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If you like the Engl vibe check out the Blackmore signature E650... far more varied than you would think for having Blackmores name on it....fairly straightforward EQ & extremely versatile especially if you pick up the Z5 footswitch
Can do very nice cleans right up to brutal metal dirt..nice tone even at low volume.. I have it going thro a Engl Pro 2x12 with V30s...
Check out the YT demos... you will be very pleasantly surprised I think, they are way cheaper to pick up than the Morse and more out there for sale. Don't think I've ever seen a SH Morse for under a grand...the Blackmores come up around £500/£600...
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/98382/which-amp#latest
Decent demo showing typical sounds switching through it
but if I were starting from scratch I'd prob get a Jet City, they are better built internally than the Engls, and a shit load cheaper, and prob have more of that classic rock vibe, having the Soldano ancestry.
specifically the JCA50 if you don't really need a pristine clean.
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ICBM I just don't think jet city are for me.
To me the Blackmore is the most 'unlike' Engl amp they do.....you only have to think of Blackmores tones to know what it is capable of. He isn't looking for death metal fierceness. Yes it can get brutal but if you just stay on the clean low gain or soft lead low gain on the Z5 footswitch you can dial creamy cleans or just mild break up via the EQ on the amp...unlike the morse it is very simple EQ too. So in effect you have a couple of options on the FSW to get real dirty that you would not use. The E650 still have a lovely tone & bite at low volume too. Sadly nearly all the demos on Engl amps demonstrate the very heavy side of things and not the cleaner side of what they are capable of.
I'm pretty certain that Darren responding in your WTB post has had both the Morse and the Blackmore amps so could give you the most thorough rundown on clean creamy tones from both. Certainly both can be chalk and cheese just by rolling down the volume on guitar from very quiet passages to full blooded bite.
Not easy to find either of these amps to demo is the trouble...finding both in a shop to do an A/B probably takes some travelling.
Only you know the tone in your head you are after but this guy shows some decent variations on twiddling the E650 Blackmore
I'm also in the Jet City aren't for me camp. I've owned a few but i just don't really buzz off them at all, they sound great in other peoples hands, just not mine!
The lonestar does outstanding cleans and the overdrive is utterly amazing. Such a warm and bassy overdrive tone
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In fact so much so that eventually he didn't see the point in having both and swapped it for an Orange Rocker 30...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein