Engl Invader: Missing that Hot Rodded Marshall sound

[sparkle**]

Engl Invader: Missing that Hot Rodded Marshall sound

I have an invader... cool amp. for sure...But I find Myself missing that Hot-rodded Marshall sound...

The invader is supposed to be marshallesque....
But....

Anyone else find themselves going back to the HR Marshall...after a venture out...
I have done this with Bogner, soldano...and the list goes on....

 

[Mailman1971]

You got the 100 or the 150?
I had the 150 and it was pretty "Hot rodded" Marshall on channel 2.
Never heard the 100 though. The Invader 150 was one of my favorite amps.

 

[duodecim]

[...]
The invader is supposed to be marshallesque....
[...]

I didn't think it sounded like a Marshall. It didn't even sound like a typical ENGL either. The attack is very different, blunt and heavy, like a big rubber hammer, and not sharp, biting and cutting like a Marshall. Very loud amp too, not something that satisfies at speaking volume. An interesting amp nevertheless, just not what I was looking for.

 

[Bloodrock]

I've bought tons of amps, and always go back to Marshalls... The classic Marshall tone stack in their amps just can't be beat ever IMO.

 

[rupe]

One of my friends has the 100 and it's not Marshall-like at all...actually its very Mesa-Like.

If you want hot rodded Marshall tones from an ENGL you need to be looking at the Savage...awesome amp IMO.

 

[sparkle**]

I am actually getting a BFG Modded marshall...

 

[zee1usa]

I am actually getting a BFG Modded marshall...

Love the Invader, and Marshalls as well.. BFG ...good choice, brian is a nice guy and knows his sheeit !

 

[Badronald]

Man. If I see one more thread that says "I got this amp that doesn't sound like a _________" I'm gonna.......see another one, I guess.

 

[gibson5413]

I owned a Powerball and an SE with EL34s. I have heard quite a few clips of the Invader and IMO none of them sound like a Marshall. EL34s don't make a hot rodded Marshall even though many manufacturers like to infuse the "British" influence. No offense intended.

 

[sparkle**]

It is not that I wanted the engl to sound like a Marshall... Ive been through that phase...

What I am saying is I feel like I am missing somehting the Modded Marshall has "to my ears" that I am missing... Not that the ENGL is missing...

Also now that I am running the power thru a VHT...It brings a whole new angle to the "tone I had before" but was to loud to use it...

 

[Devilinside]

I had a 150 and I didn't really think it was that similar to a marshall. It was a cool amp bit still too compressed for me

 

[petejt]

I think that is why I sold my Engl amp and bought a fair dinkum Marshall.

 

[sparkle**]

I think it is I came from the land of 80's modded and boosted marshall is what is in my head...