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lidon2001
Intermediate Member
Username: lidon2001

Post Number: 108
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 8:12 am:   Edit Post

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Dumble-100W-Combo-1x12-w-EV_W0QQitemZ7398692897QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3470
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 8:30 am:   Edit Post

4) No local pickups
lidon2001
Intermediate Member
Username: lidon2001

Post Number: 109
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 11:24 am:   Edit Post

I just liked the pictures. Never saw one before except from a distance.

T
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 1118
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post

$15,000 and counting for a 1x12 combo? At that price I expect it to get a job and support me in my retirement!

Bill, tgo
olieoliver
Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 89
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 11:29 am:   Edit Post

I agree Bill, Or at least be able to let me take it out for a Sunday Drive.
dela217
Senior Member
Username: dela217

Post Number: 630
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 2:02 pm:   Edit Post

And there are bids on it!!!!!!!!
drjenney
Member
Username: drjenney

Post Number: 54
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 2:16 pm:   Edit Post

OK, count me among the Gentiles, what the h*ll is a Dumble? Who would pay this kind of money for a 1x12?

Having said that, I use a Glock Bass Art through an Accugroove cab and an Ampeg Portaflex B-15, modified for Class A operation w/a couple of THD Yellow Jackets.

Is there anyone here who seriously thinks a Dumble, whatever that is, could sound better?
precarius
Member
Username: precarius

Post Number: 72
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 2:25 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks drjenney. I've never heard of a Dumble either. I'm 46. Was this before my time, after my time, or parallel to my time? I've pretty much learned that no matter how good you think your amp sounds, you're still always at the mercy of the Soundman!
tom_z
Advanced Member
Username: tom_z

Post Number: 316
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 3:51 pm:   Edit Post

Dumbles are hand-wired hand-built guitar amplifiers. They have a bit of a myth built up around them because Alexander (Howard) Dumble, the builder, makes so few of them. Custom order only and very expensive. Used by Carlos Santana, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, David Lindley, the late Lowell George and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Kimock, Henry Kaiser and others - very clean sounding and extremely touch sensitive. The Overdrive Special is known in some circles to be the Holy Grail of Fender-style amps. There is also, reportedly, significant variation in quality of tone from one Dumble to another - so I would think one would want to play a Dumble before buying. So goes the short version of the story. IIRC Valentino mentioned them here and has perhaps played through one.

Two-Rock is making amps that are very close to the kind of tone for which Dumbles are known.

Overpriced? Perhaps. But look at what an early Strat is fetching these days. If this one goes for 15K I would estimate that to be a bargain.

Tom
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3475
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 4:34 pm:   Edit Post

Ok guys; ever seen the list price for an Alembic Series II ?? <g> Who would pay that kind of money for a bass ?? <g>
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3476
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 4:48 pm:   Edit Post

Here's the wikipedia entry. Interesting reading.
zuperdog
Junior
Username: zuperdog

Post Number: 26
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 5:23 pm:   Edit Post

Average used street price is around 25K the last couple of years.

:-)
j_gary
Advanced Member
Username: j_gary

Post Number: 201
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 3:59 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Dave for the reference site. Very interesting amp. Anyone know the cost for a new one, or ever play through one?

Anyone ever walk by one, or get it's autograph?
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 1125
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:21 pm:   Edit Post

I've seen Santana play one. I think maybe he can afford it.

Bill, tgo
tom_z
Advanced Member
Username: tom_z

Post Number: 317
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:06 pm:   Edit Post

I've seen Santana, Kimock, David Lindley, Robben Ford and heard countless other Dumbles on recordings. Here is the price schedule from 1993, but I understand that you kind of have to know Howard Dumble to have one made.

Tom
lidon2001
Intermediate Member
Username: lidon2001

Post Number: 110
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 6:11 pm:   Edit Post

Build your own "R"umble

Rumble Heaven, formerly known as Dumble Heaven, schematics

http://esc73.midphase.com/~schehol8/rumble.htm

Interview with Santana. Not one, but four Dumbles...

http://www.musicplayer.com/lounge/setups/santana.htm

(Message edited by lidon2001 on March 16, 2006)
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1789
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 5:22 am:   Edit Post

With no disrespect intended to anyone, for 15k I could buy a room-FULL of custom-ordered hand-built hnad/hard-wired tube amps of all types. Considering I can't play like (or as good as) any of the guys above and even assuming the Dumble is the best amp in the world (debatable), I'd have to hit the Lottery big-time to even consider dumping 15-large on a 1x12 tolex-covered combo amp (tonality not withstanding).

BTW, Stevie Ray used a Dumble along with at least one-or-two other amps simultaneously and pedals as well to get his great amp tone (lest us not forget the guitar mods, detuned steel cables for strings and large hands with prodigious talent and dexterity behind them).
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1793
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 6:05 am:   Edit Post

Two bidders...high bid was $17,800!!! Seller cancelled all bids and ended auction early.
gtrguy
Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 52
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 9:30 am:   Edit Post

Check out the auction for the #1 Dragon (sp?) PRS guitar. It was at $42K yesterday. Talk about spending cash.
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1796
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 5:44 am:   Edit Post

The U.S. economy's in the toilet, but people can still find obscene amounts of money to spend on toys! Where can I get me some of that disposable income? LOL!

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