All electric guitarists need to be informed about these options and their tradeoffs. A good idea, but the more you attenuate, the worse the tone. Good for pulling the sound level down from the level of a heavy drum kit to the level of a trumpet. Inductive loads Some of them sound fizzy and electronic, few if any sound speaker-like. They are more convenient than using a speaker, because they are light and silent.
Inductive loads produce tone quality halfway between raw preamp tone and traditional amp tone.
They cannot provide speaker rounding, which is half as important as power tube saturation. Low-wattage power tubes These can probably go pretty low while still putting out good tone. They leak low bass, slightly audible in the next room, but basically work. They have no room reverberation, but it can be added via post-speaker effects. These combine well with inductive loads and power tubes.