Anyone heard an Engl Raider?

**radrock** · 06-11-2009, 12:56 PM

No youtube videos on it because it's pretty new I believe. Has anyone heard it? Amount of gain, etc? Thanks

**PeteDuBaldo** · 06-11-2009, 01:06 PM

I heard one briefly at NAMM and I was pretty impressed by it. I need to order a few more pieces from ENGL, maybe I'll add one of these.

http://engl-amps.com/sound_samples/e344_rock.mp3

http://engl-amps.com/sound_samples/e344_country.mp3

http://engl-amps.com/sound_samples/e344_funk.mp3

**JP7Nomad** · 06-11-2009, 07:27 PM

It certainly *looks* like a good amp, but I've never heard anything from it.

**skerwo** · 06-14-2009, 09:30 AM

Hi,

here´s what German "Guitar" magazine wrote about it ( I translate a little bit for you):

Raider is an excellent allround amp for sounds from "american clean" to "british rough" and everything in between. It´s an amp especially for stage because of its two master volumes and the integrated noisegate. You´re crazy if you take more than one amp to a gig because Raider does it all.

About the second channel they wrote:
It´s darker voiced, so you need to turn up the presence knob. But there´s no metal sound which Raider can´t do. Scooped sounds, downtunings and so on. Also more than enough gain for the solo experience and the midboost is excellent for cutting through sounds.

Maybe a little help for you.

Greets Rainer

**radrock** · 06-17-2009, 09:03 AM

Thanks for that! There was surprisingly little online about this amp as far as reviews and I couldn't find even ONE youtube clip. Needless to say, I got a killer deal on a dent 'n' scratch from Musician's Friend. Hopefully it will work. It is out for delivery as of today. I'll keep everyone posted.

I even brought my Axis into work today so we could crank it down in the basement.

**guertzi** · 06-17-2009, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by radrock

Thanks for that! There was surprisingly little online about this amp as far as reviews and I couldn't find even ONE youtube clip.

+1

The Raider is definitely on my radar for later this year, seems like a great amp making a big sound without all the hassle.

Maybe you'll be the fist one to put a video in Youtube ???

Rock on!

**radrock** · 06-17-2009, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by guertzi

+1

The Raider is definitely on my radar for later this year, seems like a great amp making a big sound without all the hassle.

Maybe you'll be the fist one to put a video in Youtube ???

Rock on!

That's the plan. I played with it during lunch and was REALLY impressed. It has a ton of gain.

I'll definitely make a youtube video if I end up keeping it (which is very likely).

**ivanmihaljevic** · 06-18-2009, 12:23 AM

Haven't tried the Raider, but I play Engl Powerball (I'm endorsing them) and it's exactly the sound I'm after. It sounds amazing!

**ScoobySteve** · 06-18-2009, 12:57 AM

100W in a single speaker combo? THIS IS MADNESS!!!!

Head coming out soon?

**radrock** · 06-18-2009, 07:51 AM

Let's just say there plenty of headroom.

**radrock** · 06-23-2009, 01:56 PM

Here are the youtube videos we made.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L5TgeL6MXg"]YouTube - Engl Raider 100 - Clean channel review.[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiDctLS3wDQ&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - Engl Raider 100 - Distortion channel review.[/ame]

**guertzi** · 06-24-2009, 10:50 AM

Thanks for that!
Well done, you can really get a good impression of what this amp is capable of!

This one's definitely on my radar when my next amp purchase is due by the end of this year!

Rock on!