Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

[AG2997]

Hello,
I'm getting a Peavey Envoy 110 this weekend, but I found that it was a bit too loud for my bedroom. It sounded great when turned all the way up, but I can't to do that in my bedroom. I read somewhere on the internet that an attenuator would help me turn my amp up all the way and get the cranked tones, but at bedroom levels. I saw the Electro-Harmonix Signal Pad Passive Attenuator Pedal on youtube but it was used to boost the volume rather then lower it. Can I use this pedal to lower the volume but still get cranked tones? Or will I have to do some complicated modifications to the amp's circuits? I would much prefer to use the Attenuator Pedal as it would probably be much cheaper than modifying the amp.

Thanks

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

Wait what? The Envoy is a solid state amp, People use attenuators with tube amps. I think your going to be a bit disappointed in an attenuator let me explain. With a tube amp the more you turn it up the more the power section compresses and sags and people use attenuators so they can get this tone at lower sound levels (though the reality is that most of the time they work good for small amounts of volume drop enough attenuation to make a tube amp bedroom friendly usually makes it sound like butt) Now the bad news your amp being solid state isnt doing anything different electronically at high volume vs low. The reason your diggin it is simply from the volume. There is something visceral about just feeling the amp push air and respond to you. Now if you use an attenuator (which may not be so easy to do since last I looked Envoys dont have a speaker out jack so you have to find a way to put the attenuator in line with the speaker its not impossible but its not plug and play either) the feeling of pushing air will go away and being there is no difference electronically your back where you started.

 

[AG2997]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

In that case, would you recommend the Bandit 112? It's got a built in attenuator or something like that which reduces the power to 50% or 25%. I like the sound of the Bandit just as much as the Envoy, so do you think that getting it would be worth the extra 100 bucks? Or is there some other way to get the cranked up sound of the Envoy at lower volumes?

Thanks

 

[dominus]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

Get one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Carls-Custom-Guitars-Metal-Volume/dp/B004ZHHIVI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

and a used Peavey Bandit. As long as it says Transtube on it you're good to go. There's plenty of USA made used ones out there.

The Bandit will sound better at louder volumes too.

 

[Matt42]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

A Solid State amp cranked up with an attenuator or volume box will likely just sound like that amp with the volume down. The main reason you like the louder sound is because it's louder, not because the amp is actually producing better tones.

 

[dominus]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

A Solid State amp cranked up with an attenuator or volume box will likely just sound like that amp with the volume down. The main reason you like the louder sound is because it's louder, not because the amp is actually producing better tones.

The Peavey Transtube amps actually react like Tubes with the volume cranked.

 

[Matt42]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

Somewhat, but IMO it's not as strong of a reaction as you get with a real tube amp. I do like the Transtube series, I've been using a Rage 158 as a practice amp for almost my entire playing career, and have used Bandits and Envoys as well. I still maintain that the reason he likes the cranked up sound is just because of the volume, not because the amp is reacting to being louder.

 

[AG2997]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

What do you guys think about the power reduction thing on the back of the Bandit. It can reduce the power to 25% (20 Watts I think). Is this enough for bedroom levels?

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Electro Harmonix Signal Pad Attenuator Pedal with Peavey Envoy 110

Anything more than 1 watt is too much to be considered "bedroom level". But that depends on how loud you want to play in your bedroom.