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Projects => General Questions => Topic started by: das234 on April 13, 2014, 02:15:45 PM

Title: Dr. Z Air Brake - home made?
Post by: das234 on April 13, 2014, 02:15:45 PM
I've seen a couple posts that mention home made versions of the Dr. Z Air Brake attenuator.  Does someone out there have experience building one of these from a reliable plan? 
Title: Re: Dr. Z Air Brake - home made?
Post by: steveperiod on April 14, 2014, 01:23:20 AM
I built one using this layout:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xy018taaexhoe6/attenuator_layout_final_195.pdf
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xy018taaexhoe6/attenuator_layout_final_195.pdf)

Can't remember where I got it from originally, but I followed it and had good results. I skipped the rheostat portion as the bedroom level option didn't interest me very much. Mine ended up being mounted inside the cabinet of a 2x12 18 watt Marshall clone I built. I used it pretty much all the time to knock a few dBs off the amp.