As requested: ENGL Savage only guitars

Dude, not everyone here likes the 5150 (e.g. me :D Well that's not true, I like it, but I prefer it modded and blended, usually with a Rectifier)
 
I bought a Savage 60 for 600€

I'm not saying, the Savage 60 is a bad amp (I had one, too - modded by Peter Diezel. Sold it to Sneapster "FunkyAnimal") - but the 60 is not even close to his "bigger brother". Actually I would say the only similarity of the two is the name :)

If you want to come close to the Savage-sound without spending a shitload of money I would suggest checking out the ENGL Rackhead 860. It's a full amp in the normal ENGL Poweramp rack-housing (IMHO the 860 preamp is pretty similar to the Savage-pre. Either that OR it's similar to the Blackmore-Amp - I can't remember). I had the Rackhead, too and I really loved it - I loved it so much that I consider buying another one. They go for about 500-600€ on ebay.
 
I'm not saying, the Savage 60 is a bad amp (I had one, too - modded by Peter Diezel. Sold it to Sneapster "FunkyAnimal") - but the 60 is not even close to his "bigger brother". Actually I would say the only similarity of the two is the name :)

I agree with you but it's not so bad. I thought it was "decent" until I found my last settings and actually it sounds very good (I think)...good but different from the savage 120.

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/...302-tone-comparison-guess-amp-marcus-dis.html
 
Have to say this sounds a little overgained when it's not in the mix, but still very fat and chunky.

Savage is a really dry amp,so if you set the gain at 12o'clock it sounds undergained that a 5150 with the gain at 12.
Actually I have the first gain at 12-1o'clock and the Lead gain at 3-4 o'clock and it adds lot of body to the sound.
In fact, if you look these brutal Fredman's settings:
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/47/l_39f97ef18e9945e8bb480ee16c776c01.jpg