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Cornell Custom 80 Amplifier, this is the identical model to the amp that Eric Clapton used. The Amp for sale here was not personally owned or used by Eric Clapton.
The information below was copied from the internet.
Initially, what is now the Cornell-Custom 80 amplifier, was a custom-built order for Eric Clapton. Its minimalist design, with only 3 controls (volume, bass and treble), provides a truly "plug and play" amplifier. With very few components in the signal path to corrupt the tone, its simplicity is its strength; the natural tone and response can only be a result of that no-fuss design. At the heart of the Cornell-Custom 80 are two Tone Tubby speakers enhancing its response thus resulting in the perfect Blues sound. If you are a Clapton fan, this amp can be seen and heard on several DVDs such as The Queen's Jubilee Concert, the Concert For George, John Mayall's 60th Birthday concert, to name a few. Made to order.
Techn. details:
Classic look
Tweed covering
Oxblood Grill
Leather handle
Input: 2x (High+Low)
Controls: Volume / Bass / Treble
Speaker: 2 x 12″ Tone Tubby 16 Ohm
Output: 80/20 Watt R.M.S.
Line Output: 600 ohm at 0,25 Watt
Power: 115 and 230 Volt AC
Size & Weight: 510x660x260 – 34kgs
From Cornell website
Out of the blue, I received a phone call from Eric Clapton’s guitar tech, “I have a letter for you. Eric has a problem with his sound and has been told that you can sort it out for him'”. I was told that he had been using two old twins, but in Eric’s words, ‘they just don’t make it anymore’.
Eric was using Fender Vibro-king amplifiers; he found them to be lacking in middle response. The control settings on the amplifier were bass and treble off, middle up full, but he still found them to have too much treble and bass response. I made some adjustments to the EQ, and cut some of the treble response, however, the lack of middle was due to the Jensen speakers which can’t help sounding clean and crisp. The modifications helped, but I was pleased when he decided to have a custom amp built. Eric Clapton’s musical aims evolve, and part of his talent is that he is constantly developing his style, and knows exactly the result he wants to hear. It was my task to try to convert those requirements into the perfect amp for him. Considering the subtleties of his requirements, it was better to start from scratch.
All the work was carried out by liasing with his guitar tech, Lee Dixon; he knows Eric’s sound like no-one else. Lee was a pleasure to work with and we spent many hours working together, not just on the tone, but also on the features and aesthetics. We ended up with something that looks like Eric’s old twins, but sounds bluer, with lots of middle.
We made a decision to have two channels: channel one consists of Volume, Bass and Treble. The EQ is similar to Eric’s 1956 Twin amplifier, with lots of warm middle response, irrespective how you adjust the tone controls. It’s a simple ‘plug in and go’ tone. Channel two consists of Volume, Bass, Middle and Treble. These controls are a lot more sophisticated than the average 3-way EQ. Each control has its own valve stage, giving it a wide range of control, yet is still able to achieve a good tone at any position. The output stage has four 6L6 output valves running in class A/B giving a comfortable 80 watts. There is also a power switch to reduce the output to 20 watts. The speakers are Tone Tubby hemp cones. We tested at least ten different types of speaker, but finally decided upon these because they were the closest to Eric’s requirements. The cabinet is made from birch ply, and covered in Fender Tweed that we’ve treated to look old.
This was the amp used at the Queen’s Jubilee gig, with his guitar connected to channel two. I understand that he has also used it for recording an album with Ringo, and at the Ferrari gig at Brands Hatch. However, since then Eric has decided that he would like the amp to be as simple as possible, and therefore we have now deleted channel two.”
