All user reviews for the ENGL E645 PowerBall Head

- 4 amp 100 watts lamp so
- Possibility to connect 4 2x8 8 or 16 ohms.
- 4 channels (clear crunch, low gain, high gain) 2 master
- A button to open Focused to accentuate the midrange
- Buttons to boost the bass on channel saturated
- Button punch that adds depth to the sound of the outline in general (also excellent)
- An effects loop (I do not use)
- Noise gate enough (very effective)
- Entry and pedal footswicht noon (Engl Z5 to buy more, which only works with the Powerball what a joke)

So I put 9 because the characteristics for an amp head compatible with a single pedal not included I think it's a bit of foutage of mouth.

UTILIZATION

- Configuration is very simple (though it must have pedals to use two masters of the head)
- The manual is very clear and personal in English There's not even need to read if you have a little logic.
- By against me it's been years that I hack the channel add dynamic effects in the loop to get the sound I'm looking for but the head is not suitable for what I want, but having said that it sounds anyway.
- But it would nice to include a knob on the pedal that activates or bypass effects loop

SOUNDS

- I mainly play extreme metal and technical, very fast with a lot of shred
- I would say it is more or less adapted to the style of music I do, I also play a little different style. But now that it's been several years since I use it I can say mostly its flaws and strengths.
- I used to repeat a lot for my recording projects or for certain groups, so I could test it several guitars: LTD Ninja 600, Gibson Les Paul, Jackson ...
- The clean channel is really a highlight of the amp is on I never saw a clean amp to have as nice and clean, I often used my head for recordings of group I did for passages in his clean compared to peavey amps, orange ... For this specific sound.
- The crunch channel is pretty good but I confess that this is not the one I most try so I let the experts répondrent for me.
- Take the distos at the very beginning that I had my amp I found the huge gain but as the years and I realized that this was the kind of gain I'm looking for it there is too much gain and it is not always easy to have a precise and clear as it tends to drool over and have his limits a little dull because the bass is not always obvious to manage the highs are extremely difficult Drilling and if they are pushed too quickly the sound gets dirty.

In short, the distortion sounds very fat, but lack of precision, I would say that in the end this amp fits well with certain style of metal (more rock metal against by not extreme) but is still done more for rock.
- The channel hi lead has the same sound with more gain, but also lacks precision.

OVERALL OPINION

- It's going to be 4 years it seems to me that I
- To date I have used different model as a Peavey 5150 II and 6505, Krankenstein Krank, Mesa Boogie Dual and Triple Rectifier, Engl Savage 120.
- The characteristic of this amp is the clean sound of distortion is cool but not accurate enough for the style I do. For the distortion and lack of precision bin I always had trouble getting a clean, accurate sound with the head either in recording or in groups.
- The value for money is still very good when you see the price of some heads.
- To this day I will not repeat that choice right now I sell my kit for ENGL send me to the mesa boogie that corresponds more to what I want.

Head lamp 100w, 4x6L6.
For more details see the reviews on the site or previous Engl.

UTILIZATION

Operation is very simple. One alum, allowed to heat up, you plug, you can play, Trifouille settings and go. Simple Simple Simple.
For awesome sound there are the traditional knobs (bass, mid, treble), there are switch (bright, bottom), at the power stage was the presence and resonance.
For this to be silent as we stop playing, there is a built-in noise gate (set back). The manual is clear is read in 2 minutes.

SOUNDS

Yes, it's versatile, it can make sounds clear, blah blah blah ... but as well ... it was designed to make a big sound metal. And possibly the best.
Well that's it!

Logaina channel, gain a donf is the base for the riffs thrash, death metal and all confused. The gain is great, it is intense, brilliant dynamics, it is clear and bold.

The HiGain, goes one step further. It's a bit more compressed. It is perfect for solos. If you like playing very saturated (like me, hehe) you can also play it to the rhythmic, it works very well too. Logaina but is fine with me.

The knobs bass, mid and treble are of average efficiency, ie better than Marshall but less than Diezel or Mesa. It's too bad ... but not serious ... because the "voicing" of the Powerball is very well at the base. It sounds ideal for group play. In studio or at a low volume at home, we would like to dig more mediums for a darker sound. But by repeating this proves innefficace and the sound of the guitar would be lost in the brouaha. The knobs bass, mid and treble can then put the basic sound to his liking without really fundamentally change. By using the switch settings and the presence and resonance can go a little further. It's not going from white to black but light gray to dark gray (it remains gray). Is that clear?

Speaking of clear ... the sound is clear. Difficult for me to say more, am not an expert clear sound.

By comparison, this is what my ears tell me:

Powerball vs Dual Rectifier: The Engl has more gain, more sustain. Low of Engl more defined, those of the Mesa drool a little

Powerball vs. Peavey 6505: The Engl has more gain, a tighter grain, more bass available. The 6505 has a grain more "rough" and the tone knobs on strike.

Powerball vs Laboga Mr. Hector gain level; is worth ca. The Engl is more dynamic, the sound is more alive. Mr Hector is too compressed, narrow limits.

Powerball vs Invader 150: oula! A fight familly! This is especially the power tubes that make the difference against 6L6 EL34. The Powerball has more reserves at the low

OVERALL OPINION

It's been 3 years that I have.

I return to the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, where I tested everything (on Friday morning as there was still a semblance of calm). Well, five years after its release, the Powerball is for me still the best metal head! Na! .... Except ... Diezel Herbert's! (see me)
Although Diezel him a little shade ... its grain and character are clean I would not part with it! And if it snaps, I buy a replacement!

I sagit the amplifier by a 100W lamp (a bit too much but would stay again APRS), with a guitar input, an effects loop with adjustable mix, 5 inputs for cable jack Stereo, 5-pin taken pdalier ENGL Z-5, and 2 footswitch input jack (Z-4 or equivalent).

2 qualisation band, one for clean sounds and crunchy, the other for 2 saturation, gain common to each channel (the bright and crunch together, saturax together).

Intgre noise gate (although I do not serve, very good initiative), SETTING THE depth (boost low frequencies) and the SETTING THE prsence (boost of acute frquences ).

Can also have two masters Whereas the volumes and patterns Open / Focused. Apart from that a little touch as the bottom and bright.

Also a curiosities that I had never seen, are the mid spar on acute lead and spar are the clean channel, which allows an abortion trebble diffrent canal clean and crunch, why not ...

UTILIZATION

So the returns are in things srieuses, it's less boring than argler rectouf is on but I am not people who think that "turn the knobs and the sound is." I searched for two hours to find the sounds that I falait saturated (even if it's true, it sounds without breaking the head too, but I find it a shame not to dig question about an amp of this quality. And even for clean sounds. In short, as would a post below, it is less than prcis mesa, but it is not marshall either.

The few small points in a little dstabilisant beginners (such as medium indpendant 2) is infact rvle subsequently be a key asset of this amp, have very quickly s'acoutume such a small particularity but are ultimately very very well think (eg med boosster the canal hi to lead out of the mix during the solo's). And then it changes a little, ca force has widened a bit mninges.

I have not even read the manual, but I speak English, but in the overall bte glaring simplicity (no word barbarian, have became very quickly the impact of DIFFERENT mini switch the sound, etc. ...).

SOUNDS

The heart of the matter, for many the dcrire bte, I'll Retailer sound channel by channel.

But first I wish prciser one thing: the head is ultra polivalente, people tend to forget too quickly that the lamp and that consquent, the head ragis normment him a guitar What goes into it. If you give a damn in the strat tooth ca sound at all like a jackson. At that moment, buy a pod.

The test is against it with a jackson DK2M couraging.

clear channel: From micro to the guitar in the bridge position, have achieved a sound audible was not very honest, most "cassenoreille" than anything else (it's here that could see the interest of trebble ind during). But, in a intermdiaire (the Seymour split), the have a clear sound of a beauty that I had never seen a amp called "hi-gain", I was litt generally bluff ca recess is not a twin fender bassman or a small, but very very much playable, easy to get it have a good range of his passing by jhon mayer / SRV / Jimi Hendrix / noise DSIR, all rock / blues and even funk going well according to the adopted qualisation DLIC. in the neck position and Tone knobs to 0, is the hardcore jazz (yes! with Jackson), the sound is velvety very deep, very hot (yes), again, c is a real cream, everything goes, Birel / Joe Pass / Wes Montgomery, a good clean sound on the bed in any case.

Canal crunch: crunch channel is in the same vein as the first because it sagit neither more nor less of the same but with an increase significativ gain. By the cons, the bridge pickup is very usable, were released without a problem agrssif crunch has AC / DC and the saturation level of small trip allows dja deep purple, I personally prfre play with a gain MODR leaving the spotlight on lead channel. middle position is super bluesy, if have not see the mouth of the amp, I assure you What would not say a "hi-gain". in the neck position with the Tone down, have found a typical sound of the 50s to the Chet Atkins (saturation in its natural clean) as I recall, the amps Ragit beautifully to changing guitar as microphone, the gain is a damn good from the neck pickup and bridge pickup is seen here that the interest to have two.

Lead channel 1 (or low lead): Then, it dja war. Here are flattened understand the "hi-gain" assigned. Gain level, the first channel has nothing to envy to the next, it possde gain an almost similar but slightly differ grain. the neck pickup plays vritablement "at home", the gain set to 4 or 5 dja amply sufficient for any type of mtal extreme, the most nags sometimes push the knobs to 7 or 8 but which is Thunderer is that it is beautifully clean, very prcis. And have obtained very quickly sounds very trashy / H & C / death have therefore requires Lamb Of God / Hatebreed / metallica / gojira / machine head. For my part I think all types of mtal are playable on it (all dpend positioning of mini-switch). intermediate position, rather to have the apprciera On a more rock, fell a little gain (2 or 3, more than enough do not worry), and is ecstasy, personal j 'I love typing standarts radio-head in this configuration with a Start (ca sound better now with single-coil or double then split as what I do with Jackson in this test). all types of rock are affordable Alter Bridge / radio head / phone / black DSIR / matmatha etc ... etc ...
The neck pickup? is it useful relement on this channel? remark, a small steeve vai / satriani, it sounds not so bad with this configuration. I want to emphasize that the bass is HUGE.

channel 2 (or hi-lead): this channel is slightly DIFFERENT channel low-lead simply by its texture, the sound could have had my taste is more typical mesa, more modern, "full". Again, make a double bobignage carnage litrralement in size and piece everything in their way but the other type of split are also quite usable. Personally, I n essence of this channel is used for solos, I find it less suited to the rhythm that is omologue.

Open Mode / Focused also plays heavily on sound, a "ettouffe" a little sound while the other is the resort a "saucepan" very very powerful.

the small BMOL is therefore in the clear with a neck pickup with a lot of pattate (SH4 home seymour). The benefits, I find them everywhere else, just know how to use properly. I would not make a correct comparison with such as THIS IS EXCELLENT here as an amp, but that does not play at all in the same register of the ENGL sound also use clean and be understood (SYSTEM switch to asser dconcertant beginners).

OVERALL OPINION

I use this amp for some weeks, I would, therefore, if my words or my tastes have changed since apprciate is an extremely Polivalente amps, just not a transistor, if you hook up a skyscraper to nag with EMG 81, forcment, it will not be an example of Polivalente. He's an EXCELLENT (you have to like), but this is subjective, I know that most of the time, people either love ENGL grain or grain PEAVEY (5150, yum: p) or the sound MESA, c is a matter of taste, but there is no level reliability was shit, it xlent.

Before buying it, I SSAI's Peavey (who had also much more damage than the clean sound is so lousy), the mesa (the rectouf, inescapable, an F30 and an MK IV) also the VHT (I really aprcier but I did not feel the courage to tame a 1 channel amp), the fireball from home ENGL (gain common clean channel and lead to ... all of this has VHT the moment, but that said, xlent 60W amps and much more exploitable) Bogner (extasy. EXCELLENT .. but hey ...), 4000 Krank, Marshall (The series of vieu TSL100 and DSL , shit in a box, the good is better now as they marshall vieu fesaient a great era), Brunetti (also EXCELLENT) and the fender. recess, some mark would go forward if my budget had allowed (or VHT Bogner) ENGL but this is a real bomb, I am fully satisfied, I do not doubt that he also silent as well by taking it (although I had before lomgement SSAI). 1620 at my dealer for the service and everything, I find the report priox EXCELLENT quality, certe ca REPRESENTATIVES an investment, but the long term and will not sell ca 200 has a computer What was 2 years.

I play it with a baffle in Benton Harley-V30 (I know ... but hey ca dpanne, and that's not bad I think) and I would do without this choice hsiter.

NB: I prcise for the purchase of an amp of this price, do not rely solely on advice post here, go SSAI this amp, it's not because he likes us as you please .
Good itches, William.

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UTILIZATION

Extrment use simple, EXCEPT middles Focused / open, you do not understand the beginners ... but the end adore you! Having a clean and crunch trebble trs and well thought out too, adfonce even though most people who use this amp does not even know it can sound out in clear or crunch ^ ^ Intgr the noise gate is once again well thought out but is not forcment of excellent quality ... it is also unfortunate that the effects loop is not switchable ... However, with the pdalier "Contour / Reverb" is simply Intgr gnial! Usage is srement the largest default of the amp ... srement and only by the same occasion!

SOUNDS

Bon ben big fans of his, you will be served! It returns the guts in the bass, treble in any adchire BUT ... it is always clear and prcis. Good agreement for large trucks, super fast riffs in the bass prcis fingers across the handle, or cheveuls solos (with switches on the reverb) sound is just perfect ... However the clean sound a little crunch, crunch and not enough! Too bad! But at the same time, it is not to be a achte the head ... I must be one of the 10 people on land use channels 1 and 2 of this amp ^ ^ Going back what we INTERESTED, the distortion is terrible ... carrment VHT one can do better!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about a month, every day I m'merveille thanks to channels 3 and 4 by the quality of its sound palette and they offer me, every day I am satisfied over in addition to its clear (with a few good effects sr). Of course, about 1800 in stores and over 1,500 internet is not given everyone, but the report qualitprix Relva of the imagination, the amp is hand made! (Given that the major brands like Gibson and PRS do more than manufacture the string, while their prices are steadily increasing) Mesa should get to trade lgos, VHT wonder questions, the wave reaches the northeast, ENGL, Laboga & Cie dbarquent! I would do if this choice? Although sr yes! Even if Mr Hector home Laboga hsiter made me, I would resume the Powerball ...

Engl is a German company that has a distinct German metal tone in their amps. These amps are build pretty much for metal players and hard rock guitar guys. These amps say they are versatile but the voicing within these amps are without a doubt metal. They are very good at what they do though and the construction of them in phenomenal.

This amp has four channle of metal power. They have a good clean tone but nothing Fender would ever make. There crunch channels are excellent and can get a decent mild rock tone. However, this amp lives in the high gain modes.

UTILIZATION

Technical specifications:

Preamp:
4 channels: Clean, Crunch, Low Gain Lead, High Gain Lead, 2 Bright/Bottom switches, Extra Crunch Treble
control, 2 EQs, each 4 band, one for channel 1/2, one for channel. Volume controls for each channel. 4 x ECC83 preamp tubes

Master Section:
100 watts (1 x ECC 83, 4 x 6L6GC power amp tubes), Master A/B, Presence, Depth Punch controls.

Outputs:
Integrated Noise Gate for high gain channels, threshold control, fx loop control (parallel to serial), 2 x Z-4 or Custom Z-5 footswitch ports, Speaker Outs (2 x 4, 2 x 8,
1 x 16 Ohms).

Dimensions & Weight:
71 x 27 x 27cm, 20 kg

SOUNDS

The tone of this amp is pretty good for metal guys tastes. They excel at drop tunings and lower tuned guitars. They have a great bottom and chunk that makes it easy to get a warm thick tone. These amps by nature are very thick and fat sounding. You can get a heavy chugga chugga type rhythm with ease with this amp.

This amp excels with guitars with humbucker pickups installed. Sure a Fender Stratocaster will work too but this thing was meant to be set ablaze and a single coil guitar simply will not go low and angry.

OVERALL OPINION

At new these amps come in at around $2100, which isn't a bad price for a high quality four channel amplifier. You can cover a good amount of tonal ground with this amp but it really leans towards the metal side of music.

I would recommend this amp to a metal and not a blues player. This is fitting for the player that has dropped tuned guitar and angry playing style.

amp 6L6GC small lights (4) and ECC83 in preamp (4)
100w
limited connectivity sufficient ms
parallel effects loop

a passage in KT88 or EL34 (by a pro) I think very little to be worth having

UTILIZATION

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SOUNDS

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Post review

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OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 days I tried many other tube amps and an amp c solo (something that requires the definition) for me or (and) a receiver for extreme style with a clear sound yours truly the road. potential defects that are m'apparaise rather dark tone a little hi fi and the lack of extreme versatility ms with a good esp with emg (for OCCAZ I will test out the home duncan blackouts that need to marry well with the grain ) I think that normal c ave other scrapes should be able to get something warmer and varied ms c attention nor a marshall or a boogie this brand has its own identity and its very said, potential relatively limited (it makes little jazz or bluegrass ave it at the base) ms territory Action extremely good

The ENGL Powerball is an extreme metal quasi-four channel amp that's meant to deliver overall brutality with no holding back. It features multiple mini switches to adjust the tone, an effects loop and a noise gate. The features are a bit slim compared to other ENGLs, but the amp was meant to be more of a "go out and play" amp versus a super versatile "do anything" amp that the other series are.

UTILIZATION

The way the ENGL laid everything out isn't bad, but I wish they made a few more features footswitchable. I also wish that every channel was fully independent. Earlier, I said the amp is a "quasi-four channel amp." It's a four channel amp in the sense that it has different volumes per channel. However, the channel EQs are shared, for the most part. There are some that have independent controls like the treble for the clean/crunch and mid open/mid focus, but it's still really a two channel amp more than a four channel.

SOUNDS

The sound of this amp is a bit lacking compared to the other ENGL amps out there. I find it to sound huge, but it's kinda woofy sounding at times. The noise gate definitely needs to be on all the time as this thing has TONS of gain. It doesn't take pedals too well, the clean is average, midgain tones are alright, and lead tones aren't too bad. Rhythm tones are pretty good, but recording them always seemed a bit of a challenge for whatever reason.

OVERALL OPINION

Since the ENGL Powerball II came out, I can't really recommend this amplifier anymore. That said, if you have one, it's still a pretty good metal amp. Don't expect to take it out to your next jazz gig, but it should be able to deliver the goods when it comes to brutal metal.

- 100W lamps 4 6L6

- Connectors:
* Effects loop
* Input
* Among speakers
* Footswitch

- Effects: no rverb
on the other hand noisegate intgr AND effective.

- 4 channels spars as follows:
* Clean channel with equa crunch + common + bright switch, and bottom
* Low channel gain + high gain and high common with equa + switch bottom

- Part 4 volumes

- Part 2 master + + deepth presence

- Gain spar for 2 main advantages
Attention whenever you press a switch or button is SUPER EFFECTIVE
I am not the max for me because it lacks a rverb (as on the SOVEREIGN which is sublime) and especially the possibility to control via MIDI
Only the Z5 lets you use optimal (optional) and I find that prices beast, ENGL could make an effort ...

UTILIZATION

- Config simple, one branch has rings. Even without manual operation is very simple.

View the simplicity of the beast, I put the max

SOUNDS

The important part:
I plug my musican JP6, and turns on the piezo clear ... Vamp:
many drivers, precision ... it engages the bottom and bright ... shivers down my back so much like a clear reason ... A veritable acoustic Super

However, I do not find useful to crunch that does nothing more for me because of lack of sharpness and attack. For me, it is not successful, and it is clear that you will not find a crunch fendrien Hendrix ...

The high gain channels: pfff cheerleaders, barely a quarter, ca saturated death, half the dj I drool at the edge of the lips and back ... Sutaine of the skyscraper + the feedback of the amp allows me to take a note of infinite ... I n'exagre not. The saturated fat and slimy substance is winning, it is very specific on half and sharp.
For cons, the 2 high gain possdent rate similar saturated and as they have a common equa, no possibility to dig the medium rather one or the other .. not useful to have 2.

Briefly, a 2-channel t would also be useful.
In view of the sound that I use the 2 channels (bright and high), I put the max, with infinite gain ... I think this is the first time I see a (can be more specific on the home ISSUE VHT)

OVERALL OPINION

It's been 2 days but unfortunately I do not agree at all ....
For me, paradoxically, it has too much gain.
I had the idea to buy a high gain amplifier saturated allowing me crazy and so, but I can not play with him my old music.
I will not repeat what choixcar not my style of music.
Before buying, I availing oneself in order, fender cyber twin, mesa DC 5, triple, dual, roadster, mark iv, VHT SigX ISSUE, OUR custom amp, again a cyber twin and one l.
Suffice to say that I had heavy It was the first time I went in ENGL. Great amp, but I'm from by my choice.