How to tame a Blues Deluxe
Updates:
I made this 23 second video on a break at work just to show the device in case someone with a Blues Deluxe could use it.
The iPhone audio cuts out in the middle when I her hit the strings because the amp is so loud. With the tamer in, you can crank the preamp and still get distortion at a more manageable volume.
The Blues Deluxe has a linear volume pot that’s sensitive at lower volume, basically making it all or nothing with little in between. This device helps give you a more usable range.
It is my understanding that an attenuator is a device that comes between the amp and the speaker and reduces the power going to speaker. This is just a volume knob in the effects loop, and you could use a volume pedal to the same effect.
For years people told me my #fenderbluesdeluxe amp was too loud…finally…problem solved! I get the tones I want, and it doesn’t knock pictures off the walls…unless I need it to!
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Originally posted by UCWikh-I3k8558Cd09PI1uyA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P__ppSuCY8M
I have it in my Hotrod and it works flawlessly.
And now you bought an amp with an fx loop for absolutely no reason at all
People saying how amazing the power valves sound so good and how this is just preamp tubes blabla.. it's impossible to crank a tube amp at home, which is where 99% of people use them. So these volume tapers actually help, since the master on these amps sucks.
I thought it was a jumper cable with a switch
J’ai le même atténuateur, acheté pour une bouchée de pain. Mon ampli est enfin accessible pour un volume décent pour mes oreilles ! ????
Il est possible d’utiliser la Little black amp de JHS aussi ????
Super démo !
It’s like ordering a burger with extra cheese just to scratch all the cheese from it before eating.
You’re killing the signal that reaches the power amp and therefore the amount of the tube generated distortion that we all love????????♂️
But HOW DO I GET THE TONE WITHOUT IT BEING EARSPLITTINGLY LOUD?!?I have this or similar amp (Blues Deluxe reissue) and also use a passive attenuator in the loop, but it clearly hurts the tone of the amp even if it allows you to get saturation at lower volumes. Is the solution a $300+ additional box, a "power soak" you guys tall about, or a different tube amp that has lower overall output, or something else?
That's just a volume box… I usé it since 1988….
So basically an attenuator?
Smh lil more in need of distortion and overdrive since you deballed it
Like an attenuator?
Tell me you bought the wrong amp without telling me you bought the wrong amp
How does it work and why are some people pay 1000$ for big attenuators then?
Cranked pre amp gain*
Burns out valves
No you are not getting a cranked tube amp sound at a low volume. As you can obviously hear its killing the power tube saturation….might as well just turn the volume on the amp down
Your mom has a cranked, tube amp sound.
Can you use this on a hot rod deluxe?
Doesn't sound kike a cranked tube amp. It sounds like you cut its balls off. There are a lot of better ways to do this.
That's gonna blow up a lot of amps. People will put it in amps that don't work that way.
budget volume attenuator …..ever!
It will eat up the tubes faster than normal but better cranked tube tone. So it's a even exchange.
demonstration by a plunder monkey
Volume pedal?
The comments !! LOL
Does not understand gain staging.
Nice! I used to do the same thing using a volume pedal in my effects loop.
Just turn down your amp or guitars’ volume, same thing.????
or you can get an attenuator