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Are you trying to get rid of those old parts ? I can help you there !

TUBEDUDE wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 12:09 am FB_IMG_1714665564859.jpg
Sorry Miles, I couldn't resist.

Marry that woman

Here is a video of him playing the amp live back in 1988. I believe that is his dumbleator sitting on top of it. I noticed the amp did sounded a little darker here with the dumbleator. It still sounds amazing!! I wonder if the ageing of the components over time also changed the sound of the amp. ht...

Here is a video of him playing the amp live back in 1988. I believe that is his dumbleator sitting on top of it. I noticed the amp did sounded a little darker here with the dumbleator. It still sounds amazing!! I wonder if the ageing of the components over time also changed the sound of the amp. ht...

I may be the minority , but I honestly can’t vibe with the top end of 102 . Feels like a cavity is being filled , so says the resident critical ear of my wife , and I have to concur . It may have all the other magic 3d dumble note articulation and chord clarity , but I far prefer other examples of t...

martin manning wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:26 pm I smell them. KOA's smell strongly of crushed gravel, where the Dale's have a volcanic ash note ;^)

I didn’t know you can hear with your nose . Crazy, you learn something new from every day

Sorry to say I haven’t tried the newer Vishay resistors , if I ever do I will give a report

Real dumbles on the dumble forum ?! Clips now !! Lol

you must be feeling all kinds of ways , congratulations!

Bumpity bump bump

I commend Dragon1 for the humble reply. Crazy cool chopper! I don’t usually like that sort of stuff , but that’s a pretty tasteful design !

With workmanship like that by the time you are done building this amp you will probably outpace us all! Cheers , happy to hang out here with you !

Yikes… With all due respect , please let me say this : The ampgarage is a treasure trove of knowledge, built upon the blood sweat and tears of the truly passionate and arguably that few deserve, yet here we all are learning and growing with it on a daily basis . So in it’s honor let’s stay humble an...

Not even I can defend this

Reeltarded wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:59 pm I will record somethinf if even on a phone after the update and I wipe the settings.

If it sounds good recorded on a phone then it sounds great

A clip is worth a million words

Colossal wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:31 am
And when you're old, you realize nothing needs changing at all

Except worn out tubes and dead batteries…

A) series caps in power supply , not parallel

B) f&t caps in most circuits are grainy and annoying on the ears .

C) as evidenced by your experience , the differences between 220 and 100 uf caps is quite significant . Congratulations, you aren’t numb to the changes