Build your own attenuator

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Build your own attenuator

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Cool, had a quick read of that and should not be too hard to build yourself. When will you start?

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http://www.guitar-bass.net/diy/diy-work ... ttenuator/
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jvpp wrote:Cool, had a quick read of that and should not be too hard to build yourself. When will you start?

Copied the link and made it clickable...

http://www.guitar-bass.net/diy/diy-work ... ttenuator/
Thanks for doing that. I was sat in the car on my postage stamp size phone waiting for the kids to finish their swimming lesson and couldn't be fecked.

I'd like to give it a go as it 'appens. When you open up a typical attenuator you do wonder why you just paid $300 - $500 for the feckin' thing.

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Just built my own one actually, a Dr Z Brake Lite

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Works a treat, still need to attach the bright switch
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Molly wrote:
jvpp wrote:Cool, had a quick read of that and should not be too hard to build yourself. When will you start?

Copied the link and made it clickable...

http://www.guitar-bass.net/diy/diy-work ... ttenuator/
Thanks for doing that. I was sat in the car on my postage stamp size phone waiting for the kids to finish their swimming lesson and couldn't be fecked.

I'd like to give it a go as it 'appens. When you open up a typical attenuator you do wonder why you just paid $300 - $500 for the feckin' thing.

Next project: boutique amp for a tenner (for men).
I tried one of these L pad attenuators of ebay. Sounded not so good.
I like the Dr Z break light.

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TmcB wrote:Just built my own one actually, a Dr Z Brake Lite

Works a treat, still need to attach the bright switch
That looks great. Adding them to the range?

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Thank you sir!

Nah, Just a cheap bastard - this worked out to be $60
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TmcB wrote:Thank you sir!

Nah, Just a cheap bastard - this worked out to be $60
Put them in a 'ye oldie' box with some snake oil about being full of fresh NZ air and sell them to foreign chaps for ten times the cost :-)

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TmcB wrote:Thank you sir!

Nah, Just a cheap bastard - this worked out to be $60

Nice, did you expose the resistor wire yourself for the taps?
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jvpp wrote:
TmcB wrote:Thank you sir!

Nah, Just a cheap bastard - this worked out to be $60

Nice, did you expose the resistor wire yourself for the taps?
Nah, you can buy it like that including a tap.
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One I get some time I'll list out the element14 parts so you can build it yourself
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TmcB wrote:One I get some time I'll list out the element14 parts so you can build it yourself
Nice job with the Dr Z build. I did one with an l-pad attenuators as well - only need to tame up to 25 watts of amp. Like you still got to wire up a bright switch. So you got all parts through element14?

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Re: Build your own attenuator

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Interesting... Ima hoarding bits for a design based off a Weber attenuator but with a simulated inductor instead of the speaker motor. Will post pics once done

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Cdog wrote:Interesting... Ima hoarding bits for a design based off a Weber attenuator but with a simulated inductor instead of the speaker motor. Will post pics once done
Look forward to seeing it :clap:

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Re: Build your own attenuator

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I built one. Sounded like arse. Swart Night Light so much better tonally.
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