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Hi all

Hope you all had a nIce christmas

I saw on andertons website the other day a piece of kit by Mesa boogie called the cab clone, it basically plugs in to your guitar amp and allows you to record it without having it plugged in to a cab, ie you can turn the amp up loud and yet not disturb the neighbours. I have no idea if it would replicate an ac30 cab but it's great for those that have an ac30 and want to record at home

http://www.andertons.co.uk/speaker-cabi ... ad-box.asp

The basis of the unit will be a big resistor (cost to the manufacturer a few pennies) which absorbs the power that your amplifier puts out (this is why the top is louvred - to let the heat out). There will be a little bit of fancy circuitry to apply various damping factors to the signal and of course there are some sockets, but I would be fascinated to know just how much of that £219 is pure profit - probably about £200!

Ray