Cornford Carerra NAMM Limited Edition Richie Kotzen Finish 2005 - Black

Limited Edition 2006 NAMM Richie Kotzen Finished Edition Handwired Cornford Carerra Combo with matching 1x12 cabinet.  Direct from the NAMM show, and hand signed by Paul Cornford, Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe and more.  All proud Cornford Amp users…Built by Martin Kidd currently of Victory Amps

Never gigged or left studio!! Tone at its best!!!!! Period!

Cornford has made its name on hand-built, point-to-point wired amps ("No PCBs of any sort," insists PC) and that's exactly how the Carrera is built at the company's home in Kent, England.

As well as the entirely valve-driven reverb and effects loops, Cornford has come up with a rather ingenious way of creating different power ratings and tones - but more on that later.

The Carrera is a simple but attractive amp. It comes in the company's trademark oxblood vinyl over a lock-jointed pine cabinet, with cream-painted control panel, chicken-head knobs and a sturdy leather handle.

The monster-sized Cornford logo splashed across most of the cream-piped black fret-cloth is new. We like this bold statement.

The control panel is a simple affair, offering low and high inputs, effects send and return, gain, reverb, bass, middle, treble and master volume controls.

There are on-off and standby switches, and another toggle that says '8 pin' one way and '9 pin' the other.

This is the Carrera's secret weapon and means you can use any output valve you like, from regular EL34s and 6L6s, right up to super-tubes like the venerable KT88.

This feature not only enables the user to choose the amp's overall tone colour, but it also provides different power outputs, from five watts (EL84) to a massive eight (KT88), and all points in between. Inside, the wiring is impeccably done. Both combo and cabinet have Celestion speakers

Makers of hand-built valve amplifiers like to route and tie the cables as neatly as possible while ensuring minimum noise through interference.

They also love to lay the components out in the most visually pleasing way, as well as building in simplicity of design and therefore ease of maintenance.

Cornford and Kidd have turned these aims into an art form. This is a beautiful piece of work. This is a recording dream

Located in Long Island NY.  Pickup is preferred. Will ship at buyers expense

This is a super rare 1/1 piece and tone to die for.  Think of the best Marshall vibe tone and multiply it. Don’t miss out on this!