Yep. Was fortunate to meet and become friends with two of my three heroes... Dumble and Jim Marshall. Didn't have the chance to meet the third one, Leo Fender. Sir Jim Marshall I would only see once a year, which was during the Tuesday morning pre-NAMM show, as every year he would go to the store on Tuesday before NAMM and hang out from 10:00am to noon, every year, from 2001 until a year before he passed. What a great and inspiring man he was.
Dumble was one of the best person I've met too, but we used to be close from 2002 till 2011, and we would talk at least twice a week during that time. What a phenomenal human being and amp genius.
Too bad I didn't have the chance to meet Leo. He was the one responsible for both Dumble and Sir Jim Marshall achieving what they did.
A true genius and amazing human being too.