I own six Dumbles and must say they have a very nice tone. I own no cars, homes, clothes, or food supplies. Still, I have a very nice tone. It actually rivals a Fender!
@2beJT
6 жыл бұрын
lol
@JInfinity7
4 жыл бұрын
@@2beJT dumbles provide great isolation from exposure and you can eat the crystal lettuce when hungry.
@mannyfragoza9652
3 жыл бұрын
ah ha so you are a street musician
@edwhite7475
3 жыл бұрын
so not quite as good as a Fender then? And you eat air?
@mannyfragoza9652
3 жыл бұрын
@@edwhite7475 Dumber copied Fender i guess alot of companies did and still do and i dislike most of them
@tremoo5987
6 жыл бұрын
The guitar world has been trolled for 30+ years. Well played Dr D!
@BaroqueBlues
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Alexander Dumble 😥. Too bad this was the only video interview of you.
@peteg9069
7 жыл бұрын
Came for the video, stayed for the comments
@miguelabreumacedo
6 жыл бұрын
strat - man - do Am I the only one here just for the comments? xD
@ColinBrain
5 жыл бұрын
I like the guitarist's contribution at the end there. "Huh."
@mikegarciaofficialmusiccha317
Жыл бұрын
The best part is that he continues on about his gear as if Mr. Dumble never said anything. 😂
@JuiceboxDesmond
5 жыл бұрын
Alex Dumble only raised the prices of his amps when the resale value went up (which was out of his control). In the early 80's he was only charging $1700 for an ODS. They became collectible and sought after, and when people started ordering amps from him for $2000 just to resell them for $20,000 he got wise and moved his prices to meet demand. It's not his fault his amps fetch those prices.
@OhGodWhatIsThisAah
2 жыл бұрын
No, it's capitalism's.
@babayaga1767
2 жыл бұрын
@@OhGodWhatIsThisAah living in a socialist state are you? no? or are you taking advantage of the freeoms capitalism give you? you are free (not under communism) to move where communism is the order. we won't miss you
@OhGodWhatIsThisAah
2 жыл бұрын
@@babayaga1767 the days most fucking retarded comment goes to you. what a shit argument. say you're 17 without saying you've never fucking experienced anything in the real world.
@irishRocker1
2 жыл бұрын
The prices are crazy cos he only made 300 amps total. He never went into mass production. Each was customised to the buyers requests. If Marshall only made 300 they would be crazy prices too
@Jonjzi
2 жыл бұрын
And people still had the freedom to buy any other amplifier they wanted because there was always such a wide variety of options available. Isn't it beautiful? Thank you, capitalism.
@SpeedEqualsEmotion
12 жыл бұрын
Crystal lettuce. It all comes down to that
@kcapkcans
3 жыл бұрын
"yes, this amazing tube amp is the essence of analog tone where the tone gets to survive in a magical tone land... anyway, here's my digital effects rack where my signal goes before getting sent to the amp"
@guitartonetopia
3 жыл бұрын
You’ve never heard of running fx parallel?
@The_Fat_Turtle
2 жыл бұрын
What drives me nuts are the guys who bitch about some tube amps having solid state gain stages, but you'll never catch them without some solid state overdrive pedal like a Tube Screamer on their board.
@kcapkcans
2 жыл бұрын
@@guitartonetopia "here's a totally unamplified digital signal... You can't hear it because it's unamplified, but hey, parallel"
@Burnwash
8 жыл бұрын
WARNING...WARNING...WARNING... Do not - I repeat, DO NOT - watch or listen to this clip while tripping on acid.
@X360Anti
6 жыл бұрын
look around you
@jambajoby32
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha haha
@Manbagdeluxe
11 жыл бұрын
His body language and the way he says "lectrons' can survive in a f-free space vacuum" just gets me every time.
@ChrsGuit
16 жыл бұрын
I got my info from a book I saw at a local music store... it was something like "Complete guide to guitar amp manufacturers" or something like that... One of those A-Z books that has every kind of amp company and signature model. I looked at Dumble and it only had a paragraph. It said he made a couple-hundred amps based on Fender Twins, he was a recluse, covered his circuit boards, and that he required an audition tape before he built an amp for anybody.(I sensed alot of eye-rolling from writer)
@Flawson317
8 жыл бұрын
Just play, man. Play through a Marshall. Play through a Dumble. Play through a Crate. Put a speaker in a cardboard box and connect it to a radio shack stereo amp- whatever, just play, man
@DannyShipleyMusic
8 жыл бұрын
and then one day when your really good, buy a two rock like me ;)
@strongstrummin4078
8 жыл бұрын
+Danny Shipley Boy you don't sound arrogant as shit.
@andystephenson5407
8 жыл бұрын
+Danny Shipley I bet he can't even play
@Kostas1601
8 жыл бұрын
If your sound isn't satisfying to you , that is a problem however. playing is all about having fun and enjoying it. Play through whatever brings out sounds that satisfy you. Thorough gear that you lay your eye on and can't resist picking up or turning on. that's my opinion...
@Skinny_Karlos
8 жыл бұрын
I agree. If every violinist 'needed' a Stradavarious or Guarneri del Gesu to be happy ther'd be much less beatiful violin music made. Same for the guitar. Basically it comes down to one's 'inner musical voice' and the fingers of course. Give Robben Ford, Larry Carlton or any player with a distinctive sound and the gear they use on the day won't change a listener's ability to recognise them, even with some 'pawn shop specials'. But your right as long as one is enjoying it play with whatever you can get your hands on. Just play !!
@rikvee
15 жыл бұрын
it amazes me how little generosity of mind and a completed lack of heart there is in many of the previous comments - yes this video was done in a different time, yes our famous amp builder has a weight problem, but that's not why this is up here - what Mr Dumble is saying shows insight and understanding, and lovers of great guitar tone could learn something here, I did!
@benlees9713
2 ай бұрын
yeah he said something that was relevant in 1980 not any longer.
@BioStuff415
6 жыл бұрын
fender twin will do just fine.
@jimbeam-ru1my
3 ай бұрын
old fender amps are a pain in the ass. every time you repair them they drop in value, and you have to repair them a lot.
@zeroceiling
13 жыл бұрын
Einstein: " any idiot can make that which is complex...appear more complex...it takes true genius to make the complex appear simple".........this might apply here Mr. Dumble!
@blessed7fold
3 жыл бұрын
I think he did it's just still way over most people's heads.
@Quicksilver_Cookie
3 жыл бұрын
What he did is said complete and utter nonsense. He knows how to put an amp together, but it doesn't sound like he actually understand how electronics work. Because scientifically speaking it's utter gibberish.
@tbonuss
2 жыл бұрын
He's read something about vacuum and SS devices. He's got some of the words right, but what nuclear engineers call a GCE (Gross Conceptual Error). Here's the deal: electrons literally move and transfer energy from cathode to anode in a vacuum tube; in a solid state (like maybe a crystal lattice structured device) the electrons transfer energy through vibration. They do eventually move incidentally (which is sometimes referred to as drift speed) , but that's just a stocastic orbital effect.
@badtweed2087
2 жыл бұрын
@@Quicksilver_Cookie Exactly!! The guitar world is full of gullibles that get sold a load of bs supreme all too often!!!
@MrJumboblimpjumbo
2 жыл бұрын
Steve Watson you haven't addressed the issue of harmonic response of vacuum tubes vs solid state yet, drift velocity should have nothing to do with this
@cmhavner
2 жыл бұрын
This is the undisputed champion example of how to say nothing at all and still seem like an expert. He gave away nothing. Point: Dumble
@badtweed2087
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, he modded the Fender Twin and then given the crown of genius. Not rocket science but the guitar world is laced with a load of bs hype. rip.
@taylordiclemente5163
Жыл бұрын
He's right though. Harmonics don't clip as harshly in tube amps as they do in solid state amps.
@TheChadPad
Ай бұрын
All of the people saying that he said nothing betray the fact that they understood nothing
@ronj9448
6 жыл бұрын
This is a fragment of the VHS Henry Kaiser video. I was just learning guitar at the time, I bought it, and it took me on the wrong path. You don't listen to Beefheart to learn scales! Ha.
@Zappafantrust
2 жыл бұрын
True. Beefheart didn't like scales and said often "Scales are for fishes"
@BenSheltonMusic
16 жыл бұрын
I'd always thought of him as having a better understanding of the principles that make his amps sound so good, given his penchant for asking people for the value of the square root of two before becoming their friend and writing measured values on pots and caps to make sure they were exact. I bet that stuff about fragile harmonics is just something he came up with to explain things to non-technical guitar players.
@StandbyCymbalist
2 жыл бұрын
by my calculations Dumble wouldn't have had many musician friends, if he's screening them by asking the square root of two. Perhaps Brian May..
@TheTerrorBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
@@StandbyCymbalist Naaah... that's something around 1.4. Not terribly hard, unless he wanted it to 20 decimal places or something. HAHAHAHA 😄
@mynameisnotfrank1908
6 жыл бұрын
This could easily be a meme video
@majesticpbjcat7707
4 жыл бұрын
Came here while researching boutique amplifiers. Glad I walked through the Dumble Door...
@hyporidemia
14 жыл бұрын
I agree with some of the people posting about this video. Most people do not have the ear to detect the differnce between a Dumble and a clone. I have a 1971 Peavey Vintage 4x10 basically a Bassman clone (all tube $700 amp) a Zendrive pedal ($200 pedal) and a Dumbodrive pedal ($150 pedal). With this amp and either pedal I can get as close as anyone wants to a Dumble. $40,000 for a Dumble vs. $850-$900. You decide. I also have a 1971 Fender Champ that I can do about the same thing with.
@DrewAnti1960
16 жыл бұрын
Thank you for postin g this
@cacarver1982
10 жыл бұрын
Crystal Lettuce. There you have it.
@dressedtosmellgood
9 жыл бұрын
he doesnt know from lettuce, look at 'im
@doublestrokeroll
9 жыл бұрын
P. Doherty yeah these ignorant motherfuckers who make fun of that comment just because it sounds like lettuce...what a bunch of fucking clowns. Probably dipshits who flunked 8th grade science. Probably climate change deniers as well.
@MrDizzyD2
9 жыл бұрын
doublestrokeroll no...we are all just better than you
@shredx81
9 жыл бұрын
doublestrokeroll You know the laugh is on you guys right?
@doublestrokeroll
9 жыл бұрын
no....you THINK the laugh is on us....but your "humor" is so fucking childish and lame that it's simply NOT funny. The fact that you actually think it IS funny is what makes YOU the joke.
@badtweed2087
2 жыл бұрын
well...umm... at least he didn't include any talk about the "color" of the sound. My favorite amp tone color is "BROWN"... Hey Howeird, how about modding my Twin Reverb with an extra 12AT7 for more gain with a few extras knobs to control that and then maybe do something weird to the standard Fender tone circuit that you can label Rock or Jazz and add a few little toggle switches for that yet have it sound like poop and nothing like rock or jazz? There you go. I've just given you the keys to become the king of genius tone!! lmao!
@electricritual4197
6 жыл бұрын
Who's the real dumble. The guy who makes them or the dumble that forks out the cash for one.
@galleryofrogues
5 жыл бұрын
Electric Ritual Operation Dumble drop.
@billville111
6 жыл бұрын
So which would be cheaper - to buy a dumble or to play in the vacuum of outer space?
@CerealDust-nStuff
2 жыл бұрын
"Here, hold my beer." - Ax Effects
@peejay6930
2 жыл бұрын
Eh! That's like comparing Emily Ratajkowski to a blow up doll
@whynottalklikeapirat
5 жыл бұрын
That's Dumbledore right there. I don't know who brought Dobby in on guitar, doesn't seem strictly canon to me ...
@EDKguy
4 жыл бұрын
Wait, so all the goop on the circuit board was just Sweet Baby Ray BBQ sauce?
@JamesMaurer
10 жыл бұрын
He reminds me of the comedian The Amazing Johnathan
@2beJT
4 жыл бұрын
Heck ya! Let's all chug Windex!
@thedevilinthecircuit1414
3 жыл бұрын
And it's apparent he's drinking Windex too.
@jegr3398
3 жыл бұрын
He does bear a striking resemblance
@petejt
13 жыл бұрын
so this is where it all comes from, the crystal lettuce...
@taterlysaladman9377
9 жыл бұрын
Is this a SNL skit? It can't be real, coments is misspelled.
@TimeLordGuitar
15 жыл бұрын
You don't need a hand-wired tube amp built by an Eskimo in Ireland to have good tone. You don't need an special amp made out of dried green bean sprouts built by a blind woman named Bernice to have good tone. You just need a nice tube amp that turns on when you push the damn power button.
@badtweed2087
2 жыл бұрын
Yep. The amount of hype and bs in the guitar world is beyond the pale and often plain dimwitted af.
@rapidtranq
14 жыл бұрын
is this a legit clip or some kind of spoof?? bordering on funny.....
@luisvillarreal5262
2 жыл бұрын
“I don’t understand a word you just said.” - Farmer on Napoleon Dynamite. 😂
@jeremiahwilson1781
8 жыл бұрын
what Dumble amps sound like now is not unique anymore. there are tons of amp gear out there that have "that sound". much more accessible too. if being a recluse, wierd, and limiting accessibility to his amps and service was by design to charge outrageous sums of money....hes a genius. he doesnt have to work much and gets very high dollar. kudos if this was his intentions.
@angusorvid8840
3 жыл бұрын
Alex "Don't call me Howie!" Dumble got a sweet thing going by building amps for the right people. He started out modding Bassmen then got into marketing his own brand. He's the Thomas Pynchon of the amplifier world. It's all about "mystique" which is a nice word English borrowed from Old French meaning "bullshit". I tried a Dumble decades ago. I thought it sounded very good, but I could not understand the mythology around it. Why get a Dumble when you can get any number of amps that do the same thing for a lot less money? On top of that Alex "Don't call me Howie!" Dumble will only build an amp for players he personally likes. So now you can't even pay him twenty grand to spend twenty years building you an amp unless he digs your style. So if you don't play like Robben Ford or Larry Carleton, good luck. Your money's no good. Mystique does absolutely nothing in the service of music or, on a very basic level, tone. This is why I'm not so crazy about Seymour Duncan pickups. I dig a few of them, but I could really care less if they are produced using an archaic technique by an order of deaf monks on Lampedusa.
@Magnulus76
3 жыл бұрын
I doubt the tone of a Dumble amp can't be reasonably approximated using a pedal. The various Zen and Dumbler pedals out there are proof enough of that. There are also some solid state amp circuits out there that have more tube-like performance, particularly those made by Peavey.
@tomcoryell
3 жыл бұрын
Magnulus76 Peavey? Seriously?
@thetelenator4468
3 жыл бұрын
I think it's safe to say that it's not even 'today's sound' anymore. When I hear one I can only think '80s Cali studio or rarified blues purist -- little of which I ever found that exciting then or now. Now, my Friedman BE-50 heads? That's exciting.
@Olegstuff21986
2 жыл бұрын
@@thetelenator4468 Well, plenty of people still enjoy a good blues guitar sound, including myself. I like a lot of other styles as well but each style has its own sound to accomodate it.
@MrGTO-ze7vb
3 жыл бұрын
You have to try out a Dumble thru some great sealed cabinets with 4 JBL D120F Speakers. I did this back in the 1980s in Santa Cruz CA at my friends music studio. The first thing I noticed was the Attack. When you just plucked a note, the amp responded so quickly and crisp. I was playing a 1970 Gibson SG. Alex Howard Dumble lived in Santa Cruz for many years...
@WGMSMan
16 жыл бұрын
That is Henry Kaiser. I've heard he is an acquired taste.
@iagobroxado
11 жыл бұрын
Why a Klon for $1500 when you can get one for $150 from some guy with a soldering iron? Or even read and learn about effects design-building and build whatever drive pedal you want for much less...
@Twirlyhead
6 жыл бұрын
_Non-specified Clergyman_ : Do you think it is wise to call your baby boy Bumble, Mrs Dumble ?
@Hanssone
6 жыл бұрын
best explanation i ever heard
@michaelgarcia2050
8 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but Dumble's explanation sounds like the packaging for Airborne "immune system booster" pills.
@hosoiarchives4858
6 жыл бұрын
Michael Garcia that's what makes it so good
@PandaThiefChannel
5 жыл бұрын
LOL
@-thirteen
5 жыл бұрын
That company was sued and forced to refund
@chrislawrence6609
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's snake oil but if so the dude has so many guitar players convinced that it's made him rich! I read he makes 3 amps a year and sells them for $70-150k each!
@FoFrx
15 жыл бұрын
tone starts in your head and is then filtered through your fingers.
@taylorfusion
9 жыл бұрын
"huh...thank you" funny
@kilterkaos1
3 жыл бұрын
This easily could’ve been an episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
@uriahroseii1026
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, except no Joe Negri whom is still a great jazz guitarist and is currently 95 years old.
@DanRelayer_Ukraine
Жыл бұрын
Who would dare to do a blindold test of a Dumble vs. a Kemper?))
@taylordiclemente5163
Жыл бұрын
Someone with a lot of money
@iagobroxado
2 жыл бұрын
I found out the man has passed away just recently. No better place to leave him a RIP Mr. Dumble.
@krelbar
15 жыл бұрын
You just need an amp that sounds nice to you, whether it be SS or Tube.
@Fugettaboutit
4 жыл бұрын
This is from the greatest guitar video of all time.
@OgreDaddy
16 жыл бұрын
For those who don't know any better, you've captured what will turn out to be a rare bit of history.
@TheMcstevester
2 жыл бұрын
14 yyeeaars ago
@nylonsteel
15 жыл бұрын
is it the twinkie crumbs that go inside the chassis that make his amps sound best when he made them?
@CheckitOutYaw
15 жыл бұрын
...dind't even hear him talk...was all filled with thoughts: "i'll bet he is thinking of donuts or peanut buttter and jelly"...
@bowslap
13 жыл бұрын
@reallycrazynines I know....the man has a good guitar, and a KILLER amplifier. All the tools necessary for great tone, and yet he covers it up with a shitpot of effects and noise that would make Robert Fripp look like a bluesman. Alexander Dumble makes a great amplifier, I love the richness of the OD....but the prices he charges are beyond obscene. Do I think he's fisting his customers like meat puppets? Oh yeah...but how bad do you want the tone?
@craigcruz2359
2 жыл бұрын
rest in peace sir Alexander Dumble😢🙏🏻
@StratsRgreat
13 жыл бұрын
Someone has been making fantastic tube amps....while putting down a few tube steaks...
@JoelyPera
3 жыл бұрын
Just got done reading most of the comments to this video. I am in tears!! Lol! 🤣🤣🤣
@RossD8
2 жыл бұрын
Just wish Mr. Dumble would have shared some of his secrets, techniques, ideas, etc. Sadly I think they all went with him. But that's the way he wanted it.
@zenmaestro04
Жыл бұрын
Goddamit why is this the only clip of Howard Dumble I can find speaking about amps on the internet
@gregmize01
Жыл бұрын
The full version of the video is bizarre
@kodas3366
4 жыл бұрын
*the man!*(long drawn out with gradual release)
@everythingmadeeasier
2 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal.
@freakybuzz
15 жыл бұрын
JonDeth, I'm glad you think of yourself so highly, and I have no doubt that in the scope of your world, you are a master technician and artisan. Your well-rehearsed techno-ese and ad hominems indeed make you impressive in your own sight. But in the sphere in which I work, such an attitude would immediately get you blackballed. I am not anti-digital, nor am I an incurable tube snob, you however, seem to have an agenda and an attitude that will continue to leave you professionally isolated.
@TimeLordGuitar
15 жыл бұрын
the funny thing is that many of the guitarists with dumbles and trainwrecks seem to be rather unskilled on the instrument. there are exceptions of course (I.e.- eric johnson.) but- the first guy (actually named "guy") that came up on you-tube when i wanted to hear a trainwreck sounded like started strumming a damn C chord and them playing some sloppy sequences. to make matters worse- he was playing a real 1959 Les Paul. the tone was rancid...absolute proof that tone is in 100% in your hands.
@nigel900
2 жыл бұрын
Well said. And they sound F**king awesome!!!
@icecreamforcrowhurst
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Howard Dumble. Randomly googled Dumble pedals this morning and found out he died yesterday.
@leftchicago
14 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly.
@yootoobdotcomlol
16 жыл бұрын
No disrespect to his amps, but that explanation was hilarious!!
@maxolydian9115
Жыл бұрын
The Thomas Pynchon of guitar manufacturers
@taylordiclemente5163
Жыл бұрын
Dumble copied Fender, Pynchon copied Joyce
@karlmontenegro
4 жыл бұрын
I live in a box under a bridge, but at lest my head is resting on my dumble amplifier....
@l8tapex
Ай бұрын
Video summarized " Electronics can survive in a free space vacuum better than a crystal lattice."
@acdcfan7676
15 жыл бұрын
they both have funny calm voices
@filipedoria9561
2 жыл бұрын
RIP, a true artisanship
@jrrarglblarg9241
2 жыл бұрын
I would expect a video about sound equipment to have better sound. Then I watched the video. Obviously the electrons in the right channel didn’t survive the crystal lattice.
@Crabfather
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU I thought my headphones were dying
@krelbar
5 жыл бұрын
If the electrons didn't survive in a crystal lattice, current doesn't flow....meaning it is not electrically operational.
@02stanggt
14 жыл бұрын
that is about the funniest goddamn thing i have ever read....
@intrsoul
11 жыл бұрын
The difference comes down to this... BEEFCAKE
@jimmcmahon8817
6 жыл бұрын
'Electrons survive in a a vacuum tube where they cant in a crystal lattice' is absolute BS. Harmonics are not fragile either. It is simply that solid-state devices never generate the musical harmonics in the first place in the same combinations and proportions. However, the vacuum tube does naturally produce musically pleasing harmonics, which can be preserved and enhanced with careful circuit design and by use of top quality components, especially output transformers. Great circuit layout is also vital, because the capacitance inside an amp can kill those higher harmonics very easily if the layout is wrong. That's why point-to-point wiring is often considered best. But a well thought-out PCB layout can also be good.
@shekador
3 жыл бұрын
@@3eyedcyclops many electronic components have parasitic capacitance, including vacuum tubes - you're missing the point.
@marksolby
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Legend
@alexcorll90
Ай бұрын
The crystal lettuce is real. He's referring to a solid state silicon transistor, which has a crystal lattice structure, used in solid state amps. By contrast, a tube is a self contained free space vacuum.
@punkmusicmetal
11 жыл бұрын
John Mayer has a couple Dumble amps in his rig. Not sure if he uses them a lot or not.
@MrIkesimba
12 жыл бұрын
51 people have been eliminated or squashed in the solid state crystal lattice, while 75 people are surviving in a free space vacuum.
@cidnewman8032
2 ай бұрын
Dumble knew what he was talking about. I bought an Amplified Nation Overdrive Reverb, in search of that tone, and was gobsmacked. Almost all of my pedals are now pointless, as plugging directly into the amp sounds better than any pedalboard/amp setup I've used in 40 years. Modelers don't come close, and unfortunately, neither do most of the amps I used to consider the best.
@RantingGuy
11 жыл бұрын
It's strange then that the worlds greatest tunes are played using Marshalls, Vox's, Orange and Fender amps. Duimble? Where's the legend heard?
@tremoo5987
6 жыл бұрын
My next tattoo 'electronics have trouble in a crystal lattice'
@ChrsGuit
16 жыл бұрын
That, my friend, was and AWESOME comment... One of those you're that hits you when just reading the normal responses and then you see it and bust out laughing... Good call!
@HarrrySpider
10 жыл бұрын
nice tip, on the Al DiMeola comment, thanks! now I need to hear Al's CD and check the tone...
@Turboy65
12 жыл бұрын
I don't think I've ever heard a more unmusical player than Henry Kaiser. I think you have to be on bath salts and PCP to actually enjoy his crap.
@ptose
3 жыл бұрын
or maybe that's not your style (or you have heard him only in this video). By the way, he's one of the most knowleadgeable persons I've read about guitarists, with incredibly eclectic tastes.
@ptose
3 жыл бұрын
@@davidfaustino4476 yes he is, have you ever read him talking about guitarists? He knows A LOT about the instrument and music.
@Turboy65
2 жыл бұрын
@@ptose He's a musical hack with very little talent but he is a trust fund baby with a very large amount of money to spend on gear and he could pay good musicians to play with him. That does not change the fact that his musical ability of his own was really REALLY bad at the time that this video was made. But to be fair, Henry did improve. He's still not great but what he plays these days is at least listenable.
@AlexSosaBolivia
5 ай бұрын
@@Turboy65 Henry's hackery is just his little way of telling the world he's got F-U money and can do whatever the hell he wants LOL.
@bayougtr
10 жыл бұрын
Dr. D?
@5150forevermore
3 жыл бұрын
"Solid-state crystal lattice". Not lettuce.
@grahamtaylor3093
2 жыл бұрын
Now I understand the whole Dumble ethos and why they demand such prices. I’m off to Clitheroe to see if there are any more with my first born under my arm.
@trey3nett904
10 жыл бұрын
CRYSTAL LATICE
@christophermurphy7113
5 жыл бұрын
lattice
@jambajoby32
4 жыл бұрын
Gist/paraphrase: The more {that} fragile harmonics can survive in a vacuum tube, (where they seem to be eliminated or squashed) in a solid state crystal lattice. They can survive in a free space vacuum better
@TheUnclesidandthegay
13 жыл бұрын
@punkmusicmetal What amp do you play, sir?
@DR440
6 жыл бұрын
Tone is in the crystal lattice. All electrons matter!
@andrewdenine1685
4 жыл бұрын
Straight up genious.
@freecitizen2760
4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Denine : You have to be able to spell “genius” for your label to stick.
@andrewdenine1685
4 жыл бұрын
@@freecitizen2760 these things happen typing on phones I guess next time I'll edit so snowflake critics don't get their panties up in a bunch
@Paqqqman
4 жыл бұрын
I can see how this is a perfect meme quality video now ...decades after it was made. But a proper understanding of the PHYSICS of how electrons and sound reproduction actually works, understands what he's trying to get across here.
@Lantertronics
2 жыл бұрын
Dumble obviously had a great here and strong intuition for what values to tweak to create a good sounding amp, but what he actually said is here is nonsense.
@danakerman
12 жыл бұрын
Dumble sounds like a Dumbbell.
@getmeouttahere7638
3 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or does that kind of make sense? The wording was needlessly verbose, but the core idea seems accurate.
@ThomasShatter
3 жыл бұрын
Not only he doesn't make any sense but also his amps are scam.
@getmeouttahere7638
3 жыл бұрын
@@ThomasShatter What he was saying about electrons traveling differently through a vacuum (i.e. cathode tube) than through a transistor (solid state) makes sense from a physics perspective. If the electricity is the signal, then different flows could affect the tone.
@paulj0557tonehead
11 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Dumble has ever built a bitchin' Leslie amp? Not for guitar, but for organ. I encourage you to listen to the record I uploaded of Jesse Crawford playing a Hammond organ circa the late 50's, He is joined by harpist Ann Stockton and the album is call 'Jesse Crawford Remembers'. No overdrive here, but the tone is incredible. The Hammond organ is nothing more than an electric guitar with 91 individual pick-ups and spinning metal wheels instead of vibrating strings...plugged into an amp.
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