Dumble video/sound clip reference, real Dumbles only please

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pinner wrote:Here is Mike Landau with what I assume is his new one but it has the older style silverfave and font.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tOeOKj3JIA

best visual at 1:27
I think he ordered the amp at Dumble in the silverface days - and just got it, finaly.... :-)
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1st generation Dumble Overdrive Special 50W

In this and the following two clips I post three clips from the song "Blues vom Anfang" from the CD "42 songs" by Michael Köhlmeier

http://shop.orf.at/orf/shop.tmpl?art=2225&lang=DE

Electric guitar played by Charly Bonat (’63 Stratocaster and a 1st generation Dumble ODS 50W head thru the 1x12" Celestion speaker of a White Amp "Little Rock" combo).

I tried to post three short clips from this song that demonstrate some different 1st generation flavours.

Have fun!

Max
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1st generation Dumble Overdrive Special 50W

"Blues vom Anfang" clip 2

Electric guitar played by Charly Bonat (’63 Stratocaster and a 1st generation Dumble ODS 50W head thru the 1x12" Celestion speaker of a White Amp "Little Rock" combo).
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1st generation Dumble Overdrive Special 50W

"Blues vom Anfang" clip 3

Electric guitar played by Charly Bonat (’63 Stratocaster and a 1st generation Dumble ODS 50W head thru the 1x12" Celestion speaker of a White Amp "Little Rock" combo).
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Es ist seltsam zu hören blues in verschiedenen Sprachen.
Tom

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Structo wrote:Es ist seltsam zu hören blues in verschiedenen Sprachen.
Tom, it's in this part of Dumbleland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY863ex_8D8
http://www.austria-holidays.info/en/

where beautiful girls wearing the local traditional costumes http://www.wolfordshop.com/ speak in this local Austrian dialect. :D

All the best,

Max
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Hi Max,

very nice! Thanks for sharing. What type of tremolo was used in the first clip?

Cheers,

Electron
Max wrote:1st generation Dumble Overdrive Special 50W

In this and the following two clips I post three clips from the song "Blues vom Anfang" from the CD "42 songs" by Michael Köhlmeier

http://shop.orf.at/orf/shop.tmpl?art=2225&lang=DE

Electric guitar played by Charly Bonat (’63 Stratocaster and a 1st generation Dumble ODS 50W head thru the 1x12" Celestion speaker of a White Amp "Little Rock" combo).

I tried to post three short clips from this song that demonstrate some different 1st generation flavours.

Have fun!

Max
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Beautiful country for sure.
My ancestors are from North West Germany. :wink:

This is where I live now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrttDO2BCyg
Tom

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ElectronAvalanche wrote:What type of tremolo was used in the first clip?
Electron, Charly used a T-Rex Tremster http://t-rex-effects.com/Default.aspx?I ... &VariantID

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@Max: thanks for the link and info!

All the best,

Electron
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turbo5speed wrote:How about Dumble tone without a Dumble?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VvweWJ ... re=related
Hmmm.... wheres the Dumble tone? ;-) Zendrive I assume? Sounds quite thin here.
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Harald.Nowak wrote:wheres the Dumble tone?
The "Dumble tone" IMO is one of the many prejudices in regard to what Alexander does: providing a creative player with the freedom to chose the kind of "tone" this player thinks to be the one best suited for his performance of a certain piece of music.

The Dumble amps I know IMO are rather versatile instruments and IMO this is just what is demonstrated by all the posts in this thread.

As an example: For this performance with Coolio Charly Bonat used exactly the same 1st generation ODS as for "Blues vom Anfang", but dialed in to provide him with some different flavour:

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 857#130857

So people who might be interested in Dumble amps because they are looking for a Robben Ford or Larry Carlton or David Lindley etc. sound in a can, will perhaps be disappointed, that after for the first time plugging their guitar cable into the input of a Dumble amp perhaps it won't be Steve Lukather etc. what they perceive. For myself this was a very humbling experience around thirty years back, but a very educational one, too. :D

Concerning "Dumble tone without a Dumble": Yes, obviously no Dumble amp on the stage, so probably a Zen indeed.

Cheers and a great weekend for all here!

Max
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Max wrote:
Harald.Nowak wrote:wheres the Dumble tone?
The "Dumble tone" IMO is a complete misconception of what Alexander does: providing a creative player with the freedom to chose the kind of "tone" this player thinks to be the one best suited for his performance of a certain piece of music.
The Dumble amps I know IMO are rather versatile instruments and IMO this is just what is demonstrated by all the posts in this thread.

As an example: For this performance with Coolio Charly used exactly the same 1st generation ODS, but dialed in to provide him with some different flavour:

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 857#130857

So people who should be interested in Dumble amps because they are looking for a Robben Ford or Larry Carlton or David Lindley sound in a can, will perhaps be disappointed, that after for the first time plugging their guitar cable into the input of an original Dumble amp perhaps it won't be Steve Lukather etc. what they perceive. For myself this was a very humbling experience around thirty years back, but a very educational one, too.

Cheers and a great weekend for all here!

Max
Thanks for posting this. This is what initially put me off on building a clone. Seems like so many people were obsessed with some of these famous Dumble players, that I completely dismissed it as a one trick pony. After researching more, I have heard clips from guitarists with different styles that were able to coax out something completely different, and this was what brought me around.

I'm still sourcing parts, but hope to get my build underway soon. I really want to experience the Dumble tone stack. I grew up playing Ampegs, and always found the FMV tone stack lacking. I also grew up with the prejudice that preamp distortion sucked and power-amp and pi distortion was somehow "better." Obviously HAD has proven that wrong.

The crazy part is I recently discovered that one of my favorite solos, which I thought was a Dumble, turned out to be a guitar into an Ampeg SVT. Go figure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelin'_In_the_Years
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Max wrote:1st generation Dumble Overdrive Special 50W

In this and the following two clips I post three clips from the song "Blues vom Anfang" from the CD "42 songs" by Michael Köhlmeier

http://shop.orf.at/orf/shop.tmpl?art=2225&lang=DE

Electric guitar played by Charly Bonat (’63 Stratocaster and a 1st generation Dumble ODS 50W head thru the 1x12" Celestion speaker of a White Amp "Little Rock" combo).

I tried to post three short clips from this song that demonstrate some different 1st generation flavours.

Have fun!

Max
flippin GREAT TONE if ya ask me! Thanks for posting max!

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