Egnater Rebel 20

2009 Rebel 20 is extremely versital with 6V6's for great clean tone with plenty of headroom for hot rod country through a Tele or EL84's for british grind/high gain (more Marshall than Vox despite EL84's). There is a sweet spot around 1:00 on the blend dial that is particularly nice for blues. Plenty of volume for any club if you bring an SM57 to the bigger ones! I can get nearly infinite sustain at a volume my wife can't hear when I am playing on the first floor directly under the bed at 2:00 AM!! NICE!! Excellently voiced tone stack with Bright and Tight switches for added flexibility will take you just about anywhere you want to go. The guy who slams this amp in the first review either received a lemon or works for Orange or Vox and is pushing FUD. It loves single coils, humbuckers and pedals!! If the amp had reverb and tremelo I would give it a 10.

I have played Strat, Tele and P-90 single coils, Gibson Burstbuckers and '57 Classics, Gretsch Filtertrons, Carvin C22's, Alnico II's & V's and Samarium Cobalts direct and through an assortment of clean boosts, treble boosts, overdrives, distortions, Wah's, delays, reverbs, tremelo's (that is too voluminous to detail) and there was nothing it did not seem to like!! I play blues, hot rod country, rock, funk, and jazz and it covers those bases with no trouble. I believe it would cover metal (at least for rehearsal)because it has more gain than I would ever use (except at 2:00 AM at whisper volume when my wife is sleeping!!)but do not take my word for that because it is definitely not a replacement for a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier. I give it a 9 because it is always possible to improve upon tone but IMO it is the best range of tones available today for the money. I have heard many amps in the $1500 - $2000 range that have less to offer. I just turned 50 so I am getting away from crushing volume and crushing weight so if you are a brawny 24 year old who LIKES to get a 3 day ring in your ears you may want to save 6X the amount for that Bogner!!

So far so good but too soon to tell.

No experience with support.

I am reluctant to give anything a 10 but this probably deserves a 9.5. I have been playing for 34 years and this is one of 7 tube amps I currently own. I have amps that cost a lot more that do clean a little better (slightly warmer with slightly more headroom) and feature tube driven reverb and tremelo which are difficult to beat. I don't know if I have anything that does the crunch and lead tones any better for any amount of money. The range of tones available in this thing is remarkable. Despite the fact that I like it so much I may have to go trade it.....for the new Rebel 30!!!! For those of you who have a good clean amp like a Deluxe Reverb Reissue and are contemplating a two amp rig, this would be an excellent, budget friendly choice to produce that lead tone you have been looking for!! Pedals welcome but not required!! This amp is WAY above average!!

Mine is a Nov 2008 Rebel. Had to add a review here to counter the bizarre first review by Bob M. The Rebel is single channel with series loop. Has EL-84 & 6V6 tubes that you can mix together or use either. Also has a wattage dial you can choose anywhere between 1w and 20w.

This amp is without doubt the MOST VERSATILE and best value for money small amp head you can buy. Great for home use, recording or small venue gigs. Tones are excellent from warm cleans, spanking OD and crunching high gain. For US$599 new it's fantastic value and sounds as great as a $2000 amp.

I've played it thru 8 different guitars - Strat, Gretsch Jet, Gibson SG, Epi Sheraton 2, LP, Ibanez and more. Sounds equally great with humbuckers or single coil PUP's.

With it's choice of either 6V6 or EL84's or mix em the only amps that beat it for versatility are some Mesa Boogie's. Once you know how to dial up this amp the EQ's, master pot, wattage & tube type dials allow you to dial in a vast range of different tones. THe EL84 side sounds very different to the 6V6 side and it has a plenty of gain on tap to do snarling high gain distortion.

The 6V6 side has more clean headroom than the EL84 side which also has more gain on tap. When you use the wattage and master dials in combination this amp sounds great at bedroom volume levels and at gig volumes with a full band. It has enuf clean headroom to gig with a full band provided it's not a ear blasting heavy metal band.

The distortion is more a british Marshallesque flavour and very smooth and warm. The cleans are exceptionally warm. I slightly prefer the 6V6 side but the EL84 side is also very nice.

This amp is picky with the cabinet you use. I run mine thru a 2x12 closed cab with Celestion V30's and it's great. I've heard its tone varies a lot depending on which cab you combine it with.

Tone wise it's not as good as my Mesa 5:50 which is worth double the $$ but it's better than many other tube amps I've heard that cost 2 or 3 times more.

It's an excellent pedal platform too. Very compatible with every pedal I've run thru it due to it's excellent warm clean tones and it has a series loop.

No prob's after 6 months of use

The pre Feb 09 made Rebels had a noisy loop but Egnater have fixed that by issuing a mod which they offerred to pay for. An amp tech did the mod and the Loop works great now. Egnater were great to deal with on that issue. Rebels made after Feb 09 have a non noisy loop

I've been a pro player for over 20 years playing guitar & bass in rock, blues & jazz bands. Have owned and used more gear than you've had hot dinners :). Currently own 6 guitars & 4 amps, numerous pedals, cab's etc etc.

In this small wattage tube head market there's only a few competitors around the 15w to 20w area. The Vox Night Train, Marshall Haze & Orange Tiny Terror.

The Rebel 20 is by far the best of em IMO. It's by far the most versatile, sounds as good as the Vox NT and is the only one with a series loop. This makes it by far the best pedal platform of these small wattage amps. It's also amongst the cheapest. Anyone who marks this amps poorly just doesn't know anything about tube amps IMO.

Amp was produced in 2009. Not a very versatile amp at all. Could not get a decent clean sound. 1 channel, effects loop. 2 primary features are "tube mix" and wattage control. I found little difference with the tube mix, and the wattage control was about as effective as a master volume. It needed reverb. Especially for the cost.

I have all single coils. I play mostly country. This simply didn't cut it. It seems like it was primarily an overdrive machine. It gave me more of a "bark" than a musical sound.

It came with a balky gain knob. It was disturbing and disapointing that this allegedly high end company let this out.

I returned it. Bad out of the box....

Never dealt with them. The retailer was fine.

Playing for 45 years. This was the most disapointing amp I ever bought. And I have bought them all. I would recommend that folks try this out before buying it. It may be OK for some, but is simply not versatile.