Engl owners-question
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yup I use a BBE Green Screamer in front of mine. I had a Maxon OD808 and didn't really like it in front of the Invader.. sold it for a massive loss and bought the Green Screamer instead, which is sweet because it comes with its own power adapter and sounds better. The OD808 always added fizz to the tone that couldn't be dialed out and totally killed all the bass basically no matter how you set it, whereas the BBE lets me dial in exactly the tone I want.. it lets me back way off on the gain and gives me the crunchy, punchy & incredibly gainy sound I've always dreamed about 
i love different od pedals. i may try a green screamer, maybe throw it on my account at the local store haha
James-Doolan
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Fuck it i think il do a blind test with my powerball and od808 later and see which one you guys like best
Torniojaws
They call me Juha
Never ever use an OD pedal in front of Powerball. It will only worsen the sound, since the amp already has a helluva lot of boost within it. That is one of the reasons why I think many people don't like the amp - they slap an OD pedal in front because "that's what you do with amps", and then wonder why it sounds like shit Trust me, the Powerball always sounds better without OD. If you want to control the bass, throw an EQ pedal into the FX loop.
Trust me, the Powerball always sounds better without OD. If you want to control the bass, throw an EQ pedal into the FX loop.
hoehlentroll
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Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
slashvanyoung
Dopefish lives!
No need for a TS in front of my Fireball. If you stay away from the deep-switch, the amp is already tight as can be.
No need for extra gain at all. I play a powerball and I have it at 50 percent gain on my lead channel and it is more than enough. I throw an eq pedal on there and then a decimator to compensate for the poor design of the noise gate of the V.1 powerball but the tone slays the shit out of any Dual Rectifier or 6505. The only heads I would probably prefer if money wasn't an object would be the Engl savage, Engl SE, and Diezel Herbert.
Chryst Krispies
Vanilla Gorilla
hoehlentroll
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lol. I had the same thought on my mind. anyone ever used a pod xt in fx-loop just for delay, reverb ...
does that work?
wickedsensation
Rapeologist
Most modern, high-gain amps like Bogner's, Diezel's, and ENGL's just don't need boost pedals because there's a little knob on the side of the amp that controls the, uh, amount of GAIN. WHOA! It's like magic!
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Godammit, here we go again - the common use of a Tube Screamer-type pedal for high gain stuff is not for any gain boost, but rather for the filtering effect it has on the tone, (desirably) thinning out the lows to tame the woof/mud.
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/production-tips/346068-tube-screamer-faq-version-1-a.html
Read and learn!
With that said, though, I'm sure there would be some amps that would be tight enough that they wouldn't need that thinning (and it might even be detrimental), and I can believe Engls would be some of them.
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/production-tips/346068-tube-screamer-faq-version-1-a.html
Read and learn!
With that said, though, I'm sure there would be some amps that would be tight enough that they wouldn't need that thinning (and it might even be detrimental), and I can believe Engls would be some of them.
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