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Speaker Soak Power Tube Attenuator for Fender Hot Rod Deluxe/Blues Jr Guitar Amp

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Condition: Brand New: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging ... Brand New: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is applicable). Packaging should be the same as what is available in a retail store, unless the item was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Type: Attenuator

Model: Fender Hot Rod Soak

Analog/Digital: Analog

MPN: FENDERHOTRODSOAK

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

To Fit: Acoustic Electric Guitar, Cigar Box Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lap & Pedal Steel Guitar

UPC: 0091037479389

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Carl's Custom Guitars

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0091037479389

eBay Product ID (ePID)

1913371915

Product Key Features

Amplifier Type

Tube

Number of Speakers

Impedance

8 Ohms

Product Line

Deluxe

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Joined Jan 2000

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Average for the last 12 months

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4.9

Reasonable postage costs

5.0

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5.0

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5.0

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b***a (285)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Great Product. My tone a low volume, thanks you!
o***o (95)- Feedback left by buyer.
More than a year ago
Verified purchase
Works as described. Appears to be sturdy, and well built. Get you one, or two, or more! DHL Shipping seems to be a little slower than UPS (not the sellers fault, but they are slower than UPS or post)
k***i (194)- Feedback left by buyer.
More than a year ago
Verified purchase
WHAT an incredible product and incredible seller. Attenuator was on my doorstep less than 40 hours after I bought it, and it absolutely works. I have it set close to noon or maybe less on my Hot Rod Deluxe, which I love at low gains and volumes as the clean sound is pristine with warmth. Soak is taking what would probably be about a 3 volume and putting it at bedroom for me (~0.8?). Enough to let the tubes know they're alive, but not enough to break up. Nice default tone if you use pedals or not

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by 8KIdo7CLQ9a@Deleted
23 Jun, 2016Top favourable review
HOT ROD DELUXE TAMED
The attenuation that I was looking for occurred in the last 10% of the knob travel toward minimum. Is there a heavy duty resistor that has more of an audio taper? Aside from that I still find it very usable. Without it my HR Deluxe was headed for E Bay. The clean channel is much nearer to the "sweet spot," and the OD channel is usable for the first time. I wonder if a lot of HR Deluxe amps are sold cheap becuase they can't be tamed! With Carl's Speaker Soak the HRD lives up to its potential. ...and by the way, much better and cheaper than yellow jackets and EL 84--which I recently tried.The attenuation that I was looking for occurred in the last 10% of the knob travel toward minimum. Is there a heavy duty resistor that has more of an audio taper? Aside from that I still find it very usable. Without it my HR Deluxe was headed for E Bay. The clean channel is much nearer to the "sweet spot," and the OD channel is usable for the first time. I wonder if a lot of HR Deluxe amps are sold cheap becuase they can't be tamed! With Carl's Speaker Soak the HRD lives up to its potential. ...and by the way, much better and cheaper than yellow jackets and EL 84--which I recently tried.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: carlscustomguitars
by johndrinkspepsi
03 Nov, 2020Top critical review
Honestly useless (Read)
I own a 40w Fender hot rod deluxe v1 and an Egnater Rebel 30 head through a 2x12 wgs loaded cab. Both amps are known for their loud but tameable clean channels. This product has notches its maybe like 1 through 100 1 being lowest vol. So at 1 its almost silent at 2 its about to be heard 3 is too loud for a bed room 4 is too loud for a living room and 5 and beyond seems like it's just pass-through. I have it set up correctly and the correct impedance (both amps are 8 ohm and the cab reads 7.6 on my mm) so I don't know if the one may have been difective (prob not) but also fro. The look of the stem its all cheap parts. But I haven't looked inside because I'm hoping to return it asap. Otherwise I gave it one star because it came with a real nice speaker cable. I own a 40w Fender hot rod deluxe v1 and an Egnater Rebel 30 head through a 2x12 wgs loaded cab. Both amps are known for their loud but tameable clean channels. This product has notches its maybe like 1 through 100 1 being lowest vol. So at 1 its almost silent at 2 its about to be heard 3 is too loud for a bed room 4 is too loud for a living room and 5 and beyond seems like it's just pass-through. I have it set up correctly and the correct impedance (both amps are 8 ohm and the cab reads 7.6 on my mm) so I don't know if the one may have been difective (prob not) but also fro. The look of the stem its all cheap parts. But I haven't looked inside because I'm hoping to return it asap. Otherwise I gave it one star because it came with a real nice speaker cable.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: slimguitman
by uproot8314
30 Apr, 2020
Overdrive your amp at manageable volume
Well made product and excellent value. Works as it should. Allows you to crank your amp to sweet spot without painful volume. Acts similar to master volume. Before you buy, take a few moments to understand the difference between passive and reactive power attenuators. This is passive and so it uses heat to dispurse the extra power that it takes away from speaker. It also changes the tone a bit. The item gets quite hot when running with my 20 watt amp but doesn't heat up at all with my 5 watt.Well made product and excellent value. Works as it should. Allows you to crank your amp to sweet spot without painful volume. Acts similar to master volume. Before you buy, take a few moments to understand the difference between passive and reactive power attenuators. This is passive and so it uses heat to dispurse the extra power that it takes away from speaker. It also changes the tone a bit. The item gets quite hot when running with my 20 watt amp but doesn't heat up at all with my 5 watt.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: carlscustomguitars
by majortomb
12 Feb, 2025
Believe it or not, there is a learning curve.
For such a simple device, I am still trying to decide how to use it more effectively. I have a very small practice area, and I am trying to use my new UA Max Dual compressor pedal with my Fender Deluxe reverb. The pedal sounds great in my instructors Supro amp attenuated down to 1W. But I am still trying to find a setting with the Fender amp where I don't get too much feedback. It is definitely better when only using one compressor, but when I add in the second, the howl starts. None of this is the attenuator's fault. I would say for the money it is awesome. For such a simple device, I am still trying to decide how to use it more effectively. I have a very small practice area, and I am trying to use my new UA Max Dual compressor pedal with my Fender Deluxe reverb. The pedal sounds great in my instructors Supro amp attenuated down to 1W. But I am still trying to find a setting with the Fender amp where I don't get too much feedback. It is definitely better when only using one compressor, but when I add in the second, the howl starts. None of this is the attenuator's fault. I would say for the money it is awesome.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: carlscustomguitars
by nonmartian04zg
26 Jul, 2017
Not bad. Seems to do what it says. You can tell not major factory product.
This little box works fine and does what it's supposed to. The potentiometer is not exactly linear. Having wanted to use this for a Fender Princeton, the amp now breaks up at much lower levels and that's what it's supposed to do, I've read reviews stating "seems like a distortion pedal" or "just distorts the sound". Well- what did you think its supposed to do? True, the usable part of the knob is a little more than all the way to the left. For me. I can't say about the last 3/4 of its travel - I don't need to go that loud but it can't hear much difference past 1/4 turn. For $49, it's a good deal. The aluminum is not highly polished and it has that handmade look. "Carl" has sold a lot of these, so I'd have to say he knows what he's doing.This little box works fine and does what it's supposed to. The potentiometer is not exactly linear. Having wanted to use this for a Fender Princeton, the amp now breaks up at much lower levels and that's what it's supposed to do, I've read reviews stating "seems like a distortion pedal" or "just distorts the sound". Well- what did you think its supposed to do? True, the usable part of the knob is a little more than all the way to the left. For me. I can't say about the last 3/4 of its travel - I don't need to go that loud but it can't hear much difference past 1/4 turn. For $49, it's a good deal. The aluminum is not highly polished and it has that handmade look. "Carl" has sold a lot of these, so I'd have to say he knows what he's doing.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: carlscustomguitars

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Overdrive your amp at manageable volume

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99.3% positive Feedback•24K items sold

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HOT ROD DELUXE TAMED

Honestly useless (Read)

Overdrive your amp at manageable volume

Believe it or not, there is a learning curve.

Not bad. Seems to do what it says. You can tell not major factory product.

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