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01/23/2004 7:54 pm
Will any type of power attenuator work for my guitar? Or do I need to get something like the Hot Plate that is specificly for that?
Electric Guitars are the inspiration for cries of "Turn that damn thing down"-Gibson website
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SLY
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01/24/2004 10:49 am
I think power attenuators are for amps ... They're used to lower the volume, allowing you to crank the amp and get your desired tone without disturbing the neighbours.
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01/24/2004 8:09 pm
Thanks SLY, I think you've replied to all my posts about power attenuators.
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01/24/2004 9:43 pm
Yeah.. I used to use one on my old Marshal amp.
Pretty cool thing to have. If I recall correctly, you connect it between the amp & speakers and then just turn it down to the lower settings.
You retain all the sound and characturistics of the full blown amp but the volume is lowered.
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01/25/2004 4:06 pm
Any time dude.
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01/25/2004 5:43 pm
I am going to build 3 different ones. Nothing fancy, a 6,9, and 12 dB. Then I'll just put in which ever one I want. I don't feel like spending $500 on a HOT PLATE, or $600 on the Marshall Power Brake.
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01/26/2004 11:14 am
Cool , did you get the schematics or layouts ?
I think they should be simple circuits , I don't understand why are they the same price of a regular combo amp !
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01/26/2004 9:26 pm
http://amps.zugster.net/articles/attenuation/


very useful site. Plug the numbers in and hit "calculate"
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01/27/2004 5:09 am
Sweet.
... and that's all I have to say about that.

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