Ed A
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Hope you guys can answer this because I've been reading Thread after thread about this mod and I need to be clear before I install it in my 69 50W Plexi clone. For not my needs I only need to reduce volume a little bit. I use this amp with a weber attenuator. I crank the amp up to nine or 10 for full power tube saturation and I turn down the Weber attenuator only a little to about eight or nine. I do not need bedroom levels at all. I just need a little volume reduction and I want that power tube distortion! Those Mullard XF2s sound great saturated!
But I keep reading that with the Lar/mar you don't get power tube saturation. I assume people say that when speaking about playing at very low volume and I assume I WILL still get power tube saturation if I only use this master volume minimally? I am guessing that I would bring the main volume down just a little bit and start turning up the Larmar to bring the gain back in? Just curious exactly how it works and if I wanted out of the circuit completely do I put the Larmar on zero? I am considering this so I do not have to bring out the attenuator. Thanks for any help.
But I keep reading that with the Lar/mar you don't get power tube saturation. I assume people say that when speaking about playing at very low volume and I assume I WILL still get power tube saturation if I only use this master volume minimally? I am guessing that I would bring the main volume down just a little bit and start turning up the Larmar to bring the gain back in? Just curious exactly how it works and if I wanted out of the circuit completely do I put the Larmar on zero? I am considering this so I do not have to bring out the attenuator. Thanks for any help.