I`ve had Fireball 60 for several months and to me it was overly compressed and also I didn`t like that there was a little usable gain range. It went from no to really high gain too fast. I played Blackmore and I liked the sound very much. Maybe a bit too harsh but I think it is manageable. It...
I own ENGL 2x12 Pro cab with V30 and I A/B`d it with Orange 212 that our second guitarist had. Amps we used: my ENGL E520 preamp paired with hand made poweramp Mesa Boogie Dual rectifier (2ch) Laney VH100R ENGL had bigger and tighter bottom...
I haven`t tried any 1x12 yet (I`m fan of 2x12 sound/portability ratio) but if I were you, I would check Mesa Thiele 1x12 cab. I`ve heard good things about it.
I played Blackmore through ENGL V30 and V60 box. I was quite surprised how good standard V60 box sounded. The sound was full and articulated. According to speaker characteristics it should be muddy but it wasn`t. I must say that Powerball II sounded nowhere near as good as Blackmore through...