CORNFED M50 (Cornford MK50 II), what an amp model!

I played one of their small amps, 2xEL84 outputs, at Winter NAMM 2001. Unless I am mistaken, Paul Cornford was manning the booth. Nice bloke. Picked me out as a fellow tube amp tweaker pretty quickly, too....

Been digging the 50w one modeled in the AxeFX3 more since Cygnus and the new factory presets came out.
 
Didn't Martin Kidd who has Victory Amps now work for Paul and help
when Richie Kotzen had his signature Cornford amp?

Seem to see an RK 50 Victory released a couple of years ago, too.

I like the Cornfed model. Can be a bit thick and prone to congestion
when used with an LP style guitar. Have to roll down the bass quite a
bit.... not unlike the Friedmans. Probably perfect for guys who primarily
use Teles and Strats, though.
 
la noise said:
I like the Cornfed model. Can be a bit thick and prone to congestion
when used with an LP style guitar. Have to roll down the bass quite a
bit.... not unlike the Friedmans. Probably perfect for guys who primarily
use Teles and Strats, though.
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I can see that. I use a P90. But, my guitar also has a bass-cut control.
So far, I have three tricks for managing bass in an amp model.

1) Xfmr Low Freq (Speaker, Amp Block) - lower values increases the virtual Induction of the OT
paradoxically it extends the OT bass response -- while reducing distortion (if it is similar to analog)
2) Xfrmer Drive (Power Amp, Amp Block) - lower values reduce hysteresis (distortion) in the OT
3) Low Cut (Input EQ, Amp Block) -- rolls off bass at amp input

Of course they can radically change the nature of the amp
-- almost, to the point of being unrecognizable.

Since, I often draw from other presets
I always check the Input EQ.
Sometimes, there is some surprise EQ'ing already in there.

I am completely open to other tricks and corrections.
I am still very new to this.
I am sure I have gotten some things wrong.
 
Postretro said:
I can see that. I use a P90. But, my guitar also has a bass-cut control.
So far, I have three tricks for managing bass in an amp model.

1) Xfmr Low Freq (Speaker, Amp Block) - lower values increases the virtual Induction of the OT
paradoxically it extends the OT bass response -- while reducing distortion (if it is similar to analog)
2) Xfrmer Drive (Power Amp, Amp Block) - lower values reduce hysteresis (distortion) in the OT
3) Low Cut (Input EQ, Amp Block) -- rolls off bass at amp input

Of course they can radically change the nature of the amp
-- almost, to the point of being unrecognizable.

Since, I often draw from other presets
I always check the Input EQ.
Sometimes, there is some surprise EQ'ing already in there.

I am completely open to other tricks and corrections.
I am still very new to this.
I am sure I have gotten some things wrong.
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I was just wondering the other day why more guitars don't have a bass cut,
and most all of them only roll off treble with their one-way only tone controls.

Is it a Reverend??? :)
 
Postretro said:
I can see that. I use a P90. But, my guitar also has a bass-cut control.
So far, I have three tricks for managing bass in an amp model.

1) Xfmr Low Freq (Speaker, Amp Block) - lower values increases the virtual Induction of the OT
paradoxically it extends the OT bass response -- while reducing distortion (if it is similar to analog)
2) Xfrmer Drive (Power Amp, Amp Block) - lower values reduce hysteresis (distortion) in the OT
3) Low Cut (Input EQ, Amp Block) -- rolls off bass at amp input

Of course they can radically change the nature of the amp
-- almost, to the point of being unrecognizable.

Since, I often draw from other presets
I always check the Input EQ.
Sometimes, there is some surprise EQ'ing already in there.

I am completely open to other tricks and corrections.
I am still very new to this.
I am sure I have gotten some things wrong.
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Guitar choice (and pickups) make such a MASSIVE difference in what amps/models
work for each of us and what maybe don't blow our skirts up so much. :)

I have found that I have to dial in different presets with modifiers in the Amp Block when
I play my Charvel versus playing my PRS 245, for instance.
 
la noise said:
Guitar choice (and pickups) make such a MASSIVE difference in what amps/models
work for each of us and what maybe don't blow our skirts up so much. :)
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True in any case. The 5E3 especially, is all about the levels and frequency contours that hit its input. Even the frequency that tone circuits are centered at are better for some guitars than others., 500p/56k in a typical tone stack works great for humbuckers. Strats do better with 330p/33k in the tonestack. All the Fractal parameters make it more likely to get a good fit, though. Which reminds me to play with the "Tonestack Freq" more often if something seems too bassy or bright.
 
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la noise said:
Didn't Martin Kidd who has Victory Amps now work for Paul and help
when Richie Kotzen had his signature Cornford amp?

Seem to see an RK 50 Victory released a couple of years ago, too.

I like the Cornfed model. Can be a bit thick and prone to congestion
when used with an LP style guitar. Have to roll down the bass quite a
bit.... not unlike the Friedmans. Probably perfect for guys who primarily
use Teles and Strats, though.
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Afaik Martin Kidd designed the Cornfords too. Now designs the Victory amps, which are excellent as well.

I use the Axe-Fx model with humbuckers a lot and don't find that it gets congested, in fact it's quite articulate!
 
la noise said:
Guitar choice (and pickups) make such a MASSIVE difference in what amps/models
work for each of us and what maybe don't blow our skirts up so much. :)

I have found that I have to dial in different presets with modifiers in the Amp Block when
I play my Charvel versus playing my PRS 245, for instance.
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Isn’t it great that we can do that? Build presets for guitars. it’s incredible really. Things have come a long way indeed.
 
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