All Things ENGL!

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la szum said:
Immediately went for some Crunchy JCM800 tones, and then some Chugging Mesa Mark
tones, and the Amp was all, "You will never love me for who I truly am if you keep up that
kind of bullshit." :hmm


:rofl
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I loved mine so much back in the day. The only reason I can absolve moving it is because I traded it straight across for my first mark V lol.

Here’s a terrible 15 year old clip of mine lol
 
My Holy Trinity Of Amp Tones:

60s Fender (Super, Bassman, Tremolux, Vibrolux--all good)
70s-80s Marshall (JCM800, 1987x, 2203/2204---all good)
90s-Present Mesa Boogie (Mark IV-V)

On every multi-channel amp I have ever owned I aim for those core tones,
or reasonable facsimiles of them.

Once I stopped going for those and let the Engl be the Engl I made much
more satisfying progress dialing it in. :chef

We'll see if I keep it, or I swap it for a Savage.... or Artist.... or Axe-Fx III. :LOL:
 
spawnofthesith said:
I loved mine so much back in the day. The only reason I can absolve moving it is because I traded it straight across for my first mark V lol.

Here’s a terrible 15 year old clip of mine lol
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Sweet! I think you done good. :beer

What is funny is one of my first thoughts after firing it up was,
"This is not as immediately gratifying as the Mark V." :unsure:

But I have had Marks for years and the V is damn near a perfect
amp. For me.

I need to give the Morse a fair shake, and try it with some non-V30
cabs---which with a band live can be great, but within 15 minutes
alone just crater my ears. :brick
 
The Lo/Hi Mid thing is genius! :chef

Switchable Master Volumes. Fuck yeah! :banana


Dual FX Loops with variable Dry-Thru. :pickle


There is a lot of terrain to get familiar with here.

I'll be throwing some sweet-ass FX in the loops tomorrow for sure. :headbang
 
la szum said:
My Holy Trinity Of Amp Tones:

60s Fender (Super, Bassman, Tremolux, Vibrolux--all good)
70s-80s Marshall (JCM800, 1987x, 2203/2204---all good)
90s-Present Mesa Boogie (Mark IV-V)

On every multi-channel amp I have ever owned I aim for those core tones,
or reasonable facsimiles of them.

Once I stopped going for those and let the Engl be the Engl I made much
more satisfying progress dialing it in. :chef

We'll see if I keep it, or I swap it for a Savage.... or Artist.... or Axe-Fx III. :LOL:
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If that's the case, if you always aim for those kind of tones then you'll sell it and I totally understand that.

You can love that amp for what it does because I bet it does that really good, but in the end tools are made to do what we need them to do.
 
la szum said:
It is a little more murky in the Mids than a Mark or 800. I am wrestling with that right now.

Gonna give it a tissue and ask it to blow its nose in a second. […]
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Yes, compared to the other ENGL amps, the Morse seems to be much smoother overall and more congested in the mids. I've never played one myself, but I can clearly hear it in all the YouTube videos I've seen about it. You don't seem to have really warmed to it yet and I would be very sorry if it turned out to be the wrong choice for you. But when I look at your list of favourite sounds, I get the impression that the Artist Edition or Savage Mk II are much more in line with your personal taste.
 
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A good buddy of mine had a Fireball 60W and matching 2x12 cab a long while ago when I was in high-school. Everytime I heard that amp I thought it was the greatest thing ever. Fast-forward a good deal of years, I've had the chance to revisit that setup myself but I no longer enjoyed it as much. Still a great amp though.
I also had an Ironball 20W head for about 1 year or so and couldn't jive with it. The preamp was way too crazy & the EL84 power-section sucked big hairy b@llz.
 
TheTrueZoltan! said:
Yes, compared to the other ENGL amps, the Morse seems to be much smoother overall and more congested in the mids. I've never played one myself, but I can clearly hear it in all the YouTube videos I've seen about it. You don't seem to have really warmed to it yet and I would be very sorry if it turned out to be the wrong choice for you. But when I look at your list of favourite sounds, I get the impression that the Artist Edition or Savage Mk II are much more in line with your personal taste.
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My dilemma is I can't afford to purchase 3 amps and have them here so I can
determine which one to keep. :(


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The Morse is also not as fast and immediate as the Savage Model on the Fractal. Apples to
oranges and all that.

Part of my thirst for wanting to get an Engl amp was that immediacy. An Anti-Sag Machine. :chef
 
Get amp. Play amp. Amp just makes you love what you already have and love. :brick

Kind of feel like I cheated on my wife now, and I am not even married. :rofl
 
la szum said:
Immediately went for some Crunchy JCM800 tones, and then some Chugging Mesa Mark
tones, and the Amp was all, "You will never love me for who I truly am if you keep up that
kind of bullshit." :hmm


:rofl
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Our name is legion, for we are many. :)
 
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