It’s been a few years since I’ve had attenuators but I have a 100w Marshall Slash head arriving this week so need to tame the beast
Back in the day I tried:
THD Hotplate
Tube amp Doctor
And one of the Fryette PS first gen
All of which were crap and tone suck city. So much tech has come on the market since then that I’m already lost as to what to get, passive, reactive, non binary etc etc
Advise would be greatly appreciated. Just to add that I only need it for attenuation so don’t need all the line out, fx loops etc. Though I would consider such a device if it truly excelled in the attenuation department
Many thanks
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Budget wise there is no set limit it’s whatever is best for the job but I won’t use it for anything other than attenuation
I love the amp and cab in the room tone. Really don’t like all the IR loaders through monitors etc. Just sound too hifi for me. Need that punch of a real cab
Its a Marshall Slash 2555SL model so interested to hear what you think about passive or active with this particular amp and any other input you may have
The main problem with attenuators is they suck volume.
Nothing makes up for a loud amp.
It’s very frustrating that they stopped making it - apparently it was too expensive to produce, but given that there’s nothing else like it on the market they could have just put the price up. Luckily they’re not too rare or expensive second hand.
It doesn’t have any other features that more modern ones do, it’s just a straight attenuator - although it can actually be used as a dummy load with a line out, if you need that... set it to one click above zero and use the speaker output.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Typical that I can’t find a Power brake for love nor money at the moment though
I used one with a mini JCM800 and it was ace.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
No, but I have used one with analogue EQ into a recording desk, which sounded very good.
NB - it's PowerBRAKE, not Power "break" . As in slowing something down, not wrecking it .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Have a brake have a Kit-Kat for the valuable information
This one is the 1996 Slash Sig head. It does have an output master but needs to be wound up to 6-7 to get it sounding good. So that’s blow the windows out loud lol
Finding a lot in threads online from Marshall users saying it works well with them
I’ve gone for the Torpedo reload. Bought online so I can send it back if it’s no good. Got everything crossed it’ll do the job