ENGL Victor Smolski Ltd. E646

Uncompromising sound, craftsmanship and reliability, combined with tremendous versatility - that's the Engl E646. Designed by renowned guitarist Victor Smolski (of the band Rage, among others), you don't have to worry about using it anywhere from the rehearsal room to the club to the big stage. In his arsenal there is any sound from crystal clear to really very thick distortion, all of course of a full-amp character and as is typical with Engle - built mainly on the midrange frequencies. This is the only way to get into the band's sound without any problems.

The power output of this amp is 100W, which is really more than enough. The final amplifier is equipped with four 6L6GC tubes and one ECC83, and there is a built-in tube protection and monitoring system. The other 3 ECC83 tubes are in the preamp, which offers 4 channels - Clean, Crunch, Low Gain Lead and High Gain Lead

The philosophy of the E646 is to offer the widest possible range of sound settings to suit your tastes, but don't be alarmed, the controls are very clear. It's not for nothing that this Engle is said to be one of the most versatile instruments available today. If you look at the front panel, you will see 2 rows of potentiometers and 7 switches. The first 8 potentiometers in each row control the preamplifier, the last 4 controls belong to the power amplifier and therefore affect all channels. These 4 are Master volume A and B, which can be switched between - this is useful, for example, for jump boosting to solo, Presence and Depth Punch, which adjust the strength of the high and deep frequencies. In front of these controls there is also a Mid-Boots switch for boosting the mid frequencies and 2 switches after the channel switches - Ch 1/2 and Ch Up/Down.

The first row of controls changes the parameters for the Clean and Crunch channels. Here we find separate Clean and Crunch gain controls, then common bass and mid controls, a separate treble control and finally Master volume again separately for Clean and Crunch.

The second row controls the Low and High Gain Lead channels. Here again we find separate Gain, Bass, Treble and Middle controls, but one that is separate for separated Mid-Voicing, and separate Master Volume controls.

On the rear panel are additional elements. There are 3 classic and one special input for footswitches. For example, 3 classic footswitches can be plugged into the standard ones (e.g. type Z-3 or Z-4), or one MIDI footswitch with 6.3 jacks output (e.g. Z-11), while the special one can be used to connect an ENGL Z-9 footswitch. Next to the built-in noise-gate level adjustment, input, output and effect loop settings. Last are the speaker outputs. 1x 4 Ohm, 2x 8 Ohm, 1x 8 Ohm, 2x 16 Ohm or 1x 16 Ohm can be connected here.

The Engl E646 is an amp designed for the most demanding user, offering a plethora of options and of course beautiful sound and huge durability. Give it a try and you'll see that the E646 really packs a punch.