Tubes delivery date is today for my Marshall JCM 800!
Posted: Fri 05/15/20 1:15 pm
For this order, I paid the extra $2 for "high gain" versions of my favorite preamp tubes, hoping to get the singing sustain back. But that's just part of the quest.
I also have two other items in mind. A (1) power attenuator, and (2) a Variac. I'd like to hear your thoughts on those.
As an inventor and wanting to test stuff, I've long wanted a variac, so if it also helps me also get better guitar sounds, then I'm all for it. I don't expect it to get so quiet I don't need a power attenuator, but every little bit helps.
They usually say, the less power attenuation, the less the attenuation degrades the sound. So I would probably end up doing both. Marshall forum has a DIY design for a reactive load. It uses resistors, but somehow partly emulates the physics of a speaker.
They say it can be made for around $100. Not sure yet which DIY project I will end up doing, but so far I'm leaning to the speaker emulated model, from the Marshall forum.
I also have two other items in mind. A (1) power attenuator, and (2) a Variac. I'd like to hear your thoughts on those.
As an inventor and wanting to test stuff, I've long wanted a variac, so if it also helps me also get better guitar sounds, then I'm all for it. I don't expect it to get so quiet I don't need a power attenuator, but every little bit helps.
They usually say, the less power attenuation, the less the attenuation degrades the sound. So I would probably end up doing both. Marshall forum has a DIY design for a reactive load. It uses resistors, but somehow partly emulates the physics of a speaker.
They say it can be made for around $100. Not sure yet which DIY project I will end up doing, but so far I'm leaning to the speaker emulated model, from the Marshall forum.