Dumble Reboot, TOP meltdown imminent

[FuzzyAce]

I’ll add to this and just say that I thin Dumbles are THE most overhyped amps on the planet. I have played a couple, meh.

I'd agree with that even though I've never played one. It's safe to say the players and the limited availability elevated things to another level. Not to mention Mr. Dumble's persona.

 

[banned]

I'm more interested in Trainwrecks than Dumbles.

 

[creative360]

Heard most of the famous Dumbles in small venues, and the rest in theaters. All great amps. I heard - did not play - three custom Dumbles in a famous producer’s LA studio: An ODS, an Ultraphonix and a rebuilt Vox AC50 (before that I had no idea that he’d work magic on stuff besides Fenders). Again, all great amps. I played an ODS in a NYC studio. That one, with me on it, I admit did not deliver. However there were a lot of variables in play. So I can’t say definitively that that one was bad. It probably wasn’t.

Even something built for someone else can be great, if you love it. Hence the appeal of amps based on famous schematics. The (mostly) US clone builders with fancy finishing touches were always, says me, priced totally outrageously. Hey if it’s a one man shop like Bludo, I sort of get it, but not really. But there were always fantastic alternatives, Ceriatone being a great example. Cheap, great builds. Great components. Short waits. Great service. Super tones. I mean holy grail.

Doesn’t mean it’s the only thing. If you’re not in to it then move on. But the only place that Dumble amps were ever “over-hyped” is on guitar forums, and then most of that ink is by detractors, not over-hypers.

Load an Ev12L in to a black or silver Deluxe and you get something amazing. But it’s not the same.

I’ve never understood why this builder and his amps, so beloved by so many legendary tone gods, has to be “debunked” over and over again by mostly folks who have never even heard one.

There’s more than one way to get there, but the lunatic tone chasers whose tones are synonymous with Dumble amps .. should get a little bit more credit.

Anyway it would be nice if this startup delivered good versions of the famous schematics for the proletariat, but I’m guessing this’ll be rich-guy product. At the very least I hope that they don’t besmirch the Dumble name.

ymmv

 

[spawnofthesith]

To my knowledge the only time I've seen/heard a dumble in person was Dead n Co. Sounded rad, swirls of color and black pyramids were shooting out of it, no joke

 

[AutomationBias]

It's almost like the Dumble reputation hangs on the fact that they've mostly been owned by world-class players.

 

[Life Eats Life]

Toan is in the hype

Tone is in your ass.
Seriously, where do you pull from when the levee’s about to break, from ya balls!!
The sphincter to be exact.
Next time you play guitar, remember this and really dig deep , get up under the note
and burn down the town.
This is THE birthplace of the guitar player’s
“guitar face” when in action jammin’ out.

 

[Orvillain]

Tone is in your ass.
Seriously, where do you pull from when the levee’s about to break, from ya balls!!
The sphincter to be exact.
Next time you play guitar, remember this and really dig deep , get up under the note
and burn down the town.
This is THE birthplace of the guitar player’s
“guitar face” when in action jammin’ out.

Chill out Maynard, not everything is about ass and balls!

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Chill out Maynard, not everything is about ass and balls!

 

[Sascha Franck]

Chill out Maynard, not everything is about ass and balls!

Liar!

 

[Orvillain]

Liar!

German!

 

[Sascha Franck]

German!

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[Orvillain]

 

[the-trooper]

I have never been less excited about a product I never plan on buying.

I once said this about Rebea NDSP plugin, but dumble snake oil powered amps easily take the lead.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Tone is in your ass.
Seriously, where do you pull from when the levee’s about to break

 

[PLX]

I’ll add to this and just say that I thin Dumbles are THE most overhyped amps on the planet. I have played a couple, meh.

Sure, but did you try running a Boss® Metal Zone in front of one ?

 

[Frankencat]

Oh sh*t, I blew it.