It was my main to go amp for years, used in a lot of gigs. Very reliable and sounded amazing with any cabs, cut thru the mix, had never a problem to hear myself, very inexigent. Didn't really need to boost it with an od, is super fast enough. Hasn't got a lot of bass, but can do anything, from alter pop to extreme grindcore. Ritchie Blackmore is a god, and so are his gears.
Great review and I agree, no matter what amplifiers I have tried over the years I always have to come back to Marshall period. I had the opportunity to meet Jim Marshall back in 1987 and it was an experience that I will never forget, Jim was a very unassuming kind man and a true legend in the music industry. ✌🤘
Thanks! Indeed. They just got it so right back in the day with Plexis & 800s and the newer amps are actually really good too. Oh man would’ve been an honour to meet him 🙏.
@@EugeValovirta230V this thing with the Marshalls i don't understand anymore i was into it big time my buddy has the so called holy grail 68 plexi to me its loud and clean nothing special and 90 % of the players that used them always end up searching for something else or modding them totally over hyped give me a Friedman be 100 and you get quality components a nice built amp that Marshall should have been or get a German piece of art with super high quality parts and nice build with sound to match like Diezel not a Marshall fan boy at all any more as a kid i loved the amps behind angus and jimmy page it was based on them but to each there own just putting my opinion out there
Wow dude.... fantastic, perfect comparison. As a stone cold Blackmore fanatic, I loved this. I seriously love his old Major sound, with the huge KT88s and ear piercing volume; it truly brought out the tone, and the feel.... but this is great. You're such a champ for going through 2 perfect tones.And, as always you ROCK
I've been using that amp for 11 years now (time flies). I've found that on Channel 4 (lead) setting it to 4 gain 6 bass 7.5 mids, 2.5 highs, 6 presence with a TS-9 (0 gain 10 output) with my EII Eclipse (stock), through a mesa cab. I leave that mid boost off though, it doesn't feel right for rhythm stuff. It was neat to see how you use it! Skol!
Thanks for including the ESP into the comparison. Lots of people stop after the Blackmore riffs in videos with this amp. Also great that you have an honest opinion and talk about what you don't like
Listening to the playthrough shows you how critical Ian Gillian was to their sound. A lot of fun two years later. Long live the Black Knight!!! Great job Engl! ❤❤❤❤❤
you said you wont have so much time for "in the style of videos" because of the amp reviews... yet here you are indirectly doing both in 1 video 🙂 Also apreciate the volume increase on tracks !
Not because of the amp reviews but ’cos I’m recording my second solo album atm 😎👌. Oh this was just me noodling with a backing track but I guess when you learn something when you’re young you can do it pretty well years later 😊. Thanks man! Yeah I took the advice 😉🙏.
He’s just The GOAT ... first time I saw him on a video tape back in the mid 90s, I got that Rainbow live at Munich 77... I was like “OMG he’s so cool, and he uses a strat too!” I was so down because all my different metal players used humbuckers... he’s been such an influence for me since then... and then back in the early 2000s he made me fall in love with acoustics again after hearing Blackmore’s Night... the amp sounds awesome BTW 🙂 great video 👍🏽
I just bought one, and seeing (and hearing) Viv play his is one of the main reasons I got one. It arrives in 4 days and I already have buyers remorse after hearing your Marshall 😂. This one has the footswitch and was modded too take EL34. Maybe it will be a bit more like the Artist version.
thats the mids. Engls have a more mid scooped nature. Engls lean more towards the metal crowd with a tight quicker response then lets say marshalls. They are more focused and tight then raw and lose sounding. I personally prefer engl's for this nature. But it's all taste and none are really bad.
Played the Engl Blackmore for a long time and I can assure it's not a thin sounding amp at all. Also Blackmore only used the first channel (but both gain stages). Here treble and presence is set way too high.
Great playing as always Euge. That ENGL back to back with the Bad Boy sounded so thin, but sounded pretty good by itself. I was surprised how harsh the SD-1 made it sound. Got my SD-1 I ordered with you link last week. Surprised how good it sounded compared to my old Japan one, pretty much exactly the same. Have a good week my friend. You're killing it with your content and the vidography is looking great 🤘🤘
Thanks! Yeah that pretty much happens with all amps: they sound really good and then when I fire up the Bad Boy it’s like ”Oh yeah, there’s a reason why this is my all time favourite amp” 😎. I have Japan & Taiwan made SDs and honestly I can’t tell the difference especially when boosting already an overdriven amp.
@@EugeValovirta230V I laughed when you said "Bad boy is bad boy". Really, night and day difference. I'd guess the Engl is pretty mixing-friendly and you could pair it with a really thick bass, but on its own, yeah, not my favorite.
Your skill and ability never ceases to amaze! I always find it interesting how people hear things differently. Reading the other comments about the Engl that range from thin-sounding to sounding great and I'm going to fall in the thin-sounding camp. But, of course, I'm a Marshall disciple. In my opinion the Marshalls have a more soulful and organic feel and tone to them. The cleans on the Engl sounded surprisingly good (Fender-ish) though. My rule of thumb...Tube Screamer with a Fender (6L6) and SD-1 with Marshall (EL34/6550).
For Engls you don't need a Boost-/Overdrive Pedal! BTW You can get it way more cleaner, less compressed but still lot of power, just listen to the last Rainbow Live-Concerts, or even the older one with Doogie White (i think 1995 - i was at that Concert sawing Ritchie first time using the Engls and the sound was just mindblowing).
I kinda felt the need to have one to achieve a tight high gain tone since the low end became a bit loose with lower tunings but these are just personal preferences and each player is unique 👍😎.
I have Timo Tolkki's old ENGL Blackmore that he recorded the Avalon albums with. Yeah, mid Contour always on. I agree with the gains, I've been experimenting with boosts in the loop which has its own flavor.
I agree with the "thin" comments. I mean, for solos I guess this aspect of the amp would help it cut but for me, there's nothing that's really inspiring in the tone of that amp. Glad you showcased it.
J'ai acheté cette tête et le 4Xcabinet en 1998 et je l'ai toujours ! Il y avait un jmc200 et j'ai très vite choisi celui ci.superbes sons clairs et saturés 👍
Power tubes in different output transformers, the tubes of the 6L6 family have more focus on bass and treble and the EL34 or EL84 have more focus on the mids, the EL34 have a darker sound
hi! you know that we have also Blackmore with 5881 tubes. and also one Blackmore version with gold plate. so I want understand what the difference between regular and this other versions? especially with 5881 tubes. tell please
Hi. Fantastic video! You and the Bad Boy who is a Bad Boy are a match made in heaven! I have a few amps, in particular relating to this video a SC20H and Screamer 50 head. And you explained better than I can what I'm hearing in the Screamer 50 too, the mids but in particular the compressed sound in overdrive modes. But I do love its different sounds. Honestly though I am hearing bass and low mids from your JCM800 as well - might be my headphones. Yours is almost like a Rockerverb 50 Mkiii, but with the Marshall top end all mixed in. Regards.
This is a great comparation clip . Very hard to choose . To my ears the Marshall JCM800 sounds bigger , fuller sound , a lot more mids great choice for 80's style of metal i think , but it can sound a bit mushy with the wrong settings . The Engl Blackmore sounds clearer , more articulation between notes ant has that tight low end response , but not as big as the JCM800 and has way less mids , and also with wrong settings can sound thin (the Engl) . But i think the Engl would be a great amp for 1995 - 2000 power metal / modern metal type of music . So if I would have to choose one of this amps i would choose Marshall JCM 800 for 80's metal and old school heavy metal like Iron Maiden / Judas Priest , and the Engl Blackmore for 1995 - 2000 power metal / modern metal type of music like Helloween , Stratovarius , Gamma Ray etc. For the Y.J. Malmsteen sound i would always choose the Plexi . \m/
Thanks! Yeah I’ve used Fireball 60 on both Cyhra’s albums along with a 5150 and it works great. IMO JCM800 2203 is one of the rare amps that works great on anything / any style 😎👌.
I just got a V1 ENGL Ritchie Blackmore the other day! I found that it doesn't really like high-output pickups... otherwise a pretty nice amp! Did a small video for my channel (hope you don't mind me saying that Euge!)
Glad to hear! Thanks! 2-3 videos every week for the past year or so and will continue😎🤟. When the Covid is over and we start to tour again with Cyhra I won’t have time to do these that often but I’ll try to do as much as I can.
Great video friend! Ritchie is so underrated these days. I feel if you asked many people my age who their favorite guitarist was they would say somebody 20 years younger than Ritchie, but all of our favorites would say Ritchie was their favorite!
For me, when speaking of Ritchie Blackmore and guitar sound I always think about that sound he has on Made in Japan. So clean, loud and awesome. And always when I hear this amp it’s: “Hmm... Is that really his tone?” 😀 And yeah, this Engl amp is pretty cool as well. An unique sound.
Oh that was my first DP vinyl many moons ago 😎. Mid 80s if my memory serves me well. Fantastic album and the gtr sound is just 👌. Marshall Plexi I believe.
Really good video! But would have loved for you to turn some knobs. You said the ENGL had too much of a high noise fizz, and I agree. But you are also running the treble AND presence fairly high?
I don’t really used boost / od for more gain but to just tighten the sound and make it more in your face but these ENGLs hold the low end quite tight on their own. But with the lower tuning ESP the sound was a bit flubby without od which is what happens no matter the amp IMO 😎.
Sounds great. This and the Morse, the 540 pre amp and the powerball sometime are probably my favorite engls. Maybe because they lean towards a marshall more.
This was a familiar one :) I have one and played it for years with strat + 'channel 3', with a Mad Professor Little Green Wonder turned on for leads, with a quite warm and midheavy speaker cabinet. I feel that my particular amp has a bit warmer and bigger sound, but that might just be down to tubes or whatever; the original tubes are long gone from mine. My amp is an older one (I wasn't even aware of a version 2), without a noise gate. I wonder if they changed the treble pot curve too, the treble rarely goes above 10 o'clock on mine. And that's something that was common to some other ENGLs too, at least back then. Presence I keep higher. Never really bonded with channel 2, but I need to give that a new shot after watching this. It's been many,many moons since I even turned that on. And I do agree on the mids, the pot never goes below noon on mine :) Being a happy owner of an old Marshall 2204 too, they are different in the mid character. Great work, as always!
cool vid! because of your thoughts on the mid range of the Engls you've played through I would love to see you demo one of their Steve Morse signature amps if the opportunity came up! thanks again what a great demo vid!
Hey Euge, you rock man. Listen to the album by sabotage hall of the mountain king....Best guitar licks ever... was 1987...but it rocks...Venom was another good group... They set the stage for what we have today. Savatage and venom kinda sound like dave mustaine. Miss those days
Great vid man, I love the sound of both the Engl and the King :) Have you looked into comparing different distortion/preamp pedals? Like the powerball pedal vs the be od? I think they are roughly the same price and would be interesting with you comparing them ;) All the best /O
Thanks! Amazing the difference with Marshall’s. Maybe you could try the Mesa Mark IV? Would be great against the bad boy! ( which is amazing sounding amp!)
Yeah I was quite surprised too. I thought the ENGL would be more like a Marshall ’cos Blackmore used Marshalls many years but apparently he wanted something quite different with the ENGL. If I get my hands on one then for sure! Yeah The Bad Boy is just something else 😎💪.
@@EugeValovirta230V I always had the impression that the ENGL were more for metal (marty friedman, glenn tipton, Gary holt, etc) as the amount of artist that uses them, but Marshall is a winner! after watching all of the amps you have tried, the best are Marshall and Friedman.(my opinion). I use plug ins, so all these videos helped me a lot to find my sound.
Your playing and reviews are always great. The amp sounds great as well. But it does not sound anything like Blackmore. Maybe it would if they sold it with a hand transplant. But I am sure that would greatly increase the cost and I am also highly doubtful Ritchie would agree to that in the first place. All that said, the old school Marshall sounded pretty damn close to Blackmore compared to the Engl to my ears. Night and day difference between the amps. Older guitar heroes often gravitate toward less bass and more gain in their tone as their ears get blown out over years of punishment from loud amps. Same deal with EVH and many others.
@@johnmarshall3903 yeah I think I was actually giggling out loud of the complete disparity between the two. I can't believe that that is Ritchie Blackmore's signature amp.
You went OLD-SCHOOL on this one! It is Ritchie Blackmore after all. I think the ENGL sounded thinner on the bottom-end, compared to your bad-boy. The bad-boy sounded a little louder as well. Are they both 100 watts? Because that ENGL actually sounded more like a 50-watt amp to me. 50-watt amps tend to be weaker in the bottom-end, when compared to a 100-watt.
@@EugeValovirta230V Four 6L6 would be 100 watt, yup. I wonder if you cranked the bass knob up, if it would sound better? If it would stay tight at higher volumes.
I used to own an engl gigmaster a decade ago. It was an ok entry-level amp, but severely lacked in the mids, and the quality wasn't that great, had it repaired twice while on the warranty, then got rid of it. I should give the credit where it's due, the amp designer Horst Langer did get in touch with me to discuss the issues that I've had had with the amp, still the amp sucked big time.
you push the treble and presence too much on the engl try with presence at 9 o clock and treble between 9 and 10 o clock also you don't need that amount of bass
@@EugeValovirta230V i am between ltd sn-1000 fr and this tokai.i am an emg esp guy like you but i would like to add a guitar with h/s/s configuration to my arsenal. any chance to review an sn-1000 or an horizon-iii in the future?
i could never get a handle on mine,but gary chambers gets good tone from his,you gotta learn it,an if its thin an harsh, your way off.an i hate metal an shred an grunge with a bad passion..you could play srv or skynyrd blues rock if you set it right, gary proved that...
The ENGL Ritchie Blackmore amp sound awful way to much bass or its that cabinet it has that death metal bass chugging sound which doesn't go well with classic rock deep purple. I think you mentioned in the video that the ENGL amps is lower volume and the midrange set at half way only at 5 to a marshall set at level 10 volume and midrange is at max 12. I think what you're saying is that the ENGL is much louder more wattage even set at lower volume and has more tone control headroom compared to marshall. I'm guessing Richie Blackmore but in 6L6 in his marshall because the ENGL clean channel is using 6L6 and it sounded like Richie Blackmore has that fenderish tone with the strat. Using marshall plexi with EL34 can't get that clean Richie Blackmore tone so I think he used 6L6 when his marshall amps.
@@EugeValovirta230V Are you using a different speaker cab because it sounds way different than your marshall heads it has the horrible chugging tone. ENGL using a normal 30 watt greenback speakers or something might sound better. Have you tried 6L6 in your marshall plexi that it might sound like Richie Blackmoore clean tones? I think those 6L6 make the marshall plexi sound more like a fender?
@@EugeValovirta230V Have you tried out the FORTIN Mini GRIND pedal? because this makes a normal marshall plexi into a metallica or Exodus type tones. Metallica played Battery on the Late Show 2021 and James rhythm tone was really good. I think this Fortin Grind pedal with a 10 band EQ pedal gets that tone.
It was my main to go amp for years, used in a lot of gigs. Very reliable and sounded amazing with any cabs, cut thru the mix, had never a problem to hear myself, very inexigent. Didn't really need to boost it with an od, is super fast enough. Hasn't got a lot of bass, but can do anything, from alter pop to extreme grindcore. Ritchie Blackmore is a god, and so are his gears.
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Great review and I agree, no matter what amplifiers I have tried over the years I always have to come back to Marshall period. I had the opportunity to meet Jim Marshall back in 1987 and it was an experience that I will never forget, Jim was a very unassuming kind man and a true legend in the music industry. ✌🤘
Thanks!
Indeed. They just got it so right back in the day with Plexis & 800s and the newer amps are actually really good too.
Oh man would’ve been an honour to meet him 🙏.
@@EugeValovirta230V It was a highlight I will never forget, keep up the great work you are doing. 👌🙏✌
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All true. I used to go to the original shop and pre Covid went to the factory.
@@EugeValovirta230V this thing with the Marshalls i don't understand anymore i was into it big time my buddy has the so called holy grail 68 plexi to me its loud and clean nothing special and 90 % of the players that used them always end up searching for something else or modding them totally over hyped give me a Friedman be 100 and you get quality components a nice built amp that Marshall should have been or get a German piece of art with super high quality parts and nice build with sound to match like Diezel not a Marshall fan boy at all any more as a kid i loved the amps behind angus and jimmy page it was based on them but to each there own just putting my opinion out there
Wow dude.... fantastic, perfect comparison. As a stone cold Blackmore fanatic, I loved this. I seriously love his old Major sound, with the huge KT88s and ear piercing volume; it truly brought out the tone, and the feel.... but this is great. You're such a champ for going through 2 perfect tones.And, as always you ROCK
Thanks a ton!
I've been using that amp for 11 years now (time flies). I've found that on Channel 4 (lead) setting it to 4 gain 6 bass 7.5 mids, 2.5 highs, 6 presence with a TS-9 (0 gain 10 output) with my EII Eclipse (stock), through a mesa cab. I leave that mid boost off though, it doesn't feel right for rhythm stuff.
It was neat to see how you use it! Skol!
Skål! 😎
These Engls are definitely for real - each is great in its own right.
Thanks for including the ESP into the comparison.
Lots of people stop after the Blackmore riffs in videos with this amp.
Also great that you have an honest opinion and talk about what you don't like
Thanks! 🙏
Listening to the playthrough shows you how critical Ian Gillian was to their sound. A lot of fun two years later. Long live the Black Knight!!! Great job Engl! ❤❤❤❤❤
you said you wont have so much time for "in the style of videos" because of the amp reviews... yet here you are indirectly doing both in 1 video 🙂
Also apreciate the volume increase on tracks !
Not because of the amp reviews but ’cos I’m recording my second solo album atm 😎👌.
Oh this was just me noodling with a backing track but I guess when you learn something when you’re young you can do it pretty well years later 😊.
Thanks man! Yeah I took the advice 😉🙏.
Great playing (as always), that song makes me remember when I was learning the first solos back in the days
Thanks! Yeah it’s a classic song & solo 👌.
He’s just The GOAT ... first time I saw him on a video tape back in the mid 90s, I got that Rainbow live at Munich 77... I was like “OMG he’s so cool, and he uses a strat too!” I was so down because all my different metal players used humbuckers... he’s been such an influence for me since then... and then back in the early 2000s he made me fall in love with acoustics again after hearing Blackmore’s Night... the amp sounds awesome BTW 🙂 great video 👍🏽
Thanks man!
Absolutely the best Euge! Fantastic as usual. Loved the Crazy Train tribute band videos you posted as well. Keep rockin Euge and thank you!
Thanks man! 🙏
I gotta say that in this video, the Marshall's just sound way better. And I generally like ENGL amps too.
There’s a reason why I have several Marshalls in my studio and not a single ENGL 😎.
Viv Campbell uses two live with last in line,seen them twice in '19,that Les Paul plugged in,no wireless sure makes for a great/ loud sound👍🤘
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I just bought one, and seeing (and hearing) Viv play his is one of the main reasons I got one. It arrives in 4 days and I already have buyers remorse after hearing your Marshall 😂. This one has the footswitch and was modded too take EL34. Maybe it will be a bit more like the Artist version.
Saw Last in Line Sept. 2023, he's still using them. Sounded great!
I mean the Bad Boy is just unfair. Amazing! Again the Engl amp sounded a bit thin to me, compare to the Marshalls.
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thats the mids. Engls have a more mid scooped nature. Engls lean more towards the metal crowd with a tight quicker response then lets say marshalls. They are more focused and tight then raw and lose sounding. I personally prefer engl's for this nature. But it's all taste and none are really bad.
Played the Engl Blackmore for a long time and I can assure it's not a thin sounding amp at all. Also Blackmore only used the first channel (but both gain stages).
Here treble and presence is set way too high.
Can’t argue with personal opinions.
Great playing as always Euge. That ENGL back to back with the Bad Boy sounded so thin, but sounded pretty good by itself. I was surprised how harsh the SD-1 made it sound. Got my SD-1 I ordered with you link last week. Surprised how good it sounded compared to my old Japan one, pretty much exactly the same. Have a good week my friend. You're killing it with your content and the vidography is looking great 🤘🤘
Thanks!
Yeah that pretty much happens with all amps: they sound really good and then when I fire up the Bad Boy it’s like ”Oh yeah, there’s a reason why this is my all time favourite amp” 😎.
I have Japan & Taiwan made SDs and honestly I can’t tell the difference especially when boosting already an overdriven amp.
@@EugeValovirta230V I laughed when you said "Bad boy is bad boy". Really, night and day difference. I'd guess the Engl is pretty mixing-friendly and you could pair it with a really thick bass, but on its own, yeah, not my favorite.
That Marshall absolutely ate the other amps lunch
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Your skill and ability never ceases to amaze!
I always find it interesting how people hear things differently. Reading the other comments about the Engl that range from thin-sounding to sounding great and I'm going to fall in the thin-sounding camp. But, of course, I'm a Marshall disciple. In my opinion the Marshalls have a more soulful and organic feel and tone to them. The cleans on the Engl sounded surprisingly good (Fender-ish) though. My rule of thumb...Tube Screamer with a Fender (6L6) and SD-1 with Marshall (EL34/6550).
Thanks man!
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For Engls you don't need a Boost-/Overdrive Pedal! BTW You can get it way more cleaner, less compressed but still lot of power, just listen to the last Rainbow Live-Concerts, or even the older one with Doogie White (i think 1995 - i was at that Concert sawing Ritchie first time using the Engls and the sound was just mindblowing).
I kinda felt the need to have one to achieve a tight high gain tone since the low end became a bit loose with lower tunings but these are just personal preferences and each player is unique 👍😎.
Wow, came here by chance, nice song, and playing! Maybe I want to learn the song...
Glad to hear! Thanks!
Great playing Euge and didn’t know ENGL amps sounded that awesome!
Thanks! Yeah they’re great amps and quite unique 👌.
Nice channel, playing and content. Sounds nice but the bad boy is a beast
I came for his playing. Damn i wish i could pick that hard!
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I have Timo Tolkki's old ENGL Blackmore that he recorded the Avalon albums with. Yeah, mid Contour always on. I agree with the gains, I've been experimenting with boosts in the loop which has its own flavor.
Nice man!👌
I agree with the "thin" comments. I mean, for solos I guess this aspect of the amp would help it cut but for me, there's nothing that's really inspiring in the tone of that amp. Glad you showcased it.
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J'ai acheté cette tête et le 4Xcabinet en 1998 et je l'ai toujours ! Il y avait un jmc200 et j'ai très vite choisi celui ci.superbes sons clairs et saturés 👍
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killer review. Awesome playing aggain euge. Killing it aggain.
Thanks man!
You should do a guitar solo cover for “fire it up” BLS I bet you would nail it.
I’ve played the song a few times on some BLS tribute shows so yes 😎👌.
@@EugeValovirta230V Thats great, awesome solo and would love to hear you live sometime! Keep up the good work
Yeah! Thanks!
Power tubes in different output transformers, the tubes of the 6L6 family have more focus on bass and treble and the EL34 or EL84 have more focus on the mids, the EL34 have a darker sound
Your guitar technique is excellent, fast and precise here.
Grazie
Thanks!
hi! you know that we have also Blackmore with 5881 tubes. and also one Blackmore version with gold plate.
so I want understand what the difference between regular and this other versions? especially with 5881 tubes. tell please
Hi. Fantastic video! You and the Bad Boy who is a Bad Boy are a match made in heaven! I have a few amps, in particular relating to this video a SC20H and Screamer 50 head. And you explained better than I can what I'm hearing in the Screamer 50 too, the mids but in particular the compressed sound in overdrive modes. But I do love its different sounds. Honestly though I am hearing bass and low mids from your JCM800 as well - might be my headphones. Yours is almost like a Rockerverb 50 Mkiii, but with the Marshall top end all mixed in. Regards.
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Yeah my 800s, and especially The Bad Boy, have lots of everything 💪😎.
Excellent video again Ritchie is another one of my main influences too the snowman & anybody there?had amazing tone & so much feel
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Sweet sounding amp, love the tone! Great playing too on this demo, bro. Cheers!
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i prefer mid 90 guitar tone ritchie blackmore lace sensor pickup and engl amp era ( the battle rages on and stranger in us all )
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Highway Star!!!!!! You love it you need it! Sounds good man that ENGL amp is a beauty! 😎💪
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Seems to me he loved this amp
This is a great comparation clip . Very hard to choose . To my ears the Marshall JCM800 sounds bigger , fuller sound , a lot more mids great choice for 80's style of metal i think , but it can sound a bit mushy with the wrong settings . The Engl Blackmore sounds clearer , more articulation between notes ant has that tight low end response , but not as big as the JCM800 and has way less mids , and also with wrong settings can sound thin (the Engl) . But i think the Engl would be a great amp for 1995 - 2000 power metal / modern metal type of music . So if I would have to choose one of this amps i would choose Marshall JCM 800 for 80's metal and old school heavy metal like Iron Maiden / Judas Priest , and the Engl Blackmore for 1995 - 2000 power metal / modern metal type of music like Helloween , Stratovarius , Gamma Ray etc. For the Y.J. Malmsteen sound i would always choose the Plexi . \m/
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Yeah I’ve used Fireball 60 on both Cyhra’s albums along with a 5150 and it works great. IMO JCM800 2203 is one of the rare amps that works great on anything / any style 😎👌.
I just got a V1 ENGL Ritchie Blackmore the other day! I found that it doesn't really like high-output pickups... otherwise a pretty nice amp! Did a small video for my channel (hope you don't mind me saying that Euge!)
Cool! Not at all man 👌🤟.
And this wakes Pepita up and makes him dance :)
Indeed 😎👌.
I love Engls but a Strat belongs with a Marshall. Loved your version of Highway Star. 🤘🏻
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Awesome Play through.
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It looks like the 1987x is not going back to the shop huh
No it isn’t since I bought it 😎.
Your videos are very helpful man thank you. I learned a lot. Please add new videos. I like this brutally honest reviews…💪🏻😉🤘🏻
Glad to hear! Thanks!
2-3 videos every week for the past year or so and will continue😎🤟. When the Covid is over and we start to tour again with Cyhra I won’t have time to do these that often but I’ll try to do as much as I can.
Great video friend! Ritchie is so underrated these days. I feel if you asked many people my age who their favorite guitarist was they would say somebody 20 years younger than Ritchie, but all of our favorites would say Ritchie was their favorite!
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Indeed 👌.
For me, when speaking of Ritchie Blackmore and guitar sound I always think about that sound he has on Made in Japan. So clean, loud and awesome. And always when I hear this amp it’s: “Hmm... Is that really his tone?” 😀
And yeah, this Engl amp is pretty cool as well. An unique sound.
Oh that was my first DP vinyl many moons ago 😎. Mid 80s if my memory serves me well. Fantastic album and the gtr sound is just 👌. Marshall Plexi I believe.
@@EugeValovirta230V It has to be a Plexi. With some modifications and really solid guitar that really sings.
Really good video! But would have loved for you to turn some knobs. You said the ENGL had too much of a high noise fizz, and I agree. But you are also running the treble AND presence fairly high?
Thanks! Can’t remember how I had them. But if I remember correct it was either too dull or a bit too harsh but that was just how I felt 😎.
that why i just love engl amps. there is so musht gain that you never need boost. just my option for this
I don’t really used boost / od for more gain but to just tighten the sound and make it more in your face but these ENGLs hold the low end quite tight on their own. But with the lower tuning ESP the sound was a bit flubby without od which is what happens no matter the amp IMO 😎.
@@EugeValovirta230V yeah! Actually i play drop b in tho engl and it just make sound like hit you stomach
Personal preferences man 😎👌
Sehr gut...
Danke 🤟😎.
Wasn't expecting the scooped sound on this amp. Does anyone know if the fireball is like this too?
It's a real thin sounding amp. That bad boy is just pure nastiness! Awesome playing Euge!
Thanks!
Sounds great. This and the Morse, the 540 pre amp and the powerball sometime are probably my favorite engls. Maybe because they lean towards a marshall more.
Thanks! 👌
Nice work. Came for an overview of ENGL
Glad to hear! Thanks!
This was a familiar one :) I have one and played it for years with strat + 'channel 3', with a Mad Professor Little Green Wonder turned on for leads, with a quite warm and midheavy speaker cabinet.
I feel that my particular amp has a bit warmer and bigger sound, but that might just be down to tubes or whatever; the original tubes are long gone from mine. My amp is an older one (I wasn't even aware of a version 2), without a noise gate. I wonder if they changed the treble pot curve too, the treble rarely goes above 10 o'clock on mine. And that's something that was common to some other ENGLs too, at least back then. Presence I keep higher.
Never really bonded with channel 2, but I need to give that a new shot after watching this. It's been many,many moons since I even turned that on. And I do agree on the mids, the pot never goes below noon on mine :) Being a happy owner of an old Marshall 2204 too, they are different in the mid character.
Great work, as always!
Nice!
Thanks man!
He too must be grateful to Musix... and you :)
Yes 😎
cool vid! because of your thoughts on the mid range of the Engls you've played through I would love to see you demo one of their Steve Morse signature amps if the opportunity came up! thanks again what a great demo vid!
Thanks! Yes that would be cool amp to try indeed so hopefully that happens in yhe near future 😎👌.
Hey Euge, you rock man. Listen to the album by sabotage hall of the mountain king....Best guitar licks ever... was 1987...but it rocks...Venom was another good group... They set the stage for what we have today. Savatage and venom kinda sound like dave mustaine. Miss those days
Thanks!
I know man👌😎.
Great playing and tech. as always excellent review on a excellent amp. One question though, what did you say at 22:16? and what do you mean by that.
So it's a variation of the Savage 120? That's a very unique sounding amp with almost a layer of clean in the distortion.
I don’t about that but the Artist Edition amp is a variation of this 👌😎.
It is indeed.
Great tone! Did RB use humbucker pups?
Thanks! I think he was a single coil man.
Fantastic!!!
Thanks!
Awesome review.
Thanks!
Rippin Brotha... Nice job!!
Thanks man!
I was unaware Ritchie Blackmore used Engl. Funny how he and Rammstein use the same amps, lol.
Yeah I believe this was the first signature amp ENGL put out several years ago.
Awesome Richie🙃
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Great vid man, I love the sound of both the Engl and the King :) Have you looked into comparing different distortion/preamp pedals? Like the powerball pedal vs the be od? I think they are roughly the same price and would be interesting with you comparing them ;) All the best /O
Thanks!
Great suggestion man! I’ll add to my list 😎👌.
Thanks! Amazing the difference with Marshall’s. Maybe you could try the Mesa Mark IV? Would be great against the bad boy! ( which is amazing sounding amp!)
Yeah I was quite surprised too. I thought the ENGL would be more like a Marshall ’cos Blackmore used Marshalls many years but apparently he wanted something quite different with the ENGL.
If I get my hands on one then for sure! Yeah The Bad Boy is just something else 😎💪.
@@EugeValovirta230V I always had the impression that the ENGL were more for metal (marty friedman, glenn tipton, Gary holt, etc) as the amount of artist that uses them, but Marshall is a winner! after watching all of the amps you have tried, the best are Marshall and Friedman.(my opinion). I use plug ins, so all these videos helped me a lot to find my sound.
It is and Friedman’s are great too since they’re basically Dave Friedman modded Marshalls 😎.
Glad to hear that man! Thanks!
I want one
the Bad Boy is definitely a winner again 💪🏻 Hey, what about trying an Orange Rockverb? Thanks for the Demo 🤘🏻
😎💪. Hopefully some day! Thanks man!
so it`s a cut version of Savage?
I haven’t tried out the Savage (yet) so I don’t know 😎.
Your playing and reviews are always great. The amp sounds great as well. But it does not sound anything like Blackmore. Maybe it would if they sold it with a hand transplant. But I am sure that would greatly increase the cost and I am also highly doubtful Ritchie would agree to that in the first place. All that said, the old school Marshall sounded pretty damn close to Blackmore compared to the Engl to my ears. Night and day difference between the amps. Older guitar heroes often gravitate toward less bass and more gain in their tone as their ears get blown out over years of punishment from loud amps. Same deal with EVH and many others.
Thanks! Yeah that’s pretty obvious 👌. And nobody would like me with the amp. Or any amp / gear. Not even Blackmore 😎.
@@EugeValovirta230V Your Bad Boy made the Engle sound like a Line 6. I really wanted to like it.
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Awesome as always. Any chance of hearing you through a Soldano SLO - 100?
Thanks! Hopefully some day!
Hi!!! Greetings from Chile!!! am sharing your video in my twitter CHANNEL mah frend!!!
Thanks man!
marshall be like yea man nice try lol. not even close. if there was ever a video that exposed how much better a marshall is boy this is it. dammmmm
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Totally agree. Even Eugie's really good playing couldn't save that thing. No "made in japan" tone here, Marshall smoked it.
@@johnmarshall3903 yeah I think I was actually giggling out loud of the complete disparity between the two. I can't believe that that is Ritchie Blackmore's signature amp.
Brilliant
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THE PLEXI sounds better to me!
I agree 👌😎.
Great bro!!!!
Thanks C!
You are wellcome E!!!!
Euge, did you like more this one or the Artist edition? 🤘🏽🤘🏽
If I remember correct the Artist edition.
You went OLD-SCHOOL on this one! It is Ritchie Blackmore after all. I think the ENGL sounded thinner on the bottom-end, compared to your bad-boy. The bad-boy sounded a little louder as well. Are they both 100 watts? Because that ENGL actually sounded more like a 50-watt amp to me. 50-watt amps tend to be weaker in the bottom-end, when compared to a 100-watt.
Yeah! It’s a 1000 watt with four 6L6s 👍😎.
@@EugeValovirta230V Four 6L6 would be 100 watt, yup. I wonder if you cranked the bass knob up, if it would sound better? If it would stay tight at higher volumes.
Pretty much all the way up to the point where it was still somewhat tight 😎.
0:46 is it too Gainey for blackmore's tone
OK 😎.
Nice Review!!!!!!
Thanks!
awesome
Thanks!
I used to own an engl gigmaster a decade ago. It was an ok entry-level amp, but severely lacked in the mids, and the quality wasn't that great, had it repaired twice while on the warranty, then got rid of it. I should give the credit where it's due, the amp designer Horst Langer did get in touch with me to discuss the issues that I've had had with the amp, still the amp sucked big time.
I’ve never played with one and seems like I haven’t missed much 😎.
Great video as usual!! Could you do a tribute tone for alexi laiho.
Thanks!
Maybe in due time. He was my friend so I’m not ready for that yet.
It sounds suprisingly thin and bright compare to Marshall.
Most amps do compared to good ol’ Marshalls 😎.
ENGL? Thanks, but no thanks. JCM800 for the win!
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you push the treble and presence too much on the engl try with presence at 9 o clock and treble between 9 and 10 o clock also you don't need that amount of bass
another great video.which tokai model is this?
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Oh damn I’m so bad with models. I think it’s called TST - something 😎.
@@EugeValovirta230V i am between ltd sn-1000 fr and this tokai.i am an emg esp guy like you but i would like to add a guitar with h/s/s configuration to my arsenal.
any chance to review an sn-1000 or an horizon-iii in the future?
I think both are great guitars 👌.
Not possible at least atm but maybe / hopefully in the future 😎.
Marshall is modded?
compares all things to Marshall....800 at that....Marshall wins...this dude does not lie...
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i had the first one in the states in 1998, an just couldnt figure it out,im a blues rock, hard rock guy an hate metal,an grunge an shred..
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Bad Boy won ;)
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i could never get a handle on mine,but gary chambers gets good tone from his,you gotta learn it,an if its thin an harsh, your way off.an i hate metal an shred an grunge with a bad passion..you could play srv or skynyrd blues rock if you set it right, gary proved that...
Sure 😎
Did that strat smoke a cigarette after you got done with it? Lol
Yes 😁👌🔥
@@EugeValovirta230V 😂🤘🏻🤘🏻
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ritchies tone is more bluesy an warmer, not like shred an all that shit........
Indeed. I was quite surprised that the amp wasn’t anything like a good ol’ Plexi 😎.
Ohut sukkapuikko äänimaailma, jos vertaa marshalliin. Vähän yllätys kuinka kapea ja ohut audio engelissä on..
No joo oli kyllä mullekin.
i had two fireballs they were garbage. engl's hate overdrive pedals.
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The ENGL Ritchie Blackmore amp sound awful way to much bass or its that cabinet it has that death metal bass chugging sound which doesn't go well with classic rock deep purple. I think you mentioned in the video that the ENGL amps is lower volume and the midrange set at half way only at 5 to a marshall set at level 10 volume and midrange is at max 12. I think what you're saying is that the ENGL is much louder more wattage even set at lower volume and has more tone control headroom compared to marshall. I'm guessing Richie Blackmore but in 6L6 in his marshall because the ENGL clean channel is using 6L6 and it sounded like Richie Blackmore has that fenderish tone with the strat. Using marshall plexi with EL34 can't get that clean Richie Blackmore tone so I think he used 6L6 when his marshall amps.
The ENGL had a lot less low end than my Bad Boy but I gues it’s in the ”ear of the beholder” eventually 😁.
@@EugeValovirta230V Are you using a different speaker cab because it sounds way different than your marshall heads it has the horrible chugging tone. ENGL using a normal 30 watt greenback speakers or something might sound better. Have you tried 6L6 in your marshall plexi that it might sound like Richie Blackmoore clean tones? I think those 6L6 make the marshall plexi sound more like a fender?
Same stuff with all amps 👍.
@@EugeValovirta230V ok it must be that ENGL that is creating that chuggying tone that is resonanting the speaker cab.
@@EugeValovirta230V Have you tried out the FORTIN Mini GRIND pedal? because this makes a normal marshall plexi into a metallica or Exodus type tones. Metallica played Battery on the Late Show 2021 and James rhythm tone was really good. I think this Fortin Grind pedal with a 10 band EQ pedal gets that tone.