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Front Panel

1 Input

¼" unbalanced input jack. Plug your guitar in here using a shielded cord.

A tip from the designer:

Depending on the type of cord and its shielding, you may occasionally encounter interference from
sources such as radio stations or powerful magnetic fields. When this occurs, try connecting your guitar
to the amp using different cords. What's more, to minimize signal degradation due to high-frequency
loss, use the shortest cords feasible (as a rule, the shorter the cord, the less susceptible it is to
high-frequency attenuation).

2 Clean Gain

This knob determines input sensitivity of the Clean Channel, in other words, the input level
of the preamp during Clean mode.

A tip from the designer:

The amount of distortion depends on the type of pickups your guitar is equipped with. Single coil
pickups may overdrive the preamp when the knob is set to about the two o'clock position in Clean
operating mode, pickups with very high output levels (humbuckers or active pickups) will evoke
distortion at even lower settings. If you want squeaky clean tone, simply back off the Gain knob
accordingly.

3 Lead Gain

Gain control for the Lead Channel. This Control knob determines input sensitivity when the Lead
channel is active. Use it to dial in the desired amount of preamp saturation level.

CAUTION:

Extremely high gain and volume levels in Channlel 2 mode can produce powerful feedback.

Avoid feedback squeals; they can lead to hearing loss and damage speakers! At higher volumes, back
off the Gain and Treble levels in order to prevent unchecked feedback!

4 Bright

This feature boosts the upper end of the high frequency range for the Clean channel. Its intensity
decreases as gain settings increase.

A tip from the designer:

For a crisp or glassy tone, activate the Bright boost. It brightens the sound of humbucking or muddy
pickups. Use it to tweak the amp's tone to taste, activating it to boost top-end frequencies for the
Clean channel or deactivating it to dampen high end response

Fireball 100 - more tone, more punch, more Fireball than ever before - burn up the
stage and feel the heat! The ENGL Fireball 100 guitar amp head offers all essential sound
features in addition to a practical, clear layout for all players who appreciate
straightforward structures.
In its cool "black magic" optical appearance the amp delivers a mighty bottom end punch
well suited for playing power chords and solos with precise accentuation, courtesy of its
powerful 6L6GC-100 watts poweramp. Sparkling clean sounds and every imaginable
nuance between Clean and Hi Gain Lead tones belong to the repertoire of the Fireball 100
amp.
Other trademark ENGL features include: * two Master volume controls A and B, *
electronic poweramp monitoring * and a variable / switchable FX Loop. Additionally, the
sound shaping features Bottom and Mid Boost lets you reinforce ingeniously this particular
pressure in low-end and the low-mid frequency range, thus expanding the amps' tonal
spectrum. ENGL improved another important audio kink - an adjustable noise gate for the
Lead channel.
Old world craftsmanship and highest quality components are part of what makes ENGL
amps so special and the Fireball is no exception. On that note, please read and heed the
guidelines on handling all-tube amps. You'll find them on the last page of this manual. The
ENGL team is convinced that the Fireball amp will delight and inspire you - just plug in your
guitar and play!