Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

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weinergod

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Honestly, they don't impress me at all.
The tone is just so polite and boring... I feel like it even limits the guitarrists playing.


Maybe that's just me though, my 0.02
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

Lucid_Lunatic said:
If I had a real one, I would just sell it.
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Reminds me of the Super Overdrive Special I saw for sale the other day for 60k


I mean, for that money you could get so many amazing amps. You could build a huge dream rig.

Even if you like the Dumble tone, there are just so many spot on copies on the market these days...

Guess it's just one of those things I wouldn't understand, aha
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

I get blasted for this fairly often, but I played through a real Dumble several years ago and have since tried many clones and copies...I've been pretty unimpressed with them all.

Just don't like the overall tone and feel of Dumble and Dumble style amps.
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

weinergod said:
Reminds me of the Super Overdrive Special I saw for sale the other day for 60k


I mean, for that money you could get so many amazing amps. You could build a huge dream rig.

Even if you like the Dumble tone, there are just so many spot on copies on the market these days...

Guess it's just one of those things I wouldn't understand, aha
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That's what I'm saying. If I had an uber expensive guitar/amp, I would sell it and make it into a ton of stuff I wouldn't feel the need to stand watch over and end up getting a lot more enjoyment from.
 
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If this was the Gear Page, you'd all be thrown up on the altar and slaughtered :D

I think some of them are nice sounding myself and it'd be nice to have that flavor to choose from on a daily basis, but I'm more than happy with what I've got now. I can't understand why they go for what they go for - the price just doesn't match the tone IMHO. I understand some of it is due to the rarity of the amps and the fact that some well known artists have used them, but I just don't get the appeal like some folks do.
 
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Never played one, probably never will. I don't think I'm missing out much, personally!
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

I don't so much care for them because I will never own one. I'm not into Lamborghini for the same reason. No reason to want one except to feel depressed about not having one.

Besides, the model of a Dumble in a GT-8 is pretty good.
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

Aceman said:
I don't so much care for them because I will never own one. I'm not into Lamborghini for the same reason. No reason to want one except to feel depressed about not having one.
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Couldn't have put it better myself.
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

I've never played a Dumble, so I'll withhold any kind of judgment. I will say that it's interesting how our ability to acquire something influences our perception of its value.

For example, a lot of people will say a Lamborghini at $210,000 or a '59 Les Paul at $50 billion aren't worth it, but they are -- to the people who are buying them. On the other hand, nothing is worth the money if you don't have it to spend.

I know many of you have played a lot of guitars, really know what's what, and can offer various opinions about no-name vs. Epiphone vs. Squier vs. MIM Fender vs. USA Fender & Gibson vs. PRS or whatever. What I can't stand is when people who haven't played nice guitars and know they can't afford one, will bad-mouth those instruments just to make themselves feel better about what they have.

I'm not saying that any of you are doing that with the Dumble. For my part, I'll keep an open mind about it. I'll play one if I ever have the opportunity, if for nothing other than the experience and what it might do for my ever-changing perception of electric guitar tone.
 
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Never played through one here either, but have heard a few live. Not impressed here! Also the recorded dumbles never really did anything for me. Not any better than most decent 1k+ amps. Definitly not 60K good, but honestly what amp really is?
 
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Jessie Sammler said:
I've never played a Dumble, so I'll withhold any kind of judgment. I will say that it's interesting how our ability to acquire something influences our perception of its value.

For example, a lot of people will say a Lamborghini at $210,000 or a '59 Les Paul at $50,000 aren't worth it, but they are -- to the people who are buying them. On the other hand, nothing is worth the money if you don't have it to spend.

I know many of you have played a lot of guitars, really know what's what, and can offer various opinions about no-name vs. Epiphone vs. Squier vs. MIM Fender vs. USA Fender & Gibson vs. PRS or whatever. What I can't stand is when people who haven't played nice guitars and know they can't afford one, will bad-mouth those instruments just to make themselves feel better about what they have.

I'm not saying that any of you are doing that with the Dumble. For my part, I'll keep an open mind about it. I'll play one if I ever have the opportunity, if for nothing other than the experience and what it might do for my ever-changing perception of electric guitar tone.
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I've never played one myself, but I did see Robben Ford play one live

I must say I was less than impressed :\
 
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oilpit said:
Please find me a '59 burst for 50k so I can buy it, and sell it for 250 :cool2:
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Seriously? Maybe I'm thinking of ten years ago?
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

I'm going to come out with a line of hand-made boutique amplifiers that are all made from cigar boxes, old microwave ovens, and dinosaur skulls. I'll make one every year or so, because I'll be busy building armor, racing camels, quilting, raising sea monkeys, and collecting pre-WWII sanitary belts. I'll get a celebrity endorser, or maybe I'll just say that so-and-so used to play my amp. (Well, he did! For thirty seconds, then he threw it back at me and told me to get out of his dressing room.) Then I'll charge $125,000 per amp, because I know the rarity will boost the market value. I'll be set!

I'll call the amp.....








Jumble.
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

Jessie Sammler said:
I'm going to come out with a line of hand-made boutique amplifiers that are all made from cigar boxes, old microwave ovens, and dinosaur skulls. I'll make one every year or so, because I'll be busy building armor, racing camels, quilting, raising sea monkeys, and collecting pre-WWII sanitary belts. I'll get a celebrity endorser, or maybe I'll just say that so-and-so used to play my amp. (Well, he did! For thirty seconds, then he threw it back at me and told me to get out of his dressing room.) Then I'll charge $125,000 per amp, because I know the rarity will boost the market value. I'll be set!

I'll call the amp.....








Jumble.
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I lol'd
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

weinergod said:
Honestly, they don't impress me at all.
The tone is just so polite and boring... I feel like it even limits the guitarrists playing.


Maybe that's just me though, my 0.02
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... I completely agree... the same for Trainwreck and Cornford-type amps - overdrive in them is way too mild and timid for my ears. I call that the "penny loafers" tone... as a opposed to a Marshall plexi/JMP/800/900 jackboot... :banghead:
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

I don't care for Dumbles.

Much in the same way I don't care for Learjets; When folks get them, I think it's a bit wasteful and boneheaded, considering what you could acquire with the $ needed to get one, but if I had one in my back yard, I would tbe telling you all how great it was

:laughing:
 
Re: Am I the only one who doesn't care for Dumbles?

I've never really cared too much for adult-contemporary softcore porno tone either.
 
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