Bedroom amps - Cornford vs Cornell

[Pete24v]

The Fender Blues Deluxe reissue sounds brittle in comparrison to the Cornell.

[LazyNinja]

Although I have no experience with either Cornford or Cornell, I'd check out the Blackstar HT5. It's the best bedroom tone I've had and it's half the price of the amps you're considering.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Hasn't feline got his Cornell Stinger/romany for sale still

Yes - got it up at £399 but would be open to near offers
Mine is an older one that doesn't have the power reduction
Blooming great sounding amp - and another class A single ended amp  (those who know me know I have an obsession with the tone of these)

[dave_mc]

I have heard the Fender blues deluxe reissue which looks similar to the cornell but is 40w is this the sorta sound the romany gets as I did like the tone?

yeah, i think so. it's a while since i tried the blues deluxe, but the cornell is certainly "fendery". But better, if you ask me, anyway.

The Cornford's are much more suited to a bit of overdrive/distortion than the Romany.

agreed. well, a more modern distortion- the romany sounded pretty sweet cranked up, from what i can remember. just a completely different style of overdrive. :)

:lol: both amps are very good. they are different beasts though.

i have to agree with dave_mc. I own a cornford carerra and its a great amp, It does slightly heavier stuff and blues stuff v well but i still yern for a rich fender sound and would like a cornell in the future as well. If you can pick up a new mint carerra for @600 or harly for 350-400 id get one.

If you want the more fender type sound for home use the cornell is the best around and worth the extra for the plus for larger speaker etc.

Have your tried them yet?

also agreed (even though you agreed with me :lol: you added a bit more useful info, though). I'm not sure if the cornell is the best around, but it's the best I've tried.

[Lew]

add the Cornell plexi 7 to your list

[Bradock PI]

I am half looking her to advise a friend now and me in the future, also keeping an eye out for bargains for now my wife has a HT5 and I have a Vox AC4TV which both are great little amps but my friend needs to replace a Marshall AVT 50.

[Johnny Mac]

i am not sure any valve amp is very suitable for bedroom use in reality....

i dont own an amp above 5w but they are still more than loud enough to shake the house and annoy the neighbours

Nonsence Wez I use my Koch in the bedroom all the time!  :D

[sgmypod]

oh no Koch jokes again

[Johnny Mac]

oh no Koch jokes again

But i do, its fine through an attenuator  :P

[dave_mc]

you need to attenuate the size of your koch?

[morgasm]

add the Cornell plexi 7 to your list

i was not a massive fan of the plexi 7, found it dident overdrive as nicely as i would have expected to... matter of opinion i suppose. its a very different sound to the romany series, so i suppose its down to weather he wants a fender or marshall type sound...
morgan

[Johnny Mac]

you need to attenuate the size of your koch?

The volume Dave, it's huge for bedroom use.

[Bradock PI]

The Plexi 7 vs the Koch sounds like a mid morning discussion amongst bored housewives

(no offense intended to any housewives on line - phew I covered the PC bit well)

[dave_mc]

you need to attenuate the size of your koch?

The volume Dave, it's huge for bedroom use.

:lol:

[sgmypod]

The Plexi 7 vs the Koch sounds like a mid morning discussion amongst bored housewives

(no offense intended to any housewives on line - phew I covered the PC bit well)

plexi 7 yup sounds like a powertool...er for women..or some men