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ENGL Amps can be used for almost every style of Music. I know a Jazz Guitarrist who found his perfect Amp for his purposes. That Amp is the ENGL Invader 2 and he still uses AND he would NEVER give it away, he told me recently. As for me, I own the ENGL Fireball 60, which is despite of -40 Watt still an enraged beast!
This sounds really good! I'm discovering Engl amps lately. They've been floating just outside of my field of view. I know they're there, but I've never paid attention to them for some reason.
O man, I wish this was about the new fireball 25, I would really love to see a real demo of that, I hope you will make one and maybe a direct comparison with this fireball 100. Great job as always! Passive-aggressive metal FTW! :D
this is sick. awesome job! that amp sounds like the only amp any musician would ever need. I WANT ONE!!! thank you so much! but, one thing: could you do a demo without the drum/band fill? I think having both with and with out a band mix would give the best demo of the tone the amp produces. I know, other channels do that, but rarely are they of the quality and depth as your demo. thanks again!
Another sick video Jon. What Ownhammer cab package would you recommend. I'd still love to see the whole process and cabling for the reamp process. You get it sounding so good 👍
My bandmate has this masterpiece of an amp, thanks for the review 😄 Looking forward to an in depth review og the Laney Ironheart as well 😄 Your Laney Mini vs Big amp comparison was the reason I bought my Ironheart 120 head 😄
Amazing riffing once again, best amp reviews on RU-vid hands down. Can i ask is there any particular amp/ guitar you find yourself gravitating towards out of all the gear you have.
IMO you dial the best tones of pretty much every amp on RU-vid. Would you consider sharing some of the DI you use on your videos? I would love to reamp them to see how some of my amp sims compare against the real amps dialed to perfection. Learn where they are lacking and such.
Damn such a nice riff. Combining with a great amp. The clean, crunch, high gain is amazing. Such a versatile amp. I think the high gain character is very modern loke evh amp. Ill get this amps.
Didn't expect it to be that versatile. Most demos just show how much metal it can do. Great demo, thanks! But what happens if you dial the gain above 11 o'clock on the lead channel? Does it melt your face off or is there really no need for it? ;)
Nothing but high class sounds. But take into account that a different cabinet (or IR) can make an amp sound completely different. Yes, you can get quite a few sounds out of the Engl Fireball, but having different cabs and guitars help.
I have the ENGL Fireball 60. Purchased this one back in 2011 or 2012... I don't remember the exact year, but the Fireball 60 is also an enraged beast in it's own right... despite the 40 less Watt. I would never give this one away, since it can be considered a classic ENGL Amp :) Wouldn't you agree?
@Me LikeYou No, what for? You can't anyway make that sound. Everything is individual. It’s just very convenient to compare the sound outside the mix. In the same conditions.
The Fireball does a really great job and seems quite versatile... For me it was either the Fireball 100 or the Savage 120... both were used as a halfstack and in really great condition but in the end I shot the Savage 120 with new tubes in it and my dear thats quiet a HUGE jump from a former Engl Screamer to this beast.
HEYHOO!!! WHAT A GUITAR-NERD HAHA REALLY COOL!!! UNCREDIBLE VIDEOS!!! PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO FROM THE ENGL ARTIST 100 BLACKOUT E651 ITS A VERY COOL AMP I THINK... I SAY PROST FROM GERMANY!
I'd be really interested in seeing a demo of the EVH 5150 III 50W Stealth. I don't know if you have it in your arsenal, but I'm considering buying the amp, and would love to see and hear a really in depth demo like what you do. 🤞
Great video as always, dude! :) Is there the possibility of you doing a comparison between some of your amps and their helix models? Cheers from Germany!
Late comment, but have you made a video comparing the fireball and the vh2? Very interested in hearing your production of these Deutsch amps in a shootout
Your video's are stellar my friend. makes me want to buy them all but I sent ya message a while back on the grandmiester 40 which I will stick with for some time. If I really wanna go crazy and piss off the neighbours I will bring out my old trusty JCM 800 I bought new in 1984. Its beat to fuck after 20 years of road work but man Marshall built a good amp back then! Keep up the great vids, guitar selection is cool to! The old guy from Canada says so...TC
haha "Unwritten Law- the celebration song" i know exactly what you mean. now excuse me while i go and fire up NFSU2 again, still the best in the series.
Did you ever try low treble and high presence? That’s how I play it i much prefer it. Really brings out the mids and I find the presence less harsh than the treble, personally. It seems to go against the conventional wisdom, tho.
I would love to see you do a video using the Footswitch on the fireball. I have read some things about it that make it sound a little strange. The Z-4 pedal changes the clean to lead but won’t change the master volume switch without a second button getting stomped which is confusing. When you switch the fireball from clean to lead on the front of the amp, it automatically switched master volume controls, but with the Footswitch it doesn’t? Strange! Would love for you to address this!
one of my fav amps...sooo many great tones out of it...major bummer is tho...shared EQ...if they made this a 3ch amp with independent EQ's then it'd be perfect, sadly you have to compromise across all 3ch in a live situation
Brother, did you like its treble knob range? And did you use it a lot with the xload? I feel like doing the same but I'm hesitant about using the xload's full power (100w head with no cab). Thx and Jesus bless you!
I wish you would compare this FB100 to a Diezel VH2. My country doesnt have these brands. I am torn between the two. I hope one day have to for a comparison.
the fireball is an incredible amp 👌 I had a powerball 2 which I hated ... a synthetic amp, too smooth and anemic but to my surprise the fireball is just the opposite
Agree. That was also the reason I bought Fireball. I had chance to compare them one to one at Thomann showroom. Fireball is more define and you get what you want out of it much easier.
Excellent review! One of the my favorite amp. Strat, Tele, LP - all sounds good. Small question - why Fractal Audio LB-2 Loadbox? Not Suhr Reactive Load or Fryette Power Load? Thks.
The only thing I don’t like is the clean channel doesn’t have its own eq. That’s the only reason I want the savage mk2. I feel like my metal eq wouldn’t sound good switched to the clean channel. It would be nice to have its own eq. Thoughts on this?
Because the ENGL Amps are well known High Gain Monsters. It is simply not necessary to crank the Gain Knob to the maximum. As you can hear for yourself, this one sounds like an enraged beast! :)
Dude. This is one of the highest gain amps on the market. With a high output pickup and tone at max, it’s already beyond fully saturated and breaking when the gain is at just 4. Dialling it beyond 6-7 just turns it into mush because there’s too much, even though the Fireball’s gain structure also tightens as it goes up, but only by so much. Then you’d need an EQ and boost pedal to further tighten the tone and cut out some frequencies.
