Build your own attenuator
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Re: Build your own attenuator
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/
Copied the link and made it clickable...
http://www.guitar-bass.net/diy/diy-work ... ttenuator/
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Re: Build your own attenuator
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.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/
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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Re: Build your own attenuator
Just built my own one actually, a Dr Z Brake Lite
Works a treat, still need to attach the bright switch
Works a treat, still need to attach the bright switch
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Re: Build your own attenuator
I tried one of these L pad attenuators of ebay. Sounded not so good.Molly wrote: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.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/
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 like the Dr Z break light.
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Re: Build your own attenuator
That looks great. Adding them to the range?TmcB wrote:Just built my own one actually, a Dr Z Brake Lite
Works a treat, still need to attach the bright switch
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Re: Build your own attenuator
Thank you sir!
Nah, Just a cheap bastard - this worked out to be $60
Nah, Just a cheap bastard - this worked out to be $60
Family Music Store - http://familymusic.co.nzGrantB wrote:Tony, your taste is, as always, very refined. Or as HG would say, "bloody awful".
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Re: Build your own attenuator
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 costTmcB wrote:Thank you sir!
Nah, Just a cheap bastard - this worked out to be $60
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Re: Build your own attenuator
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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Re: Build your own attenuator
Nah, you can buy it like that including a tap.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?
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Re: Build your own attenuator
One I get some time I'll list out the element14 parts so you can build it yourself
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Re: Build your own attenuator
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?TmcB wrote:One I get some time I'll list out the element14 parts so you can build it yourself
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Re: Build your own attenuator
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
Re: Build your own attenuator
Look forward to seeing itCdog 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
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Re: Build your own attenuator
I built one. Sounded like arse. Swart Night Light so much better tonally.
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