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Group Test

Hard rock half

stack ampli ers

If you’re playing heavy music, you’ll want an equally heavy amp.

The favoured tool for the job is a half stack, so we’ve lined up four

that will make sure you drown out your drummer!

WORDS STUART WILLIAMS

Peavey

6505+

Engl E635

Fireball 100

TGR193.gear_test 128 14/8/09 7:47:10 am

Summary of content (4 pages)

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& Engl E635 Fireball 100 Peavey 6505+ Group Test Hard rock half stack amplifiers If you’re playing heavy music, you’ll want an equally heavy amp. The favoured tool for the job is a half stack, so we’ve lined up four that will make sure you drown out your drummer! WORDS STUART WILLIAMS 128 TGR193.
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Blackstar Series One 100 Hughes & Kettner Switchblade TSC Flip the page to find out which one won our Group Test head-to-head W hen it comes to tone, your greatest voice is arguably your amp. Sure, you’ll want to pick a guitar that comes readied with the features you’ll need to pull off the styles you want to begin with, but your choice of amplifier will have a huge influence on defining your overall sound.
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& Peavey 6505+ £780 (cab) £1,182 At a glance (head) Ready Eddie? Peavey 6505+ ■ Head The 6505+ is based on Peavey’s original 5150 design and is a popular amp for heavy music Valves ■ The 6505+ delivers crushing gain courtesy of no less than six valves in the preamp stage ■฀Build The design is spawned from a classic and boasts an impressive list of users B ack in 1991 a tap-happy Eddie Van Halen and Peavey came up with a high-gain amp design called the 5150.
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“THE BLACKSTAR SERIES ONE 100 COVERS VINTAGE AND MODERN TONES WITH AUTHENTICITY” Engl E635 Fireball 100 £691 (cab) £1,369 At a glance (head) Great balls of fire! Engl E635 Fireball 100 ■฀Tone Engl’s latest effort pumps out some extremely aggressive metal ■฀Noise gate The handy built-in noise gate keeps your high-gain sounds tidy Bottom switch ■ Push this in and you get a beefy low end punch, perfect for metal rhythm E ngl has become a recognised name in metal circles.