I need a device that...

Girl Toes · Post by **Girl Toes** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:05 am

....that can take the load from my tube amp, and send it direct to the board. A DI for my amp head, so I don't have to bring the cab with me.

Marc Alan Goodman · Post by **Marc Alan Goodman** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:14 am

http://groovetubes.com/product.cfm?Product_ID=1604

Expensive, but there it is.
-marc

John Jeffers · Post by **John Jeffers** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:16 am

http://www.behringer.com/GI100/index.cfm?lang=ENG

Cheap, but there it is.

Marc Alan Goodman · Post by **Marc Alan Goodman** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:18 am

Can you put the B-ger after the power section of an amp? As far as I can tell from the link you posted it just sort-of-eq's your high-impedance DI signal.

-marc

John Jeffers · Post by **John Jeffers** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:40 am

Unless I'm reading the manual wrong, you can connect a power amp out to the input. One of their marketing brochures says it can handle "up to 3000 watts".

EDIT: Oh, but it looks like you still need a cab. It's not a power soak, just a pass-thru. So it wouldn't work if you didn't want to lug a cabinet along.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:44 am

Hughes and Kettner "red box" is what I always used to use for that.
Works well. Has a little switch on it for "1x12" or 4x12 which are just little EQ curve thingies. You still need a speaker after the box. or at least a big dummy load.

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:51 am

John Jeffers wrote:Unless I'm reading the manual wrong, you can connect a power amp out to the input. One of their marketing brochures says it can handle "up to 3000 watts".

Thats just a DI box, it can handle those wattages becuase its has a high input impedance. It isnt going to dissapate 3000 watts. This would be cool on a SS amp but a tube amp must have the proper load or you will destroy it. Many DI boxes will have this warning in the fine print.

You will need some kind of attenuator such as a power break, all of these solutions will not give you the sound of your speakers.

This is a long slippery path.........

dougo · Post by **dougo** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:46 am

Hey Lance how about one of these bad boys. I've had my eye on one for awhile.

https://weberspeakerscom.secure.powweb. ... r/mass.htm

DougO

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:11 am

But it's the amp trying to kill the speaker that sounds so cool...ain't it?

just get a modeling thing(yuck)

trodden · Post by **trodden** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:16 am

mmmmmmm... dummy load............

s00p3rm4n · Post by **s00p3rm4n** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:34 pm

trodden wrote:mmmmmmm... dummy load............

What is... the product of sex with George W. Bush?

Double Jeopardy!

0xeneye · Post by **0xeneye** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:11 pm

The THD Hotplate is a dummy load that has a direct out also

pulse_divider · Post by **pulse_divider** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 1:30 pm

There's a product called the Marshall SE-100 that should do the trick.
I don't think they are made anymore but probably pop up on ebay from time to time.

http://www.amptone.com/marshallse100.htm

Marc Alan Goodman · Post by **Marc Alan Goodman** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:26 pm

Somebody on gearslutz is selling one of the older Groove Tubes speaker emulators. You can probably grab it cheap as hell. Here's a link:

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php3?t=50918

the zombies are evolving! · Post by **the zombies are evolving!** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:43 pm

i saw this reviewed in sound on sound a few months ago.

http://www.motherload.co.uk/

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