All user reviews for the ENGL E656 Steve Morse Signature 100 Head

IN collaboration with Steve Morse Engl has developed the Steve Morse signature amplifier. This is one extremely versatile amp. This amp has three channels to choose from. It is 100 watts of power and has more features than you can shake a stick at. One of the very coolest and unique things about this amp is the 8 voicing switches for the midrange. See the midrange for guitar amps is probably the most important frequency to any amp. This will determine a lot about how your guitar will sound through the amp. Getting that perfect balance of midrage will allow you to customize the rest of your tone from top to bottom. Another great feature in this amp is the depth control which will allow you to set the EQ of the channels properly and give you a better control of the bottom end from room to room that you play in. Many newer amps have this feature in their modern amps.

UTILIZATION


Specifications
Preamp:
3 Channels, 3 band EQs for Channel 1 & 2, MID CONTROL MATRIX with 8 different Midrange voicings, separate Gain & Volume controls for each channel, Hi / Lo Gain switch with global access, Tone switch with global access, Noise Gate with Threshold adjust, 2 parallel FX loops programmable via MIDI, 4 x ECC 83 / 12 AX 7 preamp tubes. Tuner Out activated via Standby switch.

Master Section:
100 Watts (4 EL 34 tubes), Master A / B switch, Presence & Depth Punch control for power amp sound shaping, Electronic Tube Protection circuit and power-tube monitoring system.

Outputs:
MIDI IN / THRU, ENGL Z-9 Foot-switch, 2 x 1⁄4“ jacks for ENGL Z-4 Foot-switch, 2 x FX Send, 2 x FX Return, 2 x FX Balance Speaker Outs, 2 x 4, 2 x 8, 1 x 16 Ohms MI DI programmable functions:

MIDI-programmable functions:
Channel switching, Master A / B, Bright, FX Loop 1 / 2, Noise Gate, Amp Mute

Dimensions & Weight:
71 x 27 x 29 cm, 23 kg

SOUNDS

This amp is one of the best amps that I have ever heard. The mid range is just excellent and the eight voicing changes give you such a control over you playing that makes plugging into the amps much more enjoyable. You will have to tweak the mids more to accommodate your guitar's natural voicing and tone and also the speakers that you are using. The speaker can act as the over all filter to your tone and that can either make of break the amp. I have played $4000+ amps in a speaker cabinet that made it unusable and then plugged it into the right speaker combination and the amp just came to life. SO this is a very critical proponent to this type of amp. The voicing switches will allow you to get a better handle on this if you are stuck with one cabinet that you already own.

OVERALL OPINION

At new you can pick this amp up for right at around $2599. Not a bad price for this kind of amp. You can find a great tone in this amp with the three channels and the gain control and volumes on each channel allows you to really tailor the sound of the amp to your personal needs. You can't find a bad tone in this amp and you can find some stallar ones with the EQing parameters that this amp has inside.

Amp any lamp, 100w, without pdalier or reverb, but with a noise gate and two effect loops!
There is the possibility to remove the mass (if I understood everything) - floating ground - to avoid the masses ups when making complex arrangements with multiple heads Different.

Two channels (Clean and Crunch) qualiseur 3-band channel qualiseur saturated with 4-band (!) And four prrglages. With pdalier noon thirty sounds (with a button HiGain, a Tone, two master volumes Two effects loops, etc.).!

So 10!

UTILIZATION

Trs simple, he took over himself. It's a quick sound poustouflant. Nothing to say it's perfect!

In addition, it is versatile and is also playable low traffic volume without anything!

Update: 09/08/2008
Playing on the knob of prsence, remove some slamming (type fender twin) to fall from the cot Peavey Force. This knob is very important in your sound and its position rgule the characters of the amp, it was he who played a large part of its versatility and is a must compromise to find your leg / characters .
The knob "deph punch" but he also plays the bass and being noticed a little less. Important all of the same.
I do not return the note, logically.

SOUNDS

Damn that was hard! It's beautiful, clean, prcis, a kiss you ears every note ... DLIC a real musical. I play everything (Funk, Floyd, Blues, Hard Rock, Classic), but mainly Mtal (In Flames, Angra, Symphony X, Atreyu, Children of Bodom). It is gnial. The only BMOL is that it is a bit lightweight for playing Children of Bodom, but hey, seen the rest, it does not matter. In the CATEGORY mtal, it would be an amp for the progressive. It is trs prcis, it does not bleed, all notes sound and lights you ennivrent their prsence: a symphony each chord! It is irrprochable. It is also a standard dot punch!
The clean is slamming sweet (depending on the position of the button Tone). The crunch is trs player and we quickly get to the game (it can even be hot if you boost the HiGain). Finally, the channel is saturated prcis hot. He lives and motions of your fingers are not transcribed alicroche.

Update: 09/08/2008
Finally, it is fun to play trs COB HC.

OVERALL OPINION

With this amp, YOU your matre your sound and your desires. It fits all styles quasiement (well, not try to play the morbid angel ... but we did achte for a). I use a baffle with Mesa / Boogie Rectifier 2x12 and I'll keep it all my life I think! This is an amp that gives you a sound as found on the CD group with a good production. Now, your dealer can not tell you: "Yes but that's the parck'i ever in the bush are the guys in the studio!"

To put all hands, if someone is from is that he has forgotten to plug it!