Cornford Roadhouse 50w Combo Amplifier

Point to point hand wiring an amp takes a long time &, as such, the cost of the hand wired Cornfords will put them out of reach of many players. The design team at Cornford began planning a PCB (printed circuit board) valve amp quite a while ago, and have taken the time to ensure they get the design right & find the right company (also UK based) to manufacture the boards for them. Whilst there is still something special about the hand wired amps (we don't know what exactly, we just call it "Mojo"!), Cornford have managed to design & produce a PCB based tube amp that creates some fantastic tones, has almost no background noise (a good sign that the components have all been well placed & shielded on the PCB), uses the same cabinet construction & speakers as the hand wired amps, and yet is much less than the equivalent hand wired model.

If you're looking for a mid priced, gigging, tube amp we can't recommend the Roadhouse range enough - it really is that good. We just hope that Cornford can keep up with the demand!

Here's what Cornford say about the Roadhouse Amps:

The Cornford Roadhouse Series of guitar amplifiers are stripped down and simple to operate: simple yet very versatile.

The Roadhouse 30 Head and 1x12 Combo offer a combination of enough power to cut through a mix but with a power amp design that can be pushed into overdrive, giving touch sensitivity and harmonic richness without too many decibels!

The Roadhouse 50 Head and 2x12 Combo offer more of the above but with a little extra power, for those players that need extra punch; the Combo also having the extra 12" Celestion Vintage 30 to shift more air!

Roadhouse 50 Head and Combo Specifications:

50-watt, fixed biased, valve guitar amplifier head and 2 x 12 combo.

Output Valves: 2 x 6L6
Preamp Valves: 3 x ECC83 (12AX7)
Cabinet: 19 mm, lock jointed ply covered in black 'Lizard' vinyl with black grille cloth and white piping. Metal bar type side handles.
Speakers: 2 x Celestion 'Vintage 30' (combo only)
Transformers: Custom designed and built by one of the UK's leading manufacturers.
Accessories: All metal footswitch, to enable remote switching of the amplifier's 'Boost' function.
Effects Loop: Series effects loop. Send level is a nominal -6 dBV. Send impedance is 33k ohms. Return impedance is 145k ohms.