[LordOVchaoS]

Originally Posted by Dropped2C

Damn my gas went thru the fucking roof lol, I got a major hard on now lol, Joe what do you think of the powerball as well? I dug the fireball at ow settings, My mesa was quite a buit louder and more dominant than my friends powerball, but I have not had the chance to tweak a powerball to my liking., never the less I want an Se lol

I'm one of the few that like the Powerball better than the Fireball. The Fireball just sounded soooo thin to me when it was cranked. The stock Powerball was a death metal monster but not much else. I retubed it and it made it a lot better! If you're in a band with a recto, 5150, or something of the likes on the other side of the stage the Powerball will most likely get buried unless you have an EQ in the loop to boost some mids. I had my mid knob almost dimed on it and I still put an MXR 10-band in the loop, boosted some high mids, and tamed some fizz with the last slider. After all of this it was a finely tuined tone machine capable of almost anything! But that's a lot of work Just get an SE. You know you want to.

[loktide]

Originally Posted by LordOVchaoS

The Fireball just sounded soooo thin to me when it was cranked.

this is weird... what EQ settings were you using? and what cab?

i AB'ed the powerball/fireball through an ENGL v30 cab, and while the powerball is somewhat bassier, the fireball wasn't thin in comparison by any means (at least with the master at around 3-4, didn't get to crank it further at the music store).
At band rehearsals, i have the master at around 6 and it sounds nicely thick and meaty. With bass at 5, mids at 10, highs at 6-7 and presence at 2-3, that is. My bandmate plays a 5150 and i (after finally getting to know the fireball's EQ) have absolutely no problem in cutting through. My fireball can actually even sound 'thicker' in comparison (could be due to my orange cab, though).