Greetings everyone,
I am new to the forum and looking for advice about my Twin Reverb amp. The thing is that I would like to record off of it in my home studio but of course it is way too loud to get some tube saturation (please excuse me if I'm using some vocabulary wrong, not a native speaker). So I bought a two-notes torpedo captor 4 Ohm attenuator to experiment. I have connected the amp to the attenuator and from there I am going directly into my interface via the attenuator's DI output with some generic cabinet emulation (I think it should be a classic Marshall 4x12, please forgive me my sins).
Now my problem with all this is that my Twin gets into overdrive unexpectedly hard. For starters, I dialed in the magic six setting and without any further equipment than my guitar I am going straight for snarky early AC/DC sounds. It just gets clean'ish again when I'm going half volume on my guitar or turn the amp down to 2-3.
I know the attenuator is supposed to get a amp into overdrive faster, but I did not expect this much from the Twin. After all, this should be the one tube amp that stays clean most of the time, right? I have to add that I used it only for mild shenanigans until now (rehearsal room and at home), so its volume has been at 2-3 for the most time of the last years.
So the question is: Are the tubes most likely worn out and need some changing? I've never had the opportunity to run the amp that loud like I have now with the attenuator. I like the saturation it gets and feel like I am in the right spot with it if it were not for the strange overdrive and snarkyness. If you could confirm my hunch before I invest 350 € in a new set of tubes, that would be great. If this is how a Twin should sound at the stated settings, then I am fine with it as well. It is just my lack of experience that makes me uncertain.
It would be very helpful for my if you guys could listen to my demo footage that I put in my onedrive. It shows all the snarkyness the amp displays even with some mild arpeggios and other stuff. The link is as follows:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhU0I228F8GZg7Ad...f8Wtw?e=idEvu2
I used the following equipment for the recording:
Guitar: Eastwood Airline, treble pickup, volume and tone at max (I've encountered the problem with four different guitars though)
Amp: 40th Anniversary 65 Twin 230v from September of 2005 (blonde tolex)
Amp settings: Vibrato channel, bright on, vol 6, tre 6, mid 3, bass 2, no reverb or tremolo; I did encounter the same problems on the normal channel too
Effects: none, directly into amp
Attenuator: Two-Notes Torpedo Captor 4 Ohm (DI out with Guitar cabinet emulation, silent recording mode without cabinet connected, straight into the interface)
If it would be of any use, I could set up different samples as well and I would gladly do so, if it helps.
Have a great day,
Ray