ok so im thinking about buying a attenuator
for my blues jr and one of my carvins.
i see price jumps from brand to brand
on these things.
what are some quality attenuators with fair prices?
not looking to spend a fortune ok, just want quality with a good price.

The Weber Mass attenuator is probably the best price/quality attenuator out there.

Dont bother with the THD hotplates. Any manufacturer that insists you buy another attenuator to cope with different impedance, frankly isn't worth talking about. What a bloody rip off.

Myself I use a Marshall Powerbreak. Their quite archaic and dont have any features other than impedence selection, 2 speaker outs, and a load box application.

People say attenuators change your sound. Misinformed people call it 'tone suck'. I think it's just due to the speakers not working as hard as they would do on a straight maxed out amp.

Why not build your own. Theres loads of schematics out there and it's not too hard a circuit?

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yeah i just saw that with THD's. that sucks.
im gonna look into the ones you mentioned.
i dont know if i have the hand to build my own lol.
do you have a link to kits or something?
thank you for your reply on this also.

can you even use one on a blues jr?
how do you hook these things up anyways?

I second this.

If you want to buy one Weber is the way.

Bill

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wow.
i just got off the weber site.
theres so many to choose from.
how do i know which one i need?
im wanting on for a blues jr
and one to use on 100watt carvin heads (old school)
not sure if it will be worth it on my blues jr. i need
to turn the power down to like 3 or 5 watts on the jr sometimes.

I am not a fan of attenuators, I have tried many of them.

If you absolutely must have one the Weber Mass is the best one on the market. Order directly from Weber and choose the options you want/need.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

why do you not like them feathers?

For the most part all of them change/mask your tone.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

I've heard good things about these. I know I love their amps. Good luck in your search.
http://drzamps.com/products/z_air_brake.html

just watched the video for the MAZ 18 jr.
wow. that dang thing is sweet.
gives the egenator a serious run for its money.
no prices on the website that i saw. i hate that.

Yeah! I hate that too. I believe you can get prices if you google the amp, but I know what you mean. I like the sound clips though.

i just found the airbrake on ebay. that dang thing is expensive.
i could buy a smaller amp for that price.

Eminence has come out with a speaker that has an attenuator built in.The control for the attenuator is simply a dial that goes around the magnet and by turning it either left of right you control the ammount of attenuation. They're called Flux Density Modulation speakers and there are two different models available-the Maverick and the Reign Maker you should get the info and MSRP at www.eminence.com .

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Yeah!! They are awful proud of their stuff. I was looking at one of their amps because I'd seen Brad Paisley using one on stage but quickly changed my mind and bought a CS Twin Tweed (tweed circuitry) amp instead.

http://www.eminence.com/fdm.asp


wow this is crazy.
if i didnt like the speakers that i have
this might be a solution.
wonder how they would work if in a 4X12 cab ?
i need to see one of these in action.