More than anything, the pure happiness on Lee's face, listening to the tale leading up to playing the amp and then actually playing it. He almost looked like a new father. Thanks for sharing.
I think the whole magic of Dumble is that the amps were curated to the players. If you’re playing style doesn’t match up with the particular amp you’re playing, it won’t sound how he intended it to sound.
I guess that amp was built for a specific person. However if Andertons sold me an amp and it sounded like that I would send it back assuming it was damaged in transit.
When Randall Smith hired an audio engineer/patent attorney to review his patent application for a "high gain" amplifier, he told "Mr Smith" that the application was very well written but it would never work. When "Mr Smith" asked why, he said, "It will cause distortion." 🤔🤫😆😆😆
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Drinking game: 1 shot for each time he says Mr. Dumble 😂
I'm building a magnificent line of amps that go by the name of Dingus. They deliver an uncut tonal range and promise to penetrate the mix every time. Grab your Dingus now!
I have tried for 3 days now, and each time I get black-out drunk. Currently 3 minutes into the video. The fear is that I may never see the whole thing before my liver packs in.
I was just pondering my own philosophical takes on this. Legends and fairytales. I need em, and love em, while fully recognizing them for what they are. I also embrace my own dualism in all of it. I love it all.
The most outrageous thing of this "cult marketing" is that they constantly refer to him as Mr Dumble. Even though he's 60 at least probably. Nobody talks about Leo Fender or Les Paul as mr Fender or mr Les Paul. Yet we refer to Dumble as Mr Dumble. Totally wanting to create a cult here. This is annoying
@@Jeremya74It’s a British term that means ‘silly’ or ‘foolish’. If someone were to say to another person ‘stop acting daft’ they mean ‘stop being silly’.
It reminded me of a child talking to their favourite soft toy.....'Mr Dumble said that if you don't eat all your food you won't grow up to be big and strong'. Also, 'Mr Dumble' opted to build amps rather than cure cancer........FFS......you do know that Father Christmas is not real. 'Mr Dumble' is the next Marvel superhero from planet amplifier.
I seem to remember Josh Scott of JHS pedals saying he'd played at least five different OG Dumbles and they all sounded totally different. It's just more unobtainium magic pixie dust bollocks 🤣
To be fair, saying all Dumbles sound the same is like saying all Fenders sound the same. There are notable differences between a Princeton Reverb, a Deluxe Reverb, and a Twin Reverb, and it’s more than just small, medium, and large versions of the same thing. Every Dumble amp wasn’t an Overdrive Special, and even between the various Overdrive Specials he built there were differences just like there is a difference between Blackface Twin Reverb, a Silverface Twin Reverb, and 90s Twin Reverb.
I can only assume there is some sort of inspirational organic magic that happens between the player and the amp when actually using one of these things, that warrants the reputation, and it can't be captured through a recording, because they always sound like a nasty solid state amp emulating a bee in a jam jar when I hear recordings.
I think you get a free bottle of sugar pills to take with these amps. Take one sugar pill before turning on the amp and allow the placebo to work its magic so you can justify the price paid while playing.
Somehow I got this sensation with simulations and pedals that mimic the dumble. In the room sounds fantastic but on recording is always muddy and fuzz. But I always assumed was an Skill issue of my part. (this one was worse than normal tho)
I just found the most epic settings on my FUCHS ODS amp: stay on the clean channel. turn the pre gain all the way up. Then, turn the master all the way up. It finally has enough gain! Wear hearing protection, and leave the room.
I want to believe, but I can't forget that one Robben Ford interview in That Pedal Show about Alexander Dumble. Pretty sure Robben says that mr. Dumble's intention was that when he's gone - no more Dumble amplifiers. Robben says mr. Dumble did not pass on the technology/train any apprentice. This seems a bit contrary to what the guys here are selling, but perhaps I'm wrong, it's not a cashgrab and there are good intentions behind this project.
I thought it sounded extremely muddy and fuzzy. Like when you mix an HM2 with a gunned down superfuzz. I guess I am just uncouth and half deaf. Give me Ty Tabor's sound any day over this....
A room full of so called Dumble experts, and nobody knows how to set the amps? If there was a sound engineer in the room, shame on you. The higher gain sounded like hammered shit.
I get the feeling that Dumble amps are best sounding in the room. As well as being built for completely different guitarists with different styles. I respect the lengths Dumble went to create his amps, even if I might never rock one.
That's a very mature true statement. I think the idea of respecting someone's legacy or work is important. When I say respect I mean it's important not to take a crap on anybody's work. All of the passive aggressive comments here are because of passive aggressive behavior and poor emotional health.
@@Mark_B585 I don't think anyone is taking a crap on someone's work. It's more taking a crap on the bs over hype cult vibe around it. No need to get all woke and start attacking people's emotional health just to float your ego. Drink the koolaid if you want, and bug off with the rest.
I've never played one (or even been in the room with one) but I agree that the warm, clear, clean tone with the sustain of an overdriven amp is the thing that artists get out of the Dumble amps that really stands out as unique to me.
I don't get the hype. If that were Peavey branded, we'd say that they are "muddy", "greasy", "bassy", "crispy".....whatever..... I'll try to search a good 'ol Marshall. Almost any classic type amp would work perfect for 99% of situations, just adding 1 or 2 pedals.
Seeing the success of Two Rock, Fuchs, Amplified Nation, et. al., the family decided they needed to cash in while there's a window of opportunity. I wonder what they're going to charge for the amps.
For the sake of argument, let’s say Dumbles are indeed the best amps ever made, even then the amount of legend and nonsense surrounding them is staggering. Howard Alexander Dumble said more than once that he is the only person that can truly make a Dumble. It will be interesting to see how many hushed reverential statements and Mr. Dumble’s it will take to come up with the story they’ll need to get around that, let alone why they won’t be replicas. I’m sure they’ll be able to build a great amp, no doubt, but we’ll see about the story. Music can’t survive in a crystal lattice -Mr Dumble
Thought that tone in Lee’s hands sounded great for what it was, I haven’t been overly impressed by most dumbles I hear in videos, the clean tones they got out of Robben Fords amp on that pedal show were outstanding though, the notes were popping and harmonics and feedback were bursting out of the amps while clean
Dad and I were doing the handoff of the proform Melobar to David Lindley back in the 80s at a hotel, David pulls out his own amp, I was only 19 but I litterally got down on my knees in front of it as he was testing....there is nothing to compare in person. Ted Smith
The thing about dumbles that lots of people don't realise is that they vary TONS. I'm sure some of the praise for the dumble is cork sniffing nonsense, but I've seen a fair few demos and tried captures to know they are pretty nice. Not 10k+ nice, but I wouldn't spend that much on any amp.
I want to see blind tests with Dumbles vs classic Fenders as well as the new modellers (ie. the UA amp sim pedals, as well as Axe FX, Kemper and Helix). I have a very strong suspicion that no one in this video (or anyone else, for that matter) can reliably tell us which is which. I'm sure they are very excellent amps but I can't possibly imagine they're just head and shoulders above anything from Rivera, Carstens, Fuchs, Koch, or indeed anything high end from Fender, Vox, or Marshall.
They sound like they have a fuzz circuit in them when pushed - Clean sound is nice - Mark Tremonti digs them so they must be pretty good in the right hands - Joe Bonamasa uses them he blends them with other amps though! I'll take a Marshall or a Friedman though!
Mayer uses em , Robyn Ford as well … but I don’t love that fart fuzz sound … I know they can be dialed in to sound lovely but this ain’t it for me Anyway
That amp was obviously set to strat or tele settings the humbuckers just push it over the edge into mud fuzz. He should back the volume down on that lp and it’d probably sweeten up on the low end nicely
I love the fact they respected the man enough to carry on his legacy with the family blessings, and always referred to him as Mr. Dumble. Folks complaining about giving respect to a man they loved who then passed are confusing to me.
Y’see, I think it might be a good way to praise the work and the genius of Mr Dumble if they made a sort of school for the new generations, i.e. how Dumble thought and made his own amps, so as to have some young minds who can grasp and evolve the Dumble style... a sort of laboratory school...
While I can understand some don’t get the hype in today’s world of infinite tonal options, for me this sound translates because I absolutely adore the tone of players like Robben. Yes there are klons and copies but there’s something special wrapped up in an unbelievable legacy…imagine jamming with your amp maker before it’s made…crazy! Suggestion…can you guys just call him Howard…”Mr. Dumble” was getting old…fantastic video though! Thanks guys
I got to play the Dumble amp owned by Santana when I visited Taylor's studio a month ago. Taylor is Drew's associate (younger long haired dude seen briefly at the beginning of the video). I know it sounds like an exaggeration but it's true that that amp makes you play better (whichever your level you're at) . It's not a magical or supernatural thing. It's just that the sound inspires you a lot. The hype is real!
I guess it's the dynamics and response the kind that only really makes a difference if you play a certain way, You can hear it when Robben Ford plays with Larry Carlton live. Ultimately it's just a tool like was mentioned in the video, if ever he lost that amp i'm sure he could find a way to recreate his sound some way else.
At the time, they were probably good amps, but today, nobody cares the hype, they have nothing special. You can play a Dumble clone and you will also get the good dynamic… I have a Two-Rock and Dr Z and both amp have incredible good dynamic and awesome tone that actually sound way better than in this video… It’s the same thing with Klon… people think they need to spend $5K+ to have a Klon when there’s absolutely no magic dust components and no secret circuit. You can pick one of your favorite Klone pedal and it will sound just as good… If you don’t like the Klone, then you won’t like the Klon. Same thing with Dumble, if you don’t like clone from one of the known brand or a very good local amp engineer, then you wouldn’t like the original Dumble amp… any superlative about the man is just pure snake oil marketing…
Each Dumble amp was a Custom made amp to meet the style and sound of a particular guitarist. So naturally unless you wanted the exact sound that a particular artist wants, you won't be happy with the amp.
Enigmatic is great , but if you dial it in to sound like this hot mess I’d take a fender as well … thankfully you don’t have to and I don’t understand why anyone does … I don’t find it a selling point or a plus
oh wow. I just hopped over from the REVERB video on Dumble at NAAM, and all the comments were like "go ahead... say "Mr. Dumble" one more time... and then, lo and behold, the very first sentence begins with "Mr. Dumble". you cant make this up.......
Finally someone with charisma! Not just a smiley sales manager. Man and his whole life and attitude in front of the camera! Deep and different...Nice to see... Probably the same as a background of their amps... Great!!!
This cult marketing is annoying. We dont refer to Leo Fender or Les Paul as Mr Fender or Mr Les Paul. Yet we need to refer to Dumble as Mr Dumble. They wanna create this God-like figure. Creepy and annoying
It doesn’t sound good, I don’t get the hype. It’s like the Klon - plenty of pedals are just as good, but there’s this hype around certain products. It’s like those Gibsons that cost more used than new, which is just absurd. What kind of fool would buy a guitar like that? Some people do buy them, but I’ve always thought they’re more collectors than real guitar players. In the case of this amp, it sounds bad probably because of the speaker’s fault. A crappy speaker equals crappy sound, no matter how good the amp is.
I got a cheap Dumble-in-a-box clone pedal, the "Enchanted Tone" by Caline a few months ago, and I gotta say it does a pretty damn good job matching some of the tone of a Dumble, especially when hearing someone like Pete who can actually play to the sound properly!
I get that they're really famous and you think... oh yeah.... but in fairness this sounds so f**king good that you just have to say alright. In this case I see what you mean. Yes. Fair enough. Excellent Job. Touche. It's basically Epic. It's true enough.
I thought it sounded decent, you can definitely hear how rich it sounds harmonically when Pete hits a big open chord (especially on the top end). I think maybe the choice of guitar was not the best to show off the amp. Dumbles have a looser-low end than Marshall-style amps and a lot of midrange already. Plugging a LP into it may have led to it sounding a bit muddy and muffly in the lower frequencies. Most guys who use Dumbles are Strat guys which sonically is like the opposite of a LP. Heck even and SG or a Tele woulda come through pretty well Id bet. Anyways, cool video nonetheless. Thanks for posting👍.
I hope you guy's (the Dumble preservation society) do this. That is continue the legacy of Alexander Dumble. A pretty big part of the market would love a chance to own a Dumble. Just whatever you do, don't sell to Gibson or any other big company. Work hard and make a great product and the market will reward you.
LOL. It's funny because this newer one they built (that it appears Lee and Pete are demoing) sounds SO much like my Supro Galaxy 50 combo. The overdrive on that one has the same spitty/fuzzy thing going on that a lot of people hated when they came out (I love it). It has that same cascading gain structure that the Dumbles are known for. Very dark, not great for chords, but for blues licks it kills. Of course, my Galaxy 50 only cost me $500 from Sweetwater when they blew them out. I wouldn't pay tens of thousands or whatever they're charging for these new models for that sound. lol.
More than anything, the pure happiness on Lee's face, listening to the tale leading up to playing the amp and then actually playing it. He almost looked like a new father. Thanks for sharing.
This video cured me of wanting to get a dumble ever. Thanks!
Agreed, Dumble would be rolling over in his grave.
Same lol.
I think the whole magic of Dumble is that the amps were curated to the players. If you’re playing style doesn’t match up with the particular amp you’re playing, it won’t sound how he intended it to sound.
I guess that amp was built for a specific person. However if Andertons sold me an amp and it sounded like that I would send it back assuming it was damaged in transit.
well said kinda sound crappy don't they
@@steveweilhart2359 It did in this demo, but thats probably just a bad effort dialing it in and crappy miking.
@@GuvnaOnSpotify agreed. It's like the drive itself sounds great but it's being buried under layers of mud.
Check out the “that pedal show” video review of Robin Fords Dumble. That definitely sounded amazing
When Randall Smith hired an audio engineer/patent attorney to review his patent application for a "high gain" amplifier, he told "Mr Smith" that the application was very well written but it would never work. When "Mr Smith" asked why, he said, "It will cause distortion." 🤔🤫😆😆😆
Drinking game: 1 shot for each time he says Mr. Dumble 😂
Everybody was very special and dear friends to everybody.
We're all going to die in a gutter 😅
he's like sam calling frodo Mr.
I'm building a magnificent line of amps that go by the name of Dingus. They deliver an uncut tonal range and promise to penetrate the mix every time. Grab your Dingus now!
I have tried for 3 days now, and each time I get black-out drunk. Currently 3 minutes into the video. The fear is that I may never see the whole thing before my liver packs in.
$250000 for what sounds like a duck farting
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it's the gibson. les pauls sound like shit and a ton of horrible muddynes in the low end lol
@@ignadrsAre you actually being serious?
A HUGE duck fart though. What did that duck eat?!
The absolute pinnacle of the Emperor's New Clothes phenomenon.
I was just pondering my own philosophical takes on this. Legends and fairytales. I need em, and love em, while fully recognizing them for what they are. I also embrace my own dualism in all of it. I love it all.
Just like '59 bursts. Which is more powerful- the actual instrument, the mythology or the hype of the buyers and sellers?🤔🤫
Guy is cracking me up with his constantly referring to "Mr. Dumble". Then it comes to Clapton and it's just "Eric".
Haha ya that is funny
He didn't work for Eric
You know a bullshiter seller when he says Dumble could have found the cure for cancer if he put his mind to he was so brilliant. Jesus christ
The most outrageous thing of this "cult marketing" is that they constantly refer to him as Mr Dumble. Even though he's 60 at least probably. Nobody talks about Leo Fender or Les Paul as mr Fender or mr Les Paul. Yet we refer to Dumble as Mr Dumble. Totally wanting to create a cult here. This is annoying
you know how daft you come off take something like that literally?
@@abnerpgonzwhat does " daft" mean?...snobby?
@@Jeremya74It’s a British term that means ‘silly’ or ‘foolish’. If someone were to say to another person ‘stop acting daft’ they mean ‘stop being silly’.
@@adam461smith ahhh
.gotcha thanks
I'm only sad we didn't hear Lee play the Andertons riff through the Dumble.
@@mwaythos 🤣YES
Pray tell, what is the Anderton's riff?
@ Doowub-dee-doob, dooooooh!
@@davidf2281 that's the one!
Surely somebody must have accidentally edited it out.
Soooo thrilled for Lee & Pete !!
If I hear “Mr Dumble” again I swear
yep, I had to jump to Pete playing
It's called respect.
@@mikecorey8370 boomer nonsense
It reminded me of a child talking to their favourite soft toy.....'Mr Dumble said that if you don't eat all your food you won't grow up to be big and strong'. Also, 'Mr Dumble' opted to build amps rather than cure cancer........FFS......you do know that Father Christmas is not real. 'Mr Dumble' is the next Marvel superhero from planet amplifier.
just call him howard a few times oh my jeez lmfao
the secret to the dumble perfect sound is to run a zoom 505 in front of it….
They need to build a pedal named *Mr. Dumble* for the rest of us to have a piece of history as well.
There are 50+ out there at the moment, lol. Some are actually pretty good. 6L6GC based amp and an EQ and you're good to go IMO, but to each their own.
They did, it is called a Vertex Ultra Phonix, I use it with my Orange Rockerverb 50 for my lead tone
Vertex very carefully promotes the Dumble legacy
Tubescreamer driven by a compressor…
100% sure they already did the official Dumble pedal, I saw it earlier last year.
My favorite amp of all time is a Marshall Plexi
🤘
I second this. Marshall Super Lead the best amp ever made
I seem to remember Josh Scott of JHS pedals saying he'd played at least five different OG Dumbles and they all sounded totally different. It's just more unobtainium magic pixie dust bollocks 🤣
No one is more superstitious than a guitarist. Klon, Dumble, tone wood, etc.
Or they are just unobtainium and have a reputation because of that and for other well respected reasons.
To be fair, saying all Dumbles sound the same is like saying all Fenders sound the same.
There are notable differences between a Princeton Reverb, a Deluxe Reverb, and a Twin Reverb, and it’s more than just small, medium, and large versions of the same thing. Every Dumble amp wasn’t an Overdrive Special, and even between the various Overdrive Specials he built there were differences just like there is a difference between Blackface Twin Reverb, a Silverface Twin Reverb, and 90s Twin Reverb.
Dude used a Kemper for a year of videos and pretended to use amps in real time
That’s why you’ve got some people saying this sounds “good”
I can only assume there is some sort of inspirational organic magic that happens between the player and the amp when actually using one of these things, that warrants the reputation, and it can't be captured through a recording, because they always sound like a nasty solid state amp emulating a bee in a jam jar when I hear recordings.
What a great description 🐝
I think you get a free bottle of sugar pills to take with these amps. Take one sugar pill before turning on the amp and allow the placebo to work its magic so you can justify the price paid while playing.
Somehow I got this sensation with simulations and pedals that mimic the dumble. In the room sounds fantastic but on recording is always muddy and fuzz.
But I always assumed was an Skill issue of my part.
(this one was worse than normal tho)
I just found the most epic settings on my FUCHS ODS amp: stay on the clean channel. turn the pre gain all the way up. Then, turn the master all the way up. It finally has enough gain! Wear hearing protection, and leave the room.
Opening riff sounded like it was played through a Peavey Bandit with a blown speaker
Great video, now we can say we know what a Dumble sounds like. Great playing Cap'n it must have been quite intimidating, but you did them justice
This is amazing news! Wish I knew you guys were there, I would have stopped by your booth. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I want to believe, but I can't forget that one Robben Ford interview in That Pedal Show about Alexander Dumble. Pretty sure Robben says that mr. Dumble's intention was that when he's gone - no more Dumble amplifiers. Robben says mr. Dumble did not pass on the technology/train any apprentice. This seems a bit contrary to what the guys here are selling, but perhaps I'm wrong, it's not a cashgrab and there are good intentions behind this project.
I thought it sounded extremely muddy and fuzzy. Like when you mix an HM2 with a gunned down superfuzz. I guess I am just uncouth and half deaf. Give me Ty Tabor's sound any day over this....
You're not uncouth or deaf, this is just a huge load of overhyped b.s.
The settings were odd here. They could have cleaned it up, and had it saturate in a much sweeter way. Not sure why they let Pete set it like this.
Hey congratulations on graduating from high school 🤣🤦♂️
@@stoneysdead689you say the same thing about $2,000 guitars that you can't afford 😐
A room full of so called Dumble experts, and nobody knows how to set the amps? If there was a sound engineer in the room, shame on you. The higher gain sounded like hammered shit.
Wishing you success with the new company!
I get the feeling that Dumble amps are best sounding in the room. As well as being built for completely different guitarists with different styles. I respect the lengths Dumble went to create his amps, even if I might never rock one.
That's a very mature true statement. I think the idea of respecting someone's legacy or work is important. When I say respect I mean it's important not to take a crap on anybody's work. All of the passive aggressive comments here are because of passive aggressive behavior and poor emotional health.
Load of rubbish Just a good amp nothing special
@@Mark_B585 I don't think anyone is taking a crap on someone's work. It's more taking a crap on the bs over hype cult vibe around it. No need to get all woke and start attacking people's emotional health just to float your ego. Drink the koolaid if you want, and bug off with the rest.
Alexander! There I said it. And I’ll add Howard
Feels like the amp matches Lee's style a little more
Agreed
I've never played one (or even been in the room with one) but I agree that the warm, clear, clean tone with the sustain of an overdriven amp is the thing that artists get out of the Dumble amps that really stands out as unique to me.
I just love hearing you guys play. I’m sure each player that we’re able to buy a dumble loved their amps. But, after all, it’s what you do with it.
now thats a look from the cap and Pete, loved the vid guys.
Thank you so much guys!
I’d play two rock or amp nation every day over these amps. I’d almost choose a blues deluxe reissue over these amps.
I don't get the hype.
If that were Peavey branded, we'd say that they are "muddy", "greasy", "bassy", "crispy".....whatever.....
I'll try to search a good 'ol Marshall. Almost any classic type amp would work perfect for 99% of situations, just adding 1 or 2 pedals.
It's all personal preference. Not everyone likes Fender, or Orange, or whathaveyou, but someone might listen to this and say, that's my sound!
Sounds like shit
You said you don't get the hype and you mentioned Peavey in the same sentence that's because you're either not smart enough or just bitter
S R V = That's all the hype you need mate
I don’t get the hype either. Just sounds like a guitar amp to me. Never played one though so maybe they are awesome or maybe they’re shyt idk. 🤷
Lee gets absolutely jizzed when he's in a presence of legend
Seeing the success of Two Rock, Fuchs, Amplified Nation, et. al., the family decided they needed to cash in while there's a window of opportunity. I wonder what they're going to charge for the amps.
For the sake of argument, let’s say Dumbles are indeed the best amps ever made, even then the amount of legend and nonsense surrounding them is staggering.
Howard Alexander Dumble said more than once that he is the only person that can truly make a Dumble. It will be interesting to see how many hushed reverential statements and Mr. Dumble’s it will take to come up with the story they’ll need to get around that, let alone why they won’t be replicas.
I’m sure they’ll be able to build a great amp, no doubt, but we’ll see about the story.
Music can’t survive in a crystal lattice
-Mr Dumble
I thought only the person Mr. Dumble made the amp for was allowed to play it.
Or even look at it. Please avert you eyes. Maybe stop thinking about it too.
I wasn't expecting these to sound magical or anything but i did kinda expect them to sound better than a £400 AC10 combo.
That’s a genius niche .
Listening to guitar players . Then building them an amp that suits their style .
Well, glad to say I can keep both my kidneys as I don’t want to own a Dumble. I’ll stick with my Artist Tweedtone 20R.👍🇦🇺
Thought that tone in Lee’s hands sounded great for what it was, I haven’t been overly impressed by most dumbles I hear in videos, the clean tones they got out of Robben Fords amp on that pedal show were outstanding though, the notes were popping and harmonics and feedback were bursting out of the amps while clean
Lee sounds good through that amp
Interesting how Clapton and Ford are Eric and Robben, but Alexander is Mr Dumble.
He doesn’t know if it’s Alexander or Howard… 😂😅
Its all about the vibe after all. And 60% of the vibe is the story/ history.
I counted "29 Mr. Dumble's"
So what? It would have been disrespectful to just say "Dumble" RIP "Mr" Dumble
The new marshalls blown this thing out of the water.
Lee seemed like he could be there in Dumble booth forever :D :D :D.
Dad and I were doing the handoff of the proform Melobar to David Lindley back in the 80s at a hotel, David pulls out his own amp, I was only 19 but I litterally got down on my knees in front of it as he was testing....there is nothing to compare in person.
Ted Smith
Nice one Ted! Your friend Brock. Lol
What’s this Mr Dumble, thing! ! Are you not allowed to his name 😂
It’s like ‘the Scottish Play’….
I suppose Dumble wasn’t consistent about what his name was.
Brand name reinforcement
@patrickhopkinson1851
Just like the sound of his amps, apparently.
Alexander or Howard as used to go by. Or Richard as he never went by. Or Edna as he seldom went by.
Not sure I'm a fan of the cult worship vibes going on here
Curing cancer would’ve been a better legacy
The thing about dumbles that lots of people don't realise is that they vary TONS. I'm sure some of the praise for the dumble is cork sniffing nonsense, but I've seen a fair few demos and tried captures to know they are pretty nice. Not 10k+ nice, but I wouldn't spend that much on any amp.
Are you really comparing captures to a real Dumble???
Add a 0 too.
I want to see blind tests with Dumbles vs classic Fenders as well as the new modellers (ie. the UA amp sim pedals, as well as Axe FX, Kemper and Helix). I have a very strong suspicion that no one in this video (or anyone else, for that matter) can reliably tell us which is which. I'm sure they are very excellent amps but I can't possibly imagine they're just head and shoulders above anything from Rivera, Carstens, Fuchs, Koch, or indeed anything high end from Fender, Vox, or Marshall.
Big phat LP
Andertons gonna visit Suhr? Would love to see the new SL15.
that's Mr Suhr to you
@ Yes, Mr. Chan.
what a tone damn it
They sound like they have a fuzz circuit in them when pushed - Clean sound is nice - Mark Tremonti digs them so they must be pretty good in the right hands - Joe Bonamasa uses them he blends them with other amps though! I'll take a Marshall or a Friedman though!
Mayer uses em , Robyn Ford as well … but I don’t love that fart fuzz sound … I know they can be dialed in to sound lovely but this ain’t it for me Anyway
That amp was obviously set to strat or tele settings the humbuckers just push it over the edge into mud fuzz. He should back the volume down on that lp and it’d probably sweeten up on the low end nicely
Poor Pete was probably afraid to mess with any settings for fear of offending the ghost of Mr. Dumble.
Awesome!❤
How come Dumble are in the Broom Cupboard!!!
Sounds suspiciously like a guitar amp to me.
yes but a 250k amp made with unicorn fairy dust that can NEVER be replicated and that sounds way better than ANY AMP ever made
I'll keep my modeler thanks
Fuzzy but clear notes
Sofar this looks like Best NAMM in quite some time. Marshall is putting it together, return of Dumble (hopefully sub 10k for an Amp) ...
HYPE
I love the fact they respected the man enough to carry on his legacy with the family blessings, and always referred to him as Mr. Dumble. Folks complaining about giving respect to a man they loved who then passed are confusing to me.
Y’see, I think it might be a good way to praise the work and the genius of Mr Dumble if they made a sort of school for the new generations, i.e. how Dumble thought and made his own amps, so as to have some young minds who can grasp and evolve the Dumble style... a sort of laboratory school...
While I can understand some don’t get the hype in today’s world of infinite tonal options, for me this sound translates because I absolutely adore the tone of players like Robben. Yes there are klons and copies but there’s something special wrapped up in an unbelievable legacy…imagine jamming with your amp maker before it’s made…crazy! Suggestion…can you guys just call him Howard…”Mr. Dumble” was getting old…fantastic video though! Thanks guys
I got to play the Dumble amp owned by Santana when I visited Taylor's studio a month ago. Taylor is Drew's associate (younger long haired dude seen briefly at the beginning of the video). I know it sounds like an exaggeration but it's true that that amp makes you play better (whichever your level you're at) . It's not a magical or supernatural thing. It's just that the sound inspires you a lot. The hype is real!
IMHO Pete sounded and played better on any other amp.
17:38 Yeah, you can totally hear Pete being inspired by the amp. Lol.
I don't see what's so special about it other than the fact it's rare
nothing really, they’re basically modded Fender circuits.
I guess it's the dynamics and response the kind that only really makes a difference if you play a certain way, You can hear it when Robben Ford plays with Larry Carlton live. Ultimately it's just a tool like was mentioned in the video, if ever he lost that amp i'm sure he could find a way to recreate his sound some way else.
At the time, they were probably good amps, but today, nobody cares the hype, they have nothing special. You can play a Dumble clone and you will also get the good dynamic… I have a Two-Rock and Dr Z and both amp have incredible good dynamic and awesome tone that actually sound way better than in this video… It’s the same thing with Klon… people think they need to spend $5K+ to have a Klon when there’s absolutely no magic dust components and no secret circuit. You can pick one of your favorite Klone pedal and it will sound just as good… If you don’t like the Klone, then you won’t like the Klon. Same thing with Dumble, if you don’t like clone from one of the known brand or a very good local amp engineer, then you wouldn’t like the original Dumble amp… any superlative about the man is just pure snake oil marketing…
Swerved right into the truth!
Keep it
What’s wrong with a Line6 POD?
I'll stick to my Boss Katana Gen 3. Thank you.
Each Dumble amp was a Custom made amp to meet the style and sound of a particular guitarist. So naturally unless you wanted the exact sound that a particular artist wants, you won't be happy with the amp.
2 years before the Pocket Dumble appears, no doubt
Based on the sound through that amp, I feel that "Mr, Dumble's" talents would have been better spent working on that cure for cancer.
My Nobels ODR1 30th Aniv can get so close when i use it with my Fender amp. I use it with a LP too and i can get the same sound.
Sounds like a Peavey Decade.
Didn´t Lee say about the UA Enigmatic "...... I think I´d rather have a Fender". Sounds like that view might still hold. Haha, yes.
Enigmatic is great , but if you dial it in to sound like this hot mess I’d take a fender as well … thankfully you don’t have to and I don’t understand why anyone does … I don’t find it a selling point or a plus
My Gladio Cornerstone into a Tonex sounds more like what a Dumble sounds in my head than that first, fuzzy, fizzy mess.
Fumble funnel dumbe
The legacy of bollocks
Whatever amp Pete is playing at the beginning of the video sounds like crap.
oh wow. I just hopped over from the REVERB video on Dumble at NAAM, and all the comments were like "go ahead... say "Mr. Dumble" one more time... and then, lo and behold, the very first sentence begins with "Mr. Dumble". you cant make this up.......
The whole "Mr Dumble" thing pissed me off no end. Many in the industry far more influential and ground breaking
Leo Fender, Dick Denny, Jim Marshall, Lyndon Laney, Randall Smith etc etc
Mike Soldano.
Finally someone with charisma! Not just a smiley sales manager. Man and his whole life and attitude in front of the camera! Deep and different...Nice to see... Probably the same as a background of their amps... Great!!!
This cult marketing is annoying. We dont refer to Leo Fender or Les Paul as Mr Fender or Mr Les Paul. Yet we need to refer to Dumble as Mr Dumble. They wanna create this God-like figure. Creepy and annoying
Real glad he passed up on that cure to cancer for the sake of 300 amps. 😂 🤦♂️
It doesn’t sound good, I don’t get the hype. It’s like the Klon - plenty of pedals are just as good, but there’s this hype around certain products. It’s like those Gibsons that cost more used than new, which is just absurd. What kind of fool would buy a guitar like that?
Some people do buy them, but I’ve always thought they’re more collectors than real guitar players.
In the case of this amp, it sounds bad probably because of the speaker’s fault. A crappy speaker equals crappy sound, no matter how good the amp is.
I got a cheap Dumble-in-a-box clone pedal, the "Enchanted Tone" by Caline a few months ago, and I gotta say it does a pretty damn good job matching some of the tone of a Dumble, especially when hearing someone like Pete who can actually play to the sound properly!
Well, it's not for me but certainly a blues guy would like them.
Looks like they played the new re-creations and not the original ones.. Would have like to hear any differences. .
I get that they're really famous and you think... oh yeah.... but in fairness this sounds so f**king good that you just have to say alright. In this case I see what you mean. Yes. Fair enough. Excellent Job. Touche. It's basically Epic. It's true enough.
I thought it sounded decent, you can definitely hear how rich it sounds harmonically when Pete hits a big open chord (especially on the top end). I think maybe the choice of guitar was not the best to show off the amp. Dumbles have a looser-low end than Marshall-style amps and a lot of midrange already. Plugging a LP into it may have led to it sounding a bit muddy and muffly in the lower frequencies. Most guys who use Dumbles are Strat guys which sonically is like the opposite of a LP. Heck even and SG or a Tele woulda come through pretty well Id bet. Anyways, cool video nonetheless. Thanks for posting👍.
(no disrespect intended) Mister Dumble sounds like Seraph from the Matrix - "i can build an amp for you... but first i must apologize..." 😂🤘
Sorry too buzzy. NEXT!
Yotally but that’s the way it’s dialed and I have no idea why … it’s not appealing at all like this
Is the tone in the intro supposed to be good?
Hah right
I hope you guy's (the Dumble preservation society) do this. That is continue the legacy of Alexander Dumble. A pretty big part of the market would love a chance to own a Dumble. Just whatever you do, don't sell to Gibson or any other big company. Work hard and make a great product and the market will reward you.
It sounds like a fuzz pedal, or like the input is overloaded, just a mush to me
LOL. It's funny because this newer one they built (that it appears Lee and Pete are demoing) sounds SO much like my Supro Galaxy 50 combo. The overdrive on that one has the same spitty/fuzzy thing going on that a lot of people hated when they came out (I love it). It has that same cascading gain structure that the Dumbles are known for. Very dark, not great for chords, but for blues licks it kills. Of course, my Galaxy 50 only cost me $500 from Sweetwater when they blew them out. I wouldn't pay tens of thousands or whatever they're charging for these new models for that sound. lol.
Well I wonder what it sounded like in the room. I wonder if it sounded same in the room. I will hold back on my opinion
My tv speakers do not do those amps justice AT ALL.
...or maybe it is and you just don't care for the amp?
"Continuation" my ass. That's a replica. Don't kid yourselves.