of cornford. They have every model in every colour white black and burgandy permantly in stock for buyers to try and they have all cab types and a whole wall of guitars (pics on the cornford forum) you'll see what i mean.
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yeah, i figured that's what you meant. you're right, they probably wouldn't be out of stock. I still think it's probably not going to happen though. :(
now i need to find those things you were talking about on the cornford forum...
:drink:
EDIT: just looked at the sound lounge, that's awesome, but again size is the problem... it looks to be at least 3-4 times the size of the room i'd be using the amp in, so while I'd be able to try it in an excellent setting, it wouldn't really tell me how loud it'd sound at home...
:)
EDIT: you wouldn't happen to have links to those parts of the Cornford forum you were talking about? I've tried looking for them but can't find them... :lol: :oops: :drink:
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http://www.guitarplayertv.com/index.html?channel=amps&videofile=gptv/newgear/gptv_k07_cornford
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awesome, i'll check that later. Thanks! :)
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I had a hurricane a while back very warm vocal sound with the smoothest mid range, I do really like these amps but I found the 20w lacking in headroom/volume for live situations.
5W might be way too quiet!
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actually, too quiet would be good for home use! I thought you might pitch in at some point, I remembered you'd got one a while back, thanks :)
I've heard a lot of people saying that the hurricane was a bit too quiet for live use- that'd be one of my major reasons not to go for it, to be honest: the fact that it won't be as quiet as a 5-watter for home use (would probably be way too loud, in fact), but might not be loud enough for gigs, either, in the off-chance that I ever found myself in a band situation. Falling between two stools, kind of thing.
:)
EDIT: I'm checking out that link you posted now, Lew, it looks really good, thanks :)