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Hello everybody! Today let me introduce you to the Torpedo Reload
and more particularly to its attenuation function.
For that, we'll be using a very specific amplifier,
the Morgan AC20 Deluxe,
as this is an amp that will saturate only at high volumes,
which makes it useless in an apartment.
We'll start by using the amplifier directly connected to its speaker cabinet...
without the Torpedo,
to see what sound and gain you get without a power attenuator.
This is all very nice, and we get lovely clean tones...
... but this is not the point of this amplifier, as it offers sublime crunch tones...
... that you can only get by cranking it all the way up.
Here "volume" means "gain".
If you want to use it on a Sunday afternoon without incurring the wrath of your neighbors,
you will very simply plug the amp into the Torpedo's Speaker In...
... then out again through Speaker Out, and into the cabinet...
... and we'll use our first magical ***:
the Speaker ***, on the front...
which will roughly play the role of our Master Volume ***.
Even if I lower the volume to ridiculously low levels...
... I will still get that very nice crunchy tone.
Your second magical *** is the Contour...
... which brings some specific, overall equalization
(to put it simply).
Leave the Contour *** in mid position for the original signal.
Turn it to the left, you get something a lot more vintage-style...
... with rich mid frequencies.
Conversely, turn it to the right for a V-shaped sound...
... with rich low and high frequencies...
... and lesser mids.
Now I'll use the Contour equalization,
raise the volume just a little,
and subtly use my guitar's P90 pickups...
... as well as the volume knobs...
... to get some very bluesy tones.