ENGL Powerball II - it doesn't suck

[ZEN Amps]

Picked one up pretty cheap the other day, and got to say it's actually a good amp for heavier stuff. I played a version 1 a long time ago and thought it sucked, so was pleasantly surprised that this thing can somewhat keeps up with a VH4 and Uberschall.

They don't seem to get much love - any fans here?

 

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Picked one up pretty cheap the other day, and got to say it's actually a good amp for heavier stuff. I played a version 1 a long time ago and thought it sucked, so was pleasantly surprised that this thing can somewhat keeps up with a VH4 and Uberschall.

They don't seem to get much love - any fans here?

I think @dainbramage0 played the I version and said it did it for him, also.

 

[dainbramage0]

Yea, hit up a jam room with a buddy and they had a powerball mk2. It chugs. Really easy to play through.

 

[Rex Rocker]

I've always liked the clips I've heard of them. Kinda raspy, chunky and somewhat compressed. I've heard these have problems cutting through in a whole band mix, and that they weren't really that loud for 100W, though. Is that the case?

 

[dainbramage0]

It cut against the drums pretty well. I wasn't underwhelmed by the volume and it was only around 8-9 o clock on the master, channel volume at noon. I didn't have a decibel meter but it seemed competitive with other 100w heads. Definitely seemed to have a good amount of compression, at least on the 4th channel. Had the both midrange kerrang and a nice sag to it.