Is your amp too loud? This device sits in the FX loop of your amplifier and allows you to turn down your preamp volume, before it goes into the power amp section, without negatively impacting your tone in the way that most speaker attenuators do. This allows you to turn up your preamp gain, while keeping the power output at a reasonable level.

For example: I have personally used one of these to bring my 350watt Crate Tidalwave, plugged into a 412 cab, down to bedroom level volume.

This is particularly useful with amps that have a touchy volume control, allowing you a more useable sweep from your amp's built-in volume control. If your amp has no master-volume control, this allows you to add one. And with multi-channel amps, it enables you to control every channel's output levels simultaneously; allowing you to maintain the volume balance between them (this feature is great for live use).

This unit features a footswitchable bypass, allowing you to bypass the volume attenuation and return your amp to it's normal volume level. A clever way that you can use this feature is as a "boost" for solos. Simply set your amp up to a preferred volume level for solos, then engage the pedal to pad the volume down for rhythm parts. Because the pedal is passive and maintains a constant load on the signal, switching between the active and bypassed modes will not impart any significant change in hiss, phase, or loading, like you would expect with some active boost pedals.

This pedal can also be used to add a master volume to any unbalanced low-impedance signal chain; such as a synthesizer, instrument preamplifier, or padding down effects sends which may be too hot.

The device also works with other unbalanced devices, such as keyboards and fx units.

This pedal is fully passive and does not require any power to function. The LED is externally powered by any common boss-style 9v adapter.

*note, this device is not to be used between your amp's speaker output and a speaker, as the impedance mismatch can damage your amplifier or the pedal*

*Note* Pedal building is a hobby for me. All of my items are handmade unless otherwise stated. As a result, they may have tiny dings or small surface scratches due to the manufacturing process (clamping for drilling, etc) or other artifacts such as pencil lines from marking drilling locations. I do my best to take quality pictures in order to accurately represent the condition of my items listed. Some select parts, such as transistors, opamps, or diodes, may vary from the ones used by the original manufacturer. This is usually due to the scarcity of vintage semiconductors. I try my best to use equivalent parts whenever originals are not available and hand test them with either a vintage RCA WT-501A, B&K 520B, or B&K 530 transistor tester. All of my pedals run on a standard boss-style 9vDC center-negative external power adapter, unless otherwise stated. If you have any questions about a specific item, please don't hesitate to ask.

Happy shopping,

-Brad B.