Engl Powerball

This amp has 4 Channels of pure pleasure : a clean, a crunch, a lo-lead and a hi-lead channel. It outputs it's 100 watts out of the 6L6-tubes like a monster.

The 4 channels are split-up in two basic channels (clean & crunch ; lo-lead & hi-lead). Every mode has it's own sound settings (although bass and mid are shared).

Some extra features include : depth punch, a great presence knob, bottom-buttons (adds some real cool feeling); and so much more.

The backside includes a lot of different outputs for speakers, a noise gate button (!!!!), and some FX-loop inputs and footswitch-stuff.

I'm using this guitar with my 7-string Ibanez. It fits just great. I love the low B's through this amp. I've been playing for years with a Digitech RP-series effects unit and a Marshall 9200, but ever since I use this ENGL, I'm very satisfied.

This sound has never been produced before. I just love the tone. And anyone who comes listening over here says the same : this amp rocks.

The distortion blows away all distortions I've ever heard... I can't put it higher than half or it just cranks my Marshall cabinet. Haha. No, it has a lot of distortion (and the distortion remains clean and clear!!).

This amp feels like a tank. It sounds like a stealth bomber. It weighs like a AEGIS missile cruiser and it looks like a killer B-1 Bomber.

No idea! :-)

I've been playing for 10 years right now. I used a Laney Linebacker when I started, switched to my Marshall 9200, and now the ENGL is the only thing I use.

If it were stolen, I'd probably rather die.

I compared the amp with a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (which costs more) and a Marshall and a Diezel. My choice was made very easily : this ENGL is much better than all the rest.

I only wish it had some better options for the footswitch! If I connect my one-knob switch, it can't go into clean mode, so I need to buy a two-knob switch. But that's just a teardrop in an ocean comparing the price of this amp and the price of the switch. :-)

One of the most versatile amps around! no faffing around with effects, just ultra guitar tone - This amp has 4 channels (each with its own configuration), clean, distorted clean, light crunch, full bore in your face channel!. You can go from mansons sweet dreams to sabbaths iron man, to pantera - to slayer - to cannibal corpse - amazing!! - this thing is LOUD! louder than you`d ever need it lets put it that way.

- would be a ten but no reverb, but most good amps don`t need reverb, also, don`t effects to play around with, but you kno..who cares!

I`m using this engl powerball through a Bc rich warlock with emg 81 pickups. what can i say, their a perfect match - screw you king, dimebag - my tone is the best in the world haha. Yea i play some heavy shit, i shred - i play thrash, i play your bog standard rock n roll, everything! this amp suits me just fine, i want to get a gibson sg for it, see how that sounds, i bet its awsome. The tone on this amp is truly amazing, with its own noise gate it gives u so much flexibilty in your playing.

its awsome, you have to giv it time to warm up to get 100% pour metal (or is that just me) anyways, its fine, no probs.

perfect - if the tubes r damaged or not performing to 100% the amp will prompt you with an amp. no problems - if anything did fvck up, i`d just bring it back, no probs there.

I`ve been playing for 8 years and have not came across a better amp, this truly is amazing, i`ve used marshall and laney, and quite frankly marshall and mesa and laney can get off their high horses, engl have come in, and they have produced an awsome amp. If you want a pour sick metal tone or any tone at that, buy this amp - you will nto regret it. And if anyone stole my amp? i`d break their knees and still ask for more. Bleed engl!!

This one is the most versatile amp, I've ever played with.
What I like best, is the 2 (via footswitch) switchable master-volume knobs.
The only "not-so-good" thing is, that it has no switchable effectloop. You have to turn it on and off at the backside of the amp.
For everything else ... www.engl-amps.com

This beast really kicks asses!
Let's start with the clean sounds.
Have you ever tried a Marshall? Yes? Now add bass, wormth (is that an english word? I'm from Austria, you know!) and you could get an idea of how this clean channel sounds. Really great.

The crunch channel is perfect for blues and so on. Nothing to say about that (I'm from the hardrock-fraction)

Lead channel has more gain than any marshall amp on this planet.
Very cool.
The knob "depth punch" adds so much pressure, unbelievable. All in all, it's THE Sound i was looking for. For all rectifier-lovers or people who buy a Powerball to use it as a cheaper rectifier, DON'T buy it. It's not a recto and ENGL didn't want to rebuild a MESA-Top.
It has it's own sound. Well, it's rectifier-like, but it has it's own character.

Well, my english is not as good as it should be to describe the Heavy-Lead Channel.
Brilliant! From simple Rock over Heavy-Metal to Death- and Blackmetal.
It can give you everything. Turn on the knobs, it will really change the sound (don't expect that from a Marshall ;-) )
Find your own sound!
MINE HAS BALLS!

Don't know. Baught it a month ago. No problems yet.
But I know two other people well who have ENGL amps too, and they have never had problems with them. So I give it a 9, because I have no experiences with it.

Don't know either.
Didn't need it yet.

I own a Gibson Les Paul Studio and it really sounds great through my Engl amp and the Engl Vintage Box (4x12'').
I'd suggest to buy this one, cause it was built to sound fat (as the Powerball was too).
The vintage is more expensive than the normal box, but shit on that!

ok as far as features go this has a shed load. theres to many to mention just check out the spec at www.engl-amps.com

this thing is a bomb !! if you play metal and have found that you like the boogie sound but want the tight definition and huge bottom end of a VHT this amp kills both ! especially being a third of the price ! the only bad point i would make is that it could be the best amp in the world if it was 200 watts instead of 100 watts because i have to run it at practily full volume which kills a lot of the great definition this amp can provide we want head room !! and a stereo fx loop would of been an advantage too. but i will say this... this ha just fuckin with ya, seriously, if you want the ultamite in metal crunch with an bottom end that can wake the dead this is the puppy ! especially for recording !!! the only thing that comes close is a hafler !! if this thing was 200 watts and had a mid shelving eq it would definatly get a 10

iv only had it for a couple of gigs but so far its been solid

if this amp ever got stolen they would find out exactly why my nick name is the wall !!! all i can say is WOW !!! come on engl make me a 200 watt version or find me a quite drummer !! oh also forgot to mention get the engl cab with it because its great and very loud compared to mesa,marshall, peavey etc