PhotograPhy by dave caudery Engl PowErball Mk II hEad £1,599 Guitar amps 106 Guitarist August 2010 GIT331.
Engl PowErball Mk II hEad £1,599 Guitar amps The rivals Rivera’s K-Tre 120-watt head (£2,124) has the tone a lot of metal players want right now. Awesome low-end punch and killer distortion, combined with bulletproof build quality. Mesa’s 100watt Dual Rectifier (£2,329) is the updated version of the original rock and metal head that defined that scooped thrash sound – still the gold standard for many.
Engl PowErball Mk II hEad £1,599 Guitar amps Engl Powerball Mk II head The red LEDs give the Powerball’s engine room a firey glow balance control, and a threshold control for the Powerball’s built-in noise-gate, which operates on the lead channels. There’s also a series of connectors for Engl’s footswitches: you can use up to three of the two-button Z4 pedals or the Custom Z-9, which runs using Engl’s proprietary SAC (Serial Amp Control) protocol and offers toys such as assignable buttons.
