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Like the artist it's named after, the ENGL Amplifiers Victor Smolski Ltd. E646 unleashes every flavor of metal tone, from crystalline cleans to thunderous growls to metallic screams, via its four red-hot channels. This tube guitar amplifier head churns out 100 watts of 6L6GC-fueled muscle, and it boasts a full array of tone-shaping controls, including EQ, a Middle-Voiced function, Presence, and Depth Punch. You also get a built-in noise gate for dead-quiet performance between chugs and an FX loop for easy integration of your pedalboard and external effects. A Power Tube Monitor provides at-a-glance information about the health of your tubes, and you get a Serial Amp Control for convenient remote control options. To top it off, the E646 flaunts off-the-charts visual styling with a hand-welded chain grille and snakeskin optics, plus a "straight to hell" inscription above its input jack ? it doesn't get any more metal than that! Players hungering for a purebred metal guitar amp will get all that and more with the ENGL Victor Smolski Ltd. E646.





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Tube-fueled metal tones





Simply put, the ENGL Victor Smolski Ltd. E646 is a tube-powered monster. In its preamp, you'll find four ECC83/12AX7 tubes ? the long-known secret to warm cleans and harmonic-rich high-gain tones. Its power section houses four 6L6GC tubes, arming this amp head with 100 watts of rafter-shaking output. From balladic cleans to riff thunderstorms to scorching leads, the E646 can conjure up any cleansed-by-fire metal tone that your little black heart desires. On top of that, the Victor Smolski Ltd. E646 includes a convenient Power Tube Monitor, ensuring that you'll be aware of failing power tubes before they even become a problem.





Endless sonic sculpting onboard





No matter how you want to shape your tones, the guitarists at Sweetwater will testify: you can do it with the ENGL Amplifiers Victor Smolski Ltd. E646. Of its four channels, each pair includes a shared EQ. The amplifier's Middle-Voiced function adds an attention-grabbing midrange boost to all four channels, although you can refine it on channels three and four. You also get a Presence knob for dialing in your upper frequencies, along with a Depth Punch knob designed to add a chest-thumping chunk to the low end of the amp's power amp stage.





Professional-level features





Above all, the ENGL Victor Smolski Ltd. E646 is a pro-level amp head. For starters, you get a built-in noise gate with a dedicated rear-panel Threshold control. You also get an FX loop for your pedalboard and external effects processors, with a Balance control for tweaking the blend between your processed signal and your dry signal. Finally, a Serial Amp Control gives you a whole slew of convenient remote control options.





ENGL Amplifiers Victor Smolski Ltd. Signature E646 Features:


Signature guitar amplifier head of Victor Smolski (Rage, Almanac, Mind Odyssey, Lingua Mortis Orchestra)


Churns out 100W of tube-fueled muscle via 4 6L6GC power tubes


4 x ECC83/12AX7 preamp tubes yield every flavor of metal tone from clean to growl to scream


Power Tube Monitor indicates failing power tubes before they become a problem


4 channels: Clean, Crunch, Lead 1, Lead 2


Each channel pair includes a shared EQ


Middle-Voiced function adds an attention-grabbing midrange boost to all 4 channels


Presence knob dials in your upper frequencies


Depth Punch knob adds a chest-thumping chunk to the power amp stage's low end


Built-in noise gate with dedicated rear-panel Threshold control


FX loop with Balance control for tweaking the blend between processed and dry signals


Serial Amp Control gives you a whole slew of convenient remote control options


Hand-welded chain grille, snakeskin optics, and "straight to hell" inscription