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Post subject: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
 Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 05:52 PM
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Has anyone ever used or owned one of these?
I'm getting a Peavey Windsor amp head for christmas, and I was planning on buying a Power Soak attenuater off ebay afterwords.
So are these good attenuaters? |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 10:22 PM
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Yeah, they're good. I've never really found one I can say I hate. Andre and Wes both use one, and I know Wes likes his a lot.
It's one of few available, definitely up there in the top 3 I'd buy. |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 11:49 PM
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| Their usually cheap on ebay...I've only seen them go for $50-$70, seems like a really good deal for something that I've only heard good things about! |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 12:03 AM
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| great stuff i have pics and a long article about scholzs' power soak set-up and his early rigs.If u are interested e-mail me I'll send u the pics.IDK how to post pisc on here. |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 04:05 AM
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| hmmm never looked into his. i will do that now. i have a thd at the momment for the simple fact its jsut way easier to turn down the amp when the wife is home and keep my rackk with the same feed level as when i play all out. |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 04:24 AM
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| Yeah, I REALLY love the THD. I used to have one, but I sold it when I switched to rack preamps and power amps. Now I need another one since I have another head. |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 02:53 PM
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Does a tube amp with an attenuater between the head and cab distort really good when it's volume is turned all the way up on the head and then brought back down on the attenuater?
I use a Marshall MG100HDFX with the gain at 6 and a Boss Super Overdrive (all settings at 60%)in between the guitar and amp. So would a tube amp with the set up menchioned above have as good distortion? |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 07, 2008 - 04:51 PM
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| I've been using a power soak between a 5150 head and a 6505 cabinet for years and it works well. |
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Post subject: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 07, 2008 - 07:23 PM
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The question I'm asking is will the amp distort the same as a solid state amp with an overdrive pedal in front of it?
I've never turned a tube amp all the way so I don't really know what they sound like cranked? |
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Post subject: Re: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 07, 2008 - 08:06 PM
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CameronOU812 wrote:
The question I'm asking is will the amp distort the same as a solid state amp with an overdrive pedal in front of it?
I've never turned a tube amp all the way so I don't really know what they sound like cranked?
it should if the amp has real good gain. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Tom Scholz "Power Soak" Attenuater
Posted: Dec 07, 2008 - 08:25 PM
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| Ok, Thank's! |
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