Weber Attenuator Poll:

Did You Experience A Verfiable Difference???

  • No

    Votes: 1 20.0%

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 80.0%
  • Total voters
    5
Never used a Weber. The attenuators I have tried were all useful for cutting down the volume but keeping your tone when playing at gig levels. i.e. you can run your amp with the volume dimed and use the attenuator to lower the volume to where your band mates won’t kick you out of the band :) To try and get your tone at home practice levels I found it was impossible to get your tone. It was too thin. It was like playing a really crappy SS amp.
 
Definitely a difference, but what that difference "is" is kind of subjective.

Mine isn't a Weber, it's a Dr. Z, but generally my experience with the attenuator is that it's great for taming an overly strident or shrill sounding amp but not really for knocking the volume down in an appreciable or particularly usable way. Since none of the amps I currently own fall into the categories listed above I don't use the thing at all.

An amp with a good master volume is a much better solution for keeping things under control IMO.
 
Can't speak for the Webers, but my Rivera RockCrusher works excellent as long as the volume is still loud, but not ear-splitting loud. What do I mean by this? Well.... Example: My JCM800 50 watt is insanely loud when running the amp at its sweet spot. Preamp Gain at 7 and Master Volume at 7. This volume would probably be too loud even for the occasional already-brutally-loud jamfests I get invited to. I need to turn down the MV to 4 or 5 and its still pretty loud. At home in my 11' x 11' Mancave, the MV usually hangs around 2 and it's loud enough were I can still feel those speakers move some air. I much prefer the same volumes when using the RockCrusher with the amps MV at 7. If I want to operate the amp with the preamp gain at 7 and MV at 7, setting the RockCrusher at -3DB or -8DB is good enough for the jamfests. In my Mancave, -12DB to -16DB is a good setting for me.

But to use the RockCrusher to attenuate volumes that you can talk over, or reduced to apartment friendly volumes, then it doesn't become fun and inspiring anymore... especially if your addicted to loud volumes.
 
syscokid said:
My JCM800 50 watt is insanely loud when running the amp at its sweet spot. Preamp Gain at 7 and Master Volume at 7. This volume would probably be too loud even for the occasional already-brutally-loud jamfests I get invited to. I need to turn down the MV to 4 or 5 and its still pretty loud. At home in my 11' x 11' Mancave, the MV usually hangs around 2 and it's loud enough were I can still feel those speakers move some air.
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Ding! Ding! Ding!

You my friend have just perfectly encapsulated the reasons that I switched to 25-watt amps: All the tone, more manageable volume.
 
syscokid said:
Can't speak for the Webers, but my Rivera RockCrusher works excellent as long as the volume is still loud, but not ear-splitting loud. What do I mean by this? Well.... Example: My JCM800 50 watt is insanely loud when running the amp at its sweet spot. Preamp Gain at 7 and Master Volume at 7. This volume would probably be too loud even for the occasional already-brutally-loud jamfests I get invited to. I need to turn down the MV to 4 or 5 and its still pretty loud. At home in my 11' x 11' Mancave, the MV usually hangs around 2 and it's loud enough were I can still feel those speakers move some air. I much prefer the same volumes when using the RockCrusher with the amps MV at 7. If I want to operate the amp with the preamp gain at 7 and MV at 7, setting the RockCrusher at -3DB or -8DB is good enough for the jamfests. In my Mancave, -12DB to -16DB is a good setting for me.

But to use the RockCrusher to attenuate volumes that you can talk over, or reduced to apartment friendly volumes, then it doesn't become fun and inspiring anymore... especially if your addicted to loud volumes.
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Interesting!!!

I've found by DSL40C sounds best at a volume level of '7' on the dial, but we normally rehearse at 4 to 5.

Maybe I should start using it for performances???
 
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I've had positive experience with the Weber. I'm not looking to turn a 50 watter into a home practice amp, I use my little Champ clone for that.
For some gigs a 50 watter/4x12 is fine, others it's a bit too loud & this is where the Weber has proved useful, to just knock a few db off, to an acceptable level. I don't push the amp any harder with the attenuator than without, so yes, I experienced a verifiable difference. Cheers
 
Imo, only,

Good for knocking down a little bit playing live, any more than that, changes tone, feel etc...

I do agree with @Robert Herndon, the d.i. gets used alot. It's my gi to for recording my JTM 45, with good cab i.r.

My opinion only.
 
ninjaking67 said:
I have a Weber MiniMASS 50 and use it with my 18W Trinity Plexi clone. It lets me run the amp with full preamp and power tube distortion yet at volume levels that are reasonable in my 16x12 foot guitar room.
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Wish I had 16x12! My home office/studio is only 8x10...

We are having a house built in a few years and I get a Music Room AND a Work Shop!
 
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