Sounds fantastic, as usual! I love my Fireball 100, would like to try a Savage sometime. But I'm also the kind of player who just goes for one sound, so the versatility of the other Engl's would be wasted on me. You're definitely the kind of guy who will get plenty of use out of the extra...
I have an LT. Would have definitely gone for the pod go out the hx stomp had those been on the market when I made the purchase. Getting some good 3rd party IR's made a world of difference. I bought some from ownhammer, but there are plenty of other good ones out there. Lately I've only been...
Helix native is great, just get some good 3rd party IR's. There are people who can get the stock cabs to sound good with a lot of work, but I'm my experience a good IR still signs and feels better with a hell of a lot less grief. You're more likely to just give up and think that helix sucks if...
I traded a 6505 for the 50w 6L6 and have been extremely happy with that decision. It's a killer amp that punches will above its weight, especially when you consider how cheap you could find them before Eddie died.
They're different for the same reasons that you micing up a specific cab with a specific mic will sound different from me doing the same thing with the same gear. The mic and speakers aren't exactly alike, despite being the same model/make, the placement isn't going to be exactly the same, the...
Spend time in any other hobby/enthusiast forums and you'll see the same thing with boutique gear. Lots of people dropping insane amounts of cash looking for that genie in a bottle or collecting for its own sake. Which is fine until they're convinced that anyone else with a $100 pocket knife is a...