CORNFORD HELLCAT HEAD
ALL VALVE, 35 WATT, 2 CHANNEL, HAND WIRED HEAD WITH REVERB
The idea behind the "Hellcat" was to push the boundaries of boutique amp making to their very limits, taking it to, where no boutique amp has been before. Channel 2 takes you to every point on the vintage amp scale with just the turn of the gain control where as channel 1 takes you to a place that no boutique amp has ever dared visit. A boutique amp that does metal?? And all points in between and it does it all in that very special Cornford way. None more brown and most definitely the tone by which all others must be judged.
Spec: 35 watt all valve head. Cathode bias, 2 channel with shared EQ, footswitchable reverb and channels.
Valves: 4 x EL84's. 5 x 12AX7's
Cabinet: 19mm ply lock-jointed. We use pine for anything with a speaker in it as it helps the sound no-end but the heads will use ply, as they are not acoustic.
Hardware: All corners, screws, cup washers, handle fixings etc. are nickel-plated. Bespoke CNC punched, powder coated grills. 16 gauge (1.5mm) powder coated chassis with 16 gauge base / screening plate secured to chassis with 4 machine screws. Leather handle.
Transformers: Custom designed in-house and hand wound.
Construction: Point to point hand wired throughout and hand assembled
Methods: No PCBs of any sort. Nothing board mounted. Everything is bolted directly to the chassis.
Controls: Chicken head knobs. Metal toggle mains switches. 2 x inputs Hi and Lo.
Front panel from left to right: gain modern channel 1, gain vintage channel 2, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master channel 1, Master channel 2, Reverb, Standby and Mains.
Rear Panel from left to right: Mains Inlet, Mains fuse, HT fuse, Speaker impedance selector 4ohm, 8ohm, 16ohm, Speaker sockets x 2, Footswitch socket, Effects loop send and return.
Accessories:
Footswitch: hand made 14 gauge, powder coated, 2 metal footswiches.
Top quality stereo lead wired to Neutrik nickel-plated stereo jacks.
Mains lead, 10ft moulded plugs each end (at least it will reach the floor if you are using 2 cabinets).
Speaker lead, 2ft top quality 8mm cable with nickel-plated Neutrik jacks. Guitar lead, 16ft top quality Van Damme spiral screen cable with nickel-plated Neutrik jacks.
All of the above is supplied so that nothing interferes with the way that a Cornford should sound and it makes a refreshing change as you normally don't get anything.
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