Amp too loud!

[Dan Weber]

Help!

I have an old alamo tube amp, the kind made of all plywood, with
the large `A' scrolled in the wood over the speaker grill with a blue
jensen 12''. I believe it is a class A amplifier, and it gives a sweet
distortion at about 75% power, unfortunately at this volume I fear my
neighbors will beat down the door and flog me. Is there a way, other
than a stomp box distortion, to take advantage the amp's gorgeous
tone without the volume?

Dano

dwe...@qualcomm.com

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In article <35738a$d...@qualcomm.com> dwe...@news.qualcomm.com (Dan Weber) writes:
>Subject: Amp too loud!
>From: dwe...@news.qualcomm.com (Dan Weber)
>Date: 14 Sep 1994 15:01:30 GMT

I'm not a big fan of stomp boxes, becuase there is no way they can
duplicate the sound of poweramp distortion, which sounds like what your
amp is doing. Buy a Marshall Power Brake or a Groove Tubes Speaker
Emulator, which will take the amp's output and bring it down to manageable
levels with its reactive load. Works great for me (the Groove Tubes one).

Happy picking...

Mark

[Steve Cowell]

In article <35738a$d...@qualcomm.com>,

Cover it with a large cardboard box, or put it in the closet. Anything
you do to it will adversely affect the noise you like. The speaker is
a large part of what you are hearing.... if it's not breaking up, you
won't get the same sound.

You can always get in the closet with it.....:)

--
Steve........scowell@aoc.nrao.edu.........

[Eric M. Kleinpaste]

In article <35738a$d...@qualcomm.com> dwe...@news.qualcomm.com (Dan Weber) writes:
>

You could use a Scholtz PowerSoak or a Marshall PowerBrake to
dissipate some of the power as just heat.

eric...