The new Dumbles

[PhilC]

How to get the Dumble sound.

Take whatever Mesa Boogie Mark series amp you have (doesn't matter what one you have) turn off the GEQ. Turn the bass knob to 6 or 7.

Congratulations you just created the Dumble sound.

Yes it can be done better. But it gets you close enough for most applications.

I’m not a Dumble expert but I’ve had a number of clones and played 1 real ods. I agree with this. I’ve gotten closer with my iic+ with eq bypassed to the tones I was shooting for than any of my clones. My 6G6B turned up loud with a transparent boost going through 80’s g1265’s sounds more like the current cleaner type RF tones than any of the clones. It’s a case that either I’m not really a fan of dumble tones or the clones are all just meh (and I’ve owned a lot of them!)

 

[braintheory]

Guys, I made a comment earlier about the ‘horrific’, loose bottom end.

That was a dumb comment.

I fully realize the Dumble amps were made for players with a certain touch and playing style.
Ford, Carlton and others have make these amps absolutely shine with magical tone.

Someone cranking the gain and bashing out chugga power chords is not going to bring out the ultimate tone on a Dumble.


I get it

While they’re definitely not aimed at that, I’d argue the one real ‘70’s ODS I tried still at least may not have been as loose as many stock Recto’s unboosted lol and the furthest thing from fizzy

It’s real forte imo was something I like to call 5D in quality to its notes lol and the way they connected. Even for bashing chugga powerchords, while it’s definitely not where the amp is suited, you’d still hear the inherent 5D quality and details to the notes, just with a sound that isn’t catered toward that. The big surprise though was how great shred or sweep type leads worked on it despite seeming like it wouldn’t have enough gain or compression to pull it off, it somehow really did