engl test in drop a

[Ozterkvlt]

Don't know what you guys are on about. To me, this sounds brutal as fuck. Real evil, scooped, saturated and dark. Lets not kid ourselves, a line 6 spider could never sound like this (I own one so I should know).

[petedogg369]

Just a thought but you should put your guitars away and not lean them on anything. I did this back in the day and my guitar fell over one day and left a big ding in it. It will happen sooner or later.

[CrimsonJoseph]

Ok bro, next time record the audio properly.

Either have a camera with a nice dynamic range. or plainly use guitarmics to render the audio better.

I own a Powerball-I by ENGL and play it with a 7 string. (also in A sometimes) but my sound is GODLIKE in comparisson. So fix that.

[Locrianisstrange]

no offense but if the makers of engl saw that they would cry because of how bad your making them sound

[DImaxguitar]

Fuck! My ears was blown by your terrible sound!

[v7davis]

My line 6 spider III sounds better

[5StarDegenerateZach]

@v7davis No. it doesn't. go play one of these IN PERSON b4 blurting such ignorance. Line 6 Spiders are fucking PRACTICE AMPS. You'll see... just go play the FB. best of luck!

[munchy040]

eww sounds like a line 6

[Rockerboy3872]

@munchy040 dude, this is an ENGL, it's the camera and the tuning that's making this sound bad, don't compare these amps to line 6, EVER.

[munchy040]

@Rockerboy3872 hahaha what would you say is the best engl amp on the market

[Rockerboy3872]

@munchy040 i dont know, I've never test drove one because they're not in Guitar Center usually, but I know for a FACT that they're better than Line 6 by a long shot, why else would they be $3000?

[mopheadthe3rd]

@munchy040 Powerball

[munchy040]

@Rockerboy3872 yeah no shit there better than a line 6 my first comment was just a joke !

im thinking of buying one nhot sure what to get though , i mostly play metallica so i want that big bottom end but with really tight fast attack , i currently own a mesa boogie mark v its got the tight attack but lacks a little in the bottom end

[Rockerboy3872]

@munchy040 i dont know which is the best, I've always wanted one, but don't know where to test them. I heard the Savage model is good for Metal, probably has good bottom end...

[xanderkaza]

just cause you have the low up full, the treble up full, and the mid as low as it can possibly go... doesn't make you brutal, or your playing any less shit. just sayin

[goffbum]

Ouch.....thats some nasty noize.

[ohmyfine]

which engl is this?

[SlapphePikkur]

@cory0313

The core's are not metal, remember that.

It's like saying that punk is rock.

[Dehumanize93]

@SlapphePikkur Sorry, but punk IS rock. Hardcore is not metal, but metalcore is more metal than hardcore, at least the popular crap you see on Headbanger's Ball these days.

[SlapphePikkur]

@Dehumanize93

Punk is not rock. Punk is punk.

Do you disagree that punk is punk?

Cuz punk can't be two things, you know.

Punk is either punk or rock.

Which of them sounds like the right one?

[djaevulens]

Sorry man, but whatever pickups you use in your guitar sucks ass =P

The amp is definetly ftw though (Y)

[intimatetorture]

Right to cleAr this up I recorded this about a few days after got the head and this was years ago I recorded it , i know it sounds wank it's in drop a on a seven so no major dropping had to be done , and. I never play that kinda music , I play in d or c normally , don't take it so serious I uploaded if for the sake of it coz I could

[frylocdub]

is there a way to hide the comments on you tube? cause if i have to read another debate about what type of metal something is im gonna go on a killing spree.... shut the fuck up and listen to what you want this aint a music store .....

[Gyro911]

It sounds to trebley and has no warmth

[Guitarledgend0123]

i NEVER put my guitars below drop c lol. this is just rediculous!

[DB73093]

did you use an OD pedal?

[tctebsrules]

weird combination

[RosesForTheDead7]

you dont need a low tuning to be heavy..

Example.. Korn play in A but i find Lamb of God are heavier and they play in standard drop D

[REDTEARS667]

@RosesForTheDead7 i think something you have to bare in mind is.....MESHUGGAH!

[RosesForTheDead7]

@REDTEARS667 uhh.. what??

[REDTEARS667]

@RosesForTheDead7 have you heard of meshuggah? theyre fucking heavy as, and they play on 8 string guitars. thts the point i was making.

[RosesForTheDead7]

@REDTEARS667 lol sorry no i haven't.. n 8 string?? nice.. i have a 7 string.. thats enough for me lol

[kevinmccauley518]

heaviness is not determined by string tuning and ridiculous gain. Heaviness is determined by arrangement.

[meldizzle6]

do you have any pedals hooked up to this amp or is it just guitar hooked up to the amp

[zakkthemusicdude]

Is that the Marshall 1960 4x12 and do you have the vintage 30's in it?

[xmitch92x]

@zakkthemusicdude It's a Marshall 1936, so a 2x12 version of the 1960. There are 2 models of the 1936, one which comes loaded with Vintage 30s.

[AdrianCrash]

@zakkthemusicdude Thats a 1936, not V30 on it.

[tylertange]

sounds great. ill be saving up for an engl. just got a 7 string hellraiser, im stoked. btw drop a is the shit. nile, whitechapel, impending doom, all drop A.

[KODFISHdaBAWSS]

Suicide Silence

[xXBoxcar182Xx]

Suicide Silence may play in Drop A but they suck.

[KODFISHdaBAWSS]

@xXBoxcar182Xx Make something better then!

[xXBoxcar182Xx]

I'm afraid you're setting the bar just a little low there, buddy.

That's really not that hard.

[demonj00]

How is it possible to make this fabulous amp sound terrible?

[tctebsrules]

give a jackass a bunch of money. that's how

[ThroatShredder]

@tctebsrules Take the recording quality into consideration before opening your mouth.

[Hellad00d]

Stop arguing about Tuning. you can play the same song in drop D as you can in drop B it just is lower. Lower tunings don't make anything easier to play its just a way for an artist to get a different sound they prefer. And Alot of bands who play in drop tunings are trying to achieve heavier music. I know alot of bands who if they played in a higher tuning would not be as fun to listen to and would not be the same.

[AstralOpeth]

not necessarily. dropped D is easier to play power chords than standard. same for any "dropped D" type fashion in any other tuning (with the 6th string a step down i mean). unless you were talking about tuning all the strings down so you still played it like it was in standard, or having more than a 6 string guitar, then that statement isnt necessarily true.

[Hellad00d]

@AstralOpeth i didnt say it was easier, but it shouldent be any harder to play? your playing the same notes just tuned down different steps. and if you have the correct guage string there wont be any slack . my point is if your playing a song in drop D and then tune down to drop B your playing the same thing just in a different tuning My band plays in drop B and when i practice i have another guitar in drop D. both are the same to play, just different tunings.

[AstralOpeth]

I was saying it IS easier, YOU were saying its NOT easier. "Lower tunings don't make anything easier to play its just a way for an artist to get a different sound they prefer." -you. though both are "easy" dropped D is technically is "easier." i agree with the statement you're saying now though. same exact thing with a completely different feel to the sound of the notes.

[The7thL]

I'm not against drop A tuning...I myself use it on occasion. All I'm saying Is that I prefer standard B and It's all the heavy that I need. If anyone can't acknowledge or respect that, then you guys are just immature little shits who have ALOT of growing up to do.

[TheRealCadaver]

Not to bag on anyone or anything, but writing heavy riffs in drop is easy as pie. I prefer standard as well.

My little bro plays in drop C or D all the time. When I hand him a guitar tuned in standard, he's totally lost.

Standard E or D for the win.

[The7thL]

@TheRealCadaver

I agree...B or even Bb standard is all the "Heavy" you'll need

[MK4vDubbin]

Ive played in both and honestly I dont find power chords to be any more difficult in either tuning. Not that I'm a great guitarist, but I guess I just dont suck and I learned to play in standard tunings because Im not an asshole.

[chooch187]

how about being able to play in both FTW

[ctjoao]

this video makes it sound like your paying 2000 dollars to play through a line 6 spider III

[DeadPandaTits]

@ctjoao absolute truth

[DeltaVegaOfficial]

@ctjoao EXACTLY! SHIT I can't find a fucking review of this amp with out the god damned guitar tuned like this shit!!

[DarkSun101meh]

@ctjoao well said

[Heretic123456]

@ctjoao bullshit

[AnOddMusician]

@ctjoao this sounds so much better then any line 6 idk what your talking about

[bob505470]

white chapel anyone?

[RythemGuitarist]

i am sorry for the ENGL

[aligatorsandwitch72]

Why on earth do people downtune? Maybe someone could tell me.

Also was that obscura i heard?

[TragicBreakdown]

@aligatorsandwitch72 Just the overall feel for some and some people just like their tone to be low.

[SatansLeadGuitarist]

because they feel like it. why do people play metal? why do people play rock? why do people play jazz? they do because thats what they like to do.

[Norther219]

i dunno man, some of the best bands ever stick to standard or D. Mors Principium Est is amazing in standard and pisses on 99% of all other metal tbh

[jose091]

Because they have BALLS

[allsport1313]

cause standard gets old

[allsport1313]

I love both, I cant go without either.

[EthanBurks]

you are retarded. and u obviously have no imagination if u stick to 1 tuning. some of the best musicians in my experience play alot of different tunings/ dont hate cuz u cant write riffs in drop.

[aligatorsandwitch72]

I never said i cant write riffs in drop tunings, and i never said i only stick to one tuning. I was just wondering why anybody would want to Douche up their tone by tuning past three half steps down. Tony Iommi tuned that low because he had no fingertips, whats your excuse?

[menchacaTHEbeast]

well drop a is a semitone of drop d so its pretty much the same thing

[xtazxvegasx]

Standard is actually more fun.

[m3tallih0lic]

@aligatorsandwitch72 well i play in drop C... and i feel the string slack gives a nice chunky sound.. strings bend further, it's easier on the fingers.... solo faster.. all in all it just feels and sounds right for me

[kevinmccauley518]

@m3tallih0lic because soloing fast is what it's all about!!!!

[Sytch4Me]

finally someone who's showing what the worlds heaviest amp can do. I'm sick of hearing people play stevie ray vaughn licks with a fucking Genx Benz El Diablo, wtf? play something heavy!! good job

[jpetrucci05]

lmao. I hear you. Trying to hear good samples of high gain amps on youtube and I'm getting cheesy "Sanatarium" clean channel riffs through powerballs and the such

[slayingthedream]

waste of a amp.

[camolotto]

...poor ENGL...

[Rossco9992]

hmmm its as chunky as campbells soup :P

[husabergorion]

is that a samick warlock guitar at the right? black body with white stripe?

[Raymondplaysdeath]

It's a B.C Rich Bich special edition.

[StupidMusician]

well fuck these stupid fights about genres! what's the matter anywhays.. listen to what u like and stop bitching on every person that thinks differently or listen to something else.! enjoy the music. not fight about music! [this was dedicated to everyone bitching on someone about well yeah about what I just said lol :D ]

[grindsprint]

But hardcore is a subgenre of punk, the link being crustpunk. death core is in the metal family and so is metal core. grindcore is some mix of thrash and hardcore. but still metal. although it ain´t. get it? =)

[Babymoses145]

Its glam not hair metal and hardcore is punk. Metal is a metal genre.Core music isn't real metal.I like everything but its just fact.

[xerofear582]

dude alrght im gonna clarify something i am so sick of fuckin hearing "OMG that is so not hardcore, death metal, deathcore etc... w/e it doesnt fuckin matter what genre you fuckin play alright!!! its a matter of how you play alright FUCK!!!! im OVER IT !!!!

[Cerberuselite]

if you lot dont shut up you'll enrage the Finnish, and they'll be all BR00TAL KVLT IST KRIEG PURE PURE PURE PURE and whatnot

[intimatetorture]

i listen to all types of music jsut because i decided to make some shit noise with a dropped 7 dont mean im labled to that music, because belive it or not i dont even play dropped music much, clarity comes from the tuning if you dont have the right tention on the strings

[Hollowe]

@intimatetorture The tention on the strings is what gives it that tune.

[Hollowe]

@intimatetorture Get heavier strings.

[MurderSoul216]

Metal is a genre, not a ranking system. Glam rock is what people refer to when they say hair metal. It is not metal. Core is not even metal, its an off shoot of hardcore punk, that even the hardcore community ignores. Metalcore is a new bastard genre. It is not metal, nor hardcore. If the bands under the label were metal, they would be called so by their respective metal genre.

[drking9313]

@MurderSoul216 dude u know what i dont get... u sit there arguing that those core bands arent metal. (i agree that A LOT of them arent but some are)... but at the same time, Black Sabbath's own Bill Ward promotes and produces a lot of those metal bands. so who are u to judge an entire genre? i think there are bands out there that fall under core and still get their respect. like As I Lay Dying who were invited to play at the Revolver Metal Awards

[MurderSoul216]

Yeah, you're false. Every metal head knows core, and hair aren't metal.

Please, quit fagging up metal.

[samfenator2]

the beginning was reminiscent of slipknot

[MeerskTV]

Badass.

I like your setup.

[MurderSoul216]

metal and deathcore are not metal genres. They are not even hardcore genres. Based on your picture, I can clearly see that you are a scenster, obviously offended that your music is not metal. I'm sorry.

[intimatetorture]

being you can judge me on a video well be it for you to be a good judge of character, (Y)

[MurderSoul216]

That sentence does not make sense.

[TBMsGuitarGod]

@MurderSoul216 And what overhead force in this world says it's not metal...? When you go in to FYE, you find this kind of stuff in the 'Metal' section don't you? Define 'metal' for me, prove that you know what it even is. 'Scenester' stuff or not, since when did it really matter? Scenesters like metal, and will pay to go to shows with good music too. They just like to... well... make a scene when they do lol

[ChrisTheShreddist]

@MurderSoul216 Metal isn't a metal genre? Are you fucking stupid?

[evhgl87]

excellent breakdown =P

[TMS7Tomato]

what is that shit sound is horiible don´t rape this amp

[LORDHATE76]

Fuck the Inavder.

[Toyotex]

I think this amp doesn´t sound as good as other ENGL amps and the reason is that the Invader uses EL34 tubes that´s why this is very close to marshall sound which i hate. I prefer the 6L6GC tubes that give a much closer sound to Mesa Boogies

[Salvadorz113]

This sounds like someone pooped in the amp and left it there for years to rot. Not the playing, the tone, I personally think it's sounds like that, but it could be the camera sounds quality, cuz I normally like ENGL amps but this is, not my favorite, but you may like it so that's all that matters.

[robincore]

Metalcore sucks.

[TheSlaughter13]

dude thats not metalcore its deathcore fucking noob

[robincore]

How long did it take for you to do your hair this morning you faggot?

[TheSlaughter13]

dude i dont even fucking cumb my hair or take a shower so it looks like mop. what about u fucking emo faglicker "oh i just gata shop at hot topic for my AFI shirt"

[robincore]

You are a misguided trend hopping faggot, and a very smelly one by the sound of it. One day when your balls drop you might get a clue.

[TheSlaughter13]

its called grunge ya emo harhcore fagit

[robincore]

Grunge was a buzzword created by the media in the early 90's to sell Nirvana merchandise. Judging by that comment, you are no older than 13 and need a clue.

[TheSlaughter13]

yo dipshit grunge was made by the masses nivrvana is not grunge nether is fucking peral jam grunge is fucking alice n chains gruntruck and TAD

[robincore]

You have no clue.

[kilyatwice]

Okay get this clear. IT'S FUCKING METAL!!

Is that sinking in yet? I'm fucking sick and tired of all

these idiots giving METAL all these retarded names!

[TheSlaughter13]

MY BAck hurt

[MurderSoul216]

Core isn't metal. Sorry.

[betteroffshred]

Jesus! I'd like to be able to actually hear what the amp sounds like. Why not try to actually PLAY something on that thing instead of dropped down sludge shit with one finger? Any beginner can play like that.

[Wtsmyageagain]

The test is to show it can apmlify and make it possible to differentiate between different notes at such a low tuning.

[betteroffshred]

I understand that. But a friend of mines cheap Chinese Bugera can do that. I know the Engl is capable of much more than that.

[FistofBlood85]

ENGL best amp ever. unbelieveble power.

[harlequinfan]

Yes the powerball can get this kind of tone without any kind of problems.

[mcpeepants1821]

dose the powerball get this KIND of tone as well?

please reply

[iHaRMoNiiKz]

ENGL Fireball or ENGL Blackmore?

[crguti]

both

[DecimateThaWeak]

what amp is this?

[MaximHateCrew]

Fireball 60..

[chami86]

+1 about the cab, which is not good for metal !

[m3rcuryd3ath]

invest in a new cab...itd sound 100x better.

Look into MILLS acoustic cabs.

they handle drop tunings fucking well. Theyre expensive, but currently the best out there for heavy metal. In par, or better to the likes of any boutique cabs...diezel bogner etc...and less pricey.

i believe ~1k for a 4x12...worth every penny.

[Revell53]

Either that or an orange 2x12 or 4x12.

[viperabs]

Man forget that, just get the ENGL XXL. Those are super beast, and huge.

[mcpeepants1821]

vader cabs!

[TomAR4YA]

Throw away your deathcore-shit. Learn some Nile!

[koxxoutofprice]

I'm faded. Little guys like this one are killing metal / rock.

[ScorchinBeats]

You don't deserve that ENGL. I'm sorry. That's a shit tone.

[JordanUH]

true, and you deserve a better guitar if you're running a noise supressor

[morthyr]

you deserve to know that a noise supressor tightens your sound if used well. imo, it's one of the three core elements of a good solo tone. distortion, boost, and noise supression.

[onesunheard]

to each his own douchebag

[mrbones410]

I can't belive you posted a comment like this based off this single fuckin video. Do you even play the guitar or do you just bullshit with FLstudio? It doesn't take skill to line up boxes and shit in Fruity Loops. I would hope you would have atleast a little bit of knowledge on the guitar. If not, you need to take that shit somewhere else.

[ScorchinBeats]

No, I actually play guitar. FL studio is just a hobby of mine. I own a 6505, an AC30, and a custom les paul.

[iHaRMoNiiKz]

6505s suck donkey testies u fag and gibsons are g-bage they were only good when they first came out and until the 70s

[ScorchinBeats]

6505's and Gibson's suck? I feel sorry for you bud.

A 6505 is the most fucking brutal amp you'll ever encounter live. As for Gibson, they're fucking amazing.

You probably don't know shit about guitar. Go play your stupid First Act guitar...

[Tanax13]

Gibson doesn't suck, he's wrong.

6505 doesn't suck, he's wrong.

6505 is not the most fucking brutal amp, you're wrong.

Try a mesa or an engl, they're more brutal.

6505 is good though.

[orlyorlywtf]

yes sir, no sir yes sir...stop acting like a douchebag

[SharkeyMusic17]

i don't agree about the gibson...

they're over priced and too heavey

sound is good but i wouldn't use it for a live guitar, not worth the money

and you could buy something with similar sound for a lot cheaper

6505 are amazing though :D

[exodus1337]

i bet if he wouldve said anything else it wouldve sucked too, except for what you had. What if he said what amp you had? Then you probably hate donkey testies.

[longlivepantera]

Give it time kid, your balls will drop soon. If you think a 6505 blows, you dont deserve to listen to music with talent.

[kellydanig]

is that the boss noise supressor?

sick head dude but it deserves a nicer cab

[elpijonas]

omg a really bad cab

[DaveDoggOwns]

I don't know whether it's your guitar's high frequencies or the hiss. You either gotta cut those super-high frequencies or cut the hiss. Agan, I don't know for sure what is the problem.

[joeydahlia]

I agree..bass side of pickup to high and bad cables!

Gross...

[spyicu]

Sweet tone man

[BlueBarrier782]

sounds really harsh. It might just be the camera but its those upper frequencies that can kind of ruin the whole tone. I use an eq to push out those higher frequencies that are too harsh.

[guitaristman23]

kinda sounds like suicide silence's tone

[AsITimDying]

@guitaristman23:

haha, try 'Carnifex'

but tbh, all Drop A songs sound this brutal haha.

[guitaristman23]

thand band in good except for the singer like i'm a metal and like sreaming but that singer is just retarded oh i can make pig sounds cause there so hard and all

[AsITimDying]

haha well... how can you not like Carnifex when you like Suicide Silence...

well, matter of taste lol, :)

[guitaristman23]

i'm more of a death metal man then a deathcore man

[Kalesworth]

LOL RLY?

[VertigoSqueal90]

Suicide Silence isnt death metal.. Cannibal Corpse is death metal. Suicide Silence is most definitely "core"

[guitaristman23]

no shit they mass bree and play 10 10 10 101 01 01 101 01 all the time where as cannibal corpse has talent

[MurderSoul216]

Everyone knows Cannibal Corpse is a second rate band.

[robincore]

Same shit different name. Awful awful "music". Listen to King Diamaond. On second thought, please dont fag up my metal.

[Dojom1023]

Which ENGL is that?

[xTristan1994]

i'd say a fireball

[FuriousHamster]

Correct.

[flyfish777]

they used to call me buzzsaw, cause of marshall treble an distortion, but i do play stuff on the surface of the world, instead of the fires of hell below, man, lok in the mirror, on yo shoulder, sounds like bezzelybub,, hahaha, metal sux so bad, gimme three steps,,

[andyfreeride]

In this demo the sound is great, but you can get more?

[staticxfrk]

sounds a bit like salt the wound at one part

[tonywozere]

chug chug chug

[metalpange]

oh yeah Drop A xD !!!!

[xXxBorknagarxXx]

def Kataklysm inflluence..

[killingyou]

or bloodbath 0_o

[cliffont]

sounds good to me

[lphomie98]

A band I played in for like a day tuned to

DROP E.

Drop E = EBEADG