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Post subject: Deluxe Reverb and MiniMass
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:26 pm
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Hi to all of you!

I'm considering about getting a Weber MiniMass to go with my DRRI.
The Weber site recommends getting a attenuator with twice the wattage of your amp,
but i suppose this is if you are playing with almost max volumes? What about if i'm only
planning on playing around volume 5-6 or lower, should i be better off with the 25w
versoin or should i just get the 50w?

Why am i asking? If i have understanded correctly, "the more you have attenuation the
more you lose tone", so i dont want to take the extra tone loss if i'm able to get away
with just the 25w version.

Can the use of pedals etc. affect the choice between the watteges? "Lots of pedals..
you should get the 50w to be safe.." ? :?

So what do you think? :D Any experiences or opinions? :)

-tottoro


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Post subject: Re: Deluxe Reverb and MiniMass
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:30 pm
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Oh and yes, i asked this from the weber guys also and they recommended
the 50w version. Not that i dont trust them :lol: but i'm just curios about other
people's ideas and thoughts about this.


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Post subject: Re: Deluxe Reverb and MiniMass
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:08 am
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I'd go 50 watt. You're going to take a slight tone hit anyway.

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Post subject: Re: Deluxe Reverb and MiniMass
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:51 pm
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Playing at 5 or 6 on a Deluxe Reverb is pretty loud I think you would miss out on two factors of overdrive and tone that you get from your amp when you use a attenuator: Speaker overdrive and cabinet resonance. However, at those volumes even with the Mini Mass you'll still get great tube saturation as well at the other two factors.


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