Tag wrote: No one really knows about those middle years, which IMO, are his best tones.
Boy, I *totally* agree with that. RF&TBL was the tone that MADE me want to pursue Dumble tone. RF&TBL thru "Handful of Blues" is just the best tone to my ears.
"Jing Chi" and "Jing Chi Live" are also excellent.
Wife: How many amps do you need?
Me: Just one more...
I thought I read a post here about Robben using a 700v MM high plate amp for some of his sessions on Handful.. specific to the tone on Rugged Road...Don't know if that's true....This is the tone that caught my ear!!...
Yeah, Around 90/91 a friend of mine ordered an ODS from Dumble as "the robben ford thing" and what he got was a Skyline with standard overdrive and Music Man IRon. That amp NAILS Rugged road.
When I stuck my head in back of the black amp it had what looked to be Twin trannies, Robben also said he had just gotten it back from dumble, he had it made to be "The same" as the tan one.
When I saw the 2 amps at the same time they both had chokes, both had Twin Iron(output). I've since had a chance to spend some 1 on 1 time with the tan amp.
The Music Man Iron has a different response, it is a tad darker, and the low end is tighter, it doesn't seem to have the "Woof"
Funkalicousgroove wrote:Yeah, Around 90/91 a friend of mine ordered an ODS from Dumble as "the robben ford thing" and what he got was a Skyline with standard overdrive and Music Man IRon. That amp NAILS Rugged road.
When I stuck my head in back of the black amp it had what looked to be Twin trannies, Robben also said he had just gotten it back from dumble, he had it made to be "The same" as the tan one.
Funk... Thanks for the responce!!
My Personal amp has MM 200-130 w/ Super Twin OPT.High plate Skyline Svtek 5881's comes pretty close to the Rugged Road tone..It's the only one I've built...It's kind of woofie but I only have 100uf on the plates...
Tony
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Funkalicousgroove wrote:It really is amazing how much seasoned iron changes the feel of an amp
I wonder if that has anything to do with why it took so long to build/get one from the man.
I bought mind through Buzzy who sold it for the original owner. The guy said he ordered it in 84, never heard a word for 2 years, and called to ask about it. He was told if he ever called again, he would never see the amp! Then, in 89, all of a sudden out of the clear blue sky he gets a call saying his amp was ready for pick up!! He said he though he was never going to see it.
Funkalicousgroove wrote:It really is amazing how much seasoned iron changes the feel of an amp
I wonder if that has anything to do with why it took so long to build/get one from the man.
I bought mind through Buzzy who sold it for the original owner. The guy said he ordered it in 84, never heard a word for 2 years, and called to ask about it. He was told if he ever called again, he would never see the amp! Then, in 89, all of a sudden out of the clear blue sky he gets a call saying his amp was ready for pick up!! He said he though he was never going to see it.
Maybe, God ol' Mr. Dumble was waiting for the iron to get seasoned
Tag wrote: I bought mind through Buzzy who sold it for the original owner. The guy said he ordered it in 84, never heard a word for 2 years, and called to ask about it. He was told if he ever called again, he would never see the amp! Then, in 89, all of a sudden out of the clear blue sky he gets a call saying his amp was ready for pick up!! He said he though he was never going to see it.
So his amp doubled in value while it was being made?
Ya see, that is just so weird why some people think they can get away with treating others badly.
Sure he built a great amp but it's like you have to worship him to get him to build one, if and a big IF, he thinks you are worthy.
Too bad really, because he could have had much more success if he had marketed his amps differently.
But perhaps that is the way he liked it.
He must be some kind of recluse. I vision him with long greasy hair and long finger nails, refusing to answer phone calls or talk to anybody.
Too bad he doesn't get much of the action when one of his old amps goes for $40K-50K.....
Maybe he is rich and doesn't need anymore money, who knows, it all seems to be conjecture for the most part.
I tend to lean that way because he just seems able to do what he wants such as build firearms and other woodwork.
