Doug Doppler on the Dumble Overdrive Special: Part 2

[Fitzliputzli23]

I hear some noisy "flangery" artefacts in the mid-treble. But I think it is not the amp - it may be due to the poor mp3 sampling of the audio.

[bareknuckles2u]

Nice, but lots of amps sound great!

[chuckelator]

Maybe it's because I'm listening to this streaming on youtube, but I don't hear anything that I haven't heard before. Don't get me wrong, this amp sounds wonderful, but even if I had the money, I wouldn't spend 40 grand on this.  I'd rather spend the money on vintage Marshalls, Oranges, and Dr. Z gear.

[Funkyryno]

@ 8:13 Killer tone.

[gman8thst1]

It's a great sounding amp. I'd buy one if I was rich, just to have. There are a lot of great sounding amps for far less $ though and the player's touch has a lot to do with it too. I tried a Two Rock that sounded really great and was a lot less cheaper, but still very expensive for the average player...so many amps, so many choices. Whatever you hear in your head and can get out into your music is the best, Dumble, Peavey, Marshall,,,doesn't matter.

[GoofyDawg]

@gman8thst1 Great attitude! That's exactly how I feel. If you can match what's in your head, then the gear that'll do it - no matter what - will suffice.

[TheMichaelseymour]

@gman8thst1 true dat !

[willeng84]

The only thing Henry Kaiser ever did worth a damn was let you all borrow this amp. God knows he makes it sound like Ice picky shit.

[SixStringHarmonies]

@willeng84 +1.....Kaiser is a joke. It'd be nice if we could all buy a Dumble with Grandpa's naval shipbuilding profits. It makes me shudder when I think of all the extravagant handmade ultra high-end gear he owns, yet uses it to create un-listenable off key sonic filth.

[Bflatest]

Does your wife know you bought this? I didnt think so!

[GoofyDawg]

@Bflatest HA! That's not my amp; it's Henry Kaiser's

[lostingravy]

Sorry man, I wouldn't pay even $400 for it. No treble, no punch, no grit, no rawr, just nasal smoothness all the way. It even managed to smooth the strat 2-pups-combined positions into blurry smoothness. Simply put, an expensive piece of (smooth) shit.

I'll take any fender, marshall, vox, carvin or laney over it. Even a MK1 boogie is raunchy compared to this. And yes, I tried one out when they were available and sort of affordable. It was shitty back then too. Shit doesn't get better with age.

[willeng84]

@lostingravy Dude are you on crack. This thing is coming across a camera mic and it has bright switches for that shit. Your crazy as shit. This thing is a mid gain monster and sounds amazing.

[willeng84]

@lostingravy The more I read your comment the more full of shit I know you are. Really a Scratchy ass toppy BOOGIE vs. this.....That isn't even the same ballpark. I hate Boogie's they sound like garbage. I think Marshalls can be good with a great boost or drive pedal. And I don't mean the channel switching amps. If you bring one of those things to a gig I will laugh you off the stage and ask if you need money.....What are you afraid of good tone? This thing would make your amps sound like trash.

[widepass]

A LOT of coffee?

[jamesm5744]

Original Marshall 1959 plexi superlead, jumper the channels, balance the bass and treble channels and add a good overdrive and reverb and it wont be bet.

Guarantee it, has an incredible high headroom clean too, try it and you'll be amazed

[bbnatedogg]

Or just a good Fender and boost pedal

[GoofyDawg]

@bbnatedogg "Or just a good Fender and boost pedal"

You got a point there... To be honest, to hear someone like Doug play the Dumble, and REALLY squeeze out all sorts of tones with the amp, it was amazing, which was why I submitted that the amp could be worth 40k (or maybe I was suffering from a bit of I'm-not-worthy syndrome). But frankly, I'd rather have a Fender ProSonic or SuperSonic than a Dumble. You get killer cleans and over-the-top gain. Best of both worlds with those amps.

[HarrrySpider]

@GoofyDawg funny... using the pedal/Fender setup, I've never been able to really get (what *I* feel) is a tone that is as wide open as a good amp on it's "thick" or higher gain setting; wide meaning low end and high end sound a bit muted... but Garth Webber (who toured with Miles back in the 80s, and is a friend of Robben Ford) uses a ProSonic (or is it a Super) and a Zen Drive, and he says he's seen Robben use that setup on gigs in Europe, where he didn't want to lug his Dumble...

[HarrrySpider]

...so I know of 2 pros who agree with you... is what I'm saying...

ever checked out any Dmble clones? I have a Ceriatone, and it is VERY sweet... cheers!

[bbnatedogg]

get a Two Rock or a Van Weelden for 35,000 less

[nitrus202]

@bbnatedogg are van weelden amps available in the US now?? i remember watching a joe bonamassa video and he said he had the only one in the us at the time

[bbnatedogg]

@nitrus202 I think you can find a European site to ship you one. It wouldn't be easy. You could contact Van Weelden directly and i'm sure you could get an amp from him for a lot less than 40,000. Ceriatone makes a good Dumble clone for like 1,500 or so shipped to the US.

[nitrus202]

@bbnatedogg yes ceriatone is amazing i think i would go with them before van weelden just because ive seen alot more about them and love the tone thanks for letting me know about the website

[bbnatedogg]

not worth 40,000

[webcityguy]

How would you be able to repair this thing if need be? Doesn't Dumble cover all his interiors in goo so nobody can copy them? Sounds like a 40 thousand dollar nightmare scenerio to me. 

[markshelton411]

my friend found a pre-cbs vibra verb in a dumpster in Santa Cruz. that weekend, he found a dumble ods at the flea mkt. for $100 !! i have been looking in dumpsters and going to flea mkt ever since... to no avail.

[GoofyDawg]

@markshelton411 WHAT?!!! No way!!! Awesome!

[markshelton411]

@GoofyDawg well, actually , over the years, i have found 3 ODYSSEYS @ the santa cruz flea mkt, but that was back when only the hippest of the hip knew about this stuff.. cats like lowell george , ry cooder, david lindley... still the hippest. dumble had his amp shop in santa cruz , around the corner from from neil young's house. if only i had a time machine... and a thousand bucks.

[mrprogjazzgto]

@markshelton411 LOL.. I found a dumble amp being used as a heater at Stagnaro's Fish Market

on the Santa Cruz pier...

The employees stay very warm..!

[olalator]

@markshelton411 god love this guy)

[TeleCustom72]

the FET (Field Effect Transistor) input is more overdriven as its a clean-booster type circuit right at the input before the first valve stage.

[Guitarorpheo]

two rock, glaswerks, carol-ann and ceriatone make very nice dumble-clones. why pay 40k if you can have something kick ass for under 4k?

[buckachiddy]

Sounds nothing more special than any well made custom amp made these days. Sure they sound good but the hype these things generate is madness.

[rockboy8812]

$40.000? I cant remember a single famous guitar player that people recognize his tone by playing a dumble amp. (I still want to play one)

[GoofyDawg]

@rockboy8812 - You'd be surprised where they turn up in recordings. Eddie Van Halen recorded with one for his solo in Michael Jackson's "Beat It."

[rockboy8812]

@GoofyDawg i know that eric clapton, john mayer, steve ray vaughan , eric johnson and other famous musicians have play this amps, what i dont understand is why they do not play them anymore and they play normal amps. I love boutique tone, dont get me wrong, but i dont know why they do not play dumble amps anymore. (P.D.Where i can buy this amps)

[GoofyDawg]

@rockboy8812 Probably because they're valuable and the artists don't want to mess them up on the road. I know that Robben Ford and John Mayer still take theirs on tour. As for where you can get them, I have absolutely no idea. They occasionally turn up for sale on The Gear Page, but as far as new ones are concerned, I'm not even sure if they're being made new any longer - adding to their price being so high as they're scarce.

[jf99151]

@rockboy8812 Actually SRV used one on most of his recordings mixed with other amps. That still doesn't mean its worth 40k. Thats rediculous.

[Juda0326]

@rockboy8812

Robben Ford, Larry Carlton.

[MarshallGunner]

@rockboy8812 Larry Carlton?

[Fishies125]

@rockboy8812 Sonny Landreth...

[tylerdwells]

Its the guy from Orange!

[mesarock2vh]

What year is this amp?

[iloveyoumomdad]

agreed



[SuperAnalogue1]

Did Kaiser have this thing modified? I always hated his sound and this reminds me of it in a bad way. Doug rips for sure, this amp sounds crappy even for an on-the-fly recording. It's Kaiser's bad mojo.