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Bonus question/out of curiosity. Besides actual performance of how it flows/holds things together. Do any of you feel the type of solder has an effect on sound?

Hi guys, two part question up for discussion here.

1) What brand/type solder do you use and why?

2) Does anyone know what Mr. Dumble used?

I heard the phase inverter circuit is different between SSS#2 and SSS#4, can someone please enlighten us on the differences? Bonus points for what he was trying to accomplish by this. Thanks.

Good info on this threads. So if HAD can make anything sound good (including modding new production Fenders), is often using new transformers and there's questionable mojo in old pots than really why is HAD choosing to use old Fenders/Marshalls as donor amps instead of using repro chassis and new po...

I'm wondering if the knowledge folks here can explain why HAD chooses to gut vintage Fenders to do a complete rebuild? From what I understand, he's mostly doing these now instead of building complete amps. However, it seems on the new 'mods' pretty much everything is new, sometimes even the output t...

Hello guys, I've come here to read for a awhile but don't post often; mainly b/c I'm not technical and don't know how to build amps. I do have a Classic Reverb and Sterling Signature and thought I would post a few observations and things I know about my amps. First the Sterling Signature is said to ...

Here is a clip from from TGP, supposedly the new Dumble in action on 12/18 concert in Oakland, CA.

http://soundcloud.com/amund-blix/201...estiny-over-me

P.S. Any details know yet about this technical specs of this amp? Thanks.

Here's a YouTube video of a UltraPhonix. Sounds pretty nice...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz6cFSQG9t0

I saw the back of the cabs on another site recently. One cab had a pair of Celestion Golds, one had Celestion G12 Century Vintages (neodymium) and at least one (possibly both) of the other cabs had G12-65's. Can't say which pairings were for which amps though. Yes. The cabs are Alessandro Cabs (Har...

I imagine that the reason HAD used the 8 ohm speaker is because the OT's he used were generally 4 ohm secondary. Does having it match the secondary make a difference in tone or performance of amp (i.e. volume, wear and tear, etc.)? Am I missing out on something by running my amp with an 8ohm cab ri...

Cool info guys. So I was thinking of picking up two old EV-12L's for my 2X12/SSS type amp. I was wondering if I should go with 2 16ohms for a total of 8ohms or 2 8 ohms for a total of 4ohms? What would HAD have done? i.e. where his 2X12 4ohms or 8ohms and does it even matter?

Thanks for the info guys. I was curious b/c I use Celestion type speakers with my amps and was wondering how they would sound with EVM-12L's as Mr. Dumble would originally have intended/voiced his amps. Does anyone know when the most recent Dumble cab/combo's have been produced and can confirm if he...

I was wondering if the experts here can let me know what speakers Mr. Dumble used in his speaker cabinets/amps? Does he offer a variety of speakers or did he only offer one type? I know EVM 12L and Celestion G12-65 are popular with users but what came stock? Did he just offer EVM-12L's or did he off...