John Mayer recently made headlines when one of his Dumbles went down during a live performance. The headline was the fact that literally as soon as it went down his tech ran out there and immediately replaced it...with another Dumble. Some guys have all the luck...(except for the fact that one of his Dumbles blew up) LOL!
The one word i always use to describe the Dumble sound is overtones. They are always harmonically rich and when you hold a note it always goes into this really nice feedback. The Cornerstone Gladio is an excellent example. These pedals sound great.
Recently came out of the boutique rabbit hole and after a long long time (years) of endless OD pedal purchases I think I finally found ‘my’ sound. Only happened once I took my KOT off and replaced it with a Boss SD-1 and The Dane. I’d been sceptical of a lot of RUclipsrs signature gear upto that point, but having tried a early demo model, that Thorpy himself was plugging at a trade show, it always stayed with me until I recently snagged one at a more sensible price. Weird position to be in now, sat watching boutique pedal demos thinking, “ I wouldn’t swap my sound out for that.” I was particularly underwhelmed by pretty much all these pedals. The TS and RAT clones highlighting the strange phenomenon of boutique builders trying to replicate industry standard / sound of ages pedals whilst somehow missing the core ingredients of what makes those pedals tick whilst adding £££ to the price. Anyway I’ve now got a KOT gathering dust on the shelf and a £50 SD1 cutting through the mix, taking all the glory on every solo … Go figure 🤔🎸😏
@@mchalespermanentbrewMy favourite drive pedal is the OD-3. Super transparent. I sold all my pedals when I went totally digital with my HX Effects years ago, but if I could have only one pedal is would be the Boss OD-3
I once saw Matt Schofield do a gig on his spare two rock which he'd moved onto after main amp failure and that was farting out too! He looked.. annoyed. Wouldn't have happened with a Peavey a tell thee!!
The best guitar player I ever seen in a bar played a solid state, Tech 21 Trademark 60. Same as Les Paul later in his life. Pete and the Captain always sound great no matter the price of the gear. IMO.
Oh dear... it wasn't the band Grumpy Old Men was it? Also, the Trademark 60 isn't exactly your bog standard solid state amp. However, I totally agree with your premise.
Yep they do and that must be difficult for them because they want to show off high end gear while making the cheaper stuff sound good. But if a Tone city sounds killer, why buy a Shin. for the kudos maybe
so these seem to use the same knobs that are on my Cornerstone Gladio Double Preamp Pedal, you cannot read them on stage under stage lights, so be prepared to get the sharpies out, home use, absolutely fine - talking about the silver knobs
These things seem to breed faster than Star Trek's tribbles, and interest in them increases accordingly. If the chancellor really wants to get the UK economy out of the brown stuff, he should invest big-time in guitar drive pedals.
I've been lucky to enough to play a few of these. Really cool, great sounding pedals! I work at Distinctive Guitar in the US and we carry them. As always, love the video! Great playing. You guys are awesome.
Have you ever played a J Rockett Dude pedal? It's their version of a Dumble and other J Rockett pedals I've played have been awesome. So I was just curious about that one.
Absolutely, I have the Ethos,original Zendrive and Van Weelden on my board,all 3 are fantastic overdrives.The Van Weelden drive is thicker ,wouldn't part with any of them.
Before he switched to the all vintage Fender amps when he began the Three Kings tour, Joe Bonamassa was a Dumble guy. He had like 8 of them and sold them all. For me, that was the Holy Grail of guitar tone for years. I went to a guitar show and one of the dealers had a Dumble from Joe's collection and had a price tag of $130,000. I asked if I could finance it at a $1/week for 130,000 weeks. He said he would consider it. Haven't heard back from him yet...
The original ODS was built for Robben Ford. There is a video on RUclips where Robben talks about his original Dumble and how it came to be, which I was fortunate to play. I feel that the mystique is far greater than the actual amp. I was seriously thinking of getting one. At that time a Steel String Singer was $5,000.00 which was super expensive for an amp then. When I got a call that I could come and play Robben's I couldn't get there fast enough. Even back then they had the mystique. I was really disappointed as I personally didn't care for it as it didn't get clean enough and I played it for about 4 hours. The edge of breakup tone was great though. That said all Dumbles are custom made to what the person who buys one is looking for. I've only seen two. The one I mentioned and another one that came into a friend of mine's shop to get repaired. He pulled the chassis out and it had all this black goop all over the circuit. Impossible to repair. He called the guy up and told him he'd have to send it back to Dumble to get it fixed. I seriously wonder how many people who 'want' a Dumble have ever actually played one.
Most dumble style pedals are attempting to duplicate specifically Robben Fords overdrive special, and from what I hear from these pedals it sounds like a fatter more compressed tubescreamer type tone
If you don’t want to pay $600-700 for a Shin Dumbloid, the Vertex SSS-SRV pedal was also modeled off 6 original Dumbles they got to test, and that pedal is ‘only’ about $250.
I think it was Mick Taylor who said there's no suc thing as 'a dumble tone' because every amp was handbuilt to what the buyer wanted. Love the sound of the pedal though, interesting that he didn't feel the need for gimmicks like an actual valve in there.
The lower gain settings sound pretty good , but the higher gain reminds me of a spitting camel !, to me, it doesn’t sound any better than other boutique pedal at a fraction of the price!
I've owned two ethos overdrives (one with a 30watt amp), an original Zendrive (pre Lovepedal), Amplified Nation Big Bloom and Alpha drive. The Big Bloom was based on the Shin's Dumbloid circuit and sounded b****y awful, as did the Dumbloid in this video. It was brittle and the gain sounded cheap and artificial. The ethos pedals live were a nightmare with all those controls and options. The sound was fine but I still maintain its a studio tool than a live solution where you might want to make corrections on the fly. The Alpha drive was simple, a bit dull and uninspiring. For me, the straight forward and iconic Dumble tonality was best captured in the Zendrive. I have never regretted passing on the other pedals, but selling the Zendrive was a daft move and it's going to be resolved soon enough when I get a secondhand example. If you like the Dumble tone, it's best to head for something that doesn't sound fizzy and harsh under gain (the Zendrive can also suck, but has a more pleasing tone and gain stage to these ears thats easily dialled in, making it more usable. The Shin version is revealed in this video as overpriced, buzz saw sounding, nasal and harmonically unpleasant. I know theres a lot who'll probably disagree but even the reviewers are struggling to say nice things about these boxes. Their expressions almost give the game away on several occasions, too.
Completely agree with the Shin's Dumbloid. One thing though for anyone purchasing that pedal, If you have a clean amp (Twins/Deluxe/Two-Rock), Dumbloids won't work with those as well as it would with something like a Marshall (better if you could put it in the effects loop but if not also, it'll sound close to an authentic sound than mushy with some shrill/artificial notes in there). I experimented a lot with Shin's pedals (signal chain, series/parallel in a wet/dry setup, different amps, etc) but nothing worked as good as a Marshall or Mesa-Boogie (again, best in the fx loop).
I agree that the Dumbloid sounded like crap ... I have the Ethos and Zen v2 w tube and love them both... Both blow the Dumbloid away.. What was killer is if you stacked the Ethos and Zen drive together or any good drive pedal in front of the Zen..Straight love Homey !
Played threw a few Dumbles . Played threw just about everything since I started in the middle seventies . The pros who I met that did the same all agreed we liked LOUD STIFF UNFORGIVING ICE PICK SOUNDS . I still love the Dumble sound, surprised anyone under 50 does. Howard himself has changed over the years , these days he hotrods a fail proof more traditional fender tone. (Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Clapton all playing newly Dumblized Fenders ). The JBL 120 was the Best speaker in the 70s. When the kids gonna bring that baby back? ( The one with the metal dust cone that you heard on every classic tune). Always felt Howard was just ripping off Randall Smith's Boogie Like all the others since anyway.
Bingo! Which is why I went for the Gladio Double instead. They don't claim that their preamp SOUNDS like a Dumble because there's no single "Dumble" sound. Instead, their preamp has a Dumble "feel..." whatever that means. LOL
Exactly. However, there are a few manufacturers that have gotten access to multiple original Dumbles and have come up with pedals that replicate the sound of those specific ones. (ie, Shin, Vertex, Ethos, etc)
The Dumbloid sounds more like a fuzz or pi when it’s pushed. Sounds better with singular notes rather than chords. Reminds me of the Simble from Mad Professor.
This sounds great! Although, I have my Cornerstone Gladio and I'll stop my Dumble pursuit there. It's so good. Oh, and I have a Ceriatone ODS on order so I guess I am speaking out of the other end. Have a very Happy New Year to all at Anderton's!
i have the gladio and the ceriatone ods and i just bought this shin dumbloid. i want to see if it's better than the gladio. i also have a two rock custom reverb signature.
Great Video. When Dr. Dumble is doing his amps they have to stand on a pentagram in the productionline. I d love to watch a video about Pedal Pawn and Jext Telez pedals.
I think I got the exact snake comp that’s sitting on the table unless andertons ordered multiple of the exact color, which isn’t usually the case with shins music lol, I bought it used on reverb but it has andertons on the box and is from this time period 😂
I've got a dumbloid /feedloid by Ryan in Arizona. Its pretty identical. Interestingly it has clipping modes for Timmy and tubescreamer and what you notice is the DUMBLE tone is very UN compressed and fuzzy/narly compared to the others. I think the general assumption is it has to be the smoothest and most compressed - not so... Quite hard and unforgiving on anything but high gain. And all the better for it
The Dumbloid is super cool. Sounds a lot like the Dr. No Octofuzz with the gain maxed and the octave function turned off (with a compressor running into it, lol). Dig that tone--will have to get my hands on one.
Nice review of these pedals. Mr Shin does build great pedals. I make only 3 of my Texas Humdrucker pedal per year. Exclusive circuit design for humbucker style pickups. A modest price at $17,000.00 each…. I always enjoy Andertons vids.
I wonder if the amp was the wrong one to test these pedals with. They all sounded very fuzz-like to me. The dumbloid had some interesting things going on in jazz mode. I have heard "dumble" clones many times and didn't seem that pedal was close to what I'm familiar. I wonder what version of a dumble it was trying to replicate
I have a Chinese Tom's Line Dumbler pedal - not as nice as this but they are 25.99 on Amazon. Lipstick pickups played through that into a Vox sound pretty tasty for that budget
Cool to see you demo some of the less common pedals from Shin's, like the MkI. I think you could get better results if you tweaked the amp more for the pedals, and stop playing into crystalline clean amps. Every dirt pedal sounds better through a warmed up amp that is either on the verge of breakup, or mildly breaking up. The TS variant probably needed some good breakup in the amp to really sing. I have seen many Dumbloid videos where it does more of the smooth Dumble, liquid OD thing than what you guys came up with, which was more of the overdriven Fender tone. Still, a nice demo and thanks for doing it.
To me the Dumble sound is fuzz distortion and compression meet to create a very creamy sound and screams with sugar lol I must be craving a cup of coffee hearing this ha ha
I had the opportunity to play a Dumble once owned by Jackson Browne at a local music store. The biggest thing I came away with was the blooming of the notes. Not a sharp raspy distortion but a smooth blossom of the note. Very different from a lot of the Dumble pedals out there.
Dumble is a marketing genius. He makes amps just like others do. Except he pretends his are made so much more different and special with magic goop. Schematics for amps are not all that different depending on features. That’s why amp tech’s can work on different amps because the tech is not that different from one to the other. IMHO 🤷🏼♂️ On the other hand JB and R Ford probably have better ears than I do so maybe there’s something there?
I’m not dumb Dumbo worship guy but clearly a thing going with them Not worth the money but What I know is some have a solid state rectifying section which adds to the more immediate response to the note/notes played There is less 3D feeling compared to a fender You can’t hide playing it as much the soft 3D sound of a blackface fender is enjoyable and helps that Ever play a Roland jazz? Dumble is a further tweaking of that fender sound to fit particular players styles
Hi Lee and Pete.. I think it would be interesting if you ever get a used Dunble to compare it to all of the products that try to reproduce the Dunble sound. Troy from Alantic City 🌆
must admit I didn't like any, maybe the first with proper sweep setting would be closest to my liking but captain just turned it off when he found my sweet spot. Anyway, it sounds to me close to Cream fat sound I never liked. But that is me. And it is not sour grapes thing 😉
Dumble Amps are notoriously difficult to set up and get a good sound , best demo ive ever heard is when Nick from That Pedal show was Head of Guitarist Magazine and did a Video Demo of a Dumble Amp he made it sound Awesome
Thank you for making this video but no thanks if the prices go up for any of his pedals. Have 4 of them, still 2 more I would like to own within a few months but man would I get mad if I see a hike in prices because of this video.
I've heard many top guitarists play through Dumble amps and NONE of them sound the same, they sound like THAT PLAYER playing through a Dumble. So is there really a "Dumble sound"? Robben Ford sounds the same regardless of what amp he's using. Danish Pete would sound good playing through some crappy solid state amp that fell off the trash truck on the way to the landfill. :-)
LOL! I heard him strum and I started humming Killing in the name of! The he plays it. That made my day. Also, Ive never heard an amp with gain structure like that. Yes, I know it’s a pedal but still…
John Mayer recently made headlines when one of his Dumbles went down during a live performance. The headline was the fact that literally as soon as it went down his tech ran out there and immediately replaced it...with another Dumble. Some guys have all the luck...(except for the fact that one of his Dumbles blew up) LOL!
The one word i always use to describe the Dumble sound is overtones. They are always harmonically rich and when you hold a note it always goes into this really nice feedback. The Cornerstone Gladio is an excellent example. These pedals sound great.
Recently came out of the boutique rabbit hole and after a long long time (years) of endless OD pedal purchases I think I finally found ‘my’ sound. Only happened once I took my KOT off and replaced it with a Boss SD-1 and The Dane. I’d been sceptical of a lot of RUclipsrs signature gear upto that point, but having tried a early demo model, that Thorpy himself was plugging at a trade show, it always stayed with me until I recently snagged one at a more sensible price. Weird position to be in now, sat watching boutique pedal demos thinking, “ I wouldn’t swap my sound out for that.” I was particularly underwhelmed by pretty much all these pedals. The TS and RAT clones highlighting the strange phenomenon of boutique builders trying to replicate industry standard / sound of ages pedals whilst somehow missing the core ingredients of what makes those pedals tick whilst adding £££ to the price. Anyway I’ve now got a KOT gathering dust on the shelf and a £50 SD1 cutting through the mix, taking all the glory on every solo … Go figure 🤔🎸😏
There never was anything wrong with Boss pedals.
Nice job. Getting what you like (I love most Boss - people get elitist about this stuff).
A year on…. Sold the Dane, SD-1 still killing it with a Blues Driver as it’s new partner😏👌#bossgotitrightthefirsttime
@@mchalespermanentbrewMy favourite drive pedal is the OD-3. Super transparent. I sold all my pedals when I went totally digital with my HX Effects years ago, but if I could have only one pedal is would be the Boss OD-3
Lucky to own a few of Shins pedals. They’re incredible, very expensive yes, but genuinely excellent.
I once saw Matt Schofield do a gig on his spare two rock which he'd moved onto after main amp failure and that was farting out too! He looked.. annoyed. Wouldn't have happened with a Peavey a tell thee!!
The best guitar player I ever seen in a bar played a solid state, Tech 21 Trademark 60. Same as Les Paul later in his life. Pete and the Captain always sound great no matter the price of the gear. IMO.
It's not about the gear.
Oh dear... it wasn't the band Grumpy Old Men was it?
Also, the Trademark 60 isn't exactly your bog standard solid state amp. However, I totally agree with your premise.
Yep they do and that must be difficult for them because they want to show off high end gear while making the cheaper stuff sound good. But if a Tone city sounds killer, why buy a Shin. for the kudos maybe
@Angel. nah I’ve seen the Anderton’s boys play at NAMM booths from a few feet away. They’re even better off camera.
The captains facial expression made my Christmas
Thanks Lee and Pete
All the best to everyone and their families at Anderson’s for Christmas and 2022
so these seem to use the same knobs that are on my
Cornerstone Gladio Double Preamp Pedal, you cannot read them on stage under stage lights, so be prepared to get the sharpies out, home use, absolutely fine - talking about the silver knobs
Bought the Dumbloid Twin (SP and ODS) a couple years ago, then met them at NAMM. Really great pedal and really nice people.
These things seem to breed faster than Star Trek's tribbles, and interest in them increases accordingly. If the chancellor really wants to get the UK economy out of the brown stuff, he should invest big-time in guitar drive pedals.
Tribulation.
joy to the world..more overdrive/distortion pedals...just what we need more of....
I've been lucky to enough to play a few of these. Really cool, great sounding pedals! I work at Distinctive Guitar in the US and we carry them. As always, love the video! Great playing. You guys are awesome.
Happy birthday to Frank Zappa!
Have you ever played a J Rockett Dude pedal? It's their version of a Dumble and other J Rockett pedals I've played have been awesome. So I was just curious about that one.
I looooove Distinctive Guitar! Been there a few times and you guys are always super friendly and awesome!
You're store is amazing to boot!
Just ordered an ODX from your store!
Ethos overdrive pedal is the the most faithful recreation of Dumble, even up to the look.
Absolutely,
I have the Ethos,original Zendrive and Van Weelden on my board,all 3 are fantastic overdrives.The Van Weelden drive is thicker ,wouldn't part with any of them.
Before he switched to the all vintage Fender amps when he began the Three Kings tour, Joe Bonamassa was a Dumble guy. He had like 8 of them and sold them all. For me, that was the Holy Grail of guitar tone for years. I went to a guitar show and one of the dealers had a Dumble from Joe's collection and had a price tag of $130,000. I asked if I could finance it at a $1/week for 130,000 weeks. He said he would consider it. Haven't heard back from him yet...
Both guitars through that first pedal might be the best tone I’ve ever heard on this or any other pedal show!
The original ODS was built for Robben Ford. There is a video on RUclips where Robben talks about his original Dumble and how it came to be, which I was fortunate to play. I feel that the mystique is far greater than the actual amp. I was seriously thinking of getting one. At that time a Steel String Singer was $5,000.00 which was super expensive for an amp then. When I got a call that I could come and play Robben's I couldn't get there fast enough. Even back then they had the mystique. I was really disappointed as I personally didn't care for it as it didn't get clean enough and I played it for about 4 hours. The edge of breakup tone was great though. That said all Dumbles are custom made to what the person who buys one is looking for. I've only seen two. The one I mentioned and another one that came into a friend of mine's shop to get repaired. He pulled the chassis out and it had all this black goop all over the circuit. Impossible to repair. He called the guy up and told him he'd have to send it back to Dumble to get it fixed. I seriously wonder how many people who 'want' a Dumble have ever actually played one.
Most dumble style pedals are attempting to duplicate specifically Robben Fords overdrive special, and from what I hear from these pedals it sounds like a fatter more compressed tubescreamer type tone
If you don’t want to pay $600-700 for a Shin Dumbloid, the Vertex SSS-SRV pedal was also modeled off 6 original Dumbles they got to test, and that pedal is ‘only’ about $250.
I think it was Mick Taylor who said there's no suc thing as 'a dumble tone' because every amp was handbuilt to what the buyer wanted. Love the sound of the pedal though, interesting that he didn't feel the need for gimmicks like an actual valve in there.
SRV's Dumble was used with Marshall and Fender amps on state. It was 150 watts and he used it for pristine clean.
We're actually hearing Pete's fingers and a Morning Glory under the table 😉 it sounds good to me, nice sustain.
The lower gain settings sound pretty good , but the higher gain reminds me of a spitting camel !, to me, it doesn’t sound any better than other boutique pedal at a fraction of the price!
That is the most authentic srv sound what you ever get
First 14 mins are basically Lee doing unconscious stank face. I fully approve personally - that dumbloud sounds absolutely sick.
I love my Gtown Holygrail Overdrive for 1/3 price of these ones!
I've owned two ethos overdrives (one with a 30watt amp), an original Zendrive (pre Lovepedal), Amplified Nation Big Bloom and Alpha drive.
The Big Bloom was based on the Shin's Dumbloid circuit and sounded b****y awful, as did the Dumbloid in this video.
It was brittle and the gain sounded cheap and artificial.
The ethos pedals live were a nightmare with all those controls and options.
The sound was fine but I still maintain its a studio tool than a live solution where you might want to make corrections on the fly.
The Alpha drive was simple, a bit dull and uninspiring.
For me, the straight forward and iconic Dumble tonality was best captured in the Zendrive.
I have never regretted passing on the other pedals, but selling the Zendrive was a daft move and it's going to be resolved soon enough when I get a secondhand example.
If you like the Dumble tone, it's best to head for something that doesn't sound fizzy and harsh under gain (the Zendrive can also suck, but has a more pleasing tone and gain stage to these ears thats easily dialled in, making it more usable.
The Shin version is revealed in this video as overpriced, buzz saw sounding, nasal and harmonically unpleasant.
I know theres a lot who'll probably disagree but even the reviewers are struggling to say nice things about these boxes.
Their expressions almost give the game away on several occasions, too.
Completely agree with the Shin's Dumbloid. One thing though for anyone purchasing that pedal, If you have a clean amp (Twins/Deluxe/Two-Rock), Dumbloids won't work with those as well as it would with something like a Marshall (better if you could put it in the effects loop but if not also, it'll sound close to an authentic sound than mushy with some shrill/artificial notes in there).
I experimented a lot with Shin's pedals (signal chain, series/parallel in a wet/dry setup, different amps, etc) but nothing worked as good as a Marshall or Mesa-Boogie (again, best in the fx loop).
I agree that the Dumbloid sounded like crap ... I have the Ethos and Zen v2 w tube and love them both... Both blow the Dumbloid away.. What was killer is if you stacked the Ethos and Zen drive together or any good drive pedal in front of the Zen..Straight love Homey !
Played threw a few Dumbles . Played threw just about everything since I started in the middle seventies . The pros who I met that did the same all agreed we liked LOUD STIFF UNFORGIVING ICE PICK SOUNDS . I still love the Dumble sound, surprised anyone under 50 does. Howard himself has changed over the years , these days he hotrods a fail proof more traditional fender tone. (Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Clapton all playing newly Dumblized Fenders ). The JBL 120 was the Best speaker in the 70s. When the kids gonna bring that baby back? ( The one with the metal dust cone that you heard on every classic tune). Always felt Howard was just ripping off Randall Smith's Boogie Like all the others since anyway.
He designed a limited edition dumble pedal for MXR a few years back that was under $200. I have one but still prefer the Zen drive.
There is no singular Dumble sound since each Dumble amp was individually voiced for its owner.
I would agree
I was going to post this but you saved me the trouble.
True that!
Bingo! Which is why I went for the Gladio Double instead. They don't claim that their preamp SOUNDS like a Dumble because there's no single "Dumble" sound. Instead, their preamp has a Dumble "feel..." whatever that means. LOL
Exactly. However, there are a few manufacturers that have gotten access to multiple original Dumbles and have come up with pedals that replicate the sound of those specific ones. (ie, Shin, Vertex, Ethos, etc)
cornerstone gladio for half price win!
The Dumbloid sounds more like a fuzz or pi when it’s pushed. Sounds better with singular notes rather than chords. Reminds me of the Simble from Mad Professor.
Ones of Stevie's first electric guitars was a telecaster!
I cannot be the only person who is underwhelmed by these tones for that money...
Roben Ford uses an Hermida Audio Zen Drive when he cannot have his Dumble with him. The Zen drive is now made by Love Pedals.
This sounds great! Although, I have my Cornerstone Gladio and I'll stop my Dumble pursuit there. It's so good. Oh, and I have a Ceriatone ODS on order so I guess I am speaking out of the other end. Have a very Happy New Year to all at Anderton's!
i have the gladio and the ceriatone ods and i just bought this shin dumbloid. i want to see if it's better than the gladio. i also have a two rock custom reverb signature.
How is the ceriatone? I have just ordered a gladio
The Ceriatone is awesome! Huge sounding amp, with crystal cleans and the best amp overdrive! @@mtb_3930
.... loving the Brown Drive.... thats a 2022 purchase me thinks!!
Embossed leather cover = "3d nice cover..." Y'all are awesome!
Great Video.
When Dr. Dumble is doing his amps they have to stand on a pentagram in the productionline.
I d love to watch a video about Pedal Pawn and Jext Telez pedals.
Sounds like an overdrive with fuzz overtones. Sounds like a mellower SD9?
Yup sounds like a good pedal. Idk what a Dumble sounds like but cool
The cracking gainy sustain is now the "rex roar" thanks guys.
Dare I say, the Dumbloid had a tiny bit of half-cocked wah with a bit of Big Muff sound?
I think I got the exact snake comp that’s sitting on the table unless andertons ordered multiple of the exact color, which isn’t usually the case with shins music lol, I bought it used on reverb but it has andertons on the box and is from this time period 😂
i could totally see lee in middle school pedaling rock gear in his backpack at lunch!
I've got a dumbloid /feedloid by Ryan in Arizona. Its pretty identical. Interestingly it has clipping modes for Timmy and tubescreamer and what you notice is the DUMBLE tone is very UN compressed and fuzzy/narly compared to the others. I think the general assumption is it has to be the smoothest and most compressed - not so... Quite hard and unforgiving on anything but high gain. And all the better for it
I love my Royal Overdrive ,it’s my favourite drive pedal . These pedals sound great I have to say ..
Pete Pete Pete-what a player! And what a tele.
One would be very hard-pressed indeed to find a pair of salesmen more talented than these gents!
The Dumbloid is super cool. Sounds a lot like the Dr. No Octofuzz with the gain maxed and the octave function turned off (with a compressor running into it, lol). Dig that tone--will have to get my hands on one.
I'm waiting for the Tone City Dumbloid for £39.99 😄
In addition this sounded like a resemblance of fuzz but T-Rex MUDHONEY has it since mid 90s
Nice review of these pedals. Mr Shin does build great pedals. I make only 3 of my Texas Humdrucker pedal per year. Exclusive circuit design for humbucker style pickups. A modest price at $17,000.00 each…. I always enjoy Andertons vids.
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Cool... so it's basically a 100-dollar Tube Screamer sold for 900 dollars. Awesome!
Have you guys ever tried the Wampler Euphoria ?
Great video 👍🏻
I wonder if the amp was the wrong one to test these pedals with. They all sounded very fuzz-like to me. The dumbloid had some interesting things going on in jazz mode. I have heard "dumble" clones many times and didn't seem that pedal was close to what I'm familiar. I wonder what version of a dumble it was trying to replicate
I have a Chinese Tom's Line Dumbler pedal - not as nice as this but they are 25.99 on Amazon. Lipstick pickups played through that into a Vox sound pretty tasty for that budget
Cool to see you demo some of the less common pedals from Shin's, like the MkI. I think you could get better results if you tweaked the amp more for the pedals, and stop playing into crystalline clean amps. Every dirt pedal sounds better through a warmed up amp that is either on the verge of breakup, or mildly breaking up. The TS variant probably needed some good breakup in the amp to really sing. I have seen many Dumbloid videos where it does more of the smooth Dumble, liquid OD thing than what you guys came up with, which was more of the overdriven Fender tone. Still, a nice demo and thanks for doing it.
To me the Dumble sound is fuzz distortion and compression meet to create a very creamy sound and screams with sugar lol I must be craving a cup of coffee hearing this ha ha
Pensive is closer to both than each is to the other, and it's meaning is better.
I had the opportunity to play a Dumble once owned by Jackson Browne at a local music store. The biggest thing I came away with was the blooming of the notes. Not a sharp raspy distortion but a smooth blossom of the note. Very different from a lot of the Dumble pedals out there.
Pete sounded amazing through that first pedal (I haven’t finished watching the video so I don’t know if they go onto others!)
Man. I would love that my wife looks at me, the way Lee looks at Pete.
SRV started out on his brothers tele, he used to steal it all the time 🤘🤪🎸🔊🎼🎶🎵
Ill hold out for the Mooer and Behringer Dumbles.
If a Dumble is a fat fuzz, then YES!
Beautiful, love your videos
Sounds like a real cheap fuzz
I've never heard the appeal of a Dumble, it sounds just like a driven Fender amp.
The appeal is being able to say you have a Dumble, and no one else does, therefore you are now a better guitar player than everyone else.
Dumbly is a genius selling the same shit to people for big bucks…
@Honoré Pere lol no one, nobody, no other person
Dumble is a marketing genius. He makes amps just like others do. Except he pretends his are made so much more different and special with magic goop. Schematics for amps are not all that different depending on features. That’s why amp tech’s can work on different amps because the tech is not that different from one to the other. IMHO 🤷🏼♂️ On the other hand JB and R Ford probably have better ears than I do so maybe there’s something there?
I’m not dumb Dumbo worship guy but clearly a thing going with them
Not worth the money but
What I know is some have a solid state rectifying section which adds to the more immediate response to the note/notes played
There is less 3D feeling compared to a fender
You can’t hide playing it as much the soft 3D sound of a blackface fender is enjoyable and helps that
Ever play a Roland jazz?
Dumble is a further tweaking of that fender sound to fit particular players styles
Yes….Bonamassa has the best Dumble sound. But he also has the best Fender sound and best Marshall sound.
Awww, the live stream didn't get saved? I only caught a few momnets of this morning and I was hoping to watch it when I go back from work.
Hi Lee and Pete.. I think it would be interesting if you ever get a used Dunble to compare it to all of the products that try to reproduce the Dunble sound. Troy from Alantic City 🌆
Great story; tx for sharing!
Shoutout to the editor for the "3D" effect. We see you!
Status Quo in a box 😍
Re. Dumbloid: I thought Pete could make anything sound good…
J rockett the dude is an awesome dumble pedal
must admit I didn't like any, maybe the first with proper sweep setting would be closest to my liking but captain just turned it off when he found my sweet spot. Anyway, it sounds to me close to Cream fat sound I never liked. But that is me. And it is not sour grapes thing 😉
RIP Mr. Dumble
Yes!
Eric Clapton is currently using Dumbles
They're modified Fenders
For me, the defining Dumble sound is the solo on "Help the Poor" by Robben Ford.
If rather get a dumble inspired amp for the price of this pedal + a hot rod deluxe.
Dumble Amps are notoriously difficult to set up and get a good sound , best demo ive ever heard is when Nick from That Pedal show was Head of Guitarist Magazine and did a Video Demo of a Dumble Amp he made it sound Awesome
the that pedal show doesn't have a nick.
@@louiscyfer6944 Really !! Ah Bless , GAL .............
@@ledhendrix5054 it's daniel steinhardt and mick taylor.
The DumbledAwe
God damn that sounds amazing
Pete could play a broom stick thought a can and make it sound great!
Racket…it sounds like a Japanese amp I had in the early 80s with a blown speaker. 😂
Thank you for making this video but no thanks if the prices go up for any of his pedals. Have 4 of them, still 2 more I would like to own within a few months but man would I get mad if I see a hike in prices because of this video.
For a good demo of a real Dumble check out a vid by your old mate Mick Taylor.
I bet anyone could create their favourite sounds with only Boss pedals at a fraction of the cost of ‘boutique’ pedals.
You never tried Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku Overdrive so far. It's the best Dumblestyle Overdrive Pedal you can get your hands on!
Excellent ☮️
Decibels >112!
Bleading ears...
Killer sound.
Tube screamer mixed with an Eric Johnson fuzz face is that pedal lol 🤷♂️
Just brought that blue bugger it’s a gooden
Those sounded really nice through my shitty computer speakers and then there's Danish Pete! No really, that's some good stuff.
I heard that the albino unicorns refused to rock out on anything but a dumble, it’s actually why they went extinct.
I've heard many top guitarists play through Dumble amps and NONE of them sound the same, they sound like THAT PLAYER playing through a Dumble. So is there really a "Dumble sound"? Robben Ford sounds the same regardless of what amp he's using. Danish Pete would sound good playing through some crappy solid state amp that fell off the trash truck on the way to the landfill. :-)
Sounds like a million other pedals . I will stick to my Fulltone Plimsoul which I love .
Stevie Ray did "House is Rockin" with a tele.
LOL! I heard him strum and I started humming Killing in the name of! The he plays it. That made my day. Also, Ive never heard an amp with gain structure like that. Yes, I know it’s a pedal but still…