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Those Cornells pop up on Gumtree and Marketplace for really reasonable money round here. When I'm a bit more liquid I fancy giving one a try.
Edit. whoops. I meant Cornford obvs. Think they used to me made round here (Whitstable). Looking on facebay now there's a Harlequin and a Plexi 7 for £375 each and a Hurricane for £700...
I did some recording with a Hurricane when I first started playing in bands again in my mid 20s. It was too polite for my tastes at the time, but i suspect i'd dig it more now. £350ish for a handwired valve amp is pretty cool really innit.
Dooks-Fatberg-
When I was living in kent about 20 years ago ish when these were new, quite a few people were using them in local bands as they were getting substantial mates rates on them. Macs music in herne bay rated cornford amps very highly and he only sold stuff he believed in rather than stuff he could easily sell. They were rated quite highly in general back in the day.
The bloke who designed them also made some high end amps with his mate that didn’t get any real attention under the name wkz. Those would probably give a lot for the money if you could find one.
Dogtemple
Interesting, I was considering a G10 Gold for my Cornell Stinger/Romany thing 'cos I find the Jensen C10Q a bit shrill, and the Gold does sound really really good on some youtube demos, but it won't fit - the magnet cover would hit the output tube.
So that saved me £120+ even for a used one.
Mind you now I fancy trying an Emi GA10-SC64... which would fit...