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New Power amp day! I traded some pedals for an Engl 850/100 power amp! Has a whopping 8 power tubes! I had sold off some of my preamp pedals, but kept one (hagerman thermionic reinforcer) just in case I got a power amp at some point. And I did! The preamp and power amp sound great together!

It's a great day today Very happy with this deal.

How many pedals did you trade?

BALLS

Nice!!


I love ENGL

Zozobra wrote:How many pedals did you trade?

quite a few lol.

mortatone wrote:BALLS

spawnofthesith wrote:Nice!!


I love ENGL

This is my first engl product. It delivers

Damn, I think the hagerman/engl setup suits my playing much more than the laney! I'm liking it a lot and now want to experiment with other preamps lmao

Any recommendations?

boris the blade wrote:Damn, I think the hagerman/engl setup suits my playing much more than the laney! I'm liking it a lot and now want to experiment with other preamps lmao

Any recommendations?

Only the Obvious one: The ENGL E530. It's one of my favorite preamps and it was made for your power amp.

Those can still be had for pretty cheep too!!

GuitarBilly wrote:

boris the blade wrote:Damn, I think the hagerman/engl setup suits my playing much more than the laney! I'm liking it a lot and now want to experiment with other preamps lmao

Any recommendations?

Only the Obvious one: The ENGL E530. It's one of my favorite preamps and it was made for your power amp.

This.

GuitarBilly wrote:

boris the blade wrote:Damn, I think the hagerman/engl setup suits my playing much more than the laney! I'm liking it a lot and now want to experiment with other preamps lmao

Any recommendations?

Only the Obvious one: The ENGL E530. It's one of my favorite preamps and it was made for your power amp.

how does it do low gain and classic rock type tonez?

boris the blade wrote:

GuitarBilly wrote:

boris the blade wrote:Damn, I think the hagerman/engl setup suits my playing much more than the laney! I'm liking it a lot and now want to experiment with other preamps lmao

Any recommendations?

Only the Obvious one: The ENGL E530. It's one of my favorite preamps and it was made for your power amp.

how does it do low gain and classic rock type tonez?

Great!! I'm not a metal player. Classic rock up to the 80s is what I do and I had no issues getting these tones out of it.

GuitarBilly wrote:

boris the blade wrote:

GuitarBilly wrote:

boris the blade wrote:Damn, I think the hagerman/engl setup suits my playing much more than the laney! I'm liking it a lot and now want to experiment with other preamps lmao

Any recommendations?

Only the Obvious one: The ENGL E530. It's one of my favorite preamps and it was made for your power amp.

how does it do low gain and classic rock type tonez?

Great!! I'm not a metal player. Classic rock up to the 80s is what I do and I had no issues getting these tones out of it.

Thanks Billy! Looks like I will go this route!

Damn it, there was an E530 on reverb for 395 and the guy was local. Asked if I could meet up with him and I guess it sold in the middle of our conversation.

Are these hafler preaamps any good? I had a T2 during my noob guitar years and I don't remember what it sounded like.

https://reverb.com/item/70361473-hafler ... eamplifier

boris the blade wrote:Damn it, there was an E530 on reverb for 395 and the guy was local. Asked if I could meet up with him and I guess it sold in the middle of our conversation.

Are these hafler preaamps any good? I had a T2 during my noob guitar years and I don't remember what it sounded like.

https://reverb.com/item/70361473-hafler ... eamplifier

I had a Hafler T2 if I remember correctly. Not so great. A Kartakou Collosus would be a good one to have.

maggotspawn wrote:

boris the blade wrote:Damn it, there was an E530 on reverb for 395 and the guy was local. Asked if I could meet up with him and I guess it sold in the middle of our conversation.

Are these hafler preaamps any good? I had a T2 during my noob guitar years and I don't remember what it sounded like.

https://reverb.com/item/70361473-hafler ... eamplifier

I had a Hafler T2 if I remember correctly. Not so great. A Kartakou Collosus would be a good one to have.

noted, there is one currently on reverb. hmmm

I always wanted the hafler T3, I think it was designed by one of the big names from back then?

RaceU4her wrote:I always wanted the hafler T3, I think it was designed by one of the big names from back then?

not sure about the T3, but the hafler triple giant was designed by bogner.

The Triple Giant is the only Hafler preamp worth buying

Their mosfet power amps are amazing though. Any model..

But for preamps it's only the TG

GuitarBilly wrote:The Triple Giant is the only Hafler preamp worth buying

Their mosfet power amps are amazing though. Any model..

But for preamps it's only the TG

thanks!