ENGL Powerball Settings

[Dlimi]

I really like the powerball, it has a very tight and responsive sound and that is one thing i value very much when it comes to guitaramps. It suits my playingstyle very well.

On our latest albumd (Rise to dominate) we used my PB and i like the way it turned out.

Listen to the song "Living Sin"... it's all Powerball used on a slanted Engl Std cab.
http://www.aeon666.com/_FileArea/sounds/AEON-Living_Sin.mp3

 

[-|- Astaroth -|-]

Hellcome Daniel! Sounds good. I realy like this album. Hail Aeon!

 

[awr]

Track one in the player (viraetas) is poweball left and 6505 right. I agree 6505 kills PB It has that agressive edge which I like(sadly I am owner of PB)but then again I don't think 6505 can do fluid massive saturated tone like PB can!

 

[IW_core_trash]

Hey i got an engl powerball head, and i like the tone but i think i would be good to have kind of a disto booster just to add a little distorsion to the sound, if you see what i mean. do u think a tube screamer would help?
What´s more i saw that people gave their settings but i dont really understand why they only put the gain on 3 ? a guy asked settings to get a Killswitch tone and you told him to put the gain on 3 ? isn´t it strange?

 

[The Unavoidable]

WOW!
Sign me up as an ""unprofessional" n00b" then..

I LOVE the powerball, it's tight and answers perfectly to my guitarplaying. It sounds amazing in the studio aswell! And boosting it doesn't add anything good for my taste.

Ofcourse it's your right to have your own opinion.

Black Reign motherfucker!


IW_core_trash: Try it with a TS, it might work. Some people have used a TS with a Savage or a Fireball and gotten great results, so I'd say it's possible. As for the gain, maybe they mean 3 o clock?

 

[Torniojaws]

As for the gain, maybe they mean 3 o clock?

The Powerball has a ridiculous amount of gain. In fact, too much, as it makes the tone too soft/smooth at high levels of gain (when you go over 5 (12 o'clock) on the gain). Putting the gain to 3 o'clock would be plain stupidity for anything, including leads Especially when multitracking.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Hey i got an engl powerball head, and i like the tone but i think i would be good to have kind of a disto booster just to add a little distorsion to the sound, if you see what i mean. do u think a tube screamer would help?
What´s more i saw that people gave their settings but i dont really understand why they only put the gain on 3 ? a guy asked settings to get a Killswitch tone and you told him to put the gain on 3 ? isn´t it strange?

are you sure you're not using the clean channel by accident?
in channel 3 and 4 gain on 3 (10:00) is almost too much already for anything....and you want to add a TS for DISTORTION?

honestly not trying to be a dick, but are you 100% sure you're on the distortion channel?

 

[lekteri]

I had powerball.
Traded it to mesa single rectifier.
I traded mesa to Framus Dragon.

Now i have Powerball again. It just sounds better.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I had powerball.
Traded it to mesa single rectifier.
I traded mesa to Framus Dragon.

Now i have Powerball again. It just sounds better.

clips?

 

[SkybluestudiosBEN]

Scar Symmetry Pitch Black Progress was a fireball with two Marshall cabs with a 57 ON AXIS through AMEK PUREPATH.......Anyone have anything bad to say about the fireball? Or we just hating on the PB at the moment?

 

[barricade]

hitting on the PB ... i recorded the fireball and it was nicee ...

Here is a link from a guys studio... and i think he records almost everything on powerball through a custom cab...

www.dbrecordings.com

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

Despite the similar naming schemes and visual aesthetics, the Fireball and Powerball sound quite different

 

[Dylan S]

Hey i got an engl powerball head, and i like the tone but i think i would be good to have kind of a disto booster just to add a little distorsion to the sound, if you see what i mean. do u think a tube screamer would help?
What´s more i saw that people gave their settings but i dont really understand why they only put the gain on 3 ? a guy asked settings to get a Killswitch tone and you told him to put the gain on 3 ? isn´t it strange?

Umm,

The Powerball is the only amp I've ever played death metal on that actually sounds WORSE with a boost than without a boost. It is a very tight amp with a stack of gain on tap and a boost just makes things sound far too wet...even when turning the gain on the amp down A LOT.

I played one through a Marshall 1960a cab and an ENGL XXL cabinet and while it was ok through the Marshall, it still wasn't that great through either of them.

My band uses dual rectifiers and a peavey 6505+ right now, and in my opinion, the powerball atands absolutely NO chance against these two amps, both in a live environment and a recording environment.

For tech death I'm sure it could work quite well because it is a really tight sounding amp (and very sterile), but why go with the powerball for tech death when you can go with something that sounds better anyway, like a fireball, savage, invader 100, VHT, etc.

 

[Dylan S]

I really like the powerball, it has a very tight and responsive sound and that is one thing i value very much when it comes to guitaramps. It suits my playingstyle very well.

On our latest albumd (Rise to dominate) we used my PB and i like the way it turned out.

Listen to the song "Living Sin"... it's all Powerball used on a slanted Engl Std cab.
http://www.aeon666.com/_FileArea/sounds/AEON-Living_Sin.mp3

This song is fucking awesome by the way. The singer reminds me a lot of Dallas from Nile and the playing is fantastic.

 

[lekteri]

I just got to post this shit.
Schecter Blackjack C-7(Lundgren M7) - Powerball Soft Lead channell.
http://liquorworks.wippiespace.com/mp3/demo/Moist Computer.mp3

the settings.
Gain 10.00 - Bass 14.00 - Mid Open 12.00 - Treble 13.00 - Presence 14.00 - Punch 14.00.

 

[Ascendant]

I just got to post this shit.
Schecter Blackjack C-7(Lundgren M7) - Powerball Soft Lead channell.
http://liquorworks.wippiespace.com/mp3/demo/Moist Computer.mp3

the settings.
Gain 10.00 - Bass 14.00 - Mid Open 12.00 - Treble 13.00 - Presence 14.00 - Punch 14.00.

I must say that does sound delicious, but I am a sucker for ENGL. Do you know what cab(s) were used? Micing?

 

[Bekanor]

Power button set to "Off".

 

[lekteri]

I must say that does sound delicious, but I am a sucker for ENGL. Do you know what cab(s) were used? Micing?

Engl Standard cab with replaced speakers(V30).
Shure SM57 at the edge of the center cone.
Power was at the "On" position.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Power button set to "Off".

I resisted to say exactly that....I knew eventually someone would say it

 

[lekteri]

I resisted to say exactly that....I knew eventually someone would say it

What?! That tone was crushing!