ENGL E606 Ironball small box

[Marker]

Not everything that is made in Germany is good, still I trust them a lot and of course I rather have something build there than in China / Indonesia.



The Ironball looks like this inside:


It's all PCB like everything else that is not a *boutique* amp.

Bugera themselves claims they are *boutique* amp makers and that their amps are handmade (or hand assembled) - it's probably cheaper to pay workers in China then to buy a full assembly line with machines to do all the work).


I might be wrong but I think that Marshall does the other way around - they export the parts from the UK to other countries (ex: DSL100 parts are sent to Vietnam) so that they're assembled there, but the parts themselves are good quality and are shipped from the UK.

[Alpeggio]

Chris Wells told me the new DSL's are just as good quality and tested the same as UK amps. They are every bit as good, apart from the wood and tolex, so perhaps you're right.

[Torshalla]

The Sl5 is made in China I think and no issue with quality... Most of our phones, laptops and auto parts are made in China or other low cost countries... Plane parts too... It does not have to mean low quality...

[Sully807]

But look at how many phones break nowadays.. Haha

[Torshalla]

They are designed to last 1 to 2 years max... Nothing to do with build quality :)

[John 14:6]

The new Engl Artist Edition E651 sounds really cool.

[Sully807]

That artist edition had Gary moores vote, he was using them over Marshall's before his passing

[Marker]

This is the Rock Master, available as either head or combo, with the same features as the Ironball but more british voiced:

[bigboki]

yes there are supposed to be 2 new XXXMaster amps with IronBall features and price (around 800 euros for head based on http://www.thomann.de/de/topteile_mit_r ... ngl&oa=pra).
RockMaster and MetalMaster
here is demo if MetalMaster combo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UarUokatk9I

I think there was another one like intro video let me see if I can find it:
i think this is the one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDXXs8Hpaw

you can search on youtube for RockMaster and MetalMaster and see how it goes

Hope this helps

yours Bojan