quiet lead

[ishalleatyou]

yeah i wasnt sure where to put this so it goes here

i was in a music shop today trying out new basses and i was using a 60 watt amp.
even through the wolume was on half and the volume on the bass was full it was still really quiet
then i saw on the wire it said somthing like "electronic silencer lead" i cant remember what it said, but they seemed to be some sort of wire that decreases the volume of the bass or guitar w.e but still keeps the great sound.
id never heard of these before but i want to get some so when i get my new amp i wont blow the house down when im practicing

anyone know the name of this type of wire because i cant think of it and i need to get some

cheers

 

[beastObass]

i know they have pedals too that do that, they keep the volume in a certain range all of the time
Called a Limiter Enhancer

ive never heard of that wire though?
google it

 

[billfitzmaurice]

id never heard of these before but i want to get some so when i get my new amp i wont blow the house down when im practicing


cheers

That's why amps come with volume controls.

 

[A9X]

That's why amps come with volume controls.

Really? I always thought it was to keep the great Potentiometer Industrial Complex making money.

 

[A9X]

but they seemed to be some sort of wire that decreases the volume of the bass or guitar w.e but still keeps the great sound.

Such a thing does not exist. No metal cable will attenuate the signal much in normal use.

Likely the 'silencer' part is simply marketing and far more likely relates to the shielding properties of the cable.

 

[62bass]

Silencer cables would be good for guitar players.

 

[A9X]

Silencer cables would be good for guitar players.

And a lot of singers.

 

[fdeck]

I think the "silencer" cables are simply ones with a built-in switch that grounds the signal when the plug is pulled out of the guitar, to prevent the "pop."

 

[ishalleatyou]

i still think they exist but i thought it was more a thing for in the shop so when your trying out basses next to the amp not many people can hear you.
and it wasnt the volume control because the volume was on a quarter on the amp and full on the bass and im sure a quarter on a 60watt amp should be fairly loud considering on a 10watt a quarter is enough for practicing

 

[A9X]

The position of the volume control has no real relationship to the actual SPL being produced.

 

[will33]

Very true, I've had Carvin amps where the total range was between 0 and 4 or 5 on the dial, 5 was almost constant clipping. Also had SWR amps where there was very little volume increase between 1 and almost 7 and a whole lot of volume between 7 and 10. Point is, amps are not all created equal, use your ears. I've never heard of the magic wire, may be some attenuator in switch form instead of a dial, who knows? More likely marketing hype as previously stated.

 

[ishalleatyou]

shows how little i know about this then lol