NGD, finally a reactive attenuator

[jeremy]

it does, thanks for the review and information. i tend to use amps suitable for the gig, so 4w to 85w, and i like the weber mass attenuator i have. i dont use it much, but always on the hunt for good tone at reasonable volumes

 

[Solarflares]

it does, thanks for the review and information. i tend to use amps suitable for the gig, so 4w to 85w, and i like the weber mass attenuator i have. i dont use it much, but always on the hunt for good tone at reasonable volumes

If you have several amps knocking around, then you really out to try running one hot into a load-box/simulator.
Then blending the filtered (or IR’d) and un-filtered signals to taste using a small mixer.
Then run that through your time-based effects and into a second valve amp’s loop return.
Things get real good at about 1W, with feedback on demand!

The top rack box here has the Palmer PGA-04 ADIG load-box/simulator.
This has onboard blending and basic eq, so no mixer needed.
A used example should be quite cheap.

No other unit made has the versatile onboard blend - which is essential in my view.
You could take the un-treated line-out from any reactive load box, and work with that. But the blend method gets the cake in my world.
My main stage system used the blended first amp into a small effects rack - then into a stereo valve power amp into two cabs. It sounds great at 1W/1W or 50W/50W.