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FS - P90 pickups
FS - Catalinbread Silver Kiss Mark 2 overdrive
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
1. Power scaling - Requires modding your amp and can't be done to all amps
2. Bloody expensive attenuators. I'm sure they're great, but I didn't want to pay £400 for one
3. Dirt cheap attenuators - all the reviews said they were rubbish.
4. Reasonably-priced attenuators - This is what I went for. At first, I got a Dr Z Brake Lite, but was unhappy at how the tone degraded. My amp just didn't sound good anymore. After I read a thread on TGP, I got the Swart Night Light and was really pleased with it. It worked equally well with my PRRI and Cornell Plexi 18/20. The tone was more transparent and even on the maximum setting (quietest) it sounded good, although I did have to re-EQ the amp to add some of the highs back in - to be expected. I never really used the light bulb compression thing - couldn't hear much of a difference tbh. Or the stereo drive. Oh, and the light really does look cool, which is the most important thing, obviously. :0)
You'll probably get a variety of responses on here, with some people liking power scaling, some liking attenuators and others recommending modelling amps for bedroom use. As I said, different methods seem to work better on different amps, but given that the Night Light is "optimised for the Swart range" of amps, there's a good chance it will suit you, without having to go through the pain of trying a load.
One thing to note is that "the Night Light will work with ANY amplifier 22w or less with the light compression, 30w with it off. In addition, it's designed for 4-8ohms load. 16ohms will not work with this version of NL." What wattage is your amp?
I'll PM you about mine.
And my amp is just 5W, one of the little Swart Space Tones
FS - P90 pickups
FS - Catalinbread Silver Kiss Mark 2 overdrive