Re: Can someone explain the Dumble phenomenon
You'd think this was the case, but then people casually say stuff like this on internet forums, and it turns up in search engine results...
and it's no wonder that there's a demand for them.
Some of those comments remind me of what I heard of the Tim pedal "it's like your amp suddenly has a new dirty channel". With endorsements like that, people will buy them sight unseen, sound unheard.
While I was being slightly tongue-in-cheek, the "Dumble phenomenon" is, to me, exactly like the Fischer/Trainwreck/'59 Les Paul fetish except that Dumble is still around.
Are Dumbles phenomenal amps? Undoubtedly.
Are they $50K+, years-long-wait, you-must-be-someone-famous/personally sanctified, phenomenal? Ehhh... probably not and certainly not to me.
What makes them appealing, as well, is their exclusivity. And the retail music industry absolutely *thrives* on that concept.
It isn't that you're the guy with the cool gear that gives you great tone, it's that you have to be the *only* guy with that cool gear.
Like any craftsman, I understand the usefulness/necessity of quality tools but Trainwreck/Dumble, IMO, have moved into the arena of fetishism.
It's no longer about finding ways to be creative.
I love that guys like Dumble and Fischer exist because they are obviously sensational craftsmen. But at what point is that kind of attention to detail justified?
Guitars and amplifiers exist to make music.
And the music doesn't care what instrument it is played on.
