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

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Peaj

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

Peaj said:
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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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 :lol:

These days I mostly use my 20W Mini Jube instead; it sounds just as good without being so mind-blowingly loud.
 
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.
 
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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