Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

My Mesa has a parallel loop with a level control.

Well, actually, my Marshall has a series effects loop and a parallel loop with a level control, so...

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[Gtrjunior]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

Well, actually, my Marshall has a series effects loop and a parallel loop with a level control, so...

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Lol. When I had my JVM the 2 loops always confused the crap out of me.
I just used the one with the wet mix knob.

 

[devastone]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

. . . more like 88.6%, i think

 

[IM4Tone]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

It's not really an attenuator. A real attenuator goes between the speaker out and the speaker and is actually dissipating part of the power going to the speaker, hence why they are big, get hot, and aren't cheap. This is just a volume pot that you insert into the fx loop, so it is basically just another volume control, it's not allowing you to run the output tubes hard and get power tube distortion. So, it's not any harder/easier on the amp that just turning down the volume control, but it may make it easier to fine tune the volume.

:bigthumb: For a bit more $$$ and IMHO much better in terms of form (not function) check this out for Fender HRDlx and BDRI.
https://reverb.com/item/9884039-fender-hot-rod-volume-module

These devices are great for addressing the notoriously extremely sensitive volume pots on these Fender amps (I have one for my BDRI), but as stated, they're not attenuators in terms of allowing the power tubes to 'cook' and still reduce the volume.

 

[devastone]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

That's cool, unless you use effects in the loop, it won't let you do that.

 

[IM4Tone]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

Correct....I don't use the loop for other purposes.

 

[Jacew]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

:bigthumb: For a bit more $$$ and IMHO much better in terms of form (not function) check this out for Fender HRDlx and BDRI.
https://reverb.com/item/9884039-fender-hot-rod-volume-module

These devices are great for addressing the notoriously extremely sensitive volume pots on these Fender amps (I have one for my BDRI), but as stated, they're not attenuators in terms of allowing the power tubes to 'cook' and still reduce the volume.

That's really neat idea.

Nice thing about separate box is you can add different levels, extra loop, and such to the footswitch(es) with the volume and practically get channel switcher

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Febder Hot Rod amp with attenuator ? Need some ID'ing please.

That's really neat idea.

Nice thing about separate box is you can add different levels, extra loop, and such to the footswitch(es) with the volume and practically get channel switcher

Correct - i too like the idea.