Engl Screamer 50 112 Combo

You already know the features from the other reviews. And Im not here to fill inn any info on the amps features. Its a simple amp with all the esentials to tune in a good sound for most tastes.

I see this amp as an simple, no bullshit and straight forward amp,
just turn it on and pley. If you try this amp, just turn it on, set the bass, middle and treble to 12o' clock and you will most definately get a good sound.

The amp has only one eq, which isnt necessary a drawback. It needs more fiddeling to get a good sound from both clean and dist channels.
Since there is only one eq there is 4 drive modes rather than 4 channels.

The clean is just awsome, I love this channel. Its just so open and bright, and if you use your guitars tone pot-meter you can get a wide variety of sounds very easy.

I dont tend to use the pushed clean mode, but I use the HiGain a lot.
And both of them are really awsome, it kicks your ass and slaps you in the face every time. When turned up loud (and the amp can get loud as hell for its size) its just raw power. I felt like I had been touched by something evil the first time I turned this baby up.

I recon with the 4 different drive modes the amp can suit a wide array of different styles and sound. I personally have used this amp for metal, rock, blues and jazz, and it worked beautifully for every one of thoes styles.

This amp just has to experienced, it will blow you away. And if you try this amp in a store, please ask them to play it loud becaus thats the way its supposed to be played.

Iv had this amp for 2 years now. The first year I used it daily and I would transport it to and from bandpractice once a week, and sometimes moore. And it has never dissappointed, just plug in, turn on and theres that awsome sound.

The second year I owned it I was in military service, so it just stood at home collecting dust. And me and my Screamer is at our 3rd year, and its still going strong. Iv changed the power-tubes to a couple of Mesa & Boogie because the tubes that comes stock with the amp might be old and brittle. So after the change the amp got a little more powerful sound. I havnt changed the pre-amp tubes yet.

This amp is build like a German Tiger tank, you can drag around and it will just keep on giving you those great tones.

I havnt been in contact with Engl yet, but after what Iv heard from other people they are true Germans. The will help you with your problems and fix your amp at a moments notice.

Iv been playing guitar for 6 years now. And I bought this amp a couple of years ago, just after I had bought a Gibson Explorer. And those two together is my dream team.

If this amp were lost or stolen I would by a new one as soon as I could afford it. And if Im going to buy a new amp in the feature it will only be a bigger and louder Engl, like the Powerball.

I love that this amp is a simple and straith forward amp, it just works and its sound is just utterly pleasing. The only minor issue with this amp is that it is heavy as hell, about 30kg. But that isnt and issue. I love this amp so much that I just have to get stronger so that I can carry it around ;P

If you have questions about this amp, please mail me.

I personally don???t know what year my amp was made, and to be honest I don???t care!
But I do care whether this amp is versatile enough for me and the music styles I play. AND IT IS!!! I play from pop-funk-disco to melodic-poser rock and SCREAMER rocks in every style!! It has four switchable channels and an extra feature called V.L.S. which distincts this amp further compared with other combos. This VLS feature simply raises the amount of volume whenever you want and on whatever level you want!!! Your solos can finally be heard!! To be able to fully control the channels and reverb I use the Z-5 Custom Footswitch by Horst Langer (Great construction too) I use SCREAMER in studio and live applications and never let me down. It???s far more than 50 watts in your ear and your bandmates. And it???s build like a tank as many keep saying.

This amp can make a wide variety of sounds. From sparkling clean to vintage ones, from massive crunchy sound to Super Lead situations (if u know what I mean!). I use it both with Fender Stratocaster 60th Anniversary (also see my review on this) and Gibson Les Studio Plus. The results are awesome! (Keep in mind different EQ settings-TOTAL DIFFERENT GUITARS). SCREAMER definitely suits the music style I mentioned above, and it has a regular noise at VERY high levels as all amps on that level.

Until now Screamer never let me down, and I would use it without a backup. I depend on it 100% and as I said before it???s built like a DEUTCHE TANK!

I???ve never dealt with ENGL. My local dealer gave me 2 years full warranty so I???m happy for it. Also the authorized service is 10 minutes far from my home!

I???ve been playing for about 15 years and I have been the owner of several tube amps including Marshall DSL, TSL, Randall e.t.c. SCREAMER is by far the most versatile and high featured amp I???ve owned. The sound is just as pros keep saying HIGH END!
Retains its value, and is by far the best amp in his category or combos valuing two times more. Screamer outputs exactly whatever you input. So if you are not able to control your Green ones, you???d better try sth else. It???s a pretty Brit sound amp I could say with a character of high gain American ones. All these made and assembled in Germany by a group of people calling themselves ENGL Team. Somewhat like a custom one or not?
If it were stolen I would buy it again as Screamer head! I wish it was patched with midi options!!

This is a 50 watt,4 channel(with Footswitch)all tube amp. 6L6 Power tubes, 12 AX7 Pre amp tubes. Ch1-Clean, Ch2-Blues-AC/DC Crunch, Ch3-Heavy Crunch Overdrive, Ch4-Super Crunch Overdrive,Creamy Saturation. Footswitchable Spring Reverb. Footswitchable Adjustable Boost for each channel. Adjustabel Effects Loop. This amp can handle any gig from club to stage.

Clean channel is pretty good. Very Fender like but could use a little more headroom. Channel two can get you the AC/DC crunch easily with a Les Paul or awesome Stevie Ray tones with a Strat. Channel three can grind for classic rock or heavy blues. I have used this channel alot for rhythm and solos. Channel four is just all out sustain city for lead work. Overall I would give this amp a 9 for sound quality.

I've had this amp for almost a year with no problems.

Never had to call them

The only flaw of this amp is the Clean channel headroom...it just distorts a little too soon for my tastes. I sold my Marshall JCM900, JCM200 DSL, and a Mesa Single Rectifier Head after I got this amp. It can do it all and then some. I highly recommend you try one out(if you can find one in a store)They are definately worth a listen.

Im sure you allready know all features.
For me its simple and easy, but not perfect.
A second master level and reverb poti woul make this more pleased.

First, the Vintage 30 Speaker makes this Amp sounds bad,
At home it was just "ok" for practising at very low volumen, but something was missing, mhh. At my Band the Screamer sounds like a
broken box of wood, very muffy, this is a result of an open back and the V30, I test it with my 4x12 stack without the V30 and known what was wrong, so I changed the V30 against a Celestion Heritage and yeah, much more organic this way, now I play it with a 2x12 Marshall box modded with Heritages at 8 Ohm.
The Amp sound is cool for any style, the tubes make it sounds "real" but I also known 1x12 Amps that are much more expensiv and have a much more versatile or perfect sound. But I can live well with the screamer, because the louder the amp is - the better the sound comes. So I use it for small club gigs, or a/b it with my Mesa Lonestar. The Screamers basic sound is very "modern" and middy so perfect for Hard Rock, Metal and high speed licks. The only channel I dont like is the "chrunch", its to steril and bright and I prefer to use a overdrive as a better alternative. The Reverb unit is Ok at low and littel settings but when you turn it over 12 o clock position it washes the sound and gets a metalic steril undertone.
My main Guitar is a modded Fender Us Stratocaster and a Jackson SL2H Mahagoni ( Im a Strat type ) but I also have a 68 Gibson Paula and a Esp Horizon NT.
With the Screamer I use a Maxon delay ( perfect in the effect loop of the screamer ) and Od 9, TC chorus, a Simple Morley Wahwah, and a Boss tuner. But with good cables ( often underrated ).

My main Tunning is;
clean vol ; 11 oclock.
gain at 11
Bass at 1
midds at 1
highs at 10
pres. 10
Reverb at 10
Master volumen near 3 oclock.

Looks and feels like a solid, heavy Amp. The Tubes are at a good place at a natural wind circulation, so no burner here. There is nothing bad on it and this is the greatest at this Engl Amps, there build to get Rocked Hard.
After one week a Tube was blown away but the dealer give me a new one for free. Shit happens ;-)
So works well...but a tube changing will come the next weeks....

The people of Engl stay in Bavaria Munich Germany but the distribution is in Bochum Nrw Germany. So the Bavarians dont answer my questions what was not helpfull so 1 point but the guys in Bochum are nice and also are ther for a small-talk at phone 9 points to Bochum.

I would call it a good Mesa Boogie meets Rivera Clone with a own outstanding charakter.
its just a matter of personal taste and for the price and build quality its a very good deal.
but trust me _ change the muddy V30 speaker and you will feel better.
And if you have a extension cab...use it and turn the volumen up.

all the stuff has been mentioned. Great reverb. Treble Presence works very well and makes the amp extremely diverse in the Eq. Excellent effects loop and numerous amounts of speaker combinations. VLS is the exact same as dual master volumes except it doesn't have a control knob on it.

only reasons why i give this amp an 9 is because of the shared eq and gain and the fact that it doesn't come with a footswitch (i would pay the extra money if the Z-5 footswitch was included). However i justify this as this amp is very simple and i believe adding an eq in would damage the sound, therefore i give it a 9.

Firstly this thing is loud! I practice below 1 and reherse with a band on 1/4 volume. It just gets way better as it gets louder. I play a fender american deluxe fat strat.

I'll go channel by channel:

Clean - awesome channel. Better than any other amp in it's price range and just about up there with amps around double the price. The bright switch is also great and i keep it on all the time. It is just amazing, and if you add reverb it gets better. i'm giving it a 10 for the price you pay for it.

Clean Hi Gain - a very odd channel yet fairly versitile. if you have the gain down and the neck pickup it practically plays clean without the warmth. However it can break up more than anyone needs it to. It is a bit thin but plays AC/DC stuff fairly well. However i wish it was more like a marshall's crunch and had the same kind of characteristics as you can't really play clean and break up on it. I'm giving it a 6.5 because i don't really care and will rarely use it, however i do say that it's only there for people who might enjoy maybe a minute or two of breakup and not play that sound forever.

Soft Lead - Great! Overlaps a bit with the clean hi gain, but not much. It plays classic rock great and sounds like the lead channel of a marshall. It is a little thin, but if you turn the bass up or the volume it is fixed. You can get a million sounds out of this channel and they are all great. i will give it a 9.5

Heavy Lead - believe me this has more than enough gain for a combo. this channel screams, while still staying virtually noiseless. It gives me the best neck pickup distortion i've heard. The eq also allows this channel to be very versitile in terms of treble. I'm giving it a 10 as if i put a quad on it, it gives an awesome distortion and that it is just great for the money you pay.

automatically giving it a 10. It is build like an absolute tank and besides the open back it is completely invulnerable.

metal grill at the front, metal logo, strong cabinet and more screws in the amp than any other.

nothing as of yet. i believe 1 year warranty.

It says "fantastic value" on 10 for this category and i've got to give it that. It is the best you can get for the price. The Engl Screamer Combo is firstly great value ($100 more for a combo than the head) and when i get the money, i will buy a quad for it and it will sound better than almost all amps. I like this amp better than the Savage 120. It gives you 3 great sounds 1 average, apart to the many average sounds higher end amps have. Don't buy the amp with the most switches, buy the rawest amp with the best sounds.

this amp would also make a great amp to throw you effects on - great clean and excellent speaker and poweramp section.

must repeat that, serious ??

Just want to ad that this is realy a great combo, its sound modern and not vintage like so it can sound like a Marshall Jcm 800 and also like a recto. but not like a twin or ac 30 !!
And what do you imagine about a open back 50 Watt V 30 Combo ??
its sounds good in youre bedroom but with a Band you MUST have a closed 2x12 or 4x12 !! Or you have a fish alu platet fishtank crap sound !
It has enough power to blow 2 4x12 !! Look the Amp from Tom Morello, 50 watt top in a 4x12 and did he sound like shit ??!! A 9 because its well worth the money but ther are better combos out ther that realy are a 10 !! You "I better writte how great the shit I have buy is, before I call myself stupid" people here at HC. All I say is Kindergarden !

German tank !!

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yeah, its all i need, a delay and a wah and rock your head out, ( espacally you digital freaks and vintage gurus with no soul but expensive vintage custom gear, better learn how to playing !!
All of you suckers know me !!

I bought this amp new from a chain of music stores in the UK for ??649 in Nov 2004. That particular chain has since be bought out by another, changed name and no longer sell the Engl range (WHY?)
The features have been covered many times over, so won't repeat them.

This amp is extremely versatile. The clean sounds are among the best I have heard in 25 years of playing. I work as a professional live sound engineer and has been "borrowed" by several "name" players, one of which went out and bought one purely for the clean channel ("sounds like a twin but fits in the boot of my car"). Crunch does AC/DC or Georgia Satellites rhythm parts fine, soft lead does fine for me with my humbucker equipped PRS McCarty for the dirty stuff.
The last channel I rarely use, but I did make a Jap Telecaster sing with it like it never had before! I think the reverb is pretty naff. The tail is too long and is unusuable above 2. The bright switch is just that. Using the combo's own speaker, the amp lacks a little warmth, without cranking the bass to to 9, and the bright switch just makes matters worse.

Pumping that much bass thru a poor single vintage 30 in an open cab is not recommended. I am about to replace the driver for the second time in 2 years. I am not a "bottom heavy" metal player. The amp gets quite heavy usage, up to 5 times a week, covering all kinds on styles, with allsorts of guitars. I have replaced the valve as precaution, but the originals were working fine and I still have them as back up.

Not dealt with. Unknown

I went in to the shop to buy a Yamaha SG2000s, I walked out with the guitar, and went back a week later and bought the amp I had tried it through! I had heard of Engl, but that was it. Would i recommend one? Yes, but with an extension cab. If it was stolen, I would probably buy the head version with a 4x12....
Anyone looking for an all round amp must try one of these. Forget modelling stuff. This will do the job and sound far better.

Its a new model from 2005/ 06
For my its versatile enough. I play styles from Hendrix, Guns N Roses to Metallica and sometimes a bit of jazz, classic, blues fusion.
It has 4 channels, a good effect loop, one reverb unit, inputs for one or two 8 / 16 ohm Loudspeakers. A Celestion V 30.
A simple standart Eq. wich is ok.
I use it at home, gigs, with my Band, Studio etc.
The 50 Watts tube power are enough for any venue.
I play it with a 2x12 Engl cab.
No, nothing to add, the simpler a amp is and the more tubes it has, the better it is ( for me ).

Its is a midrangy, very bassfull amp.
Clean is great, I can compare it with the Twin amp from a friend and its nearly the same sound quality, but the screamer has a different voice. The bright switch mellows the sound wich is very cool for clean sounds.
Chrunch "feels" a bit louder than the clean and some more highs are coming, the louder you set the clean volumen, the more gain is in the chrunch.
Lead is great for " classic " Rock sounds, great overdrive. But its better without the bright switch. ( more eggs ).
The heavy lead is a Hardrock Metal sound that is very cool. Lead lines can sound very full, screaming and with rich attack, wow !! But for chord playing I set the gain under 12 oclock.
The amp has a direct and un-compromissed voice, its spells exactlly what you are playing, no colouring or influence. So for "bad" players that can go bad, but for players with technik, that amp gives a 100% Pro. music instrument, I love it more and more I play it.
My set up; clean 10:30 o clock, bass, mids, highs, presence and lead volumen at 12 o clock, the reverb at 11 oclock, the main volumen like i need it. ( From Bedroom to Stadion its all possible ).
I play a Gibson Paula and a Esp Horizon II.
A Delay in the effect loop, wich sounds perfect and a wah direct in the input, great !! Also I only use it with the Z4 footswitch wich is all I need. ( The Z5 is to large ).

Looks like metal, feels like metal, weights like metal, quality.
The tubes are 1 year old and still Ok.

I e maild them two times without any reaction.
Suck**** ??

I play since 20 years, 2 - 6 gigs a month, 1-3 times a year in the studio...I dont earn enough money to live from that...
I have a Marshall Plexi and a Rivera Chubster. Many Stomb Boxes and some different cabs. My main Guitars are Gibson and Esp but I also have a Fender 70 Strat and a Epiphone Casino.
I love the simple and direct voice and the handling of ( any ) 1x12 combo. For what I have buy it, it works ( sometimes wonders ). So I dont want add there something.

I need 2 minutes to know how this Combo work and another 5 to have
The sound setting I like.

Go on there website to see technical infos.

The clean is just great,? not so much compression like my 2001 Twin Amp,
And smoother than my Roccaforte Plexi Top. Its nearer to a Mesa Lonestar.
It has deepth but clarity and a beautyfull Bell chime Sound.
Its very hard to explain a sound, but if you need a fantastic allround Combo, check this one.
For the price, unbeatable. The clean can go loud enough to play with a double bass drummer ;-)
And when you play in a little club without a PA ? You must make something wrong in your
Buisenes work.
The chrunch is Ok but I play a Fulltone 69 Fuzz or a moded Tubescreamer in the clean
Channel for that. Oh and play with the bright switch on !! If you loose bottom
Put a little bit more bass in it.
The lead has tones of gaaiiiinnnn, I never put this over the 12 o clock.
( When I need some Pantera sounds I dail out the mids. )
You have 4 channels with one EQ, so mind this is shit, ? I play only the clean and the lead
Channel, in a allround setting. Because it sucks when you must turn the knops at a life gig every
Second song !! Oh and the reverb beats the Twin and my old Holy Grail. Its always on, at 10 O o`clock
Oh and the lead one is also loud enough.

My live gear ; Gibson Paula, Fender Strat. T Rex delay, moded Tubescreamer, Fulltone
69 Fuzz, Cry Baby 353Q,
Korg Dt 10 Tuner. And 2 channel switch?in the screamer 50...
Sometimes with a mesa 1 x 12 cab. To have the Speaker nearer to my ears
Because chairs sucks and also you have more air moving.
( for a 4 x 12, there is not enough power )

Studio gear ; Music Man Petrucci, Epiphone Nick Valensi Casino,
TC Electronics G major. Line 6 Pro Pod.
Different Amps. ( The Mesa Lonestar )

It works and works and works?..also the tubes?.since 3 years.

I don?t care, I live in Bochum were the distribution is, good quality.

I play since 20 years, know I m 34, I live from playing music as , session , party cover and
Private teacher. I have play nearly anything famous and un famous Amps.
And the most don?t give me that what the price and name sad.

No I don?t buy this again if its stolen?. I sell the Twin an go for the new Souveraign 1 x 12 er.
And this goes in my living room.

I don?t know what you are searching, And what you like or not. All I can say is to test one of these ones
If you want spend 1000 Euros for a new Amp.
Ohh and never NEVER trust the guy from the music shop. Its his job to sell. And if he can sell you
Shit, they will do it.

1x12 50w tube combo, made in 2003 (I bought it used). Cone is a Celestion Vintage 30, which kicks ass.
4 channels: Clean, Crunch, Soft Lead, Heavy Lead. ENGL prefers to call them 2 channels (Clean/Lead) with two "modes" each (Low Gain/High Gain). So you have only two switches in the front of the amp. It includes the VLS function, which is kind of booster (in fact, you have a pot, located in the back of the amp, which dials in the volume gap between the normal sound and the boosted sound).
All of this is switchable via footswitch, but... the damn footswitch is NOT INCLUDED. Also, the reverb and the boost can ONLY be kicked in via footswitch, i.e. no switches on amp. There are two ways to behave:
- buy the ENGL Z5 Footswitch (six switches, 180? here in Italy)
- get a normal, double-switch pedal, with a stereo jack plug, and switch channels. Another one can be used to kick in boost and reverb. Using single switches is not recommended because one function can be switched while the other IS ALWAYS ON. So if you use a single switch for the channels you don't have Clean and Lead but Crunch and Heavy Lead. No good.
I preferred to buy the Z5 because with normal switches I would have to push two buttons to switch between Clean and Heavy Lead, which is a typical "Metallica" situation.
Another point is the EQ: this thing has only got a single EQ, plus a Presence control for the Lead channels. Personally I LOVE this, because there are only a handful of knobs on the front of the amp, and if I want to crank something while playing, I can do it without any trouble. "Chicken-head" knobs make easy to SEE regulations... if you got a Mesa Recto, you can forget that. BUT, if you REALLY want separate EQ for each channel, this could be a big trouble.
Has a parallel effects loop, which I prefer to be switchable: not a big problem, though.
Almost forgot it has a "bright" switch, so if you got a Les Paul Custom you can wash the mud away. There also is a direcr line-out with a cannon (XLR) plug.

I give an 8 because of the footswitch and the effects loop: I did not consider the single EQ because it is no trouble for me.

I play a Gibson SG Standard with DiMarzio PAF Pro at the neck and Gibson Tony Iommi at the bridge. I got the amp re-tubed with Sovtek 12AX7 and JJ 6L6.
This thing is LOUD and BRUTAL. Let's take into consideration every channel:
- Clean: almost Fender-style. I plugged my friend's Tele into it and started to chicken-pick... well, it worked. Give it a 9, I don't want to give 10 because I'm not fond of clean sounds.
- Crunch: Someone says that it is too thin: well it's not particularly chunky, but it is enough for me. I can play AC/DC rhythm parts without any trouble. If you plug in a single-coil guitar, though, it IS a little thin. Rate it 7.5.
- Soft Lead: again, this is perfect for rock rhythmic parts, and even solos. Lots of gain if you want it, although it is not made for metal. Give it a 9.
- Heavy Lead: ENORMOUS. Lots of gain and almost no buzz. Perfect for all metalheads. Don't use with single-coils, too much feedback. This channel deserves a 10!

The Reverb sounds pretty good too, and the boost is very useful, also because it increases saturation and compression, due to the tubes.

It is really built like a tank. Just check tubes and it'll be fine forever.
Z5 footswitch is well-built too (I literally washed it with beer an evening, and it still works), plus it has computer-style plugs with screws, which means it cannot unplug during a gig.

Not dealt with ENGL yet. The Italian dealer, MOGAR, is a @#$%!^& !@#$%^&, but this does not matter.

Great if you play Rock or Metal. It's the best tube combo I have tried this far: ENGL heads IMHO kick rectifiers' asses, too. If 50W are enough for you (I bet they are) then you should seriously give it a try.