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  1. Freddy G

    JCM 800 and attenuator grounding issue

    You shouldn't be surprised. Cabinets are never fully grounded. Or even a tiny bit grounded.
  2. Freddy G

    Handbuilt Les Paul Custom Incoming...

    Very exciting! Looks good....and looks like he used UF glue for the maple cap. Score points for that!
  3. Freddy G

    People say the G12-65 is the best speaker for a 2204

    I'm one! ;)
  4. Freddy G

    People say the G12-65 is the best speaker for a 2204

    very interesting! I had a Marshall 4010 combo (JCM 800) with a 15 ohm G12-65 that I bought new in 1982. It was the best sounding amp I ever had. I've been chasing that tone for some years now. I have bought many old G12-65s and new Heritage ones....they all sound different! The differences in...
  5. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    I would like to add that there are not many attenuators I've met that didn't change the sound for the worse. So for me this DIY (I made two of these attenuators for my stereo rig) was worth it, whatever the cost. Because it is astonishing how well it works while keeping the sound AND feel of the...
  6. Freddy G

    Silver Jubilee Lead Channel. Only tubes or also Diodes?

    I'd like to know as well. Sure sounded and felt like diodes to me last time I played one.
  7. Freddy G

    Note for Note or Wing It?

    Both. If it's the kind of iconic solo that people can actually sing...say Hotel California or Pink Floyd Time....then yeah, you'd be a fool to deviate. But other solos.....no problem to wing it, although I keep it along the same style.
  8. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Thanks John. Everything is getting clearer. I will try the parallel set-up and see how that goes!
  9. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    A lot to consider here. Different strokes indeed! The "grindy-ness" of the EL34 is what I love, but then I've always been a Marshall kinda guy, never a Fender guy. And I will submit that they have better definition...at least what I regard as definition. :woot::cheers:
  10. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Dog-gone it! That might explain why the -7db sounded good. Well, maybe I will have to look at some new output transformers. The ones I have now (Mercury Magnetics) only have the 8ohm tap, and I originally bought them to run 6v6 tubes so the trannies are 8k primaries. But I didn't like the sound...
  11. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Band practice last night with my stereo rig. I kept flipping between -7db and -3.5db cut. -7db sounded great, but left me no headroom....step on a boost pedal and nothing got louder! So it looks like -3.5db cut is all I need. I was running my 16 ohm speakers from output 3. Am I correct in...
  12. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Thanks for all that. Very interesting ideas! So, I was just spitballing when I asked about less than 7db cut. You're right, I will be running two amps in stereo. 7db might be just right, I won't know until I play the rig with the band. I should do that before I start asking to re-invent the...
  13. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    I think it's all good. here are the new numbers: Yeah, this thing sounds and feels just great! I'm so happy. One last request @JohnH ....I would greatly appreciate it if perhaps you might plug in what the resistor values need to be if I wanted to change that first stage (reactive -7db) to a...
  14. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Spotted my wiring error! R6 was not connected to S3. Man.....I remember when I was drawing that layout and I continued the yellow line from R6 to S3 to S1 i thought to myself "self, maybe you better make the line a different colour from S3 to S1 or you might miss that that is a connection" And...
  15. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Sorry @JohnH , just figuring out how to use albums....try this: Attenuator Check 08_07_20 by Freddy G posted Jul 8, 2020 at 9:48 AM
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    Attenuator Check 08_07_20

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  18. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    @JohnH well look what we have here! Attenuator Check 08_07_20 by Freddy G posted Jul 8, 2020 at 9:42 AM
  19. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Thanks for doing this @JohnH ! just to be clear, is this your order of increasing attenuation? Full 1- stage 4 2- stage 1 3- stage 1 & 4 4- stage 1 & 2 5- stage 1,2 & 4 6- stage 1 &3 7 -stage 1, 3 & 4 8- stage 1, 2 & 3 9- stage 1, 2, 3, 4
  20. Freddy G

    Simple Attenuators - Design And Testing

    Could be the components, but I doubt it...I think in a circuit like this they either work or they don't. I did however think it might be a good idea to separate the two coils so proximity to each other would not cause problems. Rock It Science....I love it! How do I measure? I just stuck a mic...

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