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  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    That's great to hear, I'm less skeptical now. Soon as I have the $$ I'll give it a try too. What amp are you playing through again?
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

    7/9/06 LA 1
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  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Novawind wrote:
    That's great to hear, I'm less skeptical now. Soon as I have the $$ I'll give it a try too. What amp are you playing through again?

    Hotrod Deluxe

    Volume @ 7, Gain @ 5ish.....pure yummy!

    :p
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Ted Weber just sent me an email that says....

    "Yowzah...."

    :D
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    sennin wrote:
    Hotrod Deluxe

    Volume @ 7, Gain @ 5ish.....pure yummy!

    :p


    Nice. at those settings you should be getting that creamy fender overdrive goodness. Play around with the volume control on your guitar a bit too you can roll it off for cleaner tones.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • pnjguy
    pnjguy Posts: 28
    sennin, good to hear that it has work out. Im in the same boat you are, HRD is just to f'in loud for my apartment, and i dont want to sell it. Im guessing that you're going to keep it. So 50 watt mini mass will do the trick for the 40 watt HRD?
  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    I think so, any more than 40 watts and you'd have to upgrade to a 100 watt version. Weber says something about the amp having power spikes or whatnot so that during peak periods (something to do with the root mean square) the amp can actually put out more than its rated power, and you still want the attenuator to handle it. For instance, if I ever got the 50W Fender Bassman I've had my eye on, I'd need 100W attenuator to handle the 50+ watts it can put out.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

    7/9/06 LA 1
    7/10/06 LA 2
    10/21/06 Bridge 1
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    I think that the 50w mass is good for the 40w htrd. I had the amp on for about 3 straight hours last night.

    The only small issue I had was the length of the speaker cable. It's only about 12" long, so it barely reaches out of the cabinet. I ended up setting the mini mass right inside the cabinet. It fits perfect inside, the knobs and switches stick out the open back....but I may end up replacing the speaker cable so I can set it on top of the amp, or next to it, to make it easier to adjust.....and just in case there are any heat related issues. I don't want the attenuator to heat up the cabinet too much.....but you'd think that the tubes could handle it, and it is an open back, just a precautionary measure.

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