what you think about ENGL amps

[greyskull]

I think,
Where are the mids?

 

[awr]

your clips sound very good indeed.what settings did you use on powerball,if you remember.

 

[SoundSpiral]

Powerball is just tricky to dial but it can sound very impressive in the right hands.
But if you are after the MH sound, get a 5150

 

[Djabthrash]

I love ENGL amps but you can't go wrong with the 5150 for a Machine Head type of tone.

Keep in mind your tone also depends on the rest of your rig (fingers/picks/strings/guitar/pickups - Boost Pedal - post-EQ - Cab / Speakers).

This weekend a friend of mine tried his 5150 with an ENGL V30 cab, then Mesa Rectifier V30 cab and finally Krank Eminence cab. The tone was very different from one to another.

 

[nwright]

You'd have to do a substantial mod to a 5150 to get it to take EL34's.

I've owned 2 5150's and a 6505...They are the same amp, different stock tubes depending on when they were manufactured.

 

[nwright]

I tried with engl 4x12 cab with v30 celestions in it.tried different presence settings:everything from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock.It does sound good,but somewhat not agressive,i would say massive and fat,but lacking that MH bite and clarity maybe!

which is ironic because it was a 5150 and a Boss SD-1.

Also, on the last couple MH CD's (he even makes a comment about this in the TTAOE DVD), Robb has said they layer in a Line 6 Flextone II HD.