Jet City Amplification Jettenuator Amp Power Attenuator

Being new to playing guitar, I have been on the search for "my tone". After trying out a few modeling amps, I decided that I really wanted a tube amp. I settled on a Randall RD20H tube amp head, with a RD212 cabinet (Celestion V30 speakers). Since I am still learning and practicing in my living room, I needed the option of turning the amp down to an acceptable level when I wasn't home alone. The problem in that situation is that you aren't getting the break-up / distortion tubes are known for since you aren't really powering them up where that happens. That was not what I wanted, but I need to keep the peace with the family. Searching for what I needed, I stumbled upon the Jettenuator. All you do is plug your amp out to speaker cable into this box, then from the box go into the cabinet. Now, I am able to crank the gain and the volume of the amp head to give me that tube distortion, and also turn the volume down so I don't make the wife's ears bleed. There is also an output that sends a signal regardless of the volume setting, allowing you to run to a mixer, or feed the house sound system if you need that. I use it to plug into a mini mixer so i can use headphones. There is more that this can do, but again I am a newbie, so I can't say too much more than that right now. The Jettenuator does reduce the output of the amp even with both at full volume, but at least in my case, that isn't a bad thing. If you need the full volume of the amp, you wouldn't need an attenuator anyhow. This little box was just the trick I needed. It seems to be well made, and I am very pleased with what it can do. If you are looking for an attenuator, don't hesitate to try this one out. Well done Jet City!

excellent tool to control the power of any big size guitar amp sound.

WOW! Thanks to Jet City and Soldano.

My Jettenuator arrived yesterday. At 9, or the loudest setting, there is a 3db cut in the sound. There's gradual attenuation until you reach 2. Between 2 and 0 you can cut the amount of sound that comes out of the speaker to near 0db.I took this into my studio and set the Jettenuator just under 2. I then performed the following test - record a loop on my Ditto looper and play it back for consistency, then:* Mic the cabinet with the Jettenuator set at 2* Record with the mic simulator* Record with the line out* Mic the cabinet without the JettenuatorI then randomized the audio samples to see if there was any appreciable difference in playback.There were subtle differences, here's but they were all perfectly worthwhile. I will list my preferences:1) Mic'd cab with or without the Jettenuator. This just seemed more "full."2) Mic simulator and Line out together on 2 different tracks with phase cancellation3) Mic simulator4) Line outThe best thing about this is the fact that it truly also serves as a load box. You can unplug the speaker cabinet, set the Jettenuator at 2 to simulate the proper load, and plug directly into a PA or recording unit.The only negative is with the Line Level. I found that I had to turn the Line Level to 10 in order to obtain a usable signal. I was hoping that it would be more graduated.Overall? I'm very impressed!Gear used in test:Amp: Egnater Tweaker 88Cabinet: Orange #4 Jim Root 212Mic: Shure SM57