Egnater Rebel 30 Combo

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RGN

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Guys-

I am going to be traveling and doing some recording in Feb and need a smaller rig. I currently own two expensive heads and two Bogner 2X12s and one 4X12 cab plus a rack of gear. I don't want to drag this stuff around and I sure don't want to leave this gear in my hotel room for an extended period of time which will happen. Some of it would be difficult to replace.

Anyone try an Egnater Rebel 30? I am not expecting bone crushing Diezel gain but I can use my Fulltone to drive it a but if needed.

Give me your thoughts on this amp. I didn't get much chance to fiddle with it but usually just buy amps at GC and they return them if they suck at the end of an extended trial.
 
Re: Egnater Rebel 30 Combo

Hi

I just had some experience with the Rebel 30 Combo. Here's what I can tell you.

I took the amp back after a few days. I loved the spec's and the idea - a small combo with versitile options to achieve many tones. However, I couldn't live with the basic sound of this amp. It really did seem to have the classic curtains over the tone - a bit boomy in the bass & low mid range, harsh and throaty in the upper mids and shrill in the high. You can dial in a tone if you spend enough time tweaking the settings but I found that it's a completely different EQ, Watts and Switches required when you change guitar. I thought that I could perhaps open the whole thing up with a different speaker and tubes (it's a Cel Classic 80 and Sovtek tubes) however, I recorded the amp using the silent Direct Out option (great idea) and tried to EQ a better speaker tone in my DAW. It didn't work too well at all - the same problems were still there - only worse. The rebel 30 is a fantastic idea - but the tone of this amp is not what I was looking for at all. I like an organic, breathing clean - the rebel seemed to mush all the notes in the chord together. The gain channel is OK - but just OK. One final speaker upgrade issue - not a lot of space left in the cab for a bigger maggnet.

I've said all this - but then this amp might be ideal for you. For reference I play blues, jazz, funk - up to mid OD levels. It may be that the Rebel 30 is ideal for you depending on what you play.

I hope this helps.

Joe
 
Re: Egnater Rebel 30 Combo

the rebel 20 (slightly different voicing but all-in-all very similar) was hard to EQ for a sound that was balanced with both pickups. The variable wattage knob just sucked all the life out of the tone. The amp felt really 'stiff' to me, like someone was running a compressor between me and the amp.
I only liked the 6v6 side, the el84 side seemed harsh and I couldn't dial that out.

like the previous poster mentioned, it looks like the perfect features on paper but the execution of the ideas... everything just lacks dynamics and smoothness. There were some decent sounds in there but I couldn't buy it without loving the amp as a whole. I ended up with a night train. not as versatile, and a very specific "flavour" of tone (bright! VOX all the way!), but the amp is easy to dial in and responds to how I play. So... yeah.
 
Re: Egnater Rebel 30 Combo

My other guitarist has a slew of amps, boutiques like Dr Z, Soldano, Top Hat and a few other combos I can't remember with the Marshall, Mesa, THX heads and more I can't remember...what does he gig with? Egnater Rebel 30 combo, with a Bogner cube ext cab. To say he's a tone freak is an understatement. I use my Orange R30 combo with a single ext cab. We gig steady in a med/large size club and do mic our amps. We play 80's, modern/alt rock and he is very happy with the amp and the tones he gets. He plays LPs and PRS...with our different rigs, we get a kool big guitar sound. I'd say give it a try.
 
Re: Egnater Rebel 30 Combo

I have been playing for almost 30 years. I play guitar for a living. I have played a lot of guitars and used a lot of amps.

I nearly pissed my pants when i tried an Egnater rebel 20 with a strat. It sounded amazing.
 
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