Powerbrake Marshall PB100

Rob Coates

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Nov 19, 2001, 10:42:07 AM11/19/01

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Hello,

I wonder if anybody could help me. I was wandering round the Marshall
website and I come across the Powerbrake PB100 and read the description and
it sounds like a really good idea, turning your amp up full without annoying
the neighbours and getting a lovely tone from your amp to boot.

The link is
http://www.marshallamps.com/images/products/powerbrake/powerbrake.html

Does anybody have any experience with these units or similar units.

Thanks for any reply in advance

Rob Coates

icarusi

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Nov 19, 2001, 4:14:55 PM11/19/01

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Rob Coates <robert...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does anybody have any experience with these units or similar units.

I borrowed one to try my Sound City 120 full up, into a 4x12 in my box
room, to see if it would overdrive. Slightly warmed up sound, very
little distortion at all. I bought the amp off a bass player, so a
good choice for bass, just loud and mainly clean sound flat out
(excluding speaker distortion). I heard the PB doesn't preserve all
the nuances of the amp full up, cone breakup for instance, but there
are fewer simpler alternatives available?

Icarusi
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David Hayward

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Nov 20, 2001, 5:27:37 AM11/20/01

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What other alternatives are there ? I'm trying to find something to
take the volume out of my Laney LC15 for use at home. Had some
discussion with a company in Finland / Sweeden about a Koch version of
the Marshall Powerbrake, but couldn't find any other manufacturers that
did them. Who do you know of that I could have a look at ?

D.

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Rev T. N. Nurse

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Nov 20, 2001, 7:39:32 AM11/20/01

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In article <3BFA3019...@clara.co.uk>, daveh...@iee.org wrote:

> What other alternatives are there ? I'm trying to find something to
> take the volume out of my Laney LC15 for use at home. Had some
> discussion with a company in Finland / Sweeden about a Koch version of
> the Marshall Powerbrake, but couldn't find any other manufacturers that
> did them. Who do you know of that I could have a look at ?

Palmer used to do a version, but it was very expensive. I think the Marshall
is the least expensive. There used to be a device around called a Scholtz
Powersoak, but that damaged valve amps as it was purely resistive. It was
also known as the the Scholtz ToneSuck due to its dubious sound quality.

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David Barlow

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Nov 19, 2001, 10:46:12 AM11/19/01

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Take a look at the THD Electronics Hotplate (www.thdelectronics.com) - I
think it may be a bit on the steep side being American and all that.

Dave

icarusi

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Nov 20, 2001, 2:16:24 PM11/20/01

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David Hayward <daveh...@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What other alternatives are there ? I'm trying to find something to
> take the volume out of my Laney LC15 for use at home.

I thought the Laney had a master volume? The Powerbrakes are usually
for amps with no master volume control (like my Sound City)? I know
there's distortion from the power amp section being driven, but if you
want that you'll probably want the cone break-up sound as well? You
might be as well to build a speaker 'coffin' if you want it for
recording?