Anyone tried either of these pedals? Xotic customer service recommended either model for my 1949 Fender TV Front Pro amp. When I pressed him, he leaned more to the Xotic RC Booster.
It's easier for me to get a clean boost for my large amplifier rather than buying an expensive attenuator like the THD Hot Plate. I heard they drive amps hard anyway, and I'm not sure how to connect it to my amplifier that has minimal inputs.
Someone even mentioned in previous post that attenuators don't sound good. I'm simply trying to get the clean sound of my vintage amp at volume noon down at a much lower volume setting. BTW, the amp only has a volume and tone control.
> So Can I assume you tried the power reducing preamp tubes and found > the result unsatisfactory? Did you find this idea to ridiculous to > even acknowledge?
From what I remember of the tubes he posted, there's no "down" to go. Your idea is really good, though - one we more often overlook.
So Can I assume you tried the power reducing preamp tubes and found the result unsatisfactory? Did you find this idea to ridiculous to even acknowledge? Just curious.
> Anyone tried either of these pedals? Xotic customer service > recommended either model for my 1949 Fender TV Front Pro amp. When > I pressed him, he leaned more to the Xotic RC Booster.
> It's easier for me to get a clean boost for my large amplifier > rather than buying an expensive attenuator like the THD Hot Plate. > I heard they drive amps hard anyway, and I'm not sure how to > connect it to my amplifier that has minimal inputs.
> Someone even mentioned in previous post that attenuators don't > sound good. I'm simply trying to get the clean sound of my vintage > amp at volume noon down at a much lower volume setting. BTW, the > amp only has a volume and tone control.
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For those of you who like to hack into the electronic circuitry of the amps, there's an interesting article in the October issue (#231) of Circuit Cellar (I'm not afiliated with the mag., just a subscriber). The title of the article is: "Digitally Controlled Amplifier - Connect Vintage Analo to Modern Digital Tech".
It describes the building of a Vacum Tube amplifier with the power supply of it digitally controlled using the input signal of the amp as the control signal. It increases the efficiency of the amp greatly while the signal being amplified is fed directly to the the analog circuitry (the amplification process is not digitally modified).
If you are interested and are not a subscriber, you can get a PDF copy of the article for a nominal fee (I don't know how much but I believe is less than $2).
> Ron, > > So Can I assume you tried the power reducing preamp tubes and found > > the result unsatisfactory? Did you find this idea to ridiculous to > > even acknowledge?
> From what I remember of the tubes he posted, there's no "down" to go. > Your idea is really good, though - one we more often overlook.
> As for his unresponsiveness - cest la vie.
> best, > Bobby
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If I take a picture of the back, maybe you can help me, but I have no idea what the tubes do. I'm very low tech. I just turn on my amp and plug straight into it without any effects. It's a very old amp.
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