Get a fucking Hotplate!

[Ola Englund]

I picked up a THD hotplate today for use at home with my Savage and dude I must say it totally makes my amp roar at low volume! I'm going to record some of it this weekend to show you the difference between the sound I get with pushed tubes and the sound I get with just low volume.

I'm so happy right now I can practise at home with a pushed amp!

 

[joeymusicguy]

I picked up a THD hotplate today for use at home with my Savage and dude I must say it totally makes my amp roar at low volume! I'm going to record some of it this weekend to show you the difference between the sound I get with pushed tubes and the sound I get with just low volume.

I'm so happy right now I can practise at home with a pushed amp!

i want that shit!

 

[::XeS::]

Do you max pre and master with the hotplate?

 

[Metaltastic]

Hmm, intriguing - clipz por favor!

 

[Eschatologist]

Very interested man...post em plz!

 

[Emdprodukt]

got one, too! having my krank rev at home rules with that thing.

 

[slashvanyoung]

Such an essential tool to make decent mic'ed up recordings at reasonable volumes. Ok, serious speaker movement/distortion will add another dimension, too. But still, IMO a much better solution than half-assed Iso-cabs.

I know some will disagree, but I just like to push the poweramp.

 

[J.DavisNJ]

I have one that I use with a Marshall Plexi clone. Way cool device for sure, but doesn't do wonders for way low volume playing. It's a great device to knock the volume down in say a club, or as a line out device to use with impulses and a variety of other uses! The Ultimate Attenuator beat the pants off the hotplate for me when it comes to extreme low volume playing. When the hotplate is on the 16ohm notch it doesn't sound the best.

 

[J.DavisNJ]

Then again maybe it works differently with a master volume/channel volume amp.

-Joe

 

[Kazrog]

I had problems using mine with my 6505+, so I sold it a while back. The issue was, the sound was subject to insanely loud high-pitched noise that escapes noise reduction and is louder than everything else. I now look back and wonder if my power tubes were going microphonic or something.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Funny, I never tried one, reason being I thought the consensus here was that hotplates have little affect.

Clips would be great.

 

[Metaltastic]

Such an essential tool to make decent mic'ed up recordings at reasonable volumes. Ok, serious speaker movement/distortion will add another dimension, too. But still, IMO a much better solution than half-assed Iso-cabs.

Meh, I guess it depends on how you define "reasonable volumes," I've gotten tons of tones I'm happy with by having my Dual Rec at just above "painful when standing in front of the cab" volumes

 

[Skyweaver]

I've got a THD with a 5150 - fantastic device for getting all the tone without the volume

 

[GuitarHack]

I just sold mine. All it was good for was a dummy load. Or if you wanted something to suck essential tone it was useful.

EDIT: Interesting Dean, I only tried it with the Rev, not the 6505.

 

[lolzgreg]

I have a Weber Mass 150. Doesn't tone suck, at least according to my ears. It uses a speaker motor for a "natural" attenuation. I would recommend it.

 

[Ola Englund]

I'm going to record this weekend. Bought a spl-meter for my iphone and I'll do some tests at different levels like 50, 60 and 80 db.

 

[Ermz]

That's great man. I can't wait to hear the clips!

 

[slashvanyoung]

Meh, I guess it depends on how you define "reasonable volumes," I've gotten tons of tones I'm happy with by having my Dual Rec at just above "painful when standing in front of the cab" volumes

Yeah, it's quite a variable. But "just above painful when standing in front of the cab" is already "very much above what some people's neighbours/family members will tolerate".

 

[Ermz]

Unfortunately that tends to be the sweet spot volume with most amps/cabs that I've worked with. It's enough to get the speakers working, but low enough to stop them from farting out. I have the exact same issue with neighbours/family... so reamping is an impossibility here (which is a goddamned shame since I have sick gear).

 

[drew_drummer]

I'm fairly lucky. My neighbours don't really complain, so I can crank my amp way louder than most people. I have a hotplate, but don't really need it a lot of the time. Thinking of selling it.