Anyone use/own one of these? I'm planning on trying to save up and get a Marshall stack sometime over the next year or so, and I plan on getting a Powerbrake as well. Do these work (attenuate enough) for playing at bedroom level? I'm hoping that I can use it to practice in my apartment. Thanks in advance.
Marshall Powerbrake
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Indiooo
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I've heard so many horror stories (I have no experience with it) about the Marshall Powerbrake that I would never even get close to it, for fear of it blowing up. What I can tell you about is the THD Hotplate. This one works really well in a bar or rehearsal, for example. You can get the tubes cooking and it sounds pretty natural at a very reasonable volume. About bedroom playing, I think it would lose a lot of dynamics. But I guess that it would sound better than having your amp's volume on 1.
I've never used the Power Brake, but if you're looking for bedroom practice and you want the full stack sound, try a Line6 Pod XT or Behringer V-amp 2. You can run those through your stereo and still get that sound you want.
yeah, you can never replicate the sound of a tube amp though, that stuff still sounds like computer distortion
K of London
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an alternative is to remove some of the power tubes from the amp.
For example, I have my Mesa boogie triple rectifier, which has 6x6l6 tubes, and to reduce the power from 150 watts to 50 watts, i remove 4 of those tubes.
If its still too loud then maybe try something like the powerbrake/
Im aware that there are a few similar products, and some of them are supposed to be more effective than the powerbreak in retaining a nice sound, but then again ive never tried anything like this.
For example, I have my Mesa boogie triple rectifier, which has 6x6l6 tubes, and to reduce the power from 150 watts to 50 watts, i remove 4 of those tubes.
If its still too loud then maybe try something like the powerbrake/
Im aware that there are a few similar products, and some of them are supposed to be more effective than the powerbreak in retaining a nice sound, but then again ive never tried anything like this.
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