NOW SORTED, THANKS (WTB hand-wired 20W-ish combo)

dickieguitar

Nearly inconsolable having just missed out on a Traynor YGM-3 on this here forum... don't suppose anyone else has got one that's being underused?

Will consider other, broadly similar hand-wired combos. Not that I can think of any.

Edit: Cornford Hurricane!

dickieguitar

...or maybe a Cornford Hurricane. 

dickieguitar

Bump. Probably not a Hurricane, just tried one and it was too buzzy.

dickieguitar

Dr Z Ghia?

StringEmil

Does it have to be hand-wired?

I've got a Cornford Roadhouse 30 combo for sale - not hand-wired, but sweet nonetheless!

chillidoggy

Hurricane "buzzy"? Really?

hotpickups

Hurricane was never buzzy when I had one. Must have been faulty

dickieguitar

Certainly more buzzy than any of my other amps, especially with the reverb turned up. The seller took it to his tech, who said there was bound to be some noise because the output tubes are too close to the speaker; he felt it to be "acceptable". I didn't, so here I still am. 

Incidentally, it was possibly the most gorgeous-sounding amp I've ever heard...

StringEmil, sorry, yes, I don't like PCBs.

AlexHunter

I took it to the man who is now my amp tech, he puzzled over it and found 3-5 design flaws (in his opinion) which were making it buzz and hum, he changed the design and it was silent. Just that lovely pure tone and no buzz at all.

Fusionista

Still regretting selling my Cornford Hurricane.  So I tried building a couple something like using the Ampmaker PP18 kit.  One of them is fettled with a G12M and set up like a Baby Bluesbreaker, the other as a Tweed with a Blue. The Cornford has a V30 as standard and a spring reverb.

vanlooy1

PMed

dickieguitar

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ZenOvertone

I have an EVA (made by Chris Uff) 18w combo that I may shift, 2 EL84's handwired in decent handmade ply cabinet with just vol/tone on each channel which if course can be jumpered.
Located in Kent, looking for £300.

dickieguitar

That sounds promising, though I had big earth-hum problems with an 18w EVA head... what's the speaker(s)?

A_T_W

Any interest in a Cornell Romany? At 10W it's a bit less than what you were looking for, but thought it'd be worth mentioning. Also switches down to 2W and 0.25W, so pretty good for a practise amp

http://www.dc-developments.com/cornell_romany_combo.htm

dickieguitar

Sorry, love Cornells but need more headroom.

bigfuzz

DRRi? 

dickieguitar

Sorry, I already have two vintage Fenders and need something a bit more British-ish. Or at least less, y'know, Fendery.

chillidoggy

Cornford Roadhouse 30 combo. The head I have is superb, the downside is there's no reverb.

Fusionista

If I didn't already have far too many amps I fancy the Roadhouse. 

ZenOvertone

The speaker in the EVA is a vintage Celestion G12M with black magnet cover, there's no hum, it's pretty good but I just don't use it these days and am getting moaned at!!