Chris Horton Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 has anyone used any THD Hotplates ? I understand they plug in between your valve amp head and speaker cab so you can drive the amp hard and then turn the signal down so it is not too loud but still gives you the desired tone. what do people think of them ? im thinking of geting one as my amp is mostly used in a small ish hall any thoughts greatly recieved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 [quote name='Chris Horton' post='663223' date='Nov 23 2009, 09:50 PM']has anyone used any THD Hotplates ? I understand they plug in between your valve amp head and speaker cab so you can drive the amp hard and then turn the signal down so it is not too loud but still gives you the desired tone. what do people think of them ? im thinking of geting one as my amp is mostly used in a small ish hall any thoughts greatly recieved [/quote] Our guitard used to use one with his Mesa Dual Rectifier Combo. He was having a repair job done to the amp and was advised either by his tech, or by Mesa via email, not to use a hot-plate. I don't know any more than that but it's food for thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I think driving your power valves is going to upset things more that not, whether you are using an attenuator, or just being very loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 [quote name='Chris Horton' post='663223' date='Nov 23 2009, 09:50 PM']has anyone used any THD Hotplates ? I understand they plug in between your valve amp head and speaker cab so you can drive the amp hard and then turn the signal down so it is not too loud but still gives you the desired tone. what do people think of them ? im thinking of geting one as my amp is mostly used in a small ish hall any thoughts greatly recieved [/quote] not a great idea with bass amps as they tend to be more powerful and those THD hotplates wont be able to handle anything over 100watts really without catching fire. You shouldn't have problems cranking a 50-100watt head either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 im getting the feeling that buying a hot plate is not a great idea . My rig is an Orange AD200 MK3 running a 410 cab and the 115 , i play a fender precision and a stingray 5 ( Stingray mostly at church ) The church hall that i play in is medium sized , It can hold about 250 people when full. I a struggling with the eternal balance between getting " the tone " and keeping the volume down so it is appropirate in a church setting and does not blast the people on the front row . any thoughts on how i can do that ? any equipment that could be worth looking at ? I thought about getting an Orange Tiny Terror amp as i heard that they are easier to controll but stil have the Orange tone . Or what about getting hold of an old Orange 150 bass amp ???? Im so confued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Or you oculd get a cab that is not very sensitive, so you can crank it more without being very loud. Those orange isobaric jobs will probably tick that box. Spensive though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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