Dumble's

[RaceU4her]

this contract stuff is wild. $200 for a 10 minute consultation?? Signing off to not disrupt dumble in the slightest degree it will detract from his ability to perform attendance to his responsibility of tone?? shits crazy. amp does sound creamy though

 

[ChuggNorris]

this contract stuff is wild. $200 for a 10 minute consultation?? Signing off to not disrupt dumble in the slightest degree it will detract from his ability to perform attendance to his responsibility of tone?? shits crazy. amp does sound creamy though

 

[SBlue]

this contract stuff is wild. $200 for a 10 minute consultation?? Signing off to not disrupt dumble in the slightest degree it will detract from his ability to perform attendance to his responsibility of tone?? shits crazy. amp does sound creamy though

I was blessed enough to become friends with Alexander Dumble, and even more to get three amps built for me by him. Not ODS, but different circuits he would build into Fender chassis. They are everything Tim described, plus some.
Not a metal amp by any means, but my favorite amps ever. Not to mention the Alexander was one of the most dedicated and kind human being I've had the pleasure to meet.
I miss him very much.

 

[midnightlaundry]

According to the Interwebs, Santana's BMW was played on a Fender Twin.. Not sure why he's using that tune as a representation to the Crystal Lettuce sound..

This video is VOID..

 

[VonBonfire]

.I haven't heard a clone that I could afford sound like something that would be worth it to me and I am someone who usually looks towards pedal steel gear with a fondness when messing with my own rig. To me they sound better loud and clean than they do driven, in which case I'll just stick to my Twins.

 

[Meanjoegreene]

Put this thread on the gear page and there will be wine glasses thrown and faces slapped with single leather gloves

Shit gets nuts when Dumble gets mentioned over there

 

[SBlue]

.I haven't heard a clone that I could afford sound like something that would be worth it to me and I am someone who usually looks towards pedal steel gear with a fondness when messing with my own rig. To me they sound better loud and clean than they do driven, in which case I'll just stick to my Twins.

That's the best thing you do, because the clones/replicas, even the 10K ones sound absolutely nothing like a real Dumble. All the ones I've tried sounded like a Fender Twin Reverb Ri with a honky distortion pedal in front of them. Every single one of them. Some less bad, some even worst. But none sounded like a real Dumble. Not even close. So, might as well just get a Twin Reverb Ri and save a whole lot of money.

 

[alan67]

Don't let the equipment be "analized"............

 

[RaceU4her]

I was blessed enough to become friends with Alexander Dumble, and even more to get three amps built for me by him. Not ODS, but different circuits he would build into Fender chassis. They are everything Tim described, plus some.
Not a metal amp by any means, but my favorite amps ever. Not to mention the Alexander was one of the most dedicated and kind human being I've had the pleasure to meet.
I miss him very much.

you are a lucky one. did he actually watch you play like the guy in the video says he would do?? i gotta assume he probably had lawyers writing up those contracts with those demands

 

[ChuggNorris]

Pretty sure


The MT100 smacks a dumble.


Channel 2 make it look dumble.

 

[VonBonfire]

That's the best thing you do, because the clones/replicas, even the 10K ones sound absolutely nothing like a real Dumble. All the ones I've tried sounded like a Fender Twin Reverb Ri with a honky distortion pedal in front of them. Every single one of them. Some less bad, some even worst. But none sounded like a real Dumble. Not even close. So, might as well just get a Twin Reverb Ri and save a whole lot of money.

I was understanding he basically modded circuits based on the purchasers style anyways so getting a real dumble weren't a guarantee it would mesh with your technique. I would never buy a RI Twin. I have a couple cheap SF twins and I had a tech BF them. That's cheap, reliable gigging and the tone is pretty good with an ES. I have had good luck with them.

 

[Ben Waylin]

I was understanding he basically modded circuits based on the purchasers style anyways so getting a real dumble weren't a guarantee it would mesh with your technique.

1966 a young Howard Dumble stumbled out of an all you can eat buffet and heard an old beatnik playing guitar on a street corner out of tiny horrible sounding amplifier. He waddled up to the beatnik and asked him to play Mustang Sally, a new R&B song that was somewhere in the low teens on the billboard charts. Howard was disgusted with the tones coming from the amp to the point he couldn't even enjoy his favorite song.

Frustrated and angry he ambled back to his lair and started building an amplifier out of old parts laying around his mom's basement. Soon his creation was alive. It didn't sound very good though because it was made out of an old refridgerator and parts of a Ford. Howard got so angry he had to eat three sub sandwiches to calm his nerves. Near the point of tears he was inspired.

His friend owned a Fender Bassman amp. All he needed to do was take it apart and see how it worked. Of course, after he got half way through the deconstruction he realised he couldn't remember how to put it back together. In a panic he quickly restored it to the best condition he could, after taking a quick hot dog break of course. Once back together the Fender sounded completely different.... Instead of clean it had a new sound. Tain. With this new found tain sound Dumble went on to build several more amplifiers including the one copied by the guy who taught Tag the secrets of tone.

 

[glpg80]

Store owner near me owned an overdrive with reverb and matching 2x12. I wasn’t even allowed to take a picture of it let alone play it.

I fucking hate his amplifiers because of the unrealistic money they bring that cause them to defeat their purpose in the first place.

Completely useless for their purpose anymore and might as well not exist.

 

[cobrahead1030]

I hate most Youtube trends on guitar videos...

But it's super cool to see guys who can produce quality videos playing amps like this.

 

[SBlue]

you are a lucky one. did he actually watch you play like the guy in the video says he would do?? i gotta assume he probably had lawyers writing up those contracts with those demands

Nope. He built the three amps for my studio, so they are extremely touch sensitive, but not voiced for a single player, because the idea was for them to serve the studio clients at the time. So they are absurdly versatile.
He would do that for the buyer who would be the only person using the amp, tho.
Mine ones were more like the ones he built for himself, so he could loan them to artists for recording sessions in LA.
Matter of fact, mine Ultra-Phonix is a dead on replica of his personal 67 Dual Showman, which turned out my all time favorite amp ever.
He built a Marshall for someone I knew in LA, September 2003, and I've seen that amp right after Alexander delivered it to the owner. It was a 76 50w Marshall 4 input. The buyer asked Dumble for a great sounding stock plexi Marshall, not modded for high gain at all, just a great sounding Marshall. So Dumble asked him for the 76, because it was the cheapest one available, and rebuilt the entire amp from scratch, including designing new transformers for it, that he asked Mercury Magnetics to build. When he showed me the amp I told him that a Marshall modded by Dumble was by dream, and he told one day I would own one. October last year, exact 20 years later, I've bought that very same Marshall. It's the one in the video below.

 

[ChuggNorris]

I was understanding he basically modded circuits based on the purchasers style anyways so getting a real dumble weren't a guarantee it would mesh with your technique. I would never buy a RI Twin. I have a couple cheap SF twins and I had a tech BF them. That's cheap, reliable gigging and the tone is pretty good with an ES. I have had good luck with them.

Maybe you can explain to me.


What the fuck is a dumble?


Like... what makes it whatever some of you are saying it is? Genuinely would like to hear a worded explanation from someone who has played one.

 

[SBlue]

I was understanding he basically modded circuits based on the purchasers style anyways so getting a real dumble weren't a guarantee it would mesh with your technique. I would never buy a RI Twin. I have a couple cheap SF twins and I had a tech BF them. That's cheap, reliable gigging and the tone is pretty good with an ES. I have had good luck with them.

Some of his favorite amps were the early silver face, AB763 circuit. That's what his Ultra-Phonix was.
I love the 67/68 silver face amps even without any mods.

 

[VonBonfire]

Some of his favorite amps were the early silver face, AB763 circuit. That's what his Ultra-Phonix was.
I love the 67/68 silver face amps even without any mods.

Isn't the 763 the BF circuit? I have a 69 NMV and a 72 MV and aside from being loaded with different speakers, are identical in sound. Both of them were legit SF before I had them blackfaced. I was told many of the 67, 68's and possibly some 69's can still be the older BF circuit from the factory, that workers weren't happy with CBS changes and that was one way to spite them. Or something like that....

 

[RaceU4her]

Nope. He built the three amps for my studio, so they are extremely touch sensitive, but not voiced for a single player, because the idea was for them to serve the studio clients at the time. So they are absurdly versatile.
He would do that for the buyer who would be the only person using the amp, tho.
Mine ones were more like the ones he built for himself, so he could loan them to artists for recording sessions in LA.
Matter of fact, mine Ultra-Phonix is a dead on replica of his personal 67 Dual Showman, which turned out my all time favorite amp ever.
He built a Marshall for someone I knew in LA, September 2003, and I've seen that amp right after Alexander delivered it to the owner. It was a 76 50w Marshall 4 input. The buyer asked Dumble for a great sounding stock plexi Marshall, not modded for high gain at all, just a great sounding Marshall. So Dumble asked him for the 76, because it was the cheapest one available, and rebuilt the entire amp from scratch, including designing new transformers for it, that he asked Mercury Magnetics to build. When he showed me the amp I told him that a Marshall modded by Dumble was by dream, and he told one day I would own one. October last year, exact 20 years later, I've bought that very same Marshall. It's the one in the video below.

dude.. thats the best marshall tone ive ever heard. congrats. i think if i had the chance for him to build me something i would just tell him give me the best studio amp he would build for himself as well, do you still have them?

 

[SBlue]

Isn't the 763 the BF circuit? I have a 69 NMV and a 72 MV and aside from being loaded with different speakers, are identical in sound. Both of them were legit SF before I had them blackfaced. I was told many of the 67, 68's and possibly some 69's can still be the older BF circuit from the factory, that workers weren't happy with CBS changes and that was one way to spite them. Or something like that....

That is correct.