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"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
My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
I don't think you can get around needing a proper attenuator with these kind of amps tbh.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
The bottom line is that if you really want to crank up a valve power amp of more than 1W through anything bigger than about a single 10” speaker, and you don’t live on your own in a castle or something, you need an attenuator.
"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
You can see what I mean though about prospective purchasers (especially less experienced ones) possibly being misled into buying the wrong amp for home practice... I don't think it's as simple (as some others in the thread have suggested) as buyers just being idiots. They got the idea of "smaller valve amps for home use" from somewhere and, if you ask me, it's largely from the manufacturers and retailers. Who (unlike the prospective customers) have no excuse for not knowing better.
"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
Volume box in the loop. No power amp distortion but pre amp distortion. The magic with these amps is a combination of both.
Attenuator. I live in the edge of break up world. I have the channels jumped and the treble channel is either on or off and then too much gain winding it past the point where the bright cap isn't operating.
I then tried a combination of both methods. Unsatisfactory.
Conclusion. Change the bright cap in the treble channel. Any suggestions welcomed with regards to values please.
"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
I'd probably go for the JCM800 version just for being more controllable with the master volume. From what I remember testing them side by side through their matching cabs I thought they were really similar (ie both sound like a classic Marshall) - the JCM is a bit tighter and "harder" with the Plexi sounding and feeling a bit spongier and warmer, but ultimately not a whole lot in it. The Plexi one looks a lot nicer though so there's that. The JCM kind of looks a bit cheap to me, reminds me of the DSL20 head.