[KillForGod]

damn i wish an Engl would ring my doorbell.

[loktide]

Originally Posted by kmanick

Great pictures , and congrats.
what are the tonal differences that jump out at you between the Fireball and the Dual Recto?

well i'm still learning to tweak the recto, which is definitely one of the hardest amp to tweak that i've played. As for cleans, the fireball has sparkly bright and sterile cleans whereas i've found that i can get warmer clean sounds out of the recto at somewhat weird settings: almost no bass and presence, mids and highs over noon, and the gain at almost zero therefore cranking the master while still beeing 'usably' loud.
As for the distortion channel, well it's hard to dial a bad tone out of the fireball unless you're cranking the gain or presence past 3-4. The amp is ridiculously tight and has insane amounts of gain. The mids sound pretty focused, like with most engls. In comparison to the powerball, the fireball sounds more raw and has more character (IMO). Overall, it's a scooped amp so you'll have to crank the mids REALLY high and keep the presence REALLY low in order to make it sound less br00talz.
The recto is a completely different animal. First, it's A LOT more flexible and you can get from really sweet mid-gain sounds to scooped high gain sounds. The fireball is more like either sterile clean, or high-gain bestiality. It isn't nearly as tight as the fireball, but boosting with a TS really makes a difference. Having an active EQ also makes it way more sensitive to tweaking, which is a good and a bad thing i guess. Good cause it gives you flexibility, and bad cause you'll spend A LOT of time getting to know the amp and re-tweaking at different volumes. In a general context, i would say the recto sounds more raw and open.
A HUGE advantage of the fireball though, is that it'll sound good at any volume whereas the recto starts getting fun as it gets louder. I've only turned it up to like 4, and it was insanely loud.

[playstopause]

Originally Posted by 7 Dying Trees

that picture is sheer creative genius!

Congrats mate!

[budda]

very nice!

buy another dual rec lol

[loktide]

Originally Posted by budda

very nice!

buy another dual rec lol

i wish i could afford one

brand new, they cost almost as much as the ENGL SE here in germany

[InTheRavensName]

...this needs moar pictures with the Ibby's

nice score though, and +50 cool points for breaking the "box opening weapon" trend

[ChrisPcritter]

Great looking amp and pics..

[budda]

Originally Posted by loktide

i wish i could afford one

brand new, they cost almost as much as the ENGL SE here in germany

get one from the states, convert it.

i also want an ENGL to ring my doorbell!

[loktide]

Originally Posted by budda

get one from the states, convert it.

i also want an ENGL to ring my doorbell!

yeah, i'll probably end up doing that. Getting it through customs without having to pay taxes could be challenging, though.

[Kakaka]

Rep for the creativity and hospitality toward the freezing head.