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Boss tube amp expander8/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Where that’s concerned, From the mid ‘60s on, Fender amps had, to varying degrees (by model), a response curve that was quite similar to the loudness control, with the lows and highs boosted, or more accurately, the midrange cut back, a bit. As you increase the volume control, the relative effect of C10 decreases, so a cranked up Deluxe Reverb barely notices the bright cap’s presence. In this case, C10 bypasses high frequencies around the volume control, giving the amp a different character. Even the very simple “bright cap”, C10 on a Deluxe Reverb’s Vibrato channel, is a very simple way to sneak one past all those pesky atoms. Loudness controls, such as mentioned in the article referenced above, can do wonders. However, atoms may be numerous, but they can be outsmarted, so we have ways to sneak our ideas past the Physics gang, unnoticed. If you want to fight physics, you might want to scope out the Hubble Deep Field image and contemplate the size of the opposition. You bring to the battlefield your idea and physics brings every atom in the Universe to back it up. Dig this: Now, this is physics at work and fighting the laws of physics is not easy. The most obvious, and toughest to tame is that we hear things differently at different volumes. The challenge to all of this is that there are several factors at work, in all of this. I'll indulge when disposable income is plentiful.if such a time will ever come!!! The good news is that I am more dedicated than ever to technique. The Echorec? Cool at any volume so an attenuator remains just a possibility in the future. The beauty is that the RAH delivers the tone at low volumes.that goes when I want to play my Zeppelin material or other stuff I found it adds value to. True, I am still sacrificing tone on a lot of my playing but I am not letting it affect my playing. All the bells and whistles I had not sought after bedazzled me and had to pull myself back. The Boss Waza Expander is awesome but way over my head for what I need. ![]() Andy from Reverb did a great demo and saw that it delivered on the "must have". If, and this is a big "if", I were to buy one it would've been the Tone King Iron Man II at around $800.00. However, before I pulled the trigger on both of them, I took one last long look at attenuators. Then I decided to pull the trigger on the Catalinbread Echorec as I was shopping/researching delay pedals for a while(over 2 years) but finally pulled the trigger when I realized that the Echrorec filled close to 100% of everything I was looking for. I decided to go back to basics and just concentrate on my quality of play. Afew years ago though I felt I was not getting enough tone out of my practice sessions when having to cut back on went from being a minor annoyance to something that became a distraction and I actually started to alter my pic attack. Over 30 years of basically being a "guitar-to-amp" player (except when borrowed pedals for gigs) except for a Wah and looper. ![]()
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