Members Joeytpg Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 which one do you like the best? So far ENGLs are mostly use for Metal right? (do you know a musician that uses one for something else?) Which one would you choose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chrisjd Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 For me, savage 120, for you, probably blackmore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joeytpg Posted January 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 for me? why you ask? is the blackmore less metal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chrisjd Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 for me? why you ask? is the blackmore less metal? The blackmore will do metal, but, i know a lot of guys who like it for mellower stuff as well. It is a versatile amp and can cover a lot of tonal ground. the savage and powerball are really mean sounding amps, it can be hard to tame their naturaly aggressive tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FalseRevRG Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Savage 120 for me, as well. does Deep Purple count as metal? Steve Morse was using SE EL34 and Powerball heads when i saw DP over the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les-Zombie Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 my fav engls are the engl se, powerball, and savage 120. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kmanick Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 the only Engl I've had a chance to play so far was an SE with EL34's and if I had the cash at the time I would've taken it home with me. What an outstanding sounding amp that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 of what I have tried I like the powerball best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeloAngelo Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 the only one i experienced first hand was the e530 pre into a mesa 5050 poweramp. blew me away through a marshall cab loaded with t75's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members code_blue Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 ENGL Savage is a good amp, pretty saturated ENGL gain and smoother than the Powerball but still tight.Why don't you go play them instead of asking which one of them is the most metalist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CenturyStanding Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Depends on your style, what kind of music do you play? You havn't mentioned much about your playing. To kind of sum things up: Fireball and Powerball and pretty much beefy metal machines. They are tight and articulate and sound huge. Savage is way more midrangy and much more versatile than the ones above. I think it is a good all around amp. Extremely modern sounding though. Blackmore is a stripped down take on the Savage. Based off the same amp and has similar qualities. The Blackmore, however, is much more open sounding with a more vintage vibe. You could, however, still get sick metal sounds out of it. The SE's are your top of the line, do it all type amp. Can do pretty much anything you need it to. If it had a vagina I'd easily dump my girlfriend for it. It is, however, expensive as {censored}. And that is pretty much the run down on the upper tier of the Engl line. In terms of gain on tap, all of these amps have more gain than anyone could ever need. They are pretty badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheAmazingBlob Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Savage 120 all teh way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FalseRevRG Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Depends on your style, what kind of music do you play? You havn't mentioned much about your playing.To kind of sum things up:Fireball and Powerball and pretty much beefy metal machines. They are tight and articulate and sound huge.Savage is way more midrangy and much more versatile than the ones above. I think it is a good all around amp. Extremely modern sounding though.Blackmore is a stripped down take on the Savage. Based off the same amp and has similar qualities. The Blackmore, however, is much more open sounding with a more vintage vibe. You could, however, still get sick metal sounds out of it.The SE's are your top of the line, do it all type amp. Can do pretty much anything you need it to. If it had a vagina I'd easily dump my girlfriend for it. It is, however, expensive as {censored}.And that is pretty much the run down on the upper tier of the Engl line. In terms of gain on tap, all of these amps have more gain than anyone could ever need. They are pretty badass. you left out the Invader models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CenturyStanding Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 you left out the Invader models Oops, your right. I've never heard the Invaders so I wouldn't really know where to place them in the lineup. Someone else will need to chime in on this one. BTW, I might add I own a Savage 120 and it is {censored}ing killer. Best amp I've played in its pricerange. Actually FalseRev's posts on some of my threads was what convinced me to buy. I hadn't heard alot of the other Engl's at that point. I have heard them since then, though, and still think I made the best choice with the Savage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tnourse Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Really can't go wrong with any Engl amp. They all sound good, but each model has it's own personality. I've had a Blackmore for a few years now and I love it! Check out the clips at Rocksolidamps.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Introspectre Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 I'm crazy about Engl Savages, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FalseRevRG Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Oops, your right. I've never heard the Invaders so I wouldn't really know where to place them in the lineup. Someone else will need to chime in on this one. BTW, I might add I own a Savage 120 and it is {censored}ing killer. Best amp I've played in its pricerange. Actually FalseRev's posts on some of my threads was what convinced me to buy. I hadn't heard alot of the other Engl's at that point. I have heard them since then, though, and still think I made the best choice with the Savage. every time i've played a Powerball, i've been kinda unimpressed/disappointed. first time i played a Savage 120, i was blown away and decided i had to buy one. got mine about 6 months later and i have no plans at all to sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deadwrong666 Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Whats the savage like for cleans? How is it a lower volume settings (al la basement) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faust2016 Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Depends on your style, what kind of music do you play? You havn't mentioned much about your playing. To kind of sum things up: Fireball and Powerball and pretty much beefy metal machines. They are tight and articulate and sound huge. Savage is way more midrangy and much more versatile than the ones above. I think it is a good all around amp. Extremely modern sounding though. Personally I think that the Powerball and Fireball are more modern sounding than the Savage, that's why I like the savage better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members enforcer Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 every time i've played a Powerball, i've been kinda unimpressed/disappointed. first time i played a Savage 120, i was blown away and decided i had to buy one. got mine about 6 months later and i have no plans at all to sell it. I owned both for years and they aren't THAT different, I loved both BTW but slightly preferred the Powerball bevause it was just a little meaner sounding where the SAVAGE 120 was definately smoother. However my current SE does both on steroids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 My favourite is the Fireball. I own one. I use it for all sorts of tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Syn Harvest Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Svage 120 FTMFW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members espdna Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Fireball is the only 1 I can get along with. I have gone through 2 Blackmore's and a Powerball as well. I have kept the Fireball longer than any other amp I have ever had. Something like 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KingKabong Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Whats the savage like for cleans? How is it a lower volume settings (al la basement) Haven't spent much time with cleans, so I won't comment on that, but for lower volumes it sounds awesome. Tons of gain on tap, so you can get a sweet tone without high volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keith2112 Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 I tried an Invader for a while. You know at a shop you can't spend but an hour or so on one. I didn't even scratch the surface of all than amp will do. My bro has a blackmore and fireball and loves them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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