How is ENGLs build quality really? What other brands would you compare them to? I didn't know they were considered poor. :/
I have heard about poor customer service in North America, though, and I think that has colored the minds of many people to believe that "the brand sucks". I highly doubt engls break down more often than most other amps, but when they do you hear much more about it because there is hardly any good repair centers to find, and as a result a lot of anger and "hate" starts to grow. You can find several threads about Peaveys breaking down, but it's not a problem because repair centers are easy to come across.
My local tech and gear dealer (in Norway) sells shitloads of amps (many of them ENGLs), and he says the brands that are returned for service most often are Fenders, Mesas and Marshalls (his words). For instance, my old Mesa f-30 had to be serviced twice in just over a year...
I have heard about poor customer service in North America, though, and I think that has colored the minds of many people to believe that "the brand sucks". I highly doubt engls break down more often than most other amps, but when they do you hear much more about it because there is hardly any good repair centers to find, and as a result a lot of anger and "hate" starts to grow. You can find several threads about Peaveys breaking down, but it's not a problem because repair centers are easy to come across.
My local tech and gear dealer (in Norway) sells shitloads of amps (many of them ENGLs), and he says the brands that are returned for service most often are Fenders, Mesas and Marshalls (his words). For instance, my old Mesa f-30 had to be serviced twice in just over a year...