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  • I can't help but feel like my Rivera Rock Crusher makes my amp sound ugly

    DSL 100 JCM2000 through 4X12 with G12EVH. There's certainly something that the attenuator unlocks that isn't there playing straight, but i can't get over this feeling that there's this mud, honk, haze shrouding the tone. The low end turns to dog ****, and it sounds less present.

    Just plugged it in straight for the first time since I bought the Riv, and sounds refreshing. The Red mod sounds a little less saturated and creamy, but more present. And the green channel just sounds better overall.

    Am I crazy? Do I suck at dialing amps in for attenuators? Or is this just what one is dealing with when using attenuators?

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    Re: I can't help but feel like my Rivera Rock Crusher makes my amp sound ugly

    When the volume goes down
    All of them get a bit bassy
    Turn the bass down a nudge
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      Re: I can't help but feel like my Rivera Rock Crusher makes my amp sound ugly

      Originally posted by Peaj View Post
      DSL 100 JCM2000 through 4X12 with G12EVH. There's certainly something that the attenuator unlocks that isn't there playing straight, but i can't get over this feeling that there's this mud, honk, haze shrouding the tone. The low end turns to dog ****, and it sounds less present.

      Just plugged it in straight for the first time since I bought the Riv, and sounds refreshing. The Red mod sounds a little less saturated and creamy, but more present. And the green channel just sounds better overall.

      Am I crazy? Do I suck at dialing amps in for attenuators? Or is this just what one is dealing with when using attenuators?
      How far are you dropping your volume? I occasionally use a Hot Plate with my 100W Marshall Jubilee and it sounds like sh!t dropped more than 8db.

      I try to get away with the -4db setting if I can; better yet don't use it

      These days I mostly use my 20W Mini Jube instead; it sounds just as good without being so mind-blowingly loud.
      Originally posted by crusty philtrum
      And that's probably because most people with electric guitars seem more interested in their own performance rather than the effect on the listener ... in fact i don't think many people who own electric guitars even give a poop about the effect on a listener. Which is why many people play electric guitars but very very few of them are actually musicians.

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        Re: I can't help but feel like my Rivera Rock Crusher makes my amp sound ugly

        It is what it is. Attenuators seem to have tone suck. You can also use a 1 wat amp into a little speak and get some pretty bad ass tone. That's been my favorite so far for 'low' volume rockin.
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          Re: I can't help but feel like my Rivera Rock Crusher makes my amp sound ugly

          Attenuators do that. I hate them. I have a 120w tube amp that sounds better turned way down than it does cranked with an attenuator. Your amp probably has a decent master volume and other features to help tame the volume. Attenuators are for like NMV Plexis and similar amps.
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