Dragoneti
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Hello everybody!!
I have a dilemma about which way to go for my distortion/pream needs and i would like some suggestions if possible!
I have a peavey classic 30, in which i have changed the speaker with a celestion classic lead 80, and a Fender fat strat mexico with a seymour duncan jb and quarter pound pickups. I mainly play classic rock about 70's 80's but also some clean stuff now and then. The problems are two, first that due to the fact that peavey has a common eq for both clean and lead channels, when i make a good lead sound, my clean sound is ruined, and in addition the gain channel of the peavey tend to have an american flavour in overdrive which means that is a little bit too round, but i would like to have a more british kind of overdrive, with the known bite and growl, something like the hot roded marshalls of 80s, think along the lines of AC/DC and Scorpions.
To achive such a goal, apart from buying a marshall which at the time is imposible cost wise, i have thought the following two solutions. First to buy a Tonebone hot british distortion (which costs about 250 euros here in greece) or secondly to buy an Engl e530 rack preamp to use it in the return of the peavey (costing about 520 euros).
I have heard/tested the tonebone today, and i found it to be very good for the purpose, with "amp" like distortion, many sound formulation abilities, and to be responsive to the picking attack, but the limited testing time in the store, somehow makes me scared that after a while and having it played thouroughly i may find not up to the task, just like as it has happend with a dime distortion from MXR which collects dust at the time.
On the other hand, the Engl are known for their quality and provides several more options with 4 channels (including clean sound) , recording and playing through headphone anilities etc. But there is a problem, i have not managed to listen to it, due to the fact that its official dealer in greece did not have any in stock, so i can only order it. I listened to 2 samples from rock solid amps website but they were more bluesy sound than the one i want. Does the engl preamp has that 80s marshall sound? Are there any good sound clips that i can listen to? In addition, how good works such a preamp in the send and return of a combo? the channel volume (which will be regulated from the preamp) is easy to manage, like a combo, or things will be to loud? I do not play live, i am more of a bedroom player, so too loud is no an option (at least if i still want my neighbors to talk to me
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Which solution is better for my case? does the engl preamp deserve the extra money? has the sound that i am looking for? has better cleans from peavey? the gain is it amp like? or is it better to turn to the tonebone?
Thanks in advance!!
Stelios.
I have a dilemma about which way to go for my distortion/pream needs and i would like some suggestions if possible!
I have a peavey classic 30, in which i have changed the speaker with a celestion classic lead 80, and a Fender fat strat mexico with a seymour duncan jb and quarter pound pickups. I mainly play classic rock about 70's 80's but also some clean stuff now and then. The problems are two, first that due to the fact that peavey has a common eq for both clean and lead channels, when i make a good lead sound, my clean sound is ruined, and in addition the gain channel of the peavey tend to have an american flavour in overdrive which means that is a little bit too round, but i would like to have a more british kind of overdrive, with the known bite and growl, something like the hot roded marshalls of 80s, think along the lines of AC/DC and Scorpions.
To achive such a goal, apart from buying a marshall which at the time is imposible cost wise, i have thought the following two solutions. First to buy a Tonebone hot british distortion (which costs about 250 euros here in greece) or secondly to buy an Engl e530 rack preamp to use it in the return of the peavey (costing about 520 euros).
I have heard/tested the tonebone today, and i found it to be very good for the purpose, with "amp" like distortion, many sound formulation abilities, and to be responsive to the picking attack, but the limited testing time in the store, somehow makes me scared that after a while and having it played thouroughly i may find not up to the task, just like as it has happend with a dime distortion from MXR which collects dust at the time.
On the other hand, the Engl are known for their quality and provides several more options with 4 channels (including clean sound) , recording and playing through headphone anilities etc. But there is a problem, i have not managed to listen to it, due to the fact that its official dealer in greece did not have any in stock, so i can only order it. I listened to 2 samples from rock solid amps website but they were more bluesy sound than the one i want. Does the engl preamp has that 80s marshall sound? Are there any good sound clips that i can listen to? In addition, how good works such a preamp in the send and return of a combo? the channel volume (which will be regulated from the preamp) is easy to manage, like a combo, or things will be to loud? I do not play live, i am more of a bedroom player, so too loud is no an option (at least if i still want my neighbors to talk to me
)Which solution is better for my case? does the engl preamp deserve the extra money? has the sound that i am looking for? has better cleans from peavey? the gain is it amp like? or is it better to turn to the tonebone?
Thanks in advance!!
Stelios.
