Engl Powerball unusual behavior

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Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby Crimsonhell » Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:43 pm

Hey peps,

Recently I got Engl Powerball and with this and only this Amp there is a constant noise even on low gain / vol setup. Does anyone have this or knows what might going on ?

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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby 650thunderbird » Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:27 am

Hi Crimsonhell :)
This is with a LP plugged in:
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This is with a Telecaster (single coils):
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I have tried to approximate your settings. This seems like normal behaviour to me (but I could be wrong), and it is the same on the E650.
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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby byron_dickens » Sat Jul 13, 2019 4:37 pm

A cursory search and it seems like the real one is kind of a noisy amp anyway. And Engl has apparently added a built in noise gate to the Powerball II.
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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby carlaz » Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:44 pm

I would agree that a certain amount of noise with either a real or a virtual Powerball is perhaps not unexpected. Depending on the circumstances in your playing environment (particularly other electric/electronic devices, as well as how well your guitar/cable is shielded), noise can become a thing, especially with higher gain amp/pedal settings.

Besides the noise gate built into the Amplitube interface (which I confess to never really using) there are the noise gate pedals in the Slash and Dimebag bundles. I haven't tried the Dimebag one yet (though it's on my list!), but I can generally tame noise associated with high-gain amp/pedal models by throwing a "/Gate" pedal or two in there and tweaking the settings.
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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby Peter_IK » Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:15 am

...and you'll have another gate option (and another requested piece of gear) coming soon too :)

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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby carlaz » Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:26 pm

Peter_IK wrote:...and you'll have another gate option (and another requested piece of gear) coming soon too :) Oops, I've said too much!

Oh ho! :mrgreen:
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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby felipecouto75 » Fri Aug 09, 2019 5:48 pm

Hummm, new noise gate???

Maybe a Boss NS2 in a full Malmsteen gear collection ??? :D :D :D
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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby Peter_IK » Fri Aug 09, 2019 6:00 pm

felipecouto75 wrote:Hummm, new noise gate???

Maybe a Boss NS2 in a full Malmsteen gear collection ??? :D :D :D

The other gear that comes along with ti will be much more exciting though :)
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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby jjguitar » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:39 pm

The other gear that comes along with ti will be much more exciting though


Maybe some gear from Joe Satriani ??? 8-)
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Re: Engl Powerball unusual behavior

Postby carlaz » Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:49 pm

Peter_IK wrote:
felipecouto75 wrote:Hummm, new noise gate???
Maybe a Boss NS2 in a full Malmsteen gear collection ??? :D :D :D

The other gear that comes along with ti will be much more exciting though :)

A Malmsteen collection? Well, that could be interesting. There are some bells and whistles on the Marshall YJM100 that wouldn't necessarily mean a lot to me, but I hear on the Internet (source of all knowledge and wisdom, of course!) that it's a pretty solid "modernized plexi-style" Marshall, and I do love me a plexi-style Marshall. 8-)
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