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Ive had both but used them in very different ways. The Cornford works best set up as a crunchy amp, backing off on the guitar volume to clean it up, wind up the volume and kick in the boost for solos. Works well with pedals and has an excellent effects loop.
The Blackstar on the other hand I had to run clean and hit the front end with various drive pedals, it worked great this way. It's a beautiful sounding amp but weighs an absolute ton, so bear that in mind if you will be moving it around a lot.
Hope it helps , probably not
The Laney is better for classic-rock crunch, the Peavey is better for hard rock/metal and the Mesa is more flexible and probably has the best high-volume cleans.
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I've not needed any tech support to date, but I have links to Martin Kidd and also a former Cornford tech. Mind you, this is down to being local to where the Cornford base was.
I have an early el34 Roadhouse 30 head at home and I think it sounds pretty dated now. It's also possibly the worst amp to use pedals with I've ever encountered.
It might be worth asking if the Roadhouse you've been offered has el34's or 6l6's as the earlier el34 combos suffered a few problems, hence the switch to 6l6's. £300 seems about right for it and I certainly wouldn't pay more.
As others have said, lot for the Series One 50. Also beware of any VERY early S1's, the pots were not the sharpest idea Northampton techs ever had! OK if you get one cheap enough but ICBM would not be a happy bunny fixing one.
Mind you, I think the pots had been sorted by the time of the 50 head? I also don't recall them being particularly heavy?
Dave.
Err? Am I confused/confusing? Someone DID mention 'Series One' and '50 watts'? Then I see '30 W Artisan and yes they are great and yes they are furkin heavy!
BTW, if the Art 30 has a Sovtek GZ34 in it buy a TAD replacement and change it when the fuse blows. (ICBM, TADs are the toughest GZ34s I know of, YMMV?)
Dave.
Great for that price and any decent amp guy will be able to service it easily.
The Cornford has a more modern gain when dialed but has a darker tone clean, more akin to some old El34 Marshalls. It also has a bit of EL34 Vox vocing in it - but not the spiky-trebbly bit. As you have both Gain and Master vol and a Boost circuit controls, you can get a variation on the voicings and good pedals add another dimension
The Atrisan is much more open and neutral and 'in your face' and Freakin Loud - and heavy...
You want the EL34 Roadie if you can - is sweeter. They only switched to 6L6 because the current QC on the supply of EL34 Cornford were getting later into production meant the TUBES were inconsistent - nothing to do with the amp circuitry.
This setup (Outing in parallel to an additional v30 cab) gives a convincing loud Tweed Twin with a Telecaster!
http://i68.tinypic.com/indb92.jpg
not mint,but not far off.
I think the amp has a rich 'airy' sound,dynamic,punchy,and stupidly loud for a 30 watt amp.
works great as a pedal platform too.
The downside is,i have to eat six shredded wheat every morning,to build up my strength to put it in the car.
thanks again guys for your input
Cool, check that rectifier! Don't forget the channel blend facility. You can also use the 4 input jacks as a 'sort of' FX loop.
Dave.