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ENGL E656 Steve Morse Signature Head 100W tube amp head

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ENGL E656 Steve Morse Signature Head 100W tube amp head
Product no: 9000-0005-1443 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Remarkable guitarist Steve Morse from Deep Purple, worked closely with ENGL for over a year to develop the ultimate guitar amplifier. The result is the ENGL E656 Steve Morse Signature Head. This 100-Watt tube amp head is based on the popular Invader 100 but channels 3 and 4 have been combined to form one lead channel with a comprehensive mid-range section for maximum flexibility. The E656 offers various options for influencing your sound, all of which van be operated and stored via MIDI. This amp head comes in Steve's favourite colour: blue!

ENGL E656 Steve Morse Signature: An Eye-Watering Range of Sounds

Channels 1 and 2 are for Clean and Crunch respectively, each with its own gain, bass, middle, treble and volume controls so you can go from a crystal clear to a bluesy crunch with the twist of a knob. The third channel features enough gain to handle any heavy, modern style. Steve knows like no other that mid frequencies are essential for guitarists, which is why this channel was given a more comprehensive tone control with two switchable Lo-Mid and Hi-Mid controls as well as gain, bass and treble.

Extra Options and MIDI Functionality

The Tone control is a special voicing option to add sparkle to the clean channel, scoop to the crunch, and subtly influences the frequency range of the mids in channel three. What's more, there's a Hi-Gain option that gives each channel a Gain boost. The Clean channel gets an extra edge, Crunch gets heavy distortion, providing the Lead channel with the perfect mix for metal and shredding solos.

Specifications

Product features

Connectors External speaker(s), Footswitch, MIDI
Number of channels 3
Number of speaker outputs 5
Amp modelling no
Effects loop yes
Weight 20 - 24.9 kg
Speaker output impedance 16 Ohms, 8 Ohms, 4 Ohms
Built-in tuner no
Built-in effects none
Colour black
Power attenuator no
Amplifier type tube
Amplifier valve EL34
Power in Watts 76 - 100 Watts

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 23,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) Not yet known

Product specifications

  • ENGL guitar amp head
  • Steve Morse Signature with blue front panel
  • amplifier type: tube
  • channels: 3
  • power: 100 W
  • preamp tubes: 4x ECC83
  • power amp tubes: 4x EL34
  • MIDI functionality
  • 3 versatile channels with individual gain and volume controls
  • hi-gain and tone options for each channel
  • independent bass, middle and treble for channels 1 and 2
  • independent bass, lo mid 1, lo mid 2, hi mid 1, hi mid 2 and treble for channel 3
  • 2x volume controls for channel 3: lo volume (lo-gain mode), hi volume (hi-gain mode)
  • 2x master volumes for two different volume levels per sound
  • master section with presence, depth punch, master A and master B
  • built-in noise gate with adjustable threshold
  • 2x FX loops with dry/wet balance control for series or parallel
  • ground lift switch
  • MIDI input and MIDI thru
  • option to supply ENGL MIDI pedals with phantom power
  • Serial Amp Control (S.A.C.) port for original ENGL Z-9 MIDI footswitch
  • input for optional ENGL Z-4 footswitch
  • Pre-out output for tuners, among others
  • line-out for transferring signal to a separate power amp or speaker simulator and PA
  • speaker outputs: 1x 4 Ohms or 2x 8 Ohms, 1x 8 Ohms or 2x 16 Ohms, 1x 16 Ohms
  • blue LED lighting behind tubes
  • robust housing with blue front panel and black horizontal steel tubes
  • max. power consumption: 425 W
  • dimensions: 710 x 280 x 290 mm
  • weight: 22 kg

MIDI programmable functions:

  • switch between the 3 channels
  • Master A / B
  • tone
  • hi / lo-gain
  • lo-mid 1/2
  • hi-mid 1/2
  • FX loop I / II
  • noise gate
  • amp mute (tuner)
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