new build choice, 2nd gen 50w

[jam-mill]

It wasn’t a glue mishap, it was part of your proprietary “relic-ing” process! Add some cigarette burns, abuse the grill cloth with an ice pick, replace one knob with a random, chipped one from a fuzz box, put some naval jelly on the corners and handle screw covers to take the shine off them. See if the guy who bought the other one will buy this one at a 30% price premium.

No telling how many Dumble counterfeits are out there especially considering the tidy sums the originals fetch. Seems to be very tempting to make a forgery and pass it off as an original.

[norburybrook]

It wasn’t a glue mishap, it was part of your proprietary “relic-ing” process! Add some cigarette burns, abuse the grill cloth with an ice pick, replace one knob with a random, chipped one from a fuzz box, put some naval jelly on the corners and handle screw covers to take the shine off them. See if the guy who bought the other one will buy this one at a 30% price premium.

No telling how many Dumble counterfeits are out there especially considering the tidy sums the originals fetch. Seems to be very tempting to make a forgery and pass it off as an original.

I think Drew and I were having a little joke about this. I wouldn't condone anyone trying to pass a forgery off as an original. It was just a thought I had after my glue mishap. Nothing more sinister.


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[dbeasley]

Something like this used to happen to the old Brownface fenders - you occasionally see them with the odd circular brown patch that shows up on the tolex. People originally thought it was stains from coffee mugs or drinks but after they started popping up on wierd spots of the amp it became clear that it was actually caused by a knot in the wood underneath that sapped out a bit and reacted with the glue, leaving a dark stain on the top of the tolex surface.

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[norburybrook]

well today I replaced the EVM in the combo with a new Celestion Alnico Cream, the 95w version. I put the original AT7 back in the PI to knock the gain back a little as I don't think there will be much headroom for the speaker if I drive the amp hard.

Very pleased with the results, The alnico cream is a lovely speaker, has that smooth chimey top end and nice bass which seems to suit the second gen combo very well, it's given it a slight 'vox/Fender' edge which is a nice change for a dumble. I always say speakers are the things that give you the biggest tonal changes with these amps.

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[pompeiisneaks]

Nice! I built myself a cabinet for my amps and I put an alnico gold and a ceramic creamback in it. Love how they work together.

~Phil

[norburybrook]

I've just profiled this amp for my kemper shop so I thought I'd post the sound clips from it. Obviously these are the kemper sounds of the amp but it gives you a feel for the sound of the amp mic'd up, in fact I doubt you'd hear a difference beween the amp and the kemper on these static snapshots.


https://soundcloud.com/marcus-cliffe/se ... emper-pack


interestingly this is the amp I'm going to swap out for NOS dales and orientate the caps properly so i will have a reference here of a before and after



the last clip is my take on the jo BONAMASSA jazz OD and dimed tweed combination, I used my 50w #102 for that and the tweedled Dee.

Marcus

[Synchu]

Sounds very, very nice.

I have Small Special, SSS, 102 and Bluesmaster. All 50 watters, besides the SSS of course.
These earlier ones, though, are quite distinct sounding beasts.

I guess, I “need” my sixteenth (or thereabouts) amp. Sigh...

Niki

[Bombacaototal]

I've just profiled this amp for my kemper shop so I thought I'd post the sound clips from it. Obviously these are the kemper sounds of the amp but it gives you a feel for the sound of the amp mic'd up, in fact I doubt you'd hear a difference beween the amp and the kemper on these static snapshots.


https://soundcloud.com/marcus-cliffe/se ... emper-pack


interestingly this is the amp I'm going to swap out for NOS dales and orientate the caps properly so i will have a reference here of a before and after



the last clip is my take on the jo BONAMASSA jazz OD and dimed tweed combination, I used my 50w #102 for that and the tweedled Dee.

Marcus

Great playing and tone Marcus. Thanks for sharing. Very curious for the A/B with the NOS Dales and the correct foil orientation

[norburybrook]

Sounds very, very nice.

I have Small Special, SSS, 102 and Bluesmaster. All 50 watters, besides the SSS of course.
These earlier ones, though, are quite distinct sounding beasts.

I guess, I “need” my sixteenth (or thereabouts) amp. Sigh...

Niki

thanks, that makes me feel better...it's not just me then

@Raphael, cheers man

MC