Blown Away: ENGL Savage 120

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Just used one out in california for a gig and what a great amp! :thumbsup:

anyone playing one? i'm thinking about picking one up , it had so many great sounds and a killer punch !

very impressed!

Game on! :lol: :LOL: :D
 
That was my 1st ENGL and 2nd KT88 loaded amp. Loved it. Got a Special Edition and then sold the Savage. I loved all the features of the SE (and good tone too) but, a Savage 120 really can hold its own with anything out there.
 
I got one and I still love it. It's my goto amp for modern stuff.
 
I played one too for a long time, loved the rough switch! this thing has some serious balls with the right cab...
 
Great amp. I really liked mine. More old-school Marshally sound and feel vs. the other Engls (PB, SE, etc). Lots of upper mids and cut. It really sounds best thru the right cab though. Too add a serious a kick to the Savage 120, try it thru a Mills AB 4X12... that was a great match with mine.
 
Contact zee1usa and see if he still has his for sale. It's basically mint.
 
I liked the savage, i think its the best amp engl builds. It sounds great.
 
Very cool man. The Savage is a close second to the SE imo. Great amp. I really dig my Engl. :thumbsup:
 
In the room, through the matching Engl Pro Cab, it is probably in my top 5 favorite sounding amps BY FAR; however, under a microphone, it does NOT deliver the same tone as in the room. I had a Savage for almost half a year, and it just would not bring the goods mic'd up. My EVH, 5150, and Baron shat all over it.
 
I'm blown away by the Savage too. Just bought one from Brad, and it's kicking my ass. There's no fizz, no noise, just huge and crushing tone. There's a lot of variety in here too. I've seen the online "Dual Rec vs Savage" demo, and there they sound similar. But that's not my experience in the room - the Savage kills. Had an SE but it didn't do it for me. The Savage is more organic and raw, can pull off a lot of different tones too with the shaping buttons and such. Mine's a 2012, which apparently has the SE OT now, and sounds different than the older ones, but I never owned an older one.
 
Haven't played or owned an Engl but I always hear that the savage is the way to go if you want to try them out. Or the SE I guess, either way-congrats :thumbsup:
 
my main amp. picked it up used on ebay about 3 or 4 years ago for $1200 (including the z-10 footswitch which is annoying as hell since it uses a 30-foot printer-style midi cable). put in about $300 worth of repairs/retubing/power conversion and it has killed at every show i've played. crunch channels deliver a wide variety of tones from clear-voiced hard rock to crushing high-gain metal that will be the envy of every band you share the stage with on any given night. the clean channel isn't all that bad either and can be messed around with and tweaked enough so that you can find a tone you can live with.

only thing is, the older models are HOT. gain knobs max out about 12 o'clock each before you start getting loud amp buzz (but an ns2 in the fx loop clears it up rather well - and a decimator on your instrument doesn't hurt either). i hear the newer models don't have this problem though (or at least don't have it as bad as the older ones). even so, 12 o'clock on the gain(s) is really all you need on this beast before it starts sounding too saturated/processed. great amp and can be found used for a good price with enough searching.
 
More or less ok, not really impressed. But definitely better than most of other ENGLs.

If you're in US it's pretty overpriced for what it is.
 
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my main amp. picked it up used on ebay about 3 or 4 years ago for $1200 (including the z-10 footswitch which is annoying as hell since it uses a 30-foot printer-style midi cable). put in about $300 worth of repairs/retubing/power conversion and it has killed at every show i've played. crunch channels deliver a wide variety of tones from clear-voiced hard rock to crushing high-gain metal that will be the envy of every band you share the stage with on any given night. the clean channel isn't all that bad either and can be messed around with and tweaked enough so that you can find a tone you can live with.

only thing is, the older models are HOT. gain knobs max out about 12 o'clock each before you start getting loud amp buzz (but an ns2 in the fx loop clears it up rather well - and a decimator on your instrument doesn't hurt either). i hear the newer models don't have this problem though (or at least don't have it as bad as the older ones). even so, 12 o'clock on the gain(s) is really all you need on this beast before it starts sounding too saturated/processed. great amp and can be found used for a good price with enough searching.
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I can confirm that the newer one I have has a very useable gain pot - if anything, it seems not too sensitive. I can really crank it. And if I do, as long as the amp is putting out >95 db or so, there's no fizz.
 
Great amps. I seem to like ENGLs older models like the Savage 120 and the Blackmore which are similar amps in design. Did a head to head in my studio with a Savage 120 and the Blackmore and they were very close. I wish Channel 3 on the Savage had a bit more gain, then it would be my ideal amp pretty much.
 
Briefly heard a Savage earlier this year-some dude was jamming it when I was playing the Invader. Engls are pretty damn cool. They have a sort of sterile thing going on in the upper mids or high end, but they feel great to play. Tight!!! I really want to play a Retro. :rock:
 
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