ENGL SCREAMER IS MINE!!!!

[sambo]

lol! tell me me about it... when i first went in... i actually heard them talking about charging this guy an extra £30 or somethin for no real reason.... one of them was like

"i let that guy get off too cheap... shouldve asked for more... "

so his work mate simply said:

"oh just charge him another 30 or something... just tell him he has to pay another 30"

bar-stewards... still... i dont care as long as i have my amp lol.

and yer your right steve... ive been talking about amps for so long... FINALLY have one... ahh its such a relief!!!

and yer you nailed it about the TSLs- only good for soft rock.... there was just nothing that exciting about it... especially not to warrant £700.... at least with the Mesas i could see how some people would really like their sound because theyre just voiced specifically... but the TSLs just werent very good in general.

now i must get back to my baby... ive just hooked up my Kerry King... oh lord...

[maliciousteve]

You'll find Coda are like that too. I dislike some of the guys in Coda more so than some in Machinehead. Though the guys in Machinehead probably get a bit worried when I walk in because two of their amps stopped working for no reason when I was trying them out.   :lol:

[MDV]

No lub for TSLs?

I have 602 (with JJ tubes, I'll grant you) and a screamer, and lately I've been getting better tones from the TSL (with an EQ in the effects loop).

Screamers are pretty good though (I've had mine long enought now to be aware of its weaknesses as well as strengths: they arent amazing amps, but they are very good).

[sambo]

haha!!! classic  :lol:

did they actually say anything to you? lol...

and yer, i havent spent much time at all in Coda, but im starting to feel that the machinehead guys at least 'know their stuff' a bit better than Coda...

especially since today i asked for a small-ish valve combo for gigging, with two channels being essential.... and the first thing he recommended i look at was a tiny one-channel fender with a Boss DS-1 in front of it... which wasn't exactly tone-heaven to be honest... (just off topic- i think the DS-1 is probably the sh*ttest distortion pedal known to man...)...

so yer my opinion of them has lowered slightly, and the machinhead guys were quite friendly today...

i think i remember you saying something about Coda doing a cr@p job on a set-up for a guitar of yours... ?

[zigmund]

Top man! Oddly enough, I just opined on this in Jinskee's thread. Yes, I've gound Engl to still be one of the effectively best kept secrets; without rubbishing Marshall, I have to say that it was only by thoroughly getting into the Engl that I realised my frustration with the Marshall...either woolly or scooped and fizzy unless ramped up to 11. I was able with the Engl to rid myself of tubey overdrive pedals and let the valves do the biz...though I also agree with the comment about the pricey floorswitch.
 (On a related yet immature note, I have to say I love the steel grille: darn handy to stick on the front of a 4x4 if travelling through a herd of Gloucershire rhino)
 Presumably the speaker is a Celestion V30? My workaround on the price of Engl cabs was to buy my own speaker and make my own cab, using mdf instead of birch-ply: the result was less toppy-sounding and helped my love of the round middles that this company's amps can provide. I'd go as far as to suggest an Ibanez tube-screamer as a front-end shaper if needs be, but again, I'm glad you've got a very tidy un-Christmas prezzy!

[maliciousteve]

haha!!! classic  :lol:

did they actually say anything to you? lol...

and yer, i havent spent much time at all in Coda, but im starting to feel that the machinehead guys at least 'know their stuff' a bit better than Coda...

especially since today i asked for a small-ish valve combo for gigging, with two channels being essential.... and the first thing he recommended i look at was a tiny one-channel fender with a Boss DS-1 in front of it... which wasn't exactly tone-heaven to be honest... (just off topic- i think the DS-1 is probably the sh*ttest distortion pedal known to man...)...

so yer my opinion of them has lowered slightly, and the machinhead guys were quite friendly today...

i think i remember you saying something about Coda doing a cr@p job on a set-up for a guitar of yours... ?

Yeah that's right, I bought a Jackson RR3 from them. I had to get them to sharp the knife edges of the tremolo because it kept going out of tune. It took them almost 5 weeks to get it back to me and it was still doing the same problem

[sambo]

:D thanks mate

and hahaha!!! yer the grill is a nice touch definitely :lol:

i thought it was a V30 but having inspected further its a G12... (i think... ?.... im not clued-up on speakers at all)...

and nice one on the cab-building...
are you talking about a screamer head then i presume? or just an extension cab for a combo?

and a tube-screamer is an intersting idea as i did think about a JCM800+tube screamer combination.... might work just as well with the ENGL- thanks for the suggestion!

just out of interest, (if it is the same amp we're talking about)... what settings do you usually use on the lead channel? im just starting to tweak it a bit more and getting to grips with fine tuning the EQ in conjunction with the presence control...  damn versatile this thing.

[sambo]

ouch.... 5 weeks.... for a guitar you bought from them!!!? thats not good.

the action on my gibson was horrible when i bought it from them too actually.

at least machinehead set-up every guitar they sell... or so they claim any way...

[Crazy_Joe]

I like the Coda people!

They are always cool to me and help me out when i need stuff etc.

The only time i ever go to Machinehead is when i need a pack of strings, and sometimes i don't even do that!

[sambo]

No lub for TSLs?

I have 602 (with JJ tubes, I'll grant you) and a screamer, and lately I've been getting better tones from the TSL (with an EQ in the effects loop).

Screamers are pretty good though (I've had mine long enought now to be aware of its weaknesses as well as strengths: they arent amazing amps, but they are very good).

personal preference i guess.... to be fair i couldnt use the marshall quite as loud as the ENGL... which would have played its part...

and im starting to see already that you are indeed right- the ENGL isnt perfect by any means.

[sambo]

I like the Coda people!

They are always cool to me and help me out when i need stuff etc.

The only time i ever go to Machinehead is when i need a pack of strings, and sometimes i don't even do that!

jesus im replying at like a message a minute!!!

well they're polite and nice people... which is great... but i just get the impression that the machinhead people are more clued up about the gear theyre selling...

depends on which staff member specifically i spose... at least Coda doesnt have a snobby owner who gets angry at you when HIS shop charges you £40 to INCORRECTLY fit a pickup....


   :x

[Crazy_Joe]

:lol: hahaha, what a bunch o' noobs!

[sambo]

:lol: hahaha, what a bunch o' noobs!

:lol: precisely!  :lol:

besides the cr@pness of hertfordshires guitar shops... i now have to think about how/when im gonna crank this beast.

[MDV]

No lub for TSLs?

I have 602 (with JJ tubes, I'll grant you) and a screamer, and lately I've been getting better tones from the TSL (with an EQ in the effects loop).

Screamers are pretty good though (I've had mine long enought now to be aware of its weaknesses as well as strengths: they arent amazing amps, but they are very good).

personal preference i guess.... to be fair i couldnt use the marshall quite as loud as the ENGL... which would have played its part...

and im starting to see already that you are indeed right- the ENGL isnt perfect by any means.

Yeah mate the TSLs are fizzy and THIN at low volumes. You do need to know how to get the sounds out of it, but there are some great ones in there for metal.

Edit: screamers can often be very brittle and have a push-less midrange. Using an EQ and wereslting with the prescence/gain/treble can get it out though.

[chrisbellx]

machinehead gave me a free selector switch tip. it didnt fit, but i wont have anything said against them  :P