Dave Cobb's Secret to Tweed Amps and His Dumble-Modded Fender

[@premierguitar]

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[@lamsonian]

Freddie King!!! Ya U Ryt Brah!

[@5150cl]

Loving these RR highlights. Great to rewatch clips or discover ones I haven't seen altogether. Keep em comin!

[@kenringo9884]

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[@chingasofarkaso]

Dave: The secret is you should never turn Tweeds up past 3. They fall apart when you turn em up. Joe Bonamassa: Hold my Diet Coke.

[@julp8728]

Mitch Farkas Lol

[@ClassicK1rk]

Mitch Farkas That was gold! Hahaha.

[@NicoBellisarioMusic]

Bonamassa changes the speakers to 100w ones

[@dboblues8778]

Hold my juice box...

[@finecielo]

I was thinking the exact same thing ahahah

[@helethead]

Would have been nice to hear them!

[@paulsimmons5726]

I really like hearing about amps and some of the mods that guys have done over the years. His idea that it's all in the hands is spot on. Guys that own a million guitars like Steve Howe, Keith and Ronnie, Slash, and a host of others, always sound like themselves regardless of which of their guitars they use. Heck, Clapton's sold and given away countless guitars and he sounds the same with whatever he's playing. Guitars, strings, amps, and effects are just tools. In the end, they're all just means to an end. A great player with a great song, it's gonna happen! Great video!

[@gregwilson2721]

its a cjich'e. how you 'play' is in your hands. how you 'sound' is in your amp and guitar

[@robertbozic4692]

Remember that most of the tweeds used Linear pots for the volume, and they actually were about a 30% taper, unlike the modern Linear pots which are 50%. So ‘3’ on those amps is probably around 5-6 on the modern log pots.

[@plasticshrubs5293]

I have a 57 reissue, and just wanted to add that anything past 4 gets into spiky/hairy territory. It’s full on glass at 5. Between 3-4 is the sweet spot for sure.

[@snörre23]

Just listen, doesn't matter where that knob points.

[@josephballerini3730]

This is interesting. I was looking at a Harvard schematic and it lists linear for volume and audio for tone. I was puzzled but you solved the mystery.

[@TheFeelButton]

I like my Dumble modified mid 60’s Fender Deluxe too!! 👍😀🤙

[@markusfinkler9625]

Ooh year. Me probably too. Why didn't ya play it ? 😂🎶🎸

[@rockitflash]

I have a 64’ non reverb Deluxe.I would love to know mods Dumble did and how I can get close to that.

[@FromtheSoultotheFretboard]

This is one of my fav rundown, appreciate the throwback. Love your videos and the channel!!

[@marknorris3769]

this was always one of my favorite rundowns thanks john

[@dave_d_i_a_l]

Polishing a turd is my favorite expression John uses 😂 , golden nugget advice on this episode for sure, love you guys, thx so much for your work 🙏

[@VonBluesman]

Speaking of Freddie King, one of his best live outdoor shows is when he is playing right before the Georgia Peach Bowl when he preforms “ Have you every loved a woman,” check it out on KZbin.

[@Ironworthstriking]

Love the short clips! Makes it a lot easier to send these tips to friends.

[@jessebfly]

Very cool nod to Paul Kennerly. Amazing songwriter

[@Smudgie]

The dude that told him to not to go over 3 is watching this and laughing his ass off.

[@willholt100]

"Power now is like 127, it gets crazy" LOL. All of Europe/Asia/Australasia over here rocking 240V, just vibing.

[@kentbeery4697]

Well Hell you got my Attention now let's hear thoze Amps !!!!!!

[@CarstenGoeke]

Best advice at 5:50 ✌🏻

[@riptidesurf]

He was right about Mike Campbell. The tone is in his hands.

[@seanrosedotcom]

You can dial down the voltage tweaking the tube rectifier selection too if you know what you're doing. Which is a definitely easier than carrying around an autotransformer.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

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... Is he still there?

[@davidlewis2055]

Love to hear those

[@physiciansassist1]

I have a 58 tweed super amp .. he'd not lying about 3

[@knechtruprecht4358]

Here's perhaps a silly question: when he says he turns the amp to three, does he mean the digits on the amp or does he actually mean "three o'clock" (like turn the pot to the right hand side if you're standing in front of it)? Thanks mate!

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Don't turn it up past 3, just turn the whole amp up(side down)!! Yep, that's the secret !!!

[@davemassie3726]

Dave are you sure? I have some old stock Amperex 12 AX7's & NOS 1954 Bendex 6V6's made in red fang factory in New Jersey. Need any EF-86's ?

[@blucheer8743]

The champ is class A you don’t really adjust volume as much as you’re adjusting the head room most class A’s have their own sweet spot… both the “Eric Clapton” album and the Derek and the dominos album were recorded with a champ… Clapton’s tone is incredible both dynamic and sparkly at the same time.

[@knechtruprecht4358]

Here's perhaps a silly question: when he says he turns the amp to three, does he mean the digits on the amp or do they actually mean "three o'clock" (like turn the pot to the right hand side if you're standing in front of it)? Thanks for any help!

[@richardshank7659]

They were speaking in regards to clean so 3 on the digit. 3 o clock on those amps and you've far left clean territory. On a tweed it's breaking up pretty heavily at 3 o clock

[@WS-bk7uu]

I bought a 57' reissue Champ recently and it's just too quiet around 3.

[@jambajoby32]

Those of us who own a 5e3 know the volume drops when it’s dimed

[@thesjkexperience]

You mean Dozened? 😂

[@jambajoby32]

@@thesjkexperience haha yeah that’s more accurate b

[@TheDogPa]

My bassman sounds great at 6 with a metal zone.

[@Jakal-pw8yq]

I've been lucky enough to have owned two 1959 4 input Tweed Deluxes, at separate times during my career. And I can say that hands down really against all the other amps that I've owned and some have been boutique amps but the list is too long to go through here. But those Fender Tweeds, specifically for me the Deluxe 5e3 are just unbeatable. In fact in one of them I put a Celestian Blue alnico speaker in it and I can say that that was the finest sounding blues rock amp I've ever owned and like I said I've owned a ton of them over the years. So yeah the trick really is not to get much past four or five on the volume otherwise it's just flab city!! Leo certainly knew what he was doing and I actually had a Lupe Lopez assembled Deluxe! Her name was faded but there on the masking tape inside the chassis! She was THE gal when it came to building those old tweeds!

[@DMSProduktions]

DIME this piyag!

[@CrazyHenkie777]

So this guy has got a ton of interesting amps, and all he does is speak about them? Let's hear those little beasts!

[@nicklevan8058]

Harvest moons are the only time I can record these amps and they sound good lmfao

[@fattirevsbud]

So what is the first amp? The 2nd is a Tremolus.

[@Weegus]

It received some " Hyper Tech" from the tone chaperone.

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

👌

[@Mexxx65]

Second .. Dave is the Boss!!!!

[@Bass.Player]

Voltage used to be 110, mine right now is 123...

[@wamgoc3637]

Voltage was rarely 110 back then but 115-117 was what the utilities shot for. 110 was common pre WWII. Voltage creep is because big motors burn out from low voltage, not high and they want to minimize damage to HVAC . In a pro studio they should have a regulated BALANCED feed installed.

[@ericwong1972]

I really don’t get it. But it doesn’t go to 11?

[@adam-yk6yd]

I was gonna say "if only they had showed some clips of them" then I remembered you just have to listen to the albums he's produced

[@adam-yk6yd]

@Shaun Ashley southeastern by Jason Isbell was name-checked in the video, and I'm guessing Chris Stapleton's albums and Rival Sons will use them

[@jonjennings13]

“Never turn a tweed past three” “so I now I put on 3 or 4” wait isn’t 4 past 3? (Just your friendly neighborhood fact checker)

[@jambajoby32]

**triggered😵‍💫**

[@ralphsmith2683]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIKvep6kgMl1n8k - start at 17:30

[@geemac7267]

Nah, the real secret is don't go past 3.6

[@john-zw9rw]

It's a creamback he uses...and he digs AY7's for the pre, and /*^#* in V5..............

[@john-zw9rw]

Put your Boots on....it's gettin deep...........................never trust Sum Gye he's an infamous prankster .....

[@samwisegrangee]

Was that 3 out of 10, or 3 o'clock?

[@15or20]

Since Fenders have actual numbers on their dials, I bet it's a 3 on that scale -- 3/12.

[@GeorgeHeil-ch3ro]

I find these interesting, but of no practical value. There are only so many ( or so few ) of these old amps to go around. And less guitarist whom can afford them.

[@wamgoc3637]

They made a shitload of them. But you can build one out of parts yourself

[@MrBallynally2]

Ok, so he doesn't really understand amps.Just a player's view.And no, a higher power speaker does not fix the tweed circuit.It just makes the bottom end fart sound less prominent.

[@AdventuresinBackpacking]

Yes, what you are saying is true, but it's that undefined low end that people love about those amps. Many touring artists do swap the speakers of their old tweeds because they want more overall definition from their tweeds than their original speakers provide.

[@gregwilson2721]

the interviewer said fart and tird. he is grooming people for their trips to walmart