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Downsides: weighs a ton and could be seen as a (albeit very good) one trick pony.
I've had a harlequin and a carrera. I didn't mess with valves much but it sounded great on the EL84 side.
I gigged with it once, used it for rehearsals all the time. Was pretty much cranked all the way but sounded amazing because of it.
I wouldn't have gigged it regularly but if you could mic up, would probably be fine.
Set up for heavy crunch with guitar volume full up, roll back to 2-3 on the volume for clean, and anywhere in between for crunchy sounds.
Kick in the onboard amp boost for solos. Sounded great and worked really well. More than enough volume for me, although we always tend to Mic up.
I was using strats with humbuckers in the bridge at the time of owning the amp.
The effects loop is also excellent, I ran a TC mini spark as well as a Hardwire delay and chorus, it sounded excellent.
I'll probably pick up another one at some point.
I would definitely like to give the 30 watt roadhouse combo ago.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I tried it as a home amp and all I got was a flat,mid heavy sound with little in the way of dynamics. It would probably record a good solo tone though, if smooth mids is your thing. It just sounded flat to me though, regardless of volume. It wasn't all that loud either for 5 watts, but I put that down to the heavy smooth mids and not much top or bottom end. I got way more volume from a mooer little monster ac, which is a very different voice admittedly. Again, that could be a good thing especially for recording. Perhaps I was not the right audience.
Another massive Cornford fan here.
I've had a variant of every model in the range at some point.