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[MTA]

Cant think why a Powerbreak on the bass wont work, That svt amp Is one of the best ever bass amps by far, Cab looks good but also look at the classic 810.

[Tav]

I don't think you can power break a bass amp...I mean it has to be all valve to power break in the first place and alot of bass amps aren't all valve. Then you have to watch out for output power. Attenuators I am familiar with all have power ratings and usually in the 50-150watt range...obviously bass amps tend to be in the 300w + range...and in the case of the Ampeg well that's just mamoth power wise...plus there would be no benfit as you usually you aren't trying to push a bass amps power stage into saturation.

[Keilan 303]

Originally Posted by MTA

Cant think why a Powerbreak on the bass wont work, That svt amp Is one of the best ever bass amps by far, Cab looks good but also look at the classic 810.

The 810 would really just be showing off Would be seriously sweet though! Would you be micing the bass cab? It would be too good a tone to lose to DI....

Tav's right about the difference in wattage between guitar amps and bass amps...although a cranked valve bass head sounds just as desirable as a cranked valve guitar amp!

How about a nice vintage Ludwig or Slingerland Jazz kit, and in-ear monitoring systems

[Teabags]

ehhhhhh, i didnt really notice the difference. but that was probably mainly due to the fact that I was fucking bleazin.

When i think about it, the guitar did sound nice. But I wasn't used to Kielan's head and pedal.

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[Danny Doubt]

How much is a powerbrake anyway? Still dont understand wot it does!

[Keilan 303]

I don't think theres much change from £250....they work by being able to take the load your amp is expecting to dish out to a cab, and then control the actual volume going out...so you get that great natural distortion of a cranked valve amp at a controlled volume....its a trade off for output distortion of a speaker though, which is the second piece of the puzzle....

[Tav]

Like Keilan said...you can crank your valve amp to 8 or 10 which would induce deafness no doubt....it then goes into the attenuator that dispates some of the power. Thus what comes out your cab is at the level of having your amp at any volume you want...from silent to full on. Its used because valve amps sound best running near flat out.

There are better products than the powerbreak though...THD Hotplates and the Mass Attenuator by Weber being the two to note.

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by Tav

There are better products than the powerbreak though...THD Hotplates and the Mass Attenuator by Weber being the two to note.

The reason we went with the Powerbrake was because it is guaranteed not to damage the amp. Some attenuators cause problems with impedence. And since a lot of people will be using their own amps I though it was only fair that we had the reliability aspect covered.

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by Keilan 303

Would you be micing the bass cab? It would be too good a tone to lose to DI....

I believe these amps have a valve pre-amp stage thus the built-in DI also sounds good... but in theory we could do either.

Originally Posted by Keilan 303

How about a nice vintage Ludwig or Slingerland Jazz kit, and in-ear monitoring systems

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[Tav]

Originally Posted by Flash@TMB

I believe these amps have a valve pre-amp stage thus the built-in DI also sounds good... but in theory we could do either.



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