New amp - SAVAGE!!!!

[Antag]

You bought an amp of this price range without trying it?

You are officially declared INSANE

:) It's wasn't that much of a gamble.

My German colleague has very similar tastes in music to me - last time he was over here we drank beer, played guitars & talked for hours about gear & tone.  He's owned a Powerball & Savage (along with pretty much everything else Engl ever made :lol:) & we talked at length about the differences between the two (I have demoed a Powerball before)

So between my own Engl experience & the opinions of someone whose judgement I trust (plus reading the manual, reviews elsewhere etc) I had a fair idea of what I was getting.

If it had turned out a disaster, I could have returned it.  I won't be doing that... :)

[Antag]

what's a BBE?  sorry, i am still in the process of learning here.  :?

LOOK HERE http://www.bbesound.com/technologies/BBE%5FHDS/

In simple terms, it makes the bass & treble freqs hit the speaker at the same time (there's normally a tiny amount of "lag").  The effect is startling on high gain sounds - as Feline said to me recently "it's like lifting a blanket off your amp" (it was listening to it with Feline's JCM800 that made me get one).  Tightens up the sound considerably & makes it really clear.

I don't find it has such a noticeable effect on clean & low gain sounds.  In fact I like that loose, spongy, diffuse feel to my clean tone so I really like that I can just have the BBE affecting the lead channel & leave the clean sound alone.

[dave_mc]

WOO HOO!!!

KT88 goodness!!!

 That amp should make you quite happy. :D

6550's, i think. the savage se has 6L6/5881.

You bought an amp of this price range without trying it?

You are officially declared INSANE

Happy to see it was a good bet!!! I think there's a significant difference it sound depth and quality between those smaller screamers and thunders and the bigger Engls.

Enjoy your new rig!!

i bought my savage se without trying it, lol. I spent about a year trying everything i could, and then went and bought something i hadn't tried, as i got a deal i couldn't resist.  :lol:  I had tried most of the other engls though, so knew i'd be reasonably certain to like it.

I agree with your last sentence about the engls. Don't get me wrong, i like the screamer etc., but a lot of people seem to badmouth the engls based on their more budget amps. I haven't tried anything with as good tone as my savage se, which has half as many features.