Tom Scholz Power Soak with Deville 4x10

[billhart22]

I have a Deville 4x10 and I just acquired a Tom Scholz Power Soak for it to calm the 60 Watt Deville down to levels that I can listen to at home. Here is my question: What are the correct settings to hook this up to my Deville? If you would, please look at the picture and tell me how. I am not a big electrical kind of guy.

The thing has a set amplifier impedance switch to: how many ohms?
The speaker impedance switch should be set to: how many ohms?

The options on the unit are: 4 ohms and 4 ohms
8 ohms and 8 ohms
8 ohms and 16 ohms

Thank you for any help that you can give me.



Bill

[flintpunk]

What is stock output impedence your amp? I assume you're using the stock 4x10, so set the "speaker impedence" switch to whatever your output impedence is.

[billhart22]

What is stock output impedence your amp? I assume you're using the stock 4x10, so set the "speaker impedence" switch to whatever your output impedence is.

Thank you very kindly.......believe it or not, I have called a slew of amp techs and they couldn't answer that question ..... at least I know where not to take my amp now

[flintpunk]

I use the same rig on my Silvertone Twin Twelve. The amp sounds great dimed, it's just far too loud for most stages! I picked my Scholz power soak up on ebay for $30! There were several on ebay at the time and I was able to wait and get a great price on the last one! It works well, although there is nothing that sounds like that Silvertone running wide open!

[refriedwhiskey]

Do "They" still make the Power Soak, or do you have to get 'em from eBay?

[flintpunk]

I'm pretty sure they don't make 'em anymore!

[billhart22]

I'm pretty sure they don't make 'em anymore!

The stock impedance of my Deville is 8 ohms.....then if you run external cabinets it splits off at 4 ohms.....it taps off of the internal speaker jack. See, I have learned a lot this morning. LOL

They absolutely do not make Scholz anymore...the only place to get them is off of EBay. They are going for around $100 - $150 now. They were designed by a member of Boston to record their albums without cranking amps up all of the way and then trying to capture a bunch of wild amplifiers onto tape. So besides being a really cool unit, they have a little history behind them. The price is actually going up on them....1982 electronics and they are going up in value....go figure!

Cranking a Silvertone is one of the most beautiful sounds alive. Man, those are hard to come by at a decent price now. Just all of the sudden, everybody and their brother has to have one. I want one myself, but will have to find one at a great price.

The price goes up every week on Silvertones and Danelectros.

You are fortunate to have one!

Bill

[Kap'n]

They absolutely do not make them anymore...the only place to get them is off of EBay. They are going for around $100 - $150 now. The price is actually going up on them....1982 electronics and they are going up in value....go figure!

Wow. I paid $20 for mine, used, and gave it away to somebody to use as a dummy load, because it sounded like crap.

[jeffhoo]

i remember reading about them when i was first researching attenuators. i ended up with a 2 ohm hotplate (with my bassman).

btw, kap'n, i dig the new avatar. you may appreciate this doctored image on my page ;)

[crazy fingers]

Make sure you use speaker cable, not guitar cable to connect that to your amp.

[flintpunk]

+1 on the speaker cable!

[billhart22]

Make sure you use speaker cable, not guitar cable to connect that to your amp.

That's a BIG 10-4 Good Buddy! (Geez)...Yes, you must use speaker cable, or you will get crap. Now I am ordering some Mogami cables from hotwiredcables.com That company rocks and the attenuator will just get "That much better". They make KILLER guitar cables too. I order all of my cables there (this isn't an advertisement), but for 25% of what you would pay at GC or whatever, you ought to check it out.

I finally hooked my Scholz up yesterday and man...that thing is dead ass silent, even cranked up all of the way. I am really impressed.

It works like a champ...I really appreciate all of your guys help on this subject and I thank you very much.

Bill