OVERDRIVE- ENGL Powerball EP645... it defines a genre better than any other pedal!

ENGLPOWERBALL EP645

$230.00 USD

This pedal came out in late 2019 amidst chaos with the companies distributor. It was bought out and in the end it went very well for Engl as the new company had the working capital to take their product internationally so in just a year stores like Sweetwater 'had' to carry the product because of the demand. But during 2020 there was virtually no stock of the pedal so even with a few good reviews creating a demand you could not buy one.

In short the pedal for the most part has been under the radar.

ENGL claims to have duplicated the sound of the Powerball II amp that put the company on the map. I feel they nailed it. Several key players who have been ambassadors of just that amp now use the pedal for their fly rig.

The layout is simple enough with volume, gain, treble, mid and bass. 

CONCLUSION

The thing what really, really impresses me is if you had a general idea of what to expect to hear from the average Modern Metal sound this nails that 'average' sound. This is not a criticism as I find it ideal that you can get that sound without the struggle and expense of forever buying Metal pedals that have too much or too little of something about that 

pedal that you hate. For a start many pedals sound either too harsh or too muddy 

and worst of all most have issues with buzz or fizz or some kind of added hash. 

This ENGL has none, Yes, zero issues!

the fine print

With my downsizing kick I am sure if I had one 

it will kick a couple of pedals off my board!

Soooo.... I ordered one!

HEADS UP

Engl are a 'protected range' company

Dealers are not allowed to sell outside of their 

territory. You can however buy on Reverb

from small stores in Germany. Fortunately 

the total price once you add shipping will be

the same as if you could have bought from

Sweetwater.