Surprisingly HIGH GAIN! | Egnater Renegade 65 All Tube Amplifier

[@jeffhilligan652]

I was part of the design of this amp. Bassman vibe on clean side and super lead hot channel 2. Power section 6l6 for bassman side and 34's for the dirty side. Love it

[@asianlydian]

What up Jeff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those were the days... JUST42Dave RT baby

[@MrBurnzz.]

My power transfer former blew on my model, do you think it would be worth replacing? Or would the out put transformer also have a chance of going out

[@adrs2]

​@@MrBurnzz.maybe worth it. Chinese manufacturer underspeced the transformer by giving bad isolation, also poor capacitors leakage and drying out causes overheating of PT and degradation of isolation = story circuit. If You want to keep it You must recap it - PSU board is minimum.

[@RMPalm2000]

What's up with Egnater these days? The website hasn't been updated in years and nothing on social. I love my Egnater amp but wasn't sure what was up with the company.

[@adrs2]

@@RMPalm2000 Egnater was bought from Bruce by Avi El-Kiss. I think that bad fame of PT problems killed the brand in the end. Chinese manufacturer placed underspeced power transformers (most expensive part) in many amps like Renegade and it starter the problems, because repairs with PCB board and the cost of new PTs were more expensive than the amps.

[@pedraw]

In case you didn't know, Dave Friedman of Friedman amplification used to work for Bruce Egnater. Egnater is a Detroit native.

[@phantomflame0658]

This is my favourite all time amp. I feel like it pairs the best with g12m65 speakers or v30's. For distortion it also likes pickups like gibson dirty fingers or emg 85 or similar high output humbuckers. The amp sounds the best when you leave the Treble close to 1 o clock and use the Presence to dial in the airyness. The Mids for your liking. The Bass almost always needs to be above noon or else it has no balls to the tone itself. For the cab response you dial in the Density, and for a small room at reasonable volume with a 1x12 I just max it out for the heavy stuff. It restores bass after the gain stages so you can think of it as one of the sliders on a Mesa Boogie Mark amp, so it's still tight but has more punch. If you run an OD for metal, you have to match it with the DEEP/TIGHT toggle since this is before gain stages. Most boosts will be perfect on tight but in some instances it can be too tight and give it that effect where it can be too boosted. The BRIGHT switch should almost always be on it's just a nice treble boost and adds some gain too but as you said for bright guitars it's a good feature. Last thing is the Gain knob is a bit weird, it is linear until about 1 o clock, where the level and distortion increases greatly. Then after 3 o clock the distortion is the same but the saturation greatly increases and it becomes a bit more flubby. Volume knob has a quirk where after 1 o clock it starts to saturate. You can hear this more clearly on the clean channel where it gets much louder and slightly overdriven. Anyways great review and glad you liked it, it's very versatile and my favourite from my collection. You can get everything from Crowbar to RHCP, like it can do anything. You pretty much set it up just like I would!

[@FrogFace.Official]

I’ve had this amp for maybe a year now and the power transformer blew out on me, so you think it would be worth fixing and if so where to find the part, it started cutting out on me randomly, and the volume would drop, then it started fully powering off In the middle of playing. Recently it powered off and won’t come back on

[@virtus12ful]

@@FrogFace.Official Mercury Magnetics builds transformers for this amp - they’re high quality and US made (I believe they’re based in LA). My renegade head has one installed!

[@rodrigozamo]

I had the 1x12 combo and I loved it. But living in an apartment setting it was hard to get it cooking, let alone use it with a 4x12 so I had to sell it. But it is a super underrated amp. A great Fender clean and a great modded Marshall drive in one package. The 6L6 and EL34 fusion gave it so many options and was fantastic to get some variety out of it, though I mostly ran it full El34 on both channels. I would certainly buy it again if I had the space to drive it and it's sad you don't see many more of these out in the wild. Bruce Egnater is the father of cascading gain and his name should definitely be up there with Soldano, Friedman and other well known manufacturers.

[@markpayne2930]

Good review/demo Kyle. I got the amp delivered today. Good sounding amp especially with The King in Yellow up front!

[@TL-angzarr]

I have a Egnater TOL100 from before the deal with rocktron. It will melt faces and chug with the best of them. Haven't at all kept up with Bruce's newer offerings though.

[@CameronForrester]

Cream tolex always has my heart

[@nashmanzl]

Thanks bro. Good stuff. Thinking about maybe this instead of a KSR PA50 for my Tonex. Effects return y'know?

[@RicketyKrickett]

You gotta try out the Egnater Armageddon… killer amp! Built in Decimator and full direct outs

[@SoundForgeStudio]

He did a video on the Egnater Vengeance and hated it.. i was surprised but not everything is for everyone. I have the Vengeance and it does really well with the extended range and low tuned guitars

[@RicketyKrickett]

@@SoundForgeStudio yeah the Armageddon was amazing with extended range and drop tuning stuff. Big time underrated amp

[@KevinFrasard]

I just got an Armageddon and love it to death. It sounds super pissed!!!

[@belligerentamateur]

I've heard better things about the Armageddon from people who didn't like the vengeance. Glad you're digging yours, man!

[@SoundForgeStudio]

@xbigdaddybx The Armageddon 412 is pretty awesome and pairs well with just about anything. The "slant" is more of a tilt back then anything. Cheers my dude

[@idiotburns]

My egnater two channel Erect module, ROCKS

[@ronnmims7696]

What would be cool also is you tried something with trying your amp heads with different speaker pairings or speaker mixes. Like seeing what other stuff sounds good with what you have.

[@phantomflame0658]

I agree some amps sound like bollocks with v30 oversize mesa. But many also sound sick. There is more to a tone than just the guitar and amp!

[@RMPalm2000]

These are dirt cheap now and worth picking up. Full fx loop, multi-channel amp, built-in boost, and reverb options. Put a transparent OD as a boost up front, it needs it.

[@angusorvid8840]

Great demo. I love the brightness and warmth and how you can shift the tone from EL34 to 6L6. What pickup are you using, a Duncan Distortion? I've used them since 1985.

[@ronnmims7696]

Great video again. They sound decent with seventy 80s.

[@chrisgoblin4857]

I keep looking out for an Egnater Tweaker 30 on the second hand market. Seem like really well built and versatile pieces of kit.

[@FastRedPonyCar]

MAN! Blast from the past! I had one of these for years and it was a great amp. I only sold it because I got a Splawn Nitro LOL so yeaaaaahh. If they're really only going for $400 or so, that is an outstanding price for the flexibility and tone.

[@asianlydian]

Just watched yer stuff on them brother. I remember those days from your videos.. Esp Bogner and MAKO

[@Bognerman14]

Try the older Egnater Mod 50/100 (US made) because that is a wow amp.

[@rareform6747]

That Bad Cat ...💥 Hey Kyle Try more Up Stokes ⚡

[@nj1255]

Been very interested in picking one of these up, but many of them are sold completely dead because they seem to have a common problem with the output transformer. They sound really damn good tho. Might be worth it to get a cheap dead one and pay for someone to install a new output transfomer. The problem for me is that there are very few amp techs in northern Sweden, and the ones who are located within a 300-400km radius are pretty damn expensive. Not to mention how damn expensive it is to transport something this heavy and fragile.

[@loganfosbrink8692]

I have one, had to replace the transformer once and now it’s broke again and I just kinda gave up…. Now it sits on my shelf broken

[@nj1255]

@@loganfosbrink8692 Bummer! Did you get it replaced with a completely different type of trafo (brand/model), or was it the same kind that it came with originally? I seem to remember reading something about Egnater replacing the faulty ones free of charge, but if they replace them with the same kind again I'm not shocked that the new ones would eventually fail as well.

[@loganfosbrink8692]

@@nj1255 I took it took the local repair shop (which is over an hour away from me), and they were able to replaced it with a stock Egnator transformer. The last time it broke I took a look myself and I had several wires burnt up. I figured amp just wasn’t worth fixing anymore. Eventually I just moved on from the amp and got a couple different heads. I got a PRS MT15 for when I really want that tube sound and a boss katana artist 100 head for everything else because I just don’t have to worry about any of the headaches that come with tubes. To be fair to egnator, I bought the amp used and it was missing the back plate, so who know what was done before I every got the amp.

[@FrogFace.Official]

@@loganfosbrink8692 @nj1255 My transformer recently just blew out on me too, do you think it would be worth it trying to fix? And where would I find the right transformer

[@Mesa97006]

Nice review. I have this head paired with the matching 2x12 cab and it sits real nice in the band mix. It's very versatile.

[@AbsolyutnayaNenavistThrash]

How About to try Krank Distortus Maximus pedal?)))

[@AtTheSourceStudios]

I know you don't dig EL84 amps really but would be cool to see some more small amps on the channel. The Hughes Tubemeister 40 or 36 would be cool or the Engl Ironball would also be legit (have you done Ironball before?? Maybe I forgot) shit even the smaller Egnater amp or even the funny 1 and 5 watt amps like that little Behringer silver one or the Blackstar HT-1 or HT-5

[@kasakka]

So as a bit of history, these were designed by Bruce Egnater as a more mainstream lineup to his amps, I think they released around 2008. The release got soured by a bad batch of transformers that has since been solved. I believe Bruce is no longer in any way involved with the Egnater brand so these are still made by the company in China that originally built them. I had the Egnater Tourmaster 4100 head and it was way ahead for its time in its features. It had basically 2+2 nearly identical channel which is massively more practical than the clean-crunch-rhythm-lead setup of most 4 channel amps. It had very flexible power scaling with nice and gradual master volumes. On these smaller models the tube blending feature is IMO not that useful. I think they are nice amps if you want something more like a classic to hard rock Marshallish amp with a unique feature set.

[@FrogFace.Official]

I’ve had the egnater renegade for almost a year and my transformer just blew out on me, do you think it would be worth trying to find a new transformer and fixing or just get a new amp in total?

[@youztuber5000]

Haha, tricked into playing cleans for once!

[@samizdat113]

Well it def sounds better than the Vengeance

[@RavageRitual1986]

This times 1000. The worst amp I’ve ever played.

[@enriquekikzdelapazbichain1126]

No it doesn't, lol, my vengeance owns this

[@samizdat113]

@@enriquekikzdelapazbichain1126 I've owned one. That head sucks.

[@enriquekikzdelapazbichain1126]

@@samizdat113 I use one for my studio and it does pretty much everything, running through oversized Basson cab with DV77s and Redback speakers, Godly tones, my clients are happy with it, and i have blockletter 5150 and Soldano to choose from also, the Vengeance gets alot of love here, i'd give it a second chance if i was you, found out the perfect match for hi gain tones was the green Maxon 808

[@mattvdh]

You have a talent for tones and technical data about gear, so don't discount yourself. Having great tone is enough as long as the songs are good.

[@richardmahan6888]

This is a great amp not for your muddy chugging there's nothing muddy about this amp it's just not a chugging amp it's hard Rock at best I love it you don't have to because you are a one trick pony have a chugging muddy day 🤘

[@belligerentamateur]

I guess you never learned about punctuation.

[@FrogFace.Official]

I’ve owned this amp for about a year and the transformer blew out on me, do you think it would be worth fixing and If so where can I find the right transformer

[@virtus12ful]

Get a Mercury Magnetics transformer - they’re US made and solid. I have one in my renegade head.

[@plaguezaddy]

Shockwave!

[@jroobz]

You sold the soldano and for an egnator? 😵‍💫

[@belligerentamateur]

sure bro

[@tobins6800]

He probably picked this up for $500. So there's a lot more for other gear after selling the soldano

[@phantomflame0658]

@@tobins6800 These do go for a fair bit more than they did 5 years ago. But I'd do the same cause he already has the Soldano knock off that sounds just as good

[@tobins6800]

@Phantomflame0 I had the chance to get the exact same amp for $370, just didn't have the extra cash at the time. That was a couple of months ago

[@jroobz]

@@belligerentamateur fair play mate!

[@MotoRiff77]

Had one but had to sell it quickly because the guy I bought it from was a smoker and you can’t get rid of that smell

[@jamesswanson4391]

Ozone generator

[@phantomflame0658]

Especially cause it has a little cooling fan inside so it probably was blowing that shit out lmao

[@6nosis]

Good God men have vaginas now... Waaah i sthmell sthmoke

[@ironageamplification1791]

Bring back the Gibson Explorer!

[@BazonBlades]

Isn't Egnater a totally defunct brand now. So no product support.

[@sixstringhistory]

Actually not the case. I just had my Renegade repaired and Egnater sent me a list of certified repair shops. They said if there were none in my area I could ship the head to them and they would fully service it. I happened to have a repair shop near me so I don’t send it off, but it’s an option.

[@marvinmartin3438]

Dude, I need this amp! Is it true bypass? Does it have a sweet spot? Is it transgender friendly? Would Dylan Mulvaney approve? Covid compatible? Can it get Eddy's "Smells like teen spirit" tone? Asking for a friend

[@AtTheSourceStudios]

Haha I like that you call it EGG- nater that's great

[@youztuber5000]

How is it supposed to be pronounced? Asking for a friend...

[@AtTheSourceStudios]

@@youztuber5000 no hard egg 🥚

[@samizdat113]

Note to self: test both channels before recording video

[@Catywampus.Kerfuffle]

Brother, you seem very distracted and slightly stressed out in this video. Is everything okay?

[@thatguyinaband6341]

yah know what else is really fat! the Carvin LegacyVL100!

[@chegavara67]

Stop making bee hive out of amp....

[@Bognerman14]

Too bad this amp is made in China I believe