Welcome to my tone heaven...

[XSSIVE]

my favorite person Mr. UPS Man just dropped off the new animal!! Engl powerball head, splawn 4x12 cab and engl z-5 footswitch...now i am in tone heaven in my basement den....this rocks! i'll do a review on the head later but so far.. :saeek: :32: i'm lovin' it but have only played it a bit with 3 guitars so i can't give a full review as of now but no real complaints so far...man this thing has lots of buttons and knobs lol.

oh and i just realized the rack is filled with all fenders lol...everything else is in its case waiting to get a shot at the PB...

this was too cool not to take a pic of...

now all i need is a Diezel Herbert and a Mesa Dual Recto and i'll be 100% happy with amps i think...note i said "think" haha...oh wait then there's the Bogner i've been gassing over also...see, it just never stops ahhhhhh

-Mike

 

[XSSIVE]

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feel free to come visit!!

-Mike

 

[Stringmachine]

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That sure is some nice gear you got.

Just one question: Where did you live again, and when is the next time you'll leave the house? Oh, and please leave the key under the door matt. :biglaugh:

 

[theodie]

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"Cough" Whore!!!! "Cough" :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

I will have to come up and play 80's glam metal on it over and over and over!!!! I will just keep playing "talk Dirty to me" by Poison Over and over again!!!! :laugh2: :laugh2:




BTW, when you get tired of it, I will give you three fiddy for it!!!!! :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

 

[JacksonMIA]

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You're officially on the "Evil" list now. Why did you have to show us that?

I'm sure you'll have at least as much fun playing it today as I did looking at the pictures. I love that shot with the tubes glowing. What's in the coffin case?

BTW, if you need someone to spend time with your marshall now that you've got a new toy, I'll be glad to take care of it.

 

[Jeff_H]

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Awsome stuff Mike....I wish I could have been at Splawn to check it out before it left. I talked to Scott today for a while, and told him that one of my buddies just ordered an Engl Head and Splawn Cab from him and he said, "Oh yeah, Mike in NY...right?

Tell me, how does the Splawn cab sound compared to a Marshall cab, or other similar 4x12? Maybe you could plug the Engl into a couple different cabs. I'd love to have a Splawn Cab, but I like the angled stuff better.

Enjoy the stuff, and be thankfull you ordered yours when you did. Scott told me today that he is not taking any new work right now because he is so busy, and filled with orders.

 

[mnbaseball91]

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Ah, the ever popular glowing tubes ENGL picture. I should have known it was coming. I love ENGLs, although I've never played a powerball.

If you're looking for someone to take that Peavey (JSX?) head off your hands...

Oooh, also, would you mind posting a front shot of that pewter colored strat? I'm looking for refinishing insiration.

 

[Nite_Maresz_25]

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nice!!!and no it never stops mike.

 

[Willis]

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"Cough" Whore!!!! "Cough" :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

I will have to come up and play 80's glam metal on it over and over and over!!!! I will just keep playing "talk Dirty to me" by Poison Over and over again!!!! :laugh2: :laugh2:




BTW, when you get tired of it, I will give you three fiddy for it!!!!! :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

You should get a pink guitar and play through my rig-I have CC Deville's MP-1 :laugh2:

 

[SpeedDemon]

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.......... your EVIL, as of this moment, an Engl powerball is on my top of gas list, damn you and your debit card.

 

[XSSIVE]

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Psssst...Dave...i love 80's hair bands...so you can come over and play all the 80's hair metal you want!!! Seriously though if your ever in NY your more than welcome to come visit...as long as you teach me some hair metal hahahaha

Jackson...i'd sell that marshall in a hearbeat if i could, i never touch it but it was given to me by my brother and was my first amp so i'd feel bad selling it...i may just have splawn or voodoo mod it into a monster though...not sure yet.

Jeff...the splawn blows away my marshall cab (hidden in pic behind the chair) it's got more low end by far and is still nice and tight not overly boomy like a recto cab, it's a nice sound that i would say is kinda b/t a mesa cab and a marshall cab if you wanted to compair it to other typical know cabs. thick and full like a mesa but more tight and refined like a marshall....best of both worlds IMO since i find marshall cabs to lack low end and mesa cabs to lack that tight ariculate definition. Scott sure knows his sh!t, this is just want i wanted.

too bad he's so busy i was thinking as i mentioned above about talking to him about modding my marshall into a high gain monster...either him or voodoo, i can't decide who or if i want to do it.

-Mike

 

[Jeff_H]

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Mike....thanks for the review on the cab. I was afraid you were going to say that. I will have to get one someday, to complete the full stack that I don't need!

As for the mods, I would have either Scott or Jeff Seal do them. I've heard great things about Trace at Voodo, but I have a Jeff Seal mod, and it really is the schnizel. As for Scott, if his mods are half as good as his own amp design's...look out.

 

[Rich_T]

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i wish my basement looked like that.

 

[JacksonMIA]

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Jackson...i'd sell that marshall in a hearbeat if i could, i never touch it but it was given to me by my brother and was my first amp so i'd feel bad selling it...

Oh...You don't have to SELL it. I take donations.

 

[SpeedDemon]

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i wish my basement looked like that.

me and you both :yell:

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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Oh how I envy you. That thing HAS to tear you a new one.

 

[XSSIVE]

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it's a monster for sure DSS!!!


oh and mnbaseball...the peavey is an ultra plus 120w (6l6 tubes) and i will NEVER let that go, it's a tone monster and i love it....i just tried it through the splawn cab and HOLY CRAP...that's all it needed to be even better than before!

-Mike

 

[Jeff_H]

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Bastard....now I have to spend $700 on a Splawn cab. Who else but me needs a full stack to play Smoke On The Water?

 

[RGN]

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Damn,
1) Bad ass new Yellow Warmoth
2) Engl Powerball
3) Engl Footswitch (some $$)
4) Splawn Cab

:32: :32:

1-800-GAS HAS GOT ME BY THE BALLS

Awesome stuff bro!!!!!

Damn, you just bought an entire new rig- head, cab and a guitar to boot!!!!! Wow! Congrats!!!

 

[XSSIVE]

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ROFLMAO Jeff...smoke on the water lol...i haven't played that in god knows how long...time to go crank the engl for some smoke and perhaps some iron man hehehe!!! you will not be sorry if you buy a splawn with Scott's favorite speaker setup (eminence)...this is hands down THE BEST cab i have ever tried (and i have tried quite a few) and i want another one now lol. it's just an amazing animal and made all my heads sound better than they ever did!!

RGN...the yellow strat i have had for a few years now it's a real fender not a warmoth, i just put a warmoth guard on it and new pickups in it today...that's the 4th guard and 6th set of pickups for that guitar and i think i got it right this time lol.

however i did get another guitar today i didn't post about in a trade lol...today was gear day for me! :headbang:

-Mike