DIY Attenuator For Guitar - Great Low-Volume Tone

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You will have seen this little box in most of our videos, it's a simple but effective attenuator.
It allows you to crank your valve amp that bit more without the accompanying volume, great for home playing or studio recording. There are many great attenuators out there, some really expensive but for many situations where you just want to reduce the overall volume by a few db we've found this simple box as effective as any.

In this episode we'll teach you how to build your own. Building your own attenuator is simple and it doesn’t cost a lot. Hopefully this will help you achieve better tone!

Huw built one for Guitar.com a few years back and we thought a video would be a great accompaniment to the article.

http://guitar.com/guides/diy-workshop...

The article shows how to add a resistor for 4 Ohm operation but you can now buy a 4 Ohm or 16 Ohm L-Pad here...

willys-hifi.com/collections/l-pad-attenuators/products/4-ohm-l-pad-attenuator-50-watts

willys-hifi.com/collections/l-pad-attenuators/products/l-pad-attenuator-50w-16-ohm-wirewound-volume-control

Key timings

0:10 Intro
2:00 Components
4:37 Prepping The Box
8:04 Drilling The Box
14:07 Doing The Decal
18:29 Wiring Up
26:16 Demo
28:28 Outro



Parts List For CPC UK – cpc.farnell.com

L-Pad 8 Ohm 100W – order code LS00547

ON/OFF/ON DPDT switch - order code SW04204

ON/ON DPDT switch – order code SW04202

2 x open frame mono jack sockets – order code AV09109

Hammond 10758PSLA enclosure – order code EN81988

10uF Electrolytic Capacitor – order code CA07192

4.7uF Electrolytic Capacitor – order code CA07193



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