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Originally posted by Jim Richards
Thanks for the advice, guys!  I need some schooling on attenuation. I guess you run the amps cranked to get the sound from the tubes/electronics, but need to attenuate the output to keep peace with the neighbors. Is that right? Who makes attenuators? Thanks again!
This sure beats the hell outta flogging the dog over politics.
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Jim
This -IMHO- is getting silly. For example, I have in my box of stuff a Tom Scholz Power Soak attenuator (certainly a tone sucker) . I used to use this to muzzle a non master vol Marshall 100w Super Lead that was so shatteringly loud (only ever ran on 10, till it burst into flames every so often) it was hard to use it even very large rooms.
Honestly, you dont need to muck about with this stuff- the technology has moved on. I have a 30w Class A valve amp for out, a 50w tranny amp for home and what I practice with is a Behringer V-AMP2. Cheap as chips and every sound you could possibly want from a sparkly Super Twin to a cranked Marshall to a mental Engel.
If you want to spend more, buy the Line 6 Pod, but dont start mucking about with valves and attenuators.
Just MHO, ofcourse.