actually, i was just thinking.. if all it is, is a volume knob.. i wonder what the schematics are for it? It can't be THAT hard to solder together and throw inside a box. i could probably save a few $ that way...
Quiet playing/recording
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playstopause
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That's all it looks like: a volume knob.
I'm wondering about having an other volume thing than this (pedal or else) in the fx loop would do the same.
- From the "Amps with a built-in attenuator" thread :
Anybody TRIED THIS?
That's all it looks like: a volume knob.
I'm wondering about having an other volume thing than this (pedal or else) in the fx loop would do the same.
- From the "Amps with a built-in attenuator" thread :
Anybody TRIED THIS?
playstopause
Contributor
(cricket sound fx)
Alright, so i went to radio shack, grabbed a small inline volume control and a cable, went back home, and plugged it into my effects loops. Now, i dunno how other amps work, but on a 5150 you can crank the pre and have the post really low. thats how i usually have mine set anyway. so basically, all it did was act as a tone knob, and pull the highs off of the amp in the effects loop. So i popped the back off my amp, and put it between the amp and the speaker cabinet. Cranked the post up to 5, and then the line volume melted 
Plugged my 5150 back in directly to the speakers, turned it down to 1 and it sounded the same, so moral of the story is:
If you have a 5150, it will be a tone control.
I'm taking the line to a different radio shack and telling them i realized i had one already;D
Edit:
Time to save up for a power brake
Plugged my 5150 back in directly to the speakers, turned it down to 1 and it sounded the same, so moral of the story is:If you have a 5150, it will be a tone control.
I'm taking the line to a different radio shack and telling them i realized i had one already;D
Edit:
Time to save up for a power brake
noodles
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theunforgiven246
BEHOLD KLUMPAMUS PRIME!
nice
Milkshakes = good
Plus, the knowledge i gained = invaluable.
The more you know. /shooting star
noodles
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theunforgiven246
BEHOLD KLUMPAMUS PRIME!
GO JOE! by the way i'm already in the apartment. its nice. i still wish i could play and record with something better than a peavey rage shit amp.
Actually, the preamp gain knob is just the gain control, post gain = master volume. There's no seperate preamp volume control on the amp.
noodles
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Actually, since there are separate post gain knobs for each channel, these are the channel volumes. There is no master volume control.
No master in that sense, yes, but it is a master volume amp. Whenever an amp has seperate volume (gain) controls for the preamp and poweramp, it's a MV amp.
What I meant with the pre gain is that it doesn't make it louder by turning it up, just more saturated. On a Mesa, you've got gain and master for every channel, and then an overall volume control.
What I meant with the pre gain is that it doesn't make it louder by turning it up, just more saturated. On a Mesa, you've got gain and master for every channel, and then an overall volume control.
skattabrain
slow and low
guitar rig 2!
Briggs
7-string noob
honestly, go for a sansamp...I've tried most of the digital modelers and plugins. They sound great at first, but after a while they get tiring and stale sounding due to the static/canned nature of digital chips and program code.
ref: guitar rig 1/2, izotope trash, line6 modeling amps, roland/boss cosm, a mess of freeware plugins.
ref: guitar rig 1/2, izotope trash, line6 modeling amps, roland/boss cosm, a mess of freeware plugins.
playstopause
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Edit: ok, just found out what it is. Personally, i'm a guitar-straight-to-amp guy. I add the cpu in the loop only to record.
