Pete sure has quite an array of sonic gems in his guitar collection..I even luv his wolfgang in that gorgeous amber color..his new studio ain't too shabby as well. He deserves it, talented, hardworking, and an alright kinda dude..
I like so much your blues feel in your playing ( not only for the reference to S.R.v. and Janis Joplin's music in this video ;) ). So professional in all your demo. So serious and meticulous when create your sound both in homestudio and in great live gigs. One of my favourite. Greetings from Italy, have a good time! ;)
I have an Ethos Overdrive preamp that's very similar. Don't use it much (actually it's being loaned out). That one was about $500 at the time. It sounds and plays excellent. I've since bought and built several Dumble clone amps, both for myself and other people. I currently have a 50W HRM (6L6) head, a 20W Lunchbox that's essentially a non HRM high plate "Skyline" (and actually does sound very similar to the larger). In the past I had a 50W non-HRM and S&M (Ceriatone circuit that's essentially a slightly brighter non-HRM), and built a Bluesmaster and HRM with EL34'S and the Plexi output transformer. I've played through Carol Ann, Two-Rock and Fuchs. ALL great amps, but for direct-clones, I find the Ceriatone to be the most faithful, as well as the lowest priced while having a superb build and component quality. I have been able to play through a couple actual ODS', though the one I played most recently was over a decade ago. I have enough experience to give my opinion and be reasonably confident in it. If you REALLY want to play through a Dumble (or as close as you can), I'd hold off sending $500-1000 on a pedal. With the Ceriatone clones, you can get a fully built 20W for a little over $700, and a 50W for around $1600 ( not sure off the top of my head what the 100W are, I'd imagine it's a few hundred more, but unless you're regularly playing in an environment that allows you to play a 100W with the Master volume at least set to 4-4.5, I'd stick to the 50W for reasons I'll get to). The amplifiers you get at those prices are hand built, PTP. As good as they are, being clones means they don't have the highest resale value, which if you're selling isn't great, but if you're buying it's awesome because it means they're even more attainable. I've done A/B comparison between the Ethos and the amps, and the Ethos does a great job at allowing you to get that D-style smooth, expressive amp tone. Though being solid state, the overdrive it produces actually buries many tube amps. But the price of it, and these, to me, is just too much to spend on a pedal if you want to play a Dumble when the clones are so close in price. If you're doing a lot of recording, or want to run a stereo amp setup live, without having to actually lug 2 amps around, it's also great. I was running a 3 amp setup for a while (ODS, Plexi and either a JCM 800 or Silver Jubilee), then wanted to do a 2X ODS stereo setup. I use a Freyett Power Station 2 as an attentuater/FX loop and 50W power amp. I'd run the 50W into the attentuater and the 20W into the power amp (with my Ethos was being used by a friend). Upon getting it back, I started to use that with the 50W and setting them up as a Wet/Dry amps. At that point however, it was more a case of trying to find things to do with it to warrant not selling it. To end this long rambling post: if it's a matter of space, ease of access for recording, or you're using preamps and SIMs into a house soundboard using the PA for volume, these D-style preamp pedals are great. If you want to have a Dumble to play as your amp, the clones are SO good these days and priced at a point where spending $600-1000 for a pedal doesn't make much sense. *Regarding the 50vs100W. As everyone who plays tube amps know, to get the best tone from an amp, the tone it was designed to produce, you have to have v master volume at the sweet spot or higher. In my experience, on the D-style amps, this sweet spot is usually considerably louder that most other amps, including Marshalls. Some players prefer to buy larger amps than they need thinking that if they ever need more power, they have it available. I'd suggest NOT going that route with Dumble type amps. What's the purpose in buying an amp renowned for it's tone and touch sensitivity of you're not able to actually access it?
Pete Thorn I see you are keeping an eye on that Dumble clone pedal but for the price of that pedal you could buy a Dumble clone tube amp kit and have that sound for real along with a great 100w amp!
@@AlienSexGod But who needs a 100 Watts? No offense. Ever heard one of these, plugged into a nice Fender blackface amp? Mindblowing. Once I heard that, (1969 Super Reverb), 20 minutes later I was buying one, online...
I'm with you Pete, I'm not sure what a "Dumble" sound is, and the players that so famously play or played Dumble amps are SO good you tend to apply the " It's all in the fingers" tag. Wasn't sure if i would like this pedal... But I do, It's superb! Your demos are always SUPERB man. And what year is your Stratocaster? Looks 64/65 ish?
+absinha6209 It's not just Pete's playing (which is masterful) that makes it sounds great. It's Pete's ears. I've watched enough videos to learn that he has some of the best ears in the guitar-tone-production world. He *really* knows how to tune the gear.
Just some encouragement your way, Mr. Thorn, I really connect well with your demos. You take the time and consideration to actually talk about your gear and what you are doing with it. It makes more sense that way and it feels more personal. You demo the gear and not your music. It's humble and wonderful. Thank you for remember what it's like to be the little guy. Hopefully, some day I'll have the opportunity to sit down and have a cup of coffee with you and talk gear. Be well and God bless you!
Very cool pedal and excellent review as usual. I might by this I really like the tone drive everything about it. Looking forward to the next review....
Nice Pete! Shins new Dumbloid is even better. I think it's more you. Plus his Drive King is stellar! Full EQ control, boost, & 3 compression settings. Definitely one of his best pedals. Hope you get your hands on one. Cheers!
Always speaks well of the engineering and design when the harmonics deliver controllable, natural and subtle feedback. I don't imagine those are real "stick on" tape labels - are they?
Great demo Pete. Thanks. Love your playing too! Re: the Dumble thing, best way IMHO to learn is to listen to the pros who use them and you'll get it. Robben Ford, Sonny Landreth, Lowell George for starters. Robben is probably the best of these 3. There are lots of great examples, but try out his "Talk to your daughter" or "Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" solos. Of course, as we all know, the real tone is in your hands. I bet after you listen to Robben and try this pedal again and try to emulate Robben, you'll be able to given how well you play. But it's actually kinda cool to hear you use it as you say, an overdrive, as opposed to trying to sound like you're coming out of a Dumble amp. There some other demos where the player is trying to sound like a Dumble so with your demo you get to hear the box as is and then you can apparently play it to sound Dumbly :D
Huge fan of Shin Suzuki pedals!!! Got "GoldFlame Dumbloid-Special" (Shin'sMusic) "Shin-Juku"&"RaiJin"drive(MXR).This pedal is very versatile an Sounds Awesome..🤘
Hey man LOVE your reviews! Sir you are a freaking monster of a guitar player! Great technique and control. Now I've noticed that you have something that looks like a capo clipped on the headstock. Is it a capo or something to add more mass to the headstock for more sustain? I have something similar to that on my Paul called a Fatfinger. Keep up the awesome work sir!
I know this is a old video, but I would like to know what the guitar make is of the Les Paul looking guitar you are playing between the 7 to 8 minute mark of this video?. I really like the body shape. Also great video of this pedal! Thanks.
i want to thank you pete you have a great way of de-mistifying tech so idiots like me can decode what gear can truly be used for there are lots of guys/girls who test gear but they speak martian "nothing wrong with that" but guys at my level need a more simplified breakdown i think you know that and create your vlogs based around beginners and intermediates when you have that approach coming from a pro session guitarist and stand alone maker of music its very cool keep it coming man BTW your playing rocks....peter great britain.
Hi!, great vid! Could I ask when using the Dumbeloid with the dirty channel on the Suhr, were you running any noise gate/suppression kinda effects at all? Cheers Pete.
I own a '79 Dumble OD gifted to me by a friend who I teched for. Each amp was made specifically for the musician it was intended for, they sounded very different. I have tried some of the "Dumble" clones and none sounded very much like mine. I can't see how a pedal could even come close. I sure don't hear it in this demo.
@@joequesda15 out of all the d pedals Shins is the best imo. I’m not a big fan of the D pedals but just bought another dumbloid and a drive. Waiting on the drive which I think is more my thing. But he makes the best out of the dumble pedals imo. Makes sense now. FYI I had sold the first one. Should’ve just kept it. Didn’t buy two at the sage time. They’re a lot of money. I just wish he’d update his labels. They’re made from 1970’s label makers. But whatever. He handmakes each pedal so I’ll let him slide on that.
Hi Pete. If yours & Joe Bonnamassa's paths should cross sometime soon, maybe ask him about the "D" amp sounds. I believe he owns a couple of genuine Overdrive heads.
Hey Pete, great demo as usual, can you give me your absolute best recommendation for distortion/gain pedal? I have a line 6 III 150 Stereo but its outdated and I need to update its sound and don't want to buy a new amp, I play mostly hard rock blues, Hard Rock, Metal. Thanks,
The only part that I thought sounded anything like a Dumble was at the end when he used it as a boost. I personally don't think the over driven settings sounded like any Dumble I've heard at all. Fantastic playing of course and I think Pete could make a Boss Super O.D. sound just as good, for 1/10th the price.
Pete, that more info link appears to be dodgy, you may want to double check it, but every time I click it, it tends to try and con me into something dodgy.
thanx a lot. i started off checkin' off the mojohead dumpl for 1 quick lis', took a look down & thought, "ooh, wa's dis?" $599 & 1 vid later, & i've lost all interest with the 1st ped. fukk, that ped sounds SO bloody good! it actually sounds kinda close to my pro ana dirt roy, which i keep in the amp's fx-loop; this ped has that same valvey, amp tone, the same player-utilizes-gear response (as opposed to the other way 'round), where good finger manipulation produces the whole spectrum of feel & tone available to one who knows how to get it (like you). it's similar to cooking, though INFINITELY more rewarding...
Heya Pete- Any preference between the Dumbloid Standard & Dumbloid Special? I'd heard a few rumblings that the Standard (without the jazz/rock switch), has a bit more mid range punch & sharper highs. Or at the least that they have slightly different voicings. Was thinking about ordering one or the other…...
Sounds awesome! Might be the best sounding OD I've ever heard, but the price?.............................. No way I'd ever be able to afford one, either finacially OR morally
pete i was wondering how do you setup reverb and delay on your videos , when recording , and live, i find out that too much reverb or delay kinda spreads your sound and you dont get wanted attack live or in studio, thanks !
Great sound, but $599-$999, thats a little crazy for $30 worth of parts. Would love o get a schematic of this though a breadboard one! Might have to do that.....$399 anyone for HomeGuitarMods Not so Dumbloiclone? JK. Great review!
OperationEndGame I always become very suspicious when pedal makers add the name Dumble and cover there product in snake skin or use the term limited edition.. LOL.. 9 times out of 10 its usually nothing more than a sales gimmick..Tone freaks always fall all over themselves whenever Alexander.Dumble"s name is mentioned. The most expensive gear in the world wont make you play any better, hard work and god given talent always separates the real guitarist from those "Gear" posers
Some people are willing to spend that kinda money to get the tone this pedal offers. Don’t know why people are acting like that makes them any worse of a guitar player than someone who wouldn’t spend as much on a pedal
Damn Pete you could make any pedal sound awesome, your such a great guitarist, but I still think the Dumdloid Hype is just that Hype. Yes Shin Suzuki is a Dumble repair tech and knows Dumble Amps inside and out but the price is still way out of line.I truly believe the Shin Dumbloid pedals should be priced closer too $299...
PRE CBS STRATOCASTER'S It just might be that last magical ingredient to them finding a decent tone.....but i doubt it. If your that desperate for something that is going to magically make you sound awesome, then maybe its worth it, guess it depends on your wealth really, but I can say with great certainty, that you can get the same tones from a hundred different pedals, and all of them cost under 200.00. The BOSS DS1or OD-1 sounds as good as this thing, those are 50.00 dollars used, they are near indestructible so no fear of buying used. Boutique pedals are made for 'tone tools', you know the guy that buys bumblebee caps for 250.00 a piece cause they 'came right out of a '57'. Those are the people these pedals are made for. The maker will build maybe 200-300 around the world that's a shit load of money for very little outlay or even labor. At that point it is no longer about the sound, its about the players ego. Period. Funny thing is most of these guys soiund like shit to start with, and still sound like shit after they spend 30,000 for their Dumble, good gear dont make up for bad hands. Never had never will. Id be willing to bet, that Pete didn't drop 2000.00, or even 1000.00 for two pedals, of which he already has ten or twenty that do every bit as good a job. Unless he is a lot more wealthy than he appears, which he may well, but Im guessing he still thinks about how he spends his hard earned cash. More likely event is that Shin sent them to Pete to review and make sound awesome, because he knows 100 'tonetools' that see this will then want, no they will HAVE to buy one. they cannot help themselves, and oh well. Pete probably has to send the pedals on to another reviewer, thats the way it usually goes, you don't generally get too keep reviewable goods unless they are very inexpensive, like picks or strings, pedals, amps, guitars and such, these get sent on to the next 'reviewer' in line, and its a long line trust me.
Graiskye Agreed, my old 1979 Ibanez TS-808 pedal sounds much better than 99% of all the pedals made today. Damn just give me that vintage Marshall Plexi overdriven breakup and I'm as pleased as a pig in shit..
if i've already posted praise (very distinct poss) for you & this ped, i apol-loge-(think luge, i.e., rouge)-eyes... oh, i did. landed here (a-GIN) via da 1st vk link for this ped. sorry, mate. i DID notice something a bit (w-e-e-l-l-l, a lotta bit) off on the prior egg-zam-pull (wot's an "egg-zam," again?), & felt moved enuff to write. & i've, once again, forgotten what i wanted to say. i'm a bloody idiot!. in any event. anyway, love what you've done with the place...
Demo is great. Sound is ok. There is nothing this pedal does that a 240$ metalpedals xxx hardcore can't do. Anything more than 300 for that pedal is a waste of money.
By far the best demo I've heard of this pedal...
Pete sure has quite an array of sonic gems in his guitar collection..I even luv his wolfgang in that gorgeous amber color..his new studio ain't too shabby as well.
He deserves it, talented, hardworking, and an alright kinda dude..
One of the best overdrives I've heard. You got pretty close to some Eric Johnson-ish tones during the intro, man... Thanks for doing these!
Sounds amazing - great playing Pete! Love watching your guitar videos!
Very Dynamic and clear distortion with a lot of harmonics in there. It grows on you after a while. Thanks for another great Demo Pete.
"clear distortion" is a contradiction in terms
I like so much your blues feel in your playing ( not only for the reference to S.R.v. and Janis Joplin's music in this video ;) ). So professional in all your demo. So serious and meticulous when create your sound both in homestudio and in great live gigs. One of my favourite. Greetings from Italy, have a good time! ;)
Thanks Giovanni!!! :)
Damn such a great guitarist. It's like he was tie warped from the early seventies into a groovy music wormhole and ended up in the present :O
actually that's exactly what happened, ha! I am from the early 70's, it just took 40 years to arrive here :)
Pete Thorn
lol
I have an Ethos Overdrive preamp that's very similar. Don't use it much (actually it's being loaned out). That one was about $500 at the time. It sounds and plays excellent.
I've since bought and built several Dumble clone amps, both for myself and other people. I currently have a 50W HRM (6L6) head, a 20W Lunchbox that's essentially a non HRM high plate "Skyline" (and actually does sound very similar to the larger). In the past I had a 50W non-HRM and S&M (Ceriatone circuit that's essentially a slightly brighter non-HRM), and built a Bluesmaster and HRM with EL34'S and the Plexi output transformer.
I've played through Carol Ann, Two-Rock and Fuchs. ALL great amps, but for direct-clones, I find the Ceriatone to be the most faithful, as well as the lowest priced while having a superb build and component quality. I have been able to play through a couple actual ODS', though the one I played most recently was over a decade ago.
I have enough experience to give my opinion and be reasonably confident in it. If you REALLY want to play through a Dumble (or as close as you can), I'd hold off sending $500-1000 on a pedal. With the Ceriatone clones, you can get a fully built 20W for a little over $700, and a 50W for around $1600 ( not sure off the top of my head what the 100W are, I'd imagine it's a few hundred more, but unless you're regularly playing in an environment that allows you to play a 100W with the Master volume at least set to 4-4.5, I'd stick to the 50W for reasons I'll get to). The amplifiers you get at those prices are hand built, PTP.
As good as they are, being clones means they don't have the highest resale value, which if you're selling isn't great, but if you're buying it's awesome because it means they're even more attainable.
I've done A/B comparison between the Ethos and the amps, and the Ethos does a great job at allowing you to get that D-style smooth, expressive amp tone. Though being solid state, the overdrive it produces actually buries many tube amps. But the price of it, and these, to me, is just too much to spend on a pedal if you want to play a Dumble when the clones are so close in price.
If you're doing a lot of recording, or want to run a stereo amp setup live, without having to actually lug 2 amps around, it's also great. I was running a 3 amp setup for a while (ODS, Plexi and either a JCM 800 or Silver Jubilee), then wanted to do a 2X ODS stereo setup. I use a Freyett Power Station 2 as an attentuater/FX loop and 50W power amp. I'd run the 50W into the attentuater and the 20W into the power amp (with my Ethos was being used by a friend). Upon getting it back, I started to use that with the 50W and setting them up as a Wet/Dry amps.
At that point however, it was more a case of trying to find things to do with it to warrant not selling it.
To end this long rambling post: if it's a matter of space, ease of access for recording, or you're using preamps and SIMs into a house soundboard using the PA for volume, these D-style preamp pedals are great. If you want to have a Dumble to play as your amp, the clones are SO good these days and priced at a point where spending $600-1000 for a pedal doesn't make much sense.
*Regarding the 50vs100W. As everyone who plays tube amps know, to get the best tone from an amp, the tone it was designed to produce, you have to have v master volume at the sweet spot or higher. In my experience, on the D-style amps, this sweet spot is usually considerably louder that most other amps, including Marshalls. Some players prefer to buy larger amps than they need thinking that if they ever need more power, they have it available. I'd suggest NOT going that route with Dumble type amps. What's the purpose in buying an amp renowned for it's tone and touch sensitivity of you're not able to actually access it?
Last? Pete, it’s been six years. How would you stack this up against some of the more recent overdrives?
8:28< hearing/seeing can't believe how good you play the guitar. Thanks, God bless.
First. ha
Pete Thorn I see you are keeping an eye on that Dumble clone pedal but for the price of that pedal you could buy a Dumble clone tube amp kit and have that sound for real along with a great 100w amp!
Could you please do one on the colorsound overdrive or power boost?
Great tone and playing !
Can't wait to get mine in the mail, this weekend!
@@AlienSexGod But who needs a 100 Watts? No offense. Ever heard one of these, plugged into a nice Fender blackface amp? Mindblowing. Once I heard that, (1969 Super Reverb), 20 minutes later I was buying one, online...
I'm with you Pete, I'm not sure what a "Dumble" sound is, and the players that so famously play or played Dumble amps are SO good you tend to apply the " It's all in the fingers" tag. Wasn't sure if i would like this pedal... But I do, It's superb! Your demos are always SUPERB man. And what year is your Stratocaster? Looks 64/65 ish?
My Dumbloid ODS arrives later today...oh yay!
It's your playing that makes it sound great Pete! Rock on!
absinha6209 thanks!!
+absinha6209 It's not just Pete's playing (which is masterful) that makes it sounds great. It's Pete's ears. I've watched enough videos to learn that he has some of the best ears in the guitar-tone-production world. He *really* knows how to tune the gear.
That's a good point. Some people just have it.
Damn , Pete in one end, the Gil Yaron in the middle and the Dumbloid at the other end ! A match made in heaven :D
Just some encouragement your way, Mr. Thorn, I really connect well with your demos. You take the time and consideration to actually talk about your gear and what you are doing with it. It makes more sense that way and it feels more personal. You demo the gear and not your music. It's humble and wonderful. Thank you for remember what it's like to be the little guy.
Hopefully, some day I'll have the opportunity to sit down and have a cup of coffee with you and talk gear. Be well and God bless you!
thanks!
I like the sound ! 🙂
Great demo! Janis would love the tribute in the middle!
You are the man, Pete.
Excellent video. You helped me make a decision.
Very cool pedal and excellent review as usual. I might by this I really like the tone drive everything about it. Looking forward to the next review....
Awesome vid Pete, serious tone.
thanks!
Seriously amazing guitar work!
Sounds great. Thanks for great demos.
Nice Pete! Shins new Dumbloid is even better. I think it's more you. Plus his Drive King is stellar! Full EQ control, boost, & 3 compression settings. Definitely one of his best pedals. Hope you get your hands on one. Cheers!
Hello everything is fine ? What a wonderful tone with this Les Paul playing in the video input, which DUMBLOID model did you use? It was amazing!
great vid and playing Pete! so many pedals to choose from, studio looks greta too!!! thanks again for all your vids...peace brutha!
Gosh, might need two of them.....
Man, you got a lovely studio, brother. Nice demo too!
wow, sounds great
that sound really suits your playing!
Great amazing tones. But whats with the stick on labels for a $600 pedal!!!?
geeesh.......
Hey Pete, how about doing a demo of the Amplified Nation Big Bloom, and a shootout between the Big Bloom and Dumbloid?
Wow, killer tune at the beginning. Nice Les Paul.
Great sounding OD, and playing. But doesn't sound like any Dumble (or even Dumble clone) I've heard. (I'm a Two Rock CR Sig owner.)
Always speaks well of the engineering and design when the harmonics deliver controllable, natural and subtle feedback. I don't imagine those are real "stick on" tape labels - are they?
dude you do awesome demos. thanks
Great demo Pete. Thanks. Love your playing too! Re: the Dumble thing, best way IMHO to learn is to listen to the pros who use them and you'll get it. Robben Ford, Sonny Landreth, Lowell George for starters. Robben is probably the best of these 3. There are lots of great examples, but try out his "Talk to your daughter" or
"Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" solos. Of course, as we all know, the real tone is in your hands. I bet after you listen to Robben and try this pedal again and try to emulate Robben, you'll be able to given how well you play. But it's actually kinda cool to hear you use it as you say, an overdrive, as opposed to trying to sound like you're coming out of a Dumble amp. There some other demos where the player is trying to sound like a Dumble so with your demo you get to hear the box as is and then you can apparently play it to sound Dumbly :D
Huge fan of Shin Suzuki pedals!!! Got "GoldFlame Dumbloid-Special" (Shin'sMusic) "Shin-Juku"&"RaiJin"drive(MXR).This pedal is very versatile an Sounds Awesome..🤘
I just got the gold od. But waiting on the drive od x.
Hey man LOVE your reviews! Sir you are a freaking monster of a guitar player! Great technique and control. Now I've noticed that you have something that looks like a capo clipped on the headstock. Is it a capo or something to add more mass to the headstock for more sustain? I have something similar to that on my Paul called a Fatfinger. Keep up the awesome work sir!
I know this is a old video, but I would like to know what the guitar make is of the Les Paul looking guitar you are playing between the 7 to 8 minute mark of this video?. I really like the body shape. Also great video of this pedal! Thanks.
Oh btw has one of these actually won a spot on your pedalboard Pete?
i want to thank you pete you have a great way of de-mistifying tech so idiots like me can decode what gear can truly be used for there are lots of guys/girls who test gear but they speak martian "nothing wrong with that" but guys at my level need a more simplified breakdown i think you know that and create your vlogs based around beginners and intermediates when you have that approach coming from a pro session guitarist and stand alone maker of music its very cool keep it coming man BTW your playing rocks....peter great britain.
Always a great demo,playing and tunes. Silly price they ask for a pedal though.
Is this a restudied Runoffgroove circuit? they had nearly the same pedal over at OLC for a while. sound nice
Awesome as always fella!
thanks Lee!
Perfect for "when the lights go down in the city.." Journey
6:18 Janis Joplin . Oh yeah baby.
Hello, what amplifier are you using?
As always, great demo, Pete! What's that clamp on your Strat headstock?
Quite likely one of those headstock guitar tuners
LOVE that sound, but man with Pete playing that Suhr and Jim Kelly... is there a pedal out there that wouldn't sound great?
how's this compared to original zendrive and dumkudo?
Oooooh... that sounds soooooo good! But OMG, the price!
First the Freidman..now I catch this. Guess I can never have too many ODs.. thanks :(
Hi!, great vid!
Could I ask when using the Dumbeloid with the dirty channel on the Suhr, were you running any noise gate/suppression kinda effects at all? Cheers
Pete.
I own a '79 Dumble OD gifted to me by a friend who I teched for. Each amp was made specifically for the musician it was intended for, they sounded very different. I have tried some of the "Dumble" clones and none sounded very much like mine. I can't see how a pedal could even come close. I sure don't hear it in this demo.
Yeah, Shin Suzuki worked on dumble-amps in the California an the Only dumbloid specialties expert in Japan!!! Ill take his word for it..lol.🤘
@@joequesda15 out of all the d pedals Shins is the best imo. I’m not a big fan of the
D pedals but just bought another dumbloid and a drive. Waiting on the drive which I think is more my thing. But he makes the best out of the dumble pedals imo. Makes sense now. FYI I had sold the first one. Should’ve just kept it. Didn’t buy two at the sage time. They’re a lot of money. I just wish he’d update his labels. They’re made from 1970’s label makers. But whatever. He handmakes each pedal so I’ll let him slide on that.
Hi Pete. If yours & Joe Bonnamassa's paths should cross sometime soon, maybe ask him about the "D" amp sounds. I believe he owns a couple of genuine Overdrive heads.
Either that's a really killer sounding overdrive box or that's a sick guitarist... Yeah, its both. :)
7:44 what what what!
Hey Pete, great demo as usual, can you give me your absolute best recommendation for distortion/gain pedal?
I have a line 6 III 150 Stereo but its outdated and I need to update its sound and don't want to buy a new amp, I play mostly hard rock blues, Hard Rock, Metal.
Thanks,
Pete, does your start have a treble bleed?
Is that a headstock tuner Pete? If so, which one? Thanks
The only part that I thought sounded anything like a Dumble was at the end when he used it as a boost. I personally don't think the over driven settings sounded like any Dumble I've heard at all. Fantastic playing of course and I think Pete could make a Boss Super O.D. sound just as good, for 1/10th the price.
ahhhh, but dammit, that sound is so musical!
Pete, that more info link appears to be dodgy, you may want to double check it, but every time I click it, it tends to try and con me into something dodgy.
Still trying to figure out what the logo is on that Les Paul's headstock. Looks like Gibsonphone.
thanx a lot. i started off checkin' off the mojohead dumpl for 1 quick lis', took a look down & thought, "ooh, wa's dis?" $599 & 1 vid later, & i've lost all interest with the 1st ped. fukk, that ped sounds SO bloody good! it actually sounds kinda close to my pro ana dirt roy, which i keep in the amp's fx-loop; this ped has that same valvey, amp tone, the same player-utilizes-gear response (as opposed to the other way 'round), where good finger manipulation produces the whole spectrum of feel & tone available to one who knows how to get it (like you). it's similar to cooking, though INFINITELY more rewarding...
You can play. Sounds great.
Thanks!
Does it sound very different than the J Rockett Dude?
Worth the difference of price between this two?
Heya Pete- Any preference between the Dumbloid Standard & Dumbloid Special? I'd heard a few rumblings that the Standard (without the jazz/rock switch), has a bit more mid range punch & sharper highs. Or at the least that they have slightly different voicings. Was thinking about ordering one or the other…...
Are you using the Two Notes Torpedo for recording your intro sound bites Pete?
Yes, some of them!
Great Demo, like the pedal, TH-cam sound doesn't do you justice.
Sounds really good (that 'volume slightly rolled off' is great), but the price...c'mon man?!
Goddammit. Now I have to buy this too.
Lol ha!
Damn that yaron sounds better than any custom shop I have ever heard
@pete thorn what do you prefer, dumbloid vs ethos? Using single coils
How do you think this stacks up against the hermida zendrive?
what song are you playing at the first couple minutes of this video ?
I make them up, specifically for each demo
Sounds awesome! Might be the best sounding OD I've ever heard, but the price?.............................. No way I'd ever be able to afford one, either finacially OR morally
Can you test it vs. Ethos Clean drive and Free The Tone Sov-2? Also the Free The Tone String Slinger..
pete i was wondering how do you setup reverb and delay on your videos , when recording , and live, i find out that too much reverb or delay kinda spreads your sound and you dont get wanted attack live or in studio, thanks !
Hey Pete, what kind of pickups you have on that Fender strat?
original in bridge and middle and a Suhr ML classic in the neck, currently
What size strings do you use on your Strats?
Generally, Ernie ball 10's
listen to robin ford's " talk to your daughter " that is the dumble tone
Nice Strat too)).
Was that a hagstrom
Please check THE ZOO DRIVE overdrive and see what you think...
Hell I have had 20 boutique amps and I can't speak to the D word, Never seen one. Never felt I needed one for that matter!
Would be interested tho...
Great sound, but $599-$999, thats a little crazy for $30 worth of parts. Would love o get a schematic of this though a breadboard one! Might have to do that.....$399 anyone for HomeGuitarMods Not so Dumbloiclone? JK. Great review!
fuck ya - I much prefer spending 800-999 + dollars on a tube mini amp / pedal like a Gjika or a Stage Hog ;)
ABSOLUTLY AGREED 599-$999 way to much money for the results but there are so many tone freaks that will JUST SHIT to get one!
Anthony Brown let me introduce you to Klon Centaur, where every pedal costs about opening up a new mortgage....
OperationEndGame I always become very suspicious when pedal makers add the name Dumble and cover there product in snake skin or use the term limited edition.. LOL.. 9 times out of 10 its usually nothing more than a sales gimmick..Tone freaks always fall all over themselves whenever Alexander.Dumble"s name is mentioned. The most expensive gear in the world wont make you play any better, hard work and god given talent always separates the real guitarist from those "Gear" posers
Some people are willing to spend that kinda money to get the tone this pedal offers. Don’t know why people are acting like that makes them any worse of a guitar player than someone who wouldn’t spend as much on a pedal
Isn't that what a strat is supposed to sound like?
hey has anyone tried one of these guys through an AC15 style amp?
Anything connected to the DUMBLE AMP will get the tone sniffers falling all over themselves to get one! Shins Dumble pedals on Ebay $599- $999...
Damn Pete you could make any pedal sound awesome, your such a great guitarist, but I still think the Dumdloid Hype is just that Hype. Yes Shin Suzuki is a Dumble repair tech and knows Dumble Amps inside and out but the price is still way out of line.I truly believe the Shin Dumbloid pedals should be priced closer too $299...
PRE CBS STRATOCASTER'S It just might be that last magical ingredient to them finding a decent tone.....but i doubt it.
If your that desperate for something that is going to magically make you sound awesome, then maybe its worth it, guess it depends on your wealth really, but I can say with great certainty, that you can get the same tones from a hundred different pedals, and all of them cost under 200.00. The BOSS DS1or OD-1 sounds as good as this thing, those are 50.00 dollars used, they are near indestructible so no fear of buying used.
Boutique pedals are made for 'tone tools', you know the guy that buys bumblebee caps for 250.00 a piece cause they 'came right out of a '57'. Those are the people these pedals are made for. The maker will build maybe 200-300 around the world that's a shit load of money for very little outlay or even labor.
At that point it is no longer about the sound, its about the players ego. Period. Funny thing is most of these guys soiund like shit to start with, and still sound like shit after they spend 30,000 for their Dumble, good gear dont make up for bad hands. Never had never will.
Id be willing to bet, that Pete didn't drop 2000.00, or even 1000.00 for two pedals, of which he already has ten or twenty that do every bit as good a job. Unless he is a lot more wealthy than he appears, which he may well, but Im guessing he still thinks about how he spends his hard earned cash. More likely event is that Shin sent them to Pete to review and make sound awesome, because he knows 100 'tonetools' that see this will then want, no they will HAVE to buy one. they cannot help themselves, and oh well.
Pete probably has to send the pedals on to another reviewer, thats the way it usually goes, you don't generally get too keep reviewable goods unless they are very inexpensive, like picks or strings, pedals, amps, guitars and such, these get sent on to the next 'reviewer' in line, and its a long line trust me.
Graiskye Agreed, my old 1979 Ibanez TS-808 pedal sounds much better than 99% of all the pedals made today. Damn just give me that vintage Marshall Plexi overdriven breakup and I'm as pleased as a pig in shit..
Graiskye "The BOSS DS1or OD-1 sounds as good as this thing, " I stopped reading after that sweeping statement. Clearly you are an idiot or tone deaf!
if i've already posted praise (very distinct poss) for you & this ped, i apol-loge-(think luge, i.e., rouge)-eyes... oh, i did. landed here (a-GIN) via da 1st vk link for this ped. sorry, mate. i DID notice something a bit (w-e-e-l-l-l, a lotta bit) off on the prior egg-zam-pull (wot's an "egg-zam," again?), & felt moved enuff to write. & i've, once again, forgotten what i wanted to say. i'm a bloody idiot!. in any event. anyway, love what you've done with the place...
Welp that sure is a comment.
call it the forgetful popeye, or a self-mutterer with a LOT to say who keeps fergettin' what it was he wanted to say; i'm often hopeless...
Break the pills in half, dude.
I hate to say this, but I have tried a couple of them; however, I thought Dude from J Rocket and Twinble was better, and the price was better as well.
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glad this pedal has been properly cloned. because the price tag is absurd. great pedal though.
pete what amp and ped would you recommend for cleans with a boosted mid section
fender tone increase results
Demo is great. Sound is ok. There is nothing this pedal does that a 240$ metalpedals xxx hardcore can't do. Anything more than 300 for that pedal is a waste of money.
You could get so rich if you could invent a way to infuse your talent into the rest of us mortals. Pete thorn guitar talent gummy bears preferably.
Very good, but not even close to $600 good. Love the demo though.
Convinced about the player not about the pedal...