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Lead channels - (moderate Gain level) and (ultra high Gain
shred). What's more, you can even tweak each individually using the dedicated Gain,
Volume and Treble knob. This brings a bunch of benefits to you, including greater
freedom and more precision in sound-shaping. The four Soft Lead variants ( +
, + , + , + ) run the gamut of crunch
tones from light (with the Gain knob set no higher than 11 o'clock) to heavy crunch
(with the Gain knob somewhere between 10 and 1 o'clock), with tonal properties
differingquitemarkedlyfromCrunchchannelsounds.Thesemodesevenletyoudialin
relatively lean cleansounds. Soif clean isyour thingand your musicmandates arange
of different clean variants, simply set the Gain knob below the 9 o'clock mark and
select (LoGain)toseewhatyoucancomeupwith.
Becauseitischockfulloftone-tweakingtools,thisampissuretosurpriseyoutimeand
again with new sonic variants. However, there's no need to panic in face of its
sophisticatedfunctionality.AtENGL,easeofuseisparamount.Wedesignallouramps
so that players can dial in great sounds from the start - without hours spent
researchingthemanual and struggling with settings.Despite being so easyto use, the
ENGL Special Edition Amp puts into the hands of the innovative, creative guitarist an
all but inexhaustible bonanza of sound-shaping resources. And I am convinced that
guitarists with more traditional leanings are equally well-served with this amp's
smorgasbordoftastytubetone!
Theadvantageofa thatisinstalledinandmatchedtotheampisthatitlets
you fine-tune its threshold with extreme precision, thereby separating the useful,
musicalsignalfromuselessbackgroundnoise.Indeed,this wasdesignedto
addressthesignalthemostbeneficialspotinthesignalchain-thepreamp-to make it
more effective. First and foremost, it is designed to suppress ambient noise such as
hissingandhummingduringbreakswhentheLeadchannelisinHeavyLeadmode.For
this reason, I tuned its threshold (that's the level at which the gate triggers) range to
suit this amp mode, and then adjusted it for (Lead channel,
deactivated) and configurations. To get acquainted with how the
works, I suggest you start by setting the Threshold knob to the far left (
opens at low signal levels) and slowly twist it clockwise to gradually raise the gate's
trigger threshold. When the knob arrives at the far right position, the will
not trigger untilthe signal reachesa very highlevel. This meansthat the preampmust
amplify the guitar signal considerably to open up (or deactivate) the . In
practice,your best bet forsuppressingloudnoisewhenrunningLeadchannels at high
Gainlevels is toset the Thresholdknob higherthan 12o'clock.If you're doingthe low-
gainthinginCrunchorSoftLeadmodes,dialinalowerThresholdknobsetting(below
12 o'clock) to prevent the gate from throttling notes (that is, the musically useful
sounds)astheydecayparticularlyifyouliketoworktheguitar'svolumeknob.
Arethreeeffectloopsanexerciseinoverkillorcantheyactuallybeputtosensibleuse?
Well,signmeupfortheusefulcamp.Thisamp'snervecenter offerssuchsophisticated
sound-forging options that it would defy reason to deprive it of a modest little loop
system. The order of the effect loops in the signal chain alone offers manifold
Soft Lead Heavy Lead
Lead I
Modern Lead II Modern Lead I Classic Lead II Classic
SoftLead
NoiseGate
NoiseGate
Soft Lead Hi Gain
Crunch Noise Gate
Noise Gate
Noise Gate
Noise Gate
AfewcommentsontheNoiseGate:
Onthesubjectofeffectloops:
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