Anyone that has looked inside of one can tell you that isn’t true. Unless you’re talking about it at a very base level, like saying both a Dumble and a Marshall are just a Bassman.
Hey thanks for commenting. As far as the title, I’ll eventually be doing a comparison to my Two-Rock TS1, considered by many one of the best ODS inspired amps. I was surprised how close the Mk III actually gets.
Let’s look at the common features between the amps. A Fender-ish clean channel with mid and gain boosts, multiple EQ shifts, and a second gain stage placed AFTER the tone stack (a particularly unique feature of these two specific amps at the time). But the most significant thing they had in common was that they were designed during the same period by two guys who were practically neighbors out in California. Alexander Dumble and Randall Smith, along with Mike Soldano, Bob Bradshaw, John Suhr, and others in the area, took the the single channel amps of the 60s and pushed them to the limits with more gain, multiple channels, effects loops, and pretty much every other feature we expect in a “modern amp.” It shouldn’t surprise anyone that a Dumble and a Mark III sound similar to each other.
@markwilliams142 Right on, and the EQ is so powerful in the MK III that it can cover a lot of ground. I’ll definitely compare it to my TS-1, but I’m also wondering how close it can get to a Marshall or other Fender based tones.
Good playing man, sound good through any amp. I would rather hear that through a Marshall super lead that isn't breaking up to much
Thanks. A crunchy supper lead would be awesome!
It’s just a blackface style amp. The entire mark series is.
Anyone that has looked inside of one can tell you that isn’t true. Unless you’re talking about it at a very base level, like saying both a Dumble and a Marshall are just a Bassman.
All amps are basically a fender amp.
Wtf is that title? Disgusting
Hey thanks for commenting. As far as the title, I’ll eventually be doing a comparison to my Two-Rock TS1, considered by many one of the best ODS inspired amps. I was surprised how close the Mk III actually gets.
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Let’s look at the common features between the amps. A Fender-ish clean channel with mid and gain boosts, multiple EQ shifts, and a second gain stage placed AFTER the tone stack (a particularly unique feature of these two specific amps at the time). But the most significant thing they had in common was that they were designed during the same period by two guys who were practically neighbors out in California. Alexander Dumble and Randall Smith, along with Mike Soldano, Bob Bradshaw, John Suhr, and others in the area, took the the single channel amps of the 60s and pushed them to the limits with more gain, multiple channels, effects loops, and pretty much every other feature we expect in a “modern amp.” It shouldn’t surprise anyone that a Dumble and a Mark III sound similar to each other.
@markwilliams142 Right on, and the EQ is so powerful in the MK III that it can cover a lot of ground. I’ll definitely compare it to my TS-1, but I’m also wondering how close it can get to a Marshall or other Fender based tones.