Found in a SHED - Jango & the 50-Year-Old DUMBLE!

It's time for a special local trip up to Camano Island, WA, on the hunt for an early Dumble-modded 1965 Fender Super Reverb! This incredible amplifier has been owned and played by one owner, Johnathan Schneider, since 1972 and he had Howard Dumble modify it to fit his electric slide banjo playing in 1973. We dive into the story behind his band at the time, his modified Gibson banjo, and some of the places they've been with this amp alongside.
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[@stephenstevens6573]

Thank you for letting the man talk ..

[@JohnDriver-k8y]

I owned a 1966 Super with 4 Eminence 10' speakers for 35 yrs .. Great amp for any and all gigs large and small . I now walk with a cane because of hauling that amp all over the country gigging 3-5 nites week . Loved the sound and it never let me down !! Wore out my hips [they've been replaced ] and back . No Amp will ever give me the pleasure and sound that I got with that one ! Almost identical to this one .. sold it to a friend .. Thanx for the video . >>>>> John Driver

[@larryflanagan8799]

I had a 1966 Super Reverb for 30 years, best sounding amp I've owned. CTS speaker.

[@ziggylayneable]

Getting the Dumble amp from this guy is really a stroke of luck. Cuz whoever ends up with this amplifier in their hands in the long run is it going to have this video telling an incredible story about where it came from to me that's worth just as much as the amplifier is to have the story behind it

[@michaelnachoescamilla6241]

Former Santa Cruz/Half Moon Bay... Now in Costa Rica to raise my family and surf till I die. Love this episode.

[@deadlotCamper]

where in costa? youre living the fantasy, lived in santa cruz and OB sf for 25 years... love it down there but the heat... oh my. and my equipment would melt/blow up/ disappear haha - hope you are still playing..if i had to choose nosara is really cool spot

[@meatballstore8600]

Good Grief...13:55 hits right where it's supposed to. Absolutely love it.

[@clockwork914]

How effing cool❗️ I saw my first concert at the Cow Palace, April 9th, 1993. As a Bay Area native, I can’t tell you how Much I loved watching this video and hearing all those stories from a time that I wish I could have experienced, especially now seeing how different the area and the people are. ✌🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@rowbags3017]

Great video! You should consider getting together with Jonathon to make a series about the music scene back then - he must have so many stories that deserve to be covered. 😎

[@Itsscottwhatyouthink]

Amazing story and I’m so grateful you guys are preserving this kind of history and sharing it with the community because it’s really special and really inspiring. Well done Trevor and Ken and well told Jonathan.

[@ScottWalker-uw3rp]

Amazing episode. Amazing man. I could listen to his stories all day. So cool. Thanks for this episode

[@kayakkootenaybc]

Man, who has had a life like this guy? So awesome to hear his stories. Thanks for letting him tell his story.

[@slashingbison2503]

Really great interesting guy , great stories, man I would love to have been in Santa Cruz in the 60s.

[@babagadoush1]

Dude you have the coolest job

[@george-st-george]

Really great !!!!!! A very cool Gentleman !!!!!! Cheers !!!

[@Darrick-f9d]

Great one Trevor, I really enjoyed it. And what an amp of course. Darrick, 50yrs young...guitarist from Seattle Washington !

[@VlrGuitarWorld]

Great episode/story.

[@adambrunner9462]

That guy is the real deal! Wow man! Too cool!

[@steveg219]

Great stories and history

[@GROCK619]

M fin legend !! This guy !!! Amazing Man !!! Many thanks

[@madsenamplification]

So cool!

[@raymartinez5339]

Hope you had a beer with him

[@operationmoyda]

Ya, idk about Dumbles' being top of the mountain. They're definitely one of the most rare due to every amp being customized to the player he made it for.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

"Take good care of my Baby"!

[@babagadoush1]

Badass

[@sohosteveuk]

I hope you didn't scalp him on your valuation...

[@issacrodriguez91]

Name of song in the beginning of the video?

[@macedoruiz5237]

Save It, Jimmy Martin

[@fullsound635]

How much you pay for this amp?)

[@Lu_Woods]

LOL

[@bordercover4842]

Awesome interview. I stop by a garage sale about a year ago. This older guy was selling jewelry and I noticed a fender twin reverb in back. I asked him if he was selling it which he said no, but he brought out a guitar. I was amazed how it sounded. I told him if he ever wants to sell it let me know. Anyway I send a couple weeks ago and asked again if he still had amp. He called my that evening and said come a pickup the amp. He gave me that amp for free. I’ll cherish that forever and probably keep it for my grandkids. There still good people in this world.

[@ER-yq1lc]

So cool!

[@chadwilliams8583]

Dude forget the Dumble ,this man is AMAZING!!!!love his stories!!!we need all the old rockers we can get!!the Dumble is nice too

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

He is a " King Rocker"!

[@chadwilliams8583]

@@giulioluzzardi7632 yes he is!!

[@thesymbiont227]

Came for the Dumble, stayed for Johnathan! Thanks for an incredible story…

[@fredzep01]

Came here to see the Dumble amp, but Johnathan's stories stole the show...

[@TechOttawa]

Oh man, these stories warm my heart. The OG Black Rock Mesa hippies, ripping reefers and scoffing shrooms playing SLIDE BANJO thru a mofo'ing Dumble. LMAO. Thank you both. 🙏

[@macedoruiz5237]

What does OG mean?

[@vvayoutvvest]

@@macedoruiz5237 Old Guard perhaps?

[@TechOttawa]

@@macedoruiz5237 It means you don't use Google well, Good Luck!

[@markvonwisco7369]

@@macedoruiz5237 Original...

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

Jonathan's stories need to be recorded for the Library of Congress! Or at least the cool crazy Uncle hall of fame. ❤

[@rockitflash]

I want to hang out with Jonathon and just let him tell me his stories. Everyone that watched this video feels the same way,I bet. For once the Dumble was not the star of the video.

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

The Dumble was the only reason that I noticed this clickbait.

[@paul_sebastian1154]

Absolutely priceless, stories like these are what brings equipment to life, thank you

[@svbarr]

Nice showing respect to a great guy who had lots of fun with that great amp.

[@simonvanderheijden432]

Johnathan is one cool dude!! Could listen his stories all day long!

[@blucheer8743]

That’s how dumble started out taking fenders adding a master volume replacing electrical components with military-aircraft quality parts… as the years went by he improved the fender tone stack, added better speakers till finally it was just easier to build his own amps.

[@tasteapiana]

I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings so I won't name names. But, it is simply amazing how players who have big names, because of hit songs that they played on or popular bands that they were in, are usually super uninteresting folks who are beyond boring to the point of awkwardness. That guy is the exact opposite of that other type of musician, he is super interesting with a bunch of crazy a** stories who is positively not awkward at all. Johnathan seems like THE dude you would want as a buddy, someone to just hang with and spend time around, yet, he wasn't on the cover of the music world's version of Vogue Magazine so he's not got that fame thing. See, it's like a spiritual thing, planets aligned in certain ways, voodoo shiznit, you know, something that just had to be how it be. Great video, great story, great person. Thanks for this, I totally enjoyed it.

[@davedeville6540]

The boomers’ stockpile is starting to move. The coming years might see an avalanche of great gear entering the market. 🤞

[@mgb1974]

the amount of gear in private collections is astonishing when you dive into it.

[@auntjenifer7774]

​😂 Where else would it be !? These guys bought the stuff over the years after all !​@mgb1974

[@micktheman6]

But no one but boomers will be able to afford it

[@gedification]

One of the best ECG episodes yet. Great stuff guys.

[@matthewotremba9230]

A Super A Delux An A/B/Y box with various drives and a wah in line A favorite set up for years

[@zachschneider5946]

I can still hear his Cry Baby sing!

[@waskerbasket9601]

This dude got to live in the best of times in the best places. Great stories. Great amp.

[@toddflowers8052]

What an epic episode ! Thank you gentlemen !✌🏻😎🎸

[@thesaj1110]

And the price??

[@fordsrestorations970]

The old fellow is a treasure himself his knowledge in his head

[@philheath9854]

Bad luck Bonamassa ya missed out.Can't have evrything

[@_avia_]

You should write a book on all these great stories

[@jonneher7938]

So cool to see this video. I was a musician in Santa Cruz when Jango was around and I know all those guys and we had great times in the 70's. Annie is like my older sister and she and Jonathan and I spent a lot of time at Planet X Pottery outside of Gerlach NV and would go out on the playa with our stuff and a generator and put on some fantastic events, the last one was a 4th of July thing out there on the playa with 5 class C firework launch stations and Jonathan brought a big bag of mushrooms. At 3:00 am we were all laughing non stop. The burners showed up and that was it for the Black Rock playa. Anyway, Jonathan moved up to Mt. Vernon and we would come up and do gigs with whatever band he had going at the time but I hadn't seen him for a long time until someone told me about this video. I've gotta see if I can run him down. Enjoy that amp whoever has it. Davey, Jonathan's brother, had some cool vintage tweed fender amps he played through in Jango and they sounded amazing even without Howard messing with them. Later

[@davestephens8033]

Amp sounds like filter caps are shot.....

[@Renshen1957]

FYI, the H. A. Dumble preferred to be called by his middle name Alexander...He made amps for Mosrite (but not the ones used by the Ventures...)

[@soapboxearth2]

Why in the world would you not take a min to have a look inside ? Lol..

[@RokinLee]

What a character and what a sound Mr Schneider. Came for the amp stayed for the stories!

[@Cajundaddydave]

Stories from the golden age of live music right there. What an awesome day this turned out to be. Cheers!

[@whimpypatrol5503]

Why do you tell us all this about a classic vintage Fender Super Reverb amp that, even without getting Dumblized, was already top of the amp heap WITHOUT HAVING PLANS TO CLONE IT SO US HUMANS CAN AFFORD TO BUY ONE FROM YOU????????????????????.

[@Loader7272]

2nd that...picts and schematics please! 😊

[@anthonyc1883]

Behind the most unassuming doors can be such incredible stories.

[@armandosoto9439]

It would be cool if Emrald could publish the circuit.

[@WesternSwingGuitarGrooves]

Great interview Jonathan! Thanks for contributing this piece of our history. I've lost those recordings of Jango 😏. I remember playing my Martin D28 with a soundhole pickup through a Fender Bandmaster. I've been trying to get that tone ever since. It fed back so bad that the acoustic body vibrated like it was coming apart, so I switched to a Fender Thinking later. Love from your brother David 😁

[@WesternSwingGuitarGrooves]

Replace "thinking" with "Thinline"

[@lliivviill]

Sure! I'll have a beer with you!

[@davidnoren603]

Would love to have a follow-up video showing the inside of this amp

[@mattrogers1946]

What a great episode. This fella has an amazing history! I've been to the Catalyst many times! Thanks for posting this.

[@Slovy_]

That amp sounds so good. Even through KZbin

[@godbyone]

Wow. First the 20 second s of playing sound so great. I love that dumbly sound .so many negative comments about price. But what s odd in classical world. Audience wants and loves their musicians to have the best. First chair violinist of all big city orchestras have bows just the bow could be 50k Violin in the millions. Itzack. Perlman had a tour to show off his red violin. Worth millions. I saw that. I srv before he had dumble small place and after that with one it was great. Saw Larry Carlton with a dumble. Wow look up emotion wound us live on KZbin. Eric Johnson. Front row saw him play dumble. Great

[@AlohaandMahalo]

Well done. Bravo!!

[@roberttaylor1656]

Awesome man right there! Love the fact that you let him tell those stories, priceless!!!!

[@skeres01]

What a great story. Love these old musicians. He still has a sparkle in his eye at close to 80. I can aspire to that.

[@guitarplayntaylor91]

any idea where we can listen to his band? his slide playing rules!

[@CliffMcCauley]

There are a ton of likeable youtube guitar/gear people out there but I can’t think of a single one more likable than Trevor. Just seems like a nice person. I watch a Trevor vid even when I have zero interest in the gear (rare but still). I just wanted to say that. Trevor, you’re a likable cat.

[@armandosoto9439]

Loved hearing Jango and the stories.

[@jighead81]

That was so cool, thanks for letting us hear his stories

[@incubism]

What a cool cat! I hope I age as gracefully as him.

[@scrappy291]

Love the Santa Cruz History!

[@mattrogers1946]

Yup!

[@non_brewed_condiment]

This man needs his own channel!

[@JeffMcCalib]

Great interview! I met Jonathan a few years ago at a Camano Island bluegrass jam. I remember him opening with Truck Drivin' Man, singing and playing banjo. We played together a few times at my house in hopes of forming a band. He playing a mini bass guitar. His band, Stilly River Band, was on hiatus. We spent most of our time talking instead of playing. He has quite a load of interesting stories. Been to Emerald City Guitars many times but didn't know about their interview videos. Very good.

[@Angus.Maclean]

I love these iconic stories! (Hilarious when you're unloading the first haul it looks like some guy walking by things for a second, "Could I blend in and pick up a guitar?")

[@Jim-ro5sl]

I knew howard dumble back in the early seventies. He had a electronic repair shop near pleasure point in santa cruz. I had him modify a black face Is fender showman. Basically Just stacked the preamps and put a master volume on the back. I'm sure it was one of the very first ones he did. I wonder what that thing would be worth if I still had it along with the receipt. It was a novelty back then to be able to get distortion without running the Is amplifier really loud.

[@Lu_Woods]

Where is she now? ...and does the current owner know what they have?

[@Jim-ro5sl]

@Lu_Woods No idea where the amplifier is. I don't remember what I did with it. It was over 50 years ago. No one knew how special his amps were.

[@regham4778]

Love these stories - the history is just as important as the hardware.

[@CUBICUB]

Thanks, what a character.

[@whimpypatrol5503]

My cousin returned from hitchhiking the globe, places like the Himalayas, in 1973 and settled in Santa Cruz. I saw him in Billy Graham meeting but don't know if he is still lost or not. He sells jade but never told me about Dumble.

[@tito.tarantula]

I can only imagine how many more stories Jonathan’s got tucked away. Absolute gold. Thx for sharing.

[@linheitzig9227]

What a fabulous road trip! Thanks for sharing.

[@OceanofMaya]

I'd be shocked, given the provenance and the story behind the amp, if Joe Bonamassa doesn't snap this amp up in no time. It's been like 10 days soo I'm guessing it's already his lol @JoeBonamassaTV

[@jonkerr2050]

What an amazing story.

[@tom.m]

I believe that metal "sign" is actually a plate for a printing press. I can't imagine many of those survive. Super cool bit of memorabilia.

[@3cardmonty602]

Great story. I was around back then. Yea, $125/Month Rent was right. Thanks for the story.

[@jamesbenson1579]

Yeah..now that same rent is more like $2,500 a month!

[@kevinc8387]

Great episode. I remember santa Cruz in the early 70's, i was going to say very well but that's not quite accurate. If you know what i mean. Also los gatos. Really a good music scene happening then. My buddy took me to dumbles shop once. Nice guy, he had stuff everywhere in that place. He made stuff for alot of the bigger acts to tour with so they could take a beating. Nice memories.

[@jamesbenson1579]

Been watching Emerald city episodes 4 a long time now..this is the best 1 I've seen yet!..Brings back old memories of me jammin' in early 70's Austin,TX. bands&hangin' out @the Armadillo World Hdqtrs.concert venue..great stuff& killer amp!

[@bobbaumeister5243]

The EH-Pedal (LPB2) is cool. I have it

[@PurposefulPorpoise]

Part of me, really wants that guy to have made all that shit up lmao

[@luthravin4774]

Now that was fun!! Super highlight type of day today!! Emerald City makes it happen over and over!! Awesome SCORE!!

[@ebertolo]

The production quality is incredible!

[@floydburney6060]

...... & There are so many stories out there yet to told..... & This is just the guy to Schmooze them outta people

[@matthewotremba9230]

Jess Oliver Amps are WAY OVERLOOKED

[@kiwigold9328]

Wow, yea that 14 minute mark is blazing

[@peterlewis6507]

Yep.. NOT light to carry around

[@robotandgirl1170]

It’s all just screws and cables without a story to hold it together. A Latino myself, it really got me when this living legend and absolute sunbeam said “soy Peruano”. ✨

[@cguitarallday]

He is a treasure. Great video. More please

[@PacificNatureTV]

Mason is having an aneurysm right now lmfao

[@MathiasMazzocco]

Coolest video I've seen in a while! Great story! What a character!

[@SteveRamJetRamsey]

I'd love to see the story of who this gets sold to. I hope you sell to an artist that will put it right back on the road where it belongs.

[@JeffEgly]

Great interview! I could listen to him all day. I hope the amp finds a good home.