Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

[Loserchief]

well since i got my ENGL Sovereign 100 Combo, i only used the PB for it's channel four since the Sovereign didn't do that kind of gain and djent.
When i got my chaos modded SD-1 for boosting the Sovereingn's channel four my PB started to collect dust since i just love everything the Sovereign does. It's just more open,more dynamic and more lifely than the Powerball ever was and with the added boost on channel 4 the closest Engl head soundwise would be the SE that shares the same open and harmoncially rich character.
A friend of mine really wanted it and took on my offer minutes after making it. I sold him the PB, the Z-5 footswitch and one of my two Engl Pro V30 4x12s.
I'm keeping the second 4x12 as an extension box for the Sovereign to give me the thumb and power i love from 4x12s(never really needed both cabs anyway i have to admit).
Today he picked it up and i actually got a bit sentimental since the PB was my first actual tube head(had a vetta II before) and it also was my first venture into Engl-land. But sometimes you have to move on for better tone
Just wanted to share some thoughts

 

[Baltar]

Re: Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

nice amp! but slightly to much knobs for me. still happy with my thunder combo.
have you tried a fireball before - i like it a lot...

 

[Loserchief]

Re: Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

Yeah the Fireball is a cool amp but not enough channels and options for me. The main point i like about the sovereign is the fact that it will do killer cleasn,great bluesy crunch tones and classic rock and still do the insane metal we know from engl.

 

[darnright]

Re: Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

Did I read somewhere else on the forum that Engl's are kinda like Peavey in Germany. What exactly does that mean. Are they readily available and priced good? Maybe I just mis-read or remember it incorrectly.

 

[Loserchief]

Re: Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

Yep,that's the point for the comparison with Peavey. Engls are to be found everywhere around here and their pricing is on a pretty average level for Germany.

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

Re: Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

May have to check out that combo, in that case... I always run a boost anyways, so it wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary for me.

Do you know if the Screamer/Thunder combo's can get into that territory, and do it well? Those are much more common/cheap over here.

 

[Loserchief]

Re: Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

No idea about the thunder(never tried one for more than like 10 mins) but the Screamer is quite close to the sovereign. It's a little less gain, not 100% as open and rich but you can hear that they are close relatives.
I figure the screamer can get into the same territory but not be completely the same.

 

[Baltar]

Re: Sold my trusty Engl Powerball

Did I read somewhere else on the forum that Engl's are kinda like Peavey in Germany. What exactly does that mean. Are they readily available and priced good? Maybe I just mis-read or remember it incorrectly.

interesting comparison. i can't reproduce that, due to i sold my first peavey quite soon. i think peaveys and enlgs are both
affordable sturdy amps. i like the voicing of the entrylevel engl
combos more then the cheaper peaveys, but thats a personal
opinion. the product range starts slightly higher priced, but
there is also no amp under 50watts. in generel engls are straight
rock amps with also brilliant (rather fender un-like) cleans. the
peavey db sound is more dirty, but i miss it currently when i'm
experimenting (should'nt have sold it :grumble

i am from austria, where i had to order my E322 (which took
about 3 weeks), cost about 780EUR and never let me down -
it got carried around a lot and once it got kicked back with hot
tubes on a party once. it also survived me so far - i can't
keep my screwdriver from any equipment i own. some people
doom pcb mounted tubes, but i haven't had any problem
with it so far. my engl thunder is now 3 years old and my engl jive (which is also pcb mounted) nearly 20 years old.

cheers, martin