Amps With Master Volume |
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Amps With Master Volume |
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Sep 20 2007, 10:03 AM |
+1 as JVM says. Powersoak/attenuator will help an awful lot but they do have tendency to leach the treble a bit.
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Sep 20 2007, 05:59 PM |
+1 as JVM says. Powersoak/attenuator will help an awful lot but they do have tendency to leach the treble a bit. Cheers, Tony All the master volume achieves is to let you overdrive the preamp stage and keep the overall volume level low. An overdriven preamp is a different sound to an ocerdriven power amp - a lot of high gain amps like Mesas' get most of their sound from the preamp, so in that case its probably ok to turn the main volume down without sacrificing tone, but most amps really hit a sweet spot when everything is sweating, and that includes the power amp section - if you have a 100W amp, the only way to get that all tube sound is to play it up to the max so the power tubes really are on the edge (and man, 100W of tube power is seriously loud - they were developed in the 60s for Stadiums!). So, no, the master volume won't let you get that special tube sound at low volumes - there are a few ways to get this though. Attenuators, Tony & JVM have already mentioned, power scaling is another option but it has to be built in to the amp or later added as a mod. Another way for recording is to use an isolation box - basically the speaker goes in a sound proof box with a mic and you can crank it up without destroying your ears. Finally, you can make a lot of difference to the volume by using more or less sensitive speakers - surprisingly, you can change a speaker and get variations as much as 50% or more in the output energy (although due to the logarithmic nature of the human ear, the percieved variation in loudness is less). For all of these reasons, the current fashion in boutique amps is for lower powered outputs - 5, 10, 15 watts. the idea is that at that level you can crank it for practice or recording, 15 watts will get you through a rehearsal with unmiked drums probably, and for those big gigs, you would just mic it up and put it through the PA. This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Sep 20 2007, 06:02 PM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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