ENGL Amplifiers

Victor Smolski is a highly respected modern metal guitarist, and is one of the world’s best at his craft. His guitar playing has it all… technique, tone, and attitude. For his signature amp, ENGL needed to harness all the power, attack, and low end we could muster. The E646 draws its power from four 6L6GC tubes in the power amp stage, delivering everything from balladic clean moments to crashing riff thunderstorms and sizzling solos. Each pair of channels (Clean and Crunch, and Lead 1 and Lead 2) share an EQ. The ‘mid-voiced’ function affects all four channels, but you can refine it on channels 3 and 4. Activate ‘Depth Punch’ to unleash an extra portion of low end in the power amp stage — brutal tone doesn’t get chunkier! A beast this powerful needed its own enclosure, so ENGL deviated from their standard front grille for this amp and used hand-welded chains instead. The Snakeskin cover does the rest, helping to make the E646 a purebred metal amp. Once you plug in and hit that first downtuned chord, you’ll never question why the words “Straight to Hell” are inscribed directly above the input jack!