Robben Ford playing on “The Brother” is for me the quintessential Dumble tone in my head.
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Dumble Winterland... has anyone ever played one?
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I honestly had never heard of Dumble amply before this thread. Read about them on the interwebs. Pretty interesting, but so far out of my price range I can’t get that into it
I saw Robben Ford live in either 2003 or 2004 and opened for him in 2006. Yes, his Dumble sounded awesome on both occasions. But I think Mr. Ford could sound awesome on any amp.
M. M.
M. M.
I have a guitarist friend (Tim Torrance) who bought a Dumble Overdrive Special around 1983. He called Howard (now Alexander) about getting an amp and his timing couldn’t have been better - one was available and ready to go. It had been made for Jackson Browne, but as it turned out Jackson didn’t want it. The amp was covered in black suede, apparently a one-off custom feature. And yes, it did have the black epoxy over the circuitry (which I saw). The price tag was around $2000, which seemed like a huge amount to shell out for an amp back then.
I played and recorded with Tim many times when he was using the Dumble, and it had the most beautiful, vocal-like midrange quality and a very sweet overdrive. I played (guitar) through it a couple of times and I remember that my impression was that the clean sound was great as well.
Tim didn’t end up using the amp very much since the early 90’s, and he let it go for a princely sum around 2011. The market price for Dumbles has jumped up considerably in the ten years since he sold it. Joe Bonnamassa is the current owner - the amp can be seen in a couple of his videos.
I played and recorded with Tim many times when he was using the Dumble, and it had the most beautiful, vocal-like midrange quality and a very sweet overdrive. I played (guitar) through it a couple of times and I remember that my impression was that the clean sound was great as well.
Tim didn’t end up using the amp very much since the early 90’s, and he let it go for a princely sum around 2011. The market price for Dumbles has jumped up considerably in the ten years since he sold it. Joe Bonnamassa is the current owner - the amp can be seen in a couple of his videos.
Why buy a dumble when you can buy a Fender dual showman reverb
or many other heads.
He was building custom amps a little earlier before everyone and their neighbor started building
" custom" amps or boutique amps.
Once you build a Fender copy for well known artists. Your street credit goes up
or many other heads.
He was building custom amps a little earlier before everyone and their neighbor started building
" custom" amps or boutique amps.
Once you build a Fender copy for well known artists. Your street credit goes up
This is my take also. If I played those tiny, miniature bass-shaped objects, I’d get a 66-68 twin reverb and call it a day.
