Bonamassa new amp day

[andyhardy]

Why not?!! Thanks @blackmagicguitars ! I opened up for Stephen Bruton in Austin,Texas @antonesnightclub 25 years ago and I witnessed him play this amp up close. He was so good with this amp and a vintage 335. It was beyond processing the moment and the music. Super fun to own it.

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[alnight]

Nice! Was that the old Antone's on 29th street? Man, I really liked that room. Saw great shows there.

[Charlie Wilson]

This is Ripper #189, hmm or maybe not. Different grill material on the head cabinet.
CW

[WhopperPlate]

Real dumbles on the dumble forum ?! Clips now !! Lol

you must be feeling all kinds of ways , congratulations!

[andyhardy]

How many does he have now 4 me thinks

[erwin_ve]

How many does he have now 4 me thinks

He has 7, see pic.

[Bombacaototal]

5 on the two pictures attached (two combos and two heads in one pic, and the Hoyt combo on the other) plus the new one. Just missing 1

[andyhardy]

Thats amazing

[ampdan]

Livin' the dream right there. Good for him, he earned it.

[Charlie Wilson]

Yeah well, I’m thinking someone who can’t just own one of something great and enjoy it but has to own everything and tell everybody about is….a creepy scumbag.
CW

[erwin_ve]

Yeah well, I’m thinking someone who can’t just own one of something great and enjoy it but has to own everything and tell everybody about is….a creepy scumbag.
CW

Dont you think it is a business model? Same for his guitars. Win a couple of grand on each sale.

[ampdan]

Yeah well, I’m thinking someone who can’t just own one of something great and enjoy it but has to own everything and tell everybody about is….a creepy scumbag.
CW

Yeah well, If I had to "cancel" every "Creepy Scumbag" from the list of musicians in history, there wouldn't be much to listen to.
What's really creepy is the social media sickness of pile on and "cancel" everybody, has now infested itself here too...

[Charlie Wilson]

OK let me clarify my reaction to that initial post. First of all I HATE "woke", "cancel", and for the most part social media, this site being an exception. Joe is a great guitarist and I enjoy his music. What I didn't like was the "Why Not?!!" when talking about buying an amp that probably was close to half a million dollars. Like he was buying a cup of coffee or a new shirt. In the economic environment we find ourselves right now, I found that very tone deaf. People can barely afford their rent or a bag of groceries. For the guitar player inflation has made even basic gear almost unaffordable. Bonamassa comes from a family of vintage gear dealers and that is fine. Just quit rubbing your expensive stuff in the faces of people that are struggling to put gas in their car.
CW

[rootz]

I do not have any problem with his purchases and him showing it to the world. Even the 'why not?' is okay to me. Tone deaf would be giving a large party funded with public money in times where everybody needs to pay more taxes and cut expenses to make ends meet. We had that happen in our municipality a few years back. But that is not what Joe does. He collects, shares his purchases and sells probably for a profit. His money and no-one suffers any damages AFAIK. And by the way, where would the amp otherwise go? A collector who puts it in a safe or at least doesn't show it to the world? What would we benefit from that?

It would be even better if he were to share gut shots and schematics of his Dumbles here. I'll keep on dreaming

P.S. I do feel for people who need to make ends meet, especially when it comes to the working poor, with more than one job. It's sad to see that governments can't seem to provide circumstances in which most individuals can prosper. It should be the main focus of any government to make people stand on their own feet with dignity.

[martin manning]

He collects, shares his purchases and sells probably for a profit. His money and no-one suffers any damages AFAIK. And by the way, where would the amp otherwise go? A collector who puts it in a safe or at least doesn't show it to the world? What would we benefit from that?

No harm except driving prices further into the stratosphere, and further limiting the number of players who might have the opportunity to own or even experience them.

It would be even better if he were to share gut shots and schematics of his Dumbles here. I'll keep on dreaming :D

Owners, whether they are players or purely collectors or investors, have no interest in sharing technical info, since that would only reduce the value of their investment. Fortunately we have amassed enough knowledge here to enable building very representative copies of Dumble's amp designs.