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Do I want a 100W Ritchie Blackmore...
Or do I want a 50W Artist Edition...
Or do I want to remain married, sleep at night, etc.
What did you get? I am counting on you to keep breathing life into this thread.
All Things ENGL!
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What did you get? I am counting on you to keep breathing life into this thread.
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As I was just telling JiveTurkey, I wussed out.What did you get? I am counting on you to keep breathing life into this thread.
I kept telling myself, "I know I'll love this amp because I love playing the QC captures so much!" Thus reminding myself that I could just play the QC captures. :/
And yes, I imagine we were looking at the very same amp(s): an $1170 Blackmore on SW Gear Exchange, and a $1200 Artist 50W on Guitar Center? The former was what I was leaning toward, and naturally some promotion expired last night and the price jumped to $1300. And now that my brain has fixated on $1100 and change, I can't spend a penny more. That's just science LOL.
P.S. If you really want to keep breathing life into this thread, I'll ask again in earnest: What would you guys go with given the choice? A 100W Ritchie Blackmore, or a 50W Artist Edition. And why?
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Seeing as I can count my new amps on zero hands, I suspect you're talking to the wrong guy.
MatrixClaw
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Personally, I'd get the Artist, just because it's the newer amp and I never hear anyone talk about the Blackmore anymore
TheTrueZoltan!
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Buy the Blackmore! Then I don't have to feel so bad and envious because you have an Artist Edition and I don't.Getting more and more pregnant-er by the hour.
Those new Modded Marshalls are sounding sweet,
but not German enough for me at the moment.
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But I talk about the Blackmore (and by extension the Savage?) all the time.Personally, I'd get the Artist, just because it's the newer amp and I never hear anyone talk about the Blackmore anymore
If only because I dig the captures I've heard. But the problem with making decisions based on some black box capture named "ENGL Blackmore #5" for instance, is that you might find out after the fact that the chain you liked had three overdrives stacked in front of it.Anyway, I do kind of suspect the Artist might be more reliable, given whatever advances ENGL had made in manufacturing over the years. Or maybe not.
I assume 50W means less $$$ into power tubes when the time comes, and what would I do with 100W anyway? Will have to do some research as to what their respective voicings are meant to target (in terms of British vs. US, etc..)
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greatmutah
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I kind of want a Blackmore. Then I can take it to my buddy Dave’s place and run it with him and his Artist. And produce even more glorious tones in his basement studio.
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Report back! :)
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Personally, I'd get the Artist, just because it's the newer amp and I never hear anyone talk about the Blackmore anymore
Man, you guys have my head spinning more than it already was.
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JerEvil
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Yeah man I REALLY like the Engl Smolski. The Crunch channel is actually quite good. All 4 channels are useful. I need to do a good demo of it. The Savage 60 MKII is also quite good. Much better than I remember the MKI being. I kinda hated the MKI but when this MKII came up for a stupid deal I gave it a go. Pleasantly surprised.
Maybe I’ll do a channel to channel shootout.
TheTrueZoltan!
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Very cool! I haven‘t tried the Smolski yet. Looks like it could be based on the Poweball II.
HotRats
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I am smitten. That super dry, tight, percussive thing is a thing.
Any real world experience out there? Lovers? Haters? Mehers?
I had a Fireball 60 once upon a time and it kind of did nothing
for me. Traded it straight up for a Fryette Deliverance 60.
Been mucking about with the Engl Models on the Fractal and
really dig the Savage.
Thoughts? Experiences? Thanks!
Had a Powerball II with the big foot switch (z something) for some time and honestly I loved almost everything about that amp.
Had also an engl 4x12 with V30 in the same period.
Ch3 was absolutely awesome when played live with my band and I will never forget how satisfying palm muting was.
Sold the head only because I felt the need to go back to marshall.
My band mate had a Retro Tube head for few months and that was a cool amp too.
Played a Savage for one night jamming with a band I was auditioning and that amp impressed me a lot.
Definitely love the brand.
