ENGL 40th Anniversary Fireball 100 Head - Limited Edition "Racing Stripe" Colorway - Only 40 Made!

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Before we tell you more about ENGL's amazing special edition Fireball series amps, we need to tell you more about why they're here.

It was back in 1983, in Bavaria, Germany, that founder Edmund Engl and Senior Designer Horst Langer – both of whom remain at the reins at ENGL to this day – first began designing and releasing amps on a small scale, but quickly became the talk of Germany with innovative, class-leading products like the Straight and the Savage. As their company's excellent reputation grew, so did the award-winning product line, to include amps that have become synonymous with incredible guitar tone: the Powerball, the Fireball, the Invader, the Ironball, and the Artist Edition and Special Edition. All ENGL amps are made in Germany to the highest production values, and ENGL amps represent the best that classic tube amplifier tone has to offer, alongside state-of-the-art analog and digital innovations.

To celebrate ENGL's 40th anniversary, ENGL is producing an exclusive – and extremely limited – series of Fireball 100 and 25 amplifiers at its Germany Custom Shop. The run will be limited to 40 amps (with matching cabinets also available) in a unique celebratory “racing stripe” colorway, and will be instant collectors’ pieces. Beyond their great look, these special 40th anniversary amps include all of the same amazing features and specifications found in the standard Fireball 100 and 25 models.

Edmund Engl says, “Forty years ago, ENGL began as an idea and a passion project on the smallest of scales. We would never have believed we’d become one of the world’s biggest players when it comes to high gain guitar tone! But we’re extremely happy and grateful to be in this position, and our passion to build the best guitar amplifiers out there still burns as strongly as it did on day one. We’re so thankful to the entire ENGL family for putting their trust in us over the years, and we can’t wait to see where the journey continues!”

It’s a real hot amp, this Fireball - the name says it all! Even on the Clean channel, you can usher in shimmering crunch tones by pushing the gain control up past 12 o’clock. Over on the Lead channel, though, the gain really gets to flourish and unleash its true potential. The Fireball is ready for any kind of metal playing, no matter how heavy. Who needs external distortion pedals? The Mid Boost keeps the brutal sounds pumping, while pure 6L6GC tube power brings copious amounts of punch and sophisticated gain structures.

Features:

Front panel:
• Clean and Lead Channel featuring separate Gain controls
• Bright switch for the Clean Channel
• Bottom switch (Clean & Lead) that adds low end punch
• Passive EQ: Bass, Middle, Treble
• Lead Volume control for precise level tuning
• Mid Boost switch (Clean & Lead), remote controllable via footswitch
• Master A and Master B for two different power amp level settings, remote controllable via footswitch
• P.T.M. (Power Tube Monitor) system: failure indication via LED for each power tube
• Stand By s

Rear Panel:
• 2 x 1/4" Stereo jacks for connecting a ENGL Z-4 footpedal: Clean / Lead (channel switching) & Master A / B, Mid Boost & FX Loop off / on
• Noise Gate Threshold controls the Gate’s attack
• FX Loop equipped with a Balance control, FX Loop off / on, remote controllable via footswitch
• Power amp Output 4 Ohms, 8 Ohms (2 jacks) and 16 Ohms
• 100 Watts tube guitar amp head equipped with a matched set of four 6L6GC power tubes
• Four ECC83 (12AX7) preamp tubes