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if Dumbles would have caught on like, say, Mesas did...


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Here's the deal - Dumble never really seemed like he wanted to build or sell large numbers of amps.

 

But if he had, I have no doubt that they'd be on par with Mesa nowadays. Doesn't make it any less of a moot point.

 

Oh, and PCB's have nothing to do with it. Tell Andy Fuchs or Andy Marshall that PCB's are evil.

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FuchsRig1.jpg

 

I love my ODS30, it's got a VERY unique voice! I played a real ODS100 at Ultrasound about a year ago, and it was real nice too! You could crank it a bit in their big room too!

 

It's not the easiest amp to dial-in though, you need to spend some time with it. The way the clean channels' initial gain feeds the OD channel is different than any other amp I've used.

 

Here's a clip of the Fuchs, amp only -OD channel.

 

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6237304

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would anyone give that big of a {censored} about them today? if they were being sold in GC with PCB guts?


i think the early ones would be like the Mark IIC+, around 4k or so, but 55k, i don't know .....

 

Dumbles are hand built boutique amps. Mesas are nice, but mass produced. So you are asking if Dumbles were mass produced like Mesa, would they be as popular? Probably, because they would be cheaper. Duh???? :freak:

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i really shouldn't have posted this here: it was meant to be a hypothetical to generate interesting discourse


i tend to forget the knuckle draggers hang out here and talk about 150 watt firebreathing amps which are typically played in their mom's {censored}ing basement with the headphone jack
:rolleyes:

 

:rolleyes:

 

I play Egnater stuff. It's not really firebreathing or 150 watts.

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i really shouldn't have posted this here: it was meant to be a hypothetical to generate interesting discourse


i tend to forget the knuckle draggers hang out here and talk about 150 watt firebreathing amps which are typically played in their mom's {censored}ing basement with the headphone jack
:rolleyes:

 

Okay, smarty pants....what amp are you playing right now?

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i really shouldn't have posted this here: it was meant to be a hypothetical to generate interesting discourse


i tend to forget the knuckle draggers hang out here and talk about 150 watt firebreathing amps which are typically played in their mom's {censored}ing basement with the headphone jack
:rolleyes:

 

nice.

 

not all of us knuckledraggers do.. just a few.

 

i thought it was an interesting concept-- dumbles blowing up like mesas.

 

but i think that the idea just didn't come at the right time-- mesas started blowing up precisely BECAUSE they made high gain amps-- to my knowledge- dumbles were never that-- just super stellar mid-gainers at best. you can't hide lack of chops with low gain... so that was doomed to be a perfectionista amp anyhow.

 

anyhow-- my missing chromosome opinion on this IS, it wouldn'tve happened, as it's a specialist tool, whereas a mesa really isn't. not to say great guitarists haven't used both-- but gain hides many sins that previous generations of amps did not. instant populist super-amp.

 

n'duh. i'll go back to my mom's cave now and play my 500 watt amp.

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NO amp is worth that

 

 

 

 

they are worth 50+ grand because thats what they are selling for these days. im not sure why people cant seem to understand why they go for so much. they are superb amps built buy a builder who only built a couple hundred for mostly elitist rock stars, and no more will ever be built. Its like saying an original 1964 cobra isnt worth the million dollars they are going for cause you can build a replica for 50 grand that is faster and handles better. your paying more for the history and rareness than you are for the tone

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they are worth 50+ grand because thats what they are selling for these days. im not sure why people cant seem to understand why they go for so much. they are superb amps built buy a builder who only built a couple hundred for mostly elitist rock stars, and no more will ever be built. Its like saying an original 1964 cobra isnt worth the million dollars they are going for cause you can build a replica for 50 grand that is faster and handles better. your paying more for the history and rareness than you are for the tone

 

Holy {censored}. Best post of the thread. Definitely not what I'd expect from you, race. :thu:

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