mandates a range of different clean variants, simply set the Gain knob below the 9
o'clock mark and select
(Lo Gain) to see what you can come up with.
Because it is chock full of tone-tweaking tools, this amp is sure to surprise you time and
again with new sonic variants. However, there's no need to panic in face of its
sophisticated functionality. At ENGL, ease of use is paramount. We design all our amps
so that players can dial in great sounds from the start - without hours spent
researching the manual and struggling with settings. Despite being so easy to use, the
ENGL Sovereign 100 Amp puts into the hands of the innovative, creative guitarist an all
but inexhaustible bonanza of sound-shaping resources. And I am convinced that
guitarists with more traditional leanings are equally well-served with this amp's
smorgasbord of tasty tube tone!
The advantage of a
that is installed in and matched to the amp is that it lets
you fine-tune its threshold with extreme precision, thereby separating the useful,
musical signal from useless background noise. Indeed, this
was designed to
address the signal the most beneficial spot in the signal chain - the preamp - to make it
more effective. First and foremost, it is designed to suppress ambient noise such as
hissing and humming during breaks when the Lead channel is in Heavy Lead mode. For
this reason, I tuned its threshold (that's the level at which the gate triggers) range to
suit this amp mode, and then adjusted it for
(Lead channel,
)
configurations. To get acquainted with how the
works, I suggest you start
by setting the Threshold knob to the 9 o'clock position (
opens at low signal
levels) and slowly twist it clockwise to gradually raise the gate's trigger threshold.
When the knob arrives at the far right position, the
will not trigger until the
signal reaches a very high level. This means that the preamp must amplify the guitar
signal considerably to open up (or deactivate) the
. In practice, your best
bet for suppressing loud noise when running Lead channels at high Gain levels is to set
the Threshold knob higher than 12 o'clock. If you're doing the low-gain thing in Soft
Lead modes, dial in a lower Threshold knob setting (below 12 o'clock) to prevent the
gate from throttling notes (that is, the musically useful sounds) as they decay
particularly if you like to work the guitar's volume knob.
We endowed the amp with MIDI functionality and programmable settings, which
mandate a microprocessor. This afforded me the opportunity to put that processor to
even better use and employ it to power a couple of reassuring protection systems. One
is Power Tube Monitoring, which checks every power tube individually; the other is a
speaker output surveillance system designed to prevent the potentially destructive
operation of the power amp without a load. For reasons of operating safely, tube
amps require a load such as a speaker cabinet connected to the output. Be aware,
though, that as sophisticated as these features may be, they can't relieve you of all
responsibility. For example, the system can't detect if a cabinet is connected to the
other end of the cord. Please make a habit of checking this before powering the amp
up. As a rule, always exercise due caution when operating this baby.
Soft Lead
Noise Gate
Noise Gate
Soft Lead
Lo Gain
Noise Gate
Noise Gate
Noise Gate
Noise Gate
A few comments on the Noise Gate:
Electronic safety systems:
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