Dumble Reboot, TOP meltdown imminent

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

“New and exciting product lines and services are in the works”: Dumble is under new ownership – and it will begin making amps again using the elusive amp builder’s “trade secrets”

A newly established Dumble website has confirmed new amps – and other product lines – are on the cards, as well as a complete database of every Dumble ever made

www.guitarworld.com

I honestly don't care ...just surprised it hasn't been posted yet.

Share your thoughts!!! Sure all will be civil!!!

 

[Orvillain]

Sorry sir, but we're not finished discussing the supremacy of the Mesa Boogie Mark series yet. Please take a ticket, and we will be with you shortly.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[James Freeman]

Aside for a handful of rich boomers, the rest of all of us:

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Aside for a handful of rich boomers, the rest of all of us:

I totally understand.... honestly just posted for the lulz....

I'm sure there will be a wave of new banned users coming our way

 

[laxu]

I tried to do a Whois lookup on the dumble.com domain but it just says registration name is private. I have no idea why whoever is setting this up would be so protective about who actually is behind all this. Maybe they just want to avoid all hate mail?

This will either play out two ways:

• Cheaper made Dumbles are going to become a thing.
• They will make $5-8K Dumbles for the people who want to "play authentic" and have the deep pockets to play that game. Would not be surprised if the amps were "shadow built" by some of the known Dumble clone makers.

IMO the Dumble clone market is a real "fools are parted from their cash" thing. There's no way that a Dumble style amp costs more to make than the plethora of extremely complex tube amps sold by various other boutique brands that sell in the $3-5K range.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

I tried to do a Whois lookup on the dumble.com domain but it just says registration name is private. I have no idea why whoever is setting this up would be so protective about who actually is behind all this. Maybe they just want to avoid all hate mail?

This will either play out two ways:

• Cheaper made Dumbles are going to become a thing.
• They will make $5-8K Dumbles for the people who want to "play authentic" and have the deep pockets to play that game. Would not be surprised if the amps were "shadow built" by some of the known Dumble clone makers.

IMO the Dumble clone market is a real "fools are parted from their cash" thing. There's no way that a Dumble style amp costs more to make than the plethora of extremely complex tube amps sold by various other boutique brands that sell in the $3-5K range.

Read the article.

Also it's 2 friend's of Norm from Norms Rare guitars.....like I said...read the article, it is news.

 

[laxu]

Read the article.

Also it's 2 friend's of Norm from Norms Rare guitars.....like I said...read the article, it is news.

Yeah that was a bit buried there. “My dear friends Drew Berlin and Matt Swanson now own the company, and they’re going to be building a lot of really nice Dumble amps.”

I have absolutely no idea who they are. Is Matt Swanson related to Ron Swanson?

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Yeah that was a bit buried there. “My dear friends Drew Berlin and Matt Swanson now own the company, and they’re going to be building a lot of really nice Dumble amps.”

I have absolutely no idea who they are. Is Matt Swanson related to Ron Swanson?

If he is, I'm in!!!


Not usually my thing, but im just here for the drama!!

 

[MirrorProfiles]

the most interesting thing about Dumble by some distance was the nutter that built them. You take him out and you just get a sort of (flame suit on) average sounding amp.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Just another circuit on the long list of circuits out there. I’d imagine a large part of the point of owning a Dumble is having Alexander build it for you. How it sounds and even behaves is secondary.

 

[PLX]

banned users

That's why Elon Musk invented the VPN service.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

That's why Elon Musk invented the VPN service.

Those ones don't know how to

(Sorry, I should be better!)

 

[laxu]

the most interesting thing about Dumble by some distance was the nutter that built them. You take him out and you just get a sort of (flame suit on) average sounding amp.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Just another circuit on the long list of circuits out there. I’d imagine a large part of the point of owning a Dumble is having Alexander build it for you. How it sounds and even behaves is secondary.

I would wager that the Dumble clone market largely wouldn't even exist if everyone who wants one could buy an off the shelf Dumble, even if it cost $10K. There's clearly more than enough people willing to pay that kind of money for an amp.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

I would wager that the Dumble clone market largely wouldn't even exist if everyone who wants one could buy an off the shelf Dumble, even if it cost $10K. There's clearly more than enough people willing to pay that kind of money for an amp.

I think new Dumble's that are built by someone else are just going to drive up the price of the old originals though. They're basically just a Dumble badged clone. Sure they'll sell plenty at absolutely hideous prices still though, possibly even significantly more than were ever sold as one off builds.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Read the article.

Also it's 2 friend's of Norm from Norms Rare guitars.....like I said...read the article, it is news.

At least it's not those thieving bastard Harrisons. They've been sniffing round the dumble brand for a while now and even tried to have some of the trademarks voided. They released a few dumble branded pedals a year or two ago.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I think new Dumble's that are built by someone else are just going to drive up the price of the old originals though. They're basically just a Dumble badged clone. Sure they'll sell plenty at absolutely hideous prices still though, possibly even significantly more than were ever sold as one off builds.

Just get a Ceriatone at that point.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Seems kinda dumb to me. How on earth did they get the rights to the name? New owners must have had deep pockets and whoever was running D's estate must've seen dollar signs. Dumble wanted the brand to die with him

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Seems kinda dumb to me. How on earth did they get the rights to the name? New owners must have had deep pockets and whoever was running D's estate must've seen dollar signs. Dumble wanted the brand to die with him

It's all fun and games until Gibson buys them out in a year or 2.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Just get a Ceriatone at that point.

"Whats the point in owning a Dumble if you can't show it off?"

 

[metropolis_4]

the most interesting thing about Dumble by some distance was the nutter that built them. You take him out and you just get a sort of (flame suit on) average sounding amp.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Just another circuit on the long list of circuits out there. I’d imagine a large part of the point of owning a Dumble is having Alexander build it for you. How it sounds and even behaves is secondary.

I don’t know, that doesn’t fit with interviews I’ve read of some very famous guitarists describing their first experience with them in jaw dropping life changing terms.

Also, I believe it isn’t just “a” circuit, but rather each one was specifically custom built to the playing style of the guitarist it was built for.

That’s the part I never understood about the market for them. What made the real original ones special to their original owners is that the amp was custom designed just for them and the way they play. So it doesn’t seem like they would be nearly as special for anyone else