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Bit of current Eric Clapton/Dumble inside info

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I was at a friends yesterday, a guitarist I've worked with over the years, and Eric Clapton had been over there the night before. Eric had said he'd been to Howard Dumble's house to order a new amplifier.

He'd left a very large sum as deposit, and HAD was going to make him a 100w Bandmaster.

just thought you'd like a bit of inside info :D


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This order was placed recently?
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yes, he's on with now!!! who knows when it will appear. I've a feeling Eric might have a bit more pull than the average punter however :D

mind you I think Larry Carlton got fed up with HAD's 'idiosyncrasies' and ended up with Bludotone.

Another friend of mine was John Mayer's guitarist for a long time and he said that HAD refused to make john an amp after he started using the two rocks.



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Not sure how you get 100w out of a Bandmaster. Maybe a 100k Bandmaster ? :)
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HAD being HAD. I guess we can say he is still active, at least for the right clients. Bandmaster pre and ODS power section?
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The thing is, a Bandmaster preamp is the same as most the other blackface circuits with tremolo. So you put a 100w power amp on a Bandmaster pre and get a Showman.
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Charlie Wilson wrote:The thing is, a Bandmaster preamp is the same as most the other blackface circuits with tremolo. So you put a 100w power amp on a Bandmaster pre and get a Showman.
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Exactly :D

Eric's not really that up on the technicals though of gear so if he wants a 100w bandmaster then HAD will make him one.

You'd wince if you knew the price!! not that Eric can't afford it though.


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Well the cool thing is it sounds like Eric is going to be playing the guitar. I read a short while back that he had some chronic injuries that made it difficult for him to play.
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who knows, He's not too well at the moment, he had an ice pack on his knee when he came over the other night but I think he's getting the itch to get back on the road again. Time will tell :D

Just thought it was interesting that HAD is still alive and well and making amps.



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Charlie Wilson wrote:The thing is, a Bandmaster preamp is the same as most the other blackface circuits with tremolo. So you put a 100w power amp on a Bandmaster pre and get a Showman.
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Not if it's a 5E7 Tweed Bandmaster pre...
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Martin beat me to it. Clapton loves the 5E7. Imagine that circuit with Tweedle Dee tweaks...
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good point, I forgot the bandmaster started in the tweed days.

I wonder if I can get a look inside it when it arrives. Not sure of the protocol with this :D

Mind you it might be a year away.....


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Yeah I didn't think of a tweed circuit. I know Dumble's Protocol. :evil:
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Is it Black Face or Tweed?

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Seems I recall seeing a pair of Low Power Tweed Twins behind EC for a number of years.

The last versions of the tweed Super/Pro/Bandmaster/LPTwin share the same CF tone stack, PI and output section(different OTs).
Preamp was different in Low Power Twin.
Super/Pro/Bandmaster all the same circuit with the exception of the OTs and a LNFB resistor value.

Maybe EC is going back to his tweed tone. It will be interesting to see which it is. My first thought about a BF style amp from
HAD would be something like a Hotel Hog or UP Bandmaster.

Although I was not impressed with my builds of HADs Tweed Deluxe I cant wait to see what he will do with a Bandmaster of either kind.

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norburybrook wrote:
Mind you it might be a year away.....

That seems optimistic.
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