Guitar Power Attenuator Demonstration

[@jacobsamano9761]

Hey I have a Monoprice 5-Watt Tube Combo Amp but it’s still too loud for bedroom use and I need a proper attenuator. However my amp speaker seems to just be connected to the amp with the positive and negative connectors that feed somewhere into the amps chassis rather than the speaker plugging into the amp by way of a regular speaker cable plug. So can I still connect the Bugera PS1 to my Monoprice 5-Watt Tube Amp Combo? How would I connect the device exactly? The only Jack on the back of the amp says it’s an External Speaker Impedance 8-16 Ohms and the speaker in the amp with the positive and negative prongs attached to the speaker then feeding into the amp chassis somewhere. Can you please help me figure out how to still use the Bugera PS1 with this amp and explain it as if you are talking to someone with little to no knowledge of this stuff whatsoever. Thank you I would greatly appreciate your help.

[@M3Amplification]

The easiest way would be to disconnect the existing speaker wires at the speaker, hopefully they are slide on spade connectors. Tape off the ends and coil it out of the way. Make a new speaker cable long enough to reach where the PS1 will sit. 1/4” male connector on one end , and the slide on spade connectors at the speaker. That way you can plug it straight into the ext speaker jack for full power , or connect it to the speaker side of the PS1 and run another speaker cable from the 8 ohm input on the PS1 to the ext speaker out put on the amp. Make sure you always have a speaker connected when you power up the amp. Let me know if you have more questions. Thanks Matt

[@jacobsamano9761]

@@M3Amplification hey thanks Matt but I’m still confused. It does have the slide on spade connectors but you said take them off my speaker and tape them up and move to the side but then do what? Don’t use those spade connectors again, just tape them out the way and get a cable that has a 1/4 connector on one end and 2 different spade connectors on the other end? Then use that cable to connect the spade ends to my speaker and the 1/4 end to the ps1? But will my amp knobs still be useable? If the original cable either the spade connectors that is connected inside the amp was taken off the speaker and set aside then how will the actual amp circuit be plugged into anything? Am I retarded lol?

[@M3Amplification]

@@jacobsamano9761 Jacob, Yes you will just keep the coiled original cable out of the way. Just better to not swap back and forth between the two on the speaker. So your new 1/4” to spade connector will be your full time speaker cable, wether connected directly to the speaker or on the out put of the PS1. The external speaker jack should cut the signal to the original cable when there is something plugged into it. Let me know how it works out and if you need more info. Thanks Matt

[@jacobsamano9761]

@@M3Amplification thank you kind sir for your time! I very much appreciate it.