Building a Volume Box, wiring question

[aleclee]

Re: Building a Volume Box, wiring question

How about this. I'm not talking about slammin the front end, but how about placing the SD Pickup booster in the fx loop, wouldn't that drive the pa tubes more (max 20db)? This is after the preamp gain and voicing and used as a clean boost just prior to the return jack and power amp tube(s). Actually I prefer to place a parametric eq in the fx loop, and now I'm suggesting putting the booster last in the loop. What are your opinions? Is this quite different from the original thread question?

You can't slam the power tubes without having a lot of output. That means either lots of volume or lots of attenuation (which has its own set of issues). There's no way around it.

 

[ErikH]

Re: Building a Volume Box, wiring question

How about this. I'm not talking about slammin the front end, but how about placing the SD Pickup booster in the fx loop, wouldn't that drive the pa tubes more (max 20db)? This is after the preamp gain and voicing and used as a clean boost just prior to the return jack and power amp tube(s). Actually I prefer to place a parametric eq in the fx loop, and now I'm suggesting putting the booster last in the loop. What are your opinions? Is this quite different from the original thread question?

aleclee said it well. Putting a booster in the loop is the exact opposite of what this box does, and it's purpose.