I don't mean to sound annoying but how did you actually reach a conclusion without actually trying anything? I agree that ENGLs are nice though, but you'll have to pay 100 quid for a footswitch which is kinda rip off.
I wouldn't say "have to", you can make do with one of the cheapo 2 button ones, but yeah, to get the nice footswitch is expensive.
Very good point Dave. Would any stereo ones work or does it have one of those funny connection pins? The ENGL one is still £40 quid or something silly.
Bloodmountain, I wasn't saying that because you didn'y consider a Laney, Im not that narrow minded. In fact, I own four amps and they are all different brands. I was just a bit annoyed by your "recommending SS/unestablished brands is pointless" comment because I would normally never recommend those but I thought you might prefer them to tube amps (because they are cheaper) so I did. If you have the cash for a tube amp, go for it. No disputes there.
When you try it out, don't let the initial excitement get the better of you. Try many other amps, maybe leave the shop for an hour or two and come back and see if you still think it's as good as you thought. Worst thing you can do when choosing an amp is to have prejudice and rush into a decision. I know because I used to do it a lot. Good luck!
assuming it's the same as my savage se, there's a socket for the expensive 6-button one, which is a bit like a computer lead socket (technical term, obviously!), but there should also be a jack type socket for a more simple 2-button one.
I use the really cheapo engl ones, they were around £25- though i assume anything would do it, laney and marshall ones are more like £15, but you'd want to make sure. Plus the engl ones at £25 are a bit, er, cost-effective, the lead's not very long and they're made of light plastic etc. Main reason I went for them (4 of 'em) was that it let me foot-switch more options than the 6-button controller.
Agreed on the trying out advice.
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