wrxplayer
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I've read a few posts lately from people looking for amps with built in attenuators or power scaling so they can get the amps best tone at lower volume levels. My experience says for the most part this doesn't work.
My best example was a Mojave Coyote 112 combo I had, a 12 watt amp with power scaling. As is the case with many amps, it sounds best turned up, which I expected. And pushed it sounded fantastic. I figured with power scaling that can get the wattage down to 2 watts it would sound good a low volumes. Bottom line was it did sound good with the volume turned up and the scaling turned down, but it was not at that point producing "apartment safe" volume but instead was still pushing some air. Perhaps an amp that had power scaling down to 1/2 watt might work better in to do the low volume/great sound thing.
I now have a Alessandro working dog. 40 watts w/ a built in attenuator to get down to 20 watts Only way to make this amp get a decent overdrive sound at low levels is with a pedal (or two).
The best setup I've seen for getting great low volume sound with the power to gig with an amp that has a separate gain control to complement the volume control. I'm sure there are many amps with this setup. Mine was an Industrial Amps combo.
My best example was a Mojave Coyote 112 combo I had, a 12 watt amp with power scaling. As is the case with many amps, it sounds best turned up, which I expected. And pushed it sounded fantastic. I figured with power scaling that can get the wattage down to 2 watts it would sound good a low volumes. Bottom line was it did sound good with the volume turned up and the scaling turned down, but it was not at that point producing "apartment safe" volume but instead was still pushing some air. Perhaps an amp that had power scaling down to 1/2 watt might work better in to do the low volume/great sound thing.
I now have a Alessandro working dog. 40 watts w/ a built in attenuator to get down to 20 watts Only way to make this amp get a decent overdrive sound at low levels is with a pedal (or two).
The best setup I've seen for getting great low volume sound with the power to gig with an amp that has a separate gain control to complement the volume control. I'm sure there are many amps with this setup. Mine was an Industrial Amps combo.