Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Wim,
I only use my 50w attenuator with a 60 watt Boogie amp. I figure that as long as I'm not maximally attenuating a totally dimed amp, I should be OK. Also, boogie output transformers are meant to be pretty solid.

You should probably defer to a more tech minded person, but I figure you'll be OK.

Wim,
The minimass is very simple- it has a knob to dial in the attenuation, it has a bypass swith and it has an Ohmage selector switch (4,8,16). The cost of attenuators seems to soar once they get up to 100 watts, so if you don't need that power it's cheaper to buy a smaller unit.

The minimass ...

Wim,
The minimass only does up to 50w, but I use it with no problems on my 60w Boogie. The Mass attenuator handles more power but is more expensive (but still cheaper than the other options).

It's true that some of the characteristics of a pushed speaker are lost when playing at bedroom/home ...

Hi Wim,
Another good option is the Weber Mini-mass (or Mass). It contains a speaker motor inside it to simulate the variable load of a speaker.

I use a Mini-mass to tame a 60w Mark III Boogie and it works wonderfully, as I suspect it would with any amp that likes having its power valves pushed ...