Stevie Ray Vaughan's Dumble and the Return of Dumble Amplifiers at NAMM 2025

[@peterwaterford9482]

In order to get to Dumble's shop, you have to go through the... wait for it... Dumbledoor.

[@fernandoperdomomusic]

They should call the new company "Mr. Dumble"

[@Slinkypossum]

Desert Search for Techno Stevie

[@stipeur]

This is amazing, wasn't expecting it. Wishing these guys success and all the best

[@colinmct]

Incredible video. Looks like the legacy is in the right hands!

[@CraigFranklinmusic]

Thanks for posting. Good job Drew, Matt, Michael and the rest of the Dumble Preservation Society team. Keeping the legacy alive!

[@sargentppeper]

This is amazing news! Wish I knew you guys were there at NAMM, I would have definitely stopped by your booth. 🙏🏼😊

[@chrisrussoroos305]

this guy is kind of a national treasure- he has played MANY Dumble amps... as a player. That is a very unique perspective to have. awesome story

[@dressedtosmellgood]

so why is this other clown playing them? not a very compelling demo

[@yakfishin4912]

National treasure? Roflmao ok

[@patchpit]

Thank you for keeping the memory of Mr. Dumble alive and to continue to built the best amps ever made, you guys are my hero's and I'am looking forward to making a purchase in the near future! RIP to Howard Dumble!!!

[@bloodySunday77]

"Best amps ever made"... er, don't you think that's wildly subjective and that there are loads of vintage historic amps that this can easily be said for?

[@patchpit]

@@bloodySunday77 I'll just say it's the best amp I ever played and in my 50years and a played a lot of really good amps not trying to often anyone but that dumble that I played was just insane!

[@damfunk.]

Mr.Dumble sounds like he was a great guy. I’m glad they’re telling the story of Mr.Dumble. I think Mr.Dumble would be very proud.

[@soundfromaction5393]

He who shall not be named howard or alexander.

[@hiddennotesberlin]

this is great.great for the business and keeping the legacy of dumble alive and maybe even accessible for „regular“ people👍🏻

[@MrRidleyDog]

the way he treated regular people, they should never buy his amps.

[@seabertotter4325]

Now write "Mr. Dumble" one thousand times after class.

[@theoversouls]

LOL No kidding! But Stevie - first-name basis. Curious.

[@chrisb8193]

I counted 25 “Mr. Dumble”s from the first guy alone.😂

[@jesselp50]

I got to meet this dude at a guitar show years ago, very nice person and knowledgable

[@Mpcoluv]

I tried to buy a Dumble from Howard in the Eighties. Since I was a nobody, he wanted $3500 up front and if I ever called and asked when it would be done, my money would be forfeited and I would get nothing. So I took the hint

[@GasStationSushiiii]

Already had a super long lisr

[@thomasguerra6810]

Apparently there were people that waited 10+ years. Some people never got them.

[@buzzedalldrink9131]

I had an equally bad experience with PRS . I will try to keep it as short as possible. In the late 80’s I wanted a PRS with minor changes, like set up from the factory with my gauge strings, zebra pickup coils instead if double black that were on every guitar they made back then. When I went to the PRS dealer, they called PRS direct. Problem was I got the second in charge. I was told the “ possibly” could set up a guitar with my gauge string , he would “ have to ask Paul” but would no way guarantee it to stay in tune. They build everything with.009s and their claim to fame then was the guarantee the guitar to stay in tune. As far as zebra coil pickups I was also told “ he would have ask Paul” and if it were possible it would be a upgrade charge. So, you might build me a guitar that you won’t guarantee to stay in tune and charge me more than the outrageous price they all ready cost? I told the guy- I wish I remembered his name - If I were Ted Nugent or Carlis Santana you would do it no problem, so stick your guitar where the sun don’t shine- bye. Yeah regular guy’s money don’t seem to matter much to these guys. Instead they release signature models of the same guitar to people no one ever heard hoping for exposure. I did buy a used PRS many years later and really was disappointed. I still have it, rarely play it but keep it knowing I can sell it for much more than I paid for it. I’m for Paul to kick the bucket, maybe it will go up in value a little more then? sorry such a long story

[@roycedot]

@@buzzedalldrink9131this story makes no sense. Nobody can guarantee any guitar will stay in tune. Guitars go out of tune by their nature e.g. changing humidity, new strings needing to be stretched out. No guitar exists that won't go out of tune at some point. And you wishing for Paul's death speaks volumes. A bitter person making up weird stories.

[@tetsuo2195]

It's *Mr. Dumble actually

[@edcasaccio8195]

Those who try one, like them and have the means to buy one, all the power to them! Those that are not a fan, don’t. Can’t put them down without giving them a try!

[@calebriley7611]

HOW DID I MISS THIS AT NAMM NOOOO!!!🤯

[@GloriaFilms]

it was a secret room otherwise it would have been mobbed.

[@ericwilkins5971]

It was right by the outside doors on the bottom floor. To the right of the main entrance where they check badges, you can see people walking by outside the window. Wasn’t hidden at all but I wasn’t let in when I walked by because they were filming and there was plenty crew blocking the entrance so I could only peak over their heads. Not sure if it was open to everyone or not. It wasn’t like a very open inviting booth though for sure

[@danamoose1234]

This is incredible. I hope there is a full documentary some day!

[@Dwoed]

I just ordered one, excited if it arrives😊

[@randydavidmusic]

Thank you for this !

[@russhay422]

The exciting part will be the future innovations based on his original designs. Happy to see his ideas getting respect along with continued space in the marketplace.

[@fatseaturtle]

Amazing Amazing Interview Reverb! This video rocks!

[@gabrielofficial8275]

Well, thats pretty epic! Stoked to hear more about the new amps

[@ryangentry5922]

This is so amazing

[@willclarke4631]

I’ve built 4 tube amps myself, the 3rd was an ODS circuit. I have to say the design is really amazing, could even say brilliant. There are 10 or 12 great sounds you can get through combinations of the different settings. So the myth of the dumble sound is not really accurate, but there is probably a sound that is right for each of us. I haven’t figured mine out yet.

[@robnamowicz8073]

Good Luck to all involved. Good wire jockeys are hard to find and Mr Dumble was quite rightly respected by great players, massively talented. My good fortune was to work with Dave West in Flint Michigan during the heyday of the big West Grandes and Fillmores. Dave was an unusual man too, and testing circuits was the funnest. He was still building new amps till late in his health life, and watching him twist the knobs, listen to the twenty five different speakers he bought for testing was just the greatest time. Great wire jockeys are the hardest to find. Mr Dumble falls into a very small category. Thanks,,,

[@iconoclastic12007]

Thank you so much for your comment. Someone needs to do some videos about West amps and Dave before the info disappears into the grave.

[@briankelly8852]

Drew Berlin, a man of the highest character and integrity. A better friend you couldn’t hope for.

[@maxpuppy96]

Dumble was a smart guy, selecting good players to use his amps, put his amps on another level no bad sounds coming out of his amps. Smart real smart.

[@esmeraldo7887]

that interview mic - quite impressive. wowza. sounds like a close up sound even as he moves around. so little background sound too. lewitt brand it looks like.

[@GabeHelma]

Right! It would probably record a great "in the room sound" of a guitar amp

[@Zwidawurzn]

Great stuff! I'm not a Dumble guy at all, but i think these legendary amps should be made avaliable for players who want them, so they can get one without selling their house.

[@KleyDeJong]

What does that mean? There are D style amps at affordable price points. VHT D-50 for example. Fuchs modded amps. Ceriatone. Do you mean the original amps built by Dumble should be sold at affordable prices to who exactly? How does that work? Who enforces that?

[@Toobzilla]

im thinking the DPS would be keen on keeping the houses on the move.. they most likely will fetch elevated prices for the units on hand, all hand built by HAD obviously. once they can no longer milk that cow, there will magnificent value drops. and most likely production as well..

[@SlyRyFry]

@@KleyDeJong People just don't care about those brands and have no emotional association with them like they do with a prolific brand like Dumble. It's a bit silly to call those affordable amps just because you're comparing it to a Dumble though lol 95% of the world would consider that price range end game territory for an amp head. Plus getting one of those knockoffs/clones for those prices is a bit too much like spending over $1200 on any epiphone imo. You're getting something that almost gets the job done for WAAAY too much. There's nothing stopping these legacy brands but "integrity" (aka money) from mass producing their limited run fomo art pieces. Just gotta get comfortable with the fact that no new musicians are buying/playing anything from these legacy brands (gibson/mesa/dumble/etc.) or the collectors hoarding them. It's literally beanie babies for a delusional fan base of "musician" collectors. They might as well be nft collectors and crypto bros, guarantee more than a few are too lol

[@papa_pt]

​@@SlyRyFryyes handwired boards / high quality PCB construction is expensive. So you get a dumble pretty much exact clone in the price range of other amps like that Epiphone is a terrible comparison since they're built to cost and clearly lower quality. Better comparison would be getting a copyright Navigator or Edwards knockoff that plays the same if not better than most of the actual Gibsons.

[@musicman8942]

@@KleyDeJong The Fuchs amps aren't even close to the Dumble sound

[@michaelroonie]

This is so unexpected I'm almost hesitant to get excited! I now have a reason to live a little longer

[@dankatz3810]

I like it that Dumble is "Mr. Dumble", but one of the titans of the electric guitar is "Stevie Ray". I 'd say Mr. Dumble needs some Humble.

[@ae3898]

There was a “Mr. Santana” in there as well…

[@john26660]

He never worked for Stevie Ray.

[@dohenyaudio]

Amazing!

[@philipscudder3812]

I had that amp , bought at a pawn shop in New Haven Ct , having no idea what I bought!😮 the owner said he just wanted to get rid of it and asked how much did I have on me ! I still have a picture of it

[@g-love6507]

And you didn't buy it ? 🤔 smh

[@philipscudder3812]

⁠@@g-love6507 yes I bought it for $75.00 and sadly sold it 2 months later not knowing any about him or his amps

[@tmitz73]

Excellent!!

[@joemoore4803]

They saved the name. Beautiful

[@revelationknights]

Super cool! I love that they went with the 4th generation style logo version for the relaunch! I love that Taylor was able to purchase #178, that amp sounds fantastic! I really hope I get to play though one of these some day. I highly doubt I’d ever be able to buy one.

[@TheMiddleAgedMusician-mc6xo]

I haven't played a "real" Dumble, but recently played through one of the Amplified Nation copies. It took about 2 seconds and I said, "Ohhh, that is what this is about." I would love to play through some of these.

[@timothycormier3494]

I’ve got an egnater tweaker 15 and I can shape the sound like crazy and at 15 watts it breaks up easy and cleans up easy. A mic in front of the speakers and I’m a happy boy

[@yakfishin4912]

Those are one of the best mini amps every made.

[@BOSSenjoyer]

Cool amp

[@ivejustseenaband1702]

"Mr. Dumble." It's so nice to hear someone speak with respect like that.

[@jamesprice6381]

Amen, xactly, ive chased tone since 99, n when i heard Larry Carltons sound on Solid Ground, man i was FLOORED, MOST amp cos who' ve made MORE $$ off his designs than he did, throw him under the bus, nice to see a most respectable Gentleman Get handed the Keys......................

[@RayBarbee-r9y]

Larry's amp wasn't an ODS circuit. I was unusual as the Z OD channel was 3rd stage then cathode follower, not 2 extra gain stages. I've never heard another Dumble amp sound like that one, and I heard it from 5' away a number of times. It had something that IMO the others didn't. Larry's fingers helped that along to, but that amp was special. He never sounded the same through the Bludo clones.

[@seangillen920]

Glad his name didn't go way of the dodo. Definitely wasn't expecting this. Very cool.

[@seabertotter4325]

You mean Mr. Dodo?

[@hummarstraful]

Great story!

[@OneSergioMendeseBrasil66Lover]

Thank You So Much!

[@HerdingDogRescuer]

I was at the SRV show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, after which all his gear was stolen. He was on fire that night. It broke my heart that his gear was ripped in my hometown.

[@MrRidleyDog]

why? what do you care?

[@poindextertunes]

@@MrRidleyDog yeah fxck compassion i guess 😐

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

Im all for it.

[@tedmich]

Finally I can achieve my lifelong ambition of sounding like Henry Kaiser!

[@MikesTrueStories]

I get that Dumble is highly respected and so on but there are also a lot of stories about him taking people’s money then never delivering an amp. As well as taking in amps for repairs or mods and the owners never got them back. Why is that acceptable and usually just laughed off when being discussed as him being “eccentric”. Sounds more like a con artist to me

[@dylanrogers510]

He built the greatest amplifiers to ever exist, you get some leeway when you do that lol

[@PrettyRecords]

@@dylanrogers510 "Greatest" is subjective. And besides, anyone that takes folks's money/amps and doesn't return them, well that amounts to theft! No matter how wonderful they might be! I'd be wary of owning anything built by a thief.

[@benlees9713]

​@@dylanrogers510 he built the best amps according to the collectors who overpaid for them keep claiming to keep the superstition going. He modded fenders to have higher gain and a mid shift and bass and treble boost. It's basically an SVT guitar head

[@scottsoltani8389]

@@dylanrogers510his amps are smoke in mirrors dudes a blow job hack that took other amps like everyone else and modded them. I not coming at you, but please let’s be honest.

[@BlueRidgeAudio3]

I share one of his original clients, I actually deliver and don’t have a coke problem.

[@jst601]

To have a Dumble amp made today is an awesome thing. They're based on his circuits. So what if he customized "existing" circuits? His amp sounds are legendary: all of them.

[@toneshopguitars]

Doyle and Drew are pure class. It was cool hanging with them and playing through these at Namm.

[@geirandreassen2894]

Every guitarhero had something special and unique, to keep the geeks interested. "Yeah, thats my dumble over there, nothing like it..."

[@SourSnatch]

Rock On!!!

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

just amazing history !

[@MarkMonolithOfficial]

Sooo awesome

[@obsidian7644]

This video is like a fever dream...im glad they are finally letting the dumble name get out there. If dumble makes an amp that could be sold to the masses it would be the holy grail. I would buy one just not 50-100K.

[@Virdae]

One 1992 Dumble ODS is currently for sale in Finland, made for the guitarist Peter Lerche, who played for example with Pekka Pohjola.

[@augustusbetucius2931]

If there's not anyone involved who knew AD's concepts, methods, techniques, component preferences, and "secrets" (such as making sure all components actually made contact with the circuit directly, not just connected by solder) then these are *NOT* Dumble amps, but just people cashing in on the name.

[@Bluedragon003]

Yes PLEASE continue the legacy that is Alexander Dumble. Many, many, many, many, M-A-N-Y of us WISH we could own a Dumble, so given the chance, I'd say the ENTIRE market would love for this to happen.

[@wayfaerer320]

The problem is that they're going to price these things (assuming they start building amps based on Dumbe's designs) way out of most players' amp price ranges. Think about it - Dumble branded AND by a guy Dumble himself entrusted to keep his legacy alive after his death. These are going to be absurdly expensive.

[@Bluedragon003]

@@wayfaerer320 Yes AND no. Randall Smith started by working on and building amps for famous players and now everyone can own a Mesa Boogie and yes even the ones Randall built before he sold to Gibson are still affordable. In fact, Gibson should be ashamed for firing someone just as important as Orval or Leo, they should be boycotted until they apologize and bring him back in, but I digress. Also the market can support Two-Rock, Soldano, Benson, Milkman, Matchless, Dr. Z. and many many more, there's plenty of room for Dumble.

[@MarcMarc-c8s]

Thank you Leo Fender and Jim Marshall for starting it all 🙌🏻😃

[@Harry_McMaster]

"Mr." Dumble's most impressive achievement is the magical mystical cult of personality he created over plywood and carpet scrap garbage he put together in his garage with radioshack parts. "His technology"......he took a 60s Fender amp gutted the reverb and tremolo and added a gain stage and some eq switches. Y'all out here having a religious experience over this stuff...like it's the manhattan project....like he's Oppenheimer. "If he thought you were worthy of one of his amps" "You had to be a very special player to get reverb added". Give me a break. Guy sounds like an absolute Loon. Not really my thing, but the amps sound good. That said I'm not hearing anything I couldn't dial in on a $500 blues junior and a pedal. The magical mystical tone voodoo in the guitar hobby is so out of control. Guitarists will stop at nothing, spare no expense, leave no rock unturned on their quest for tone.....except actually pick up their guitar and practice for an hour.

[@JDAfrica]

Coke is a hellova drug. Fumble was a connoisseur

[@hummarstraful]

I agree. I just don't hear anything in the tone that is different from anything else I've ever heard.

[@poindextertunes]

we get it, you dont like the guy 😂 I cant believe you wasted time even writing this lmao

[@Harry_McMaster]

@@poindextertunes It needed to be said man. The magical mystical tone wizard shit is nutty and needs to be clowned. It's ruining the hobby.

[@lindabolique72]

maybe you're jealous?

[@elginphelps5291]

I met Howard when I was 12. He was a friend of my big brother. Howard opened up a case to show us his new Gibson. Being a kid, I didn't know exactly what it was, maybe a 335 or 345. After Howard moved to Sanra Cruz, both of my big brothers would go to his house. They said Howard was always busy on amps and circuits.

[@roycedot]

cool story

[@wainphillips2733]

I met Howard in Santa Cruz in May of 1974. And knew him well until I moved back to SoCal at the end of 1975. Howard played a red 1962 Gibson ES-335. Howard was about 6' tall and weighed over 300 lbs. I'd often stop by his shop and let myself in. And there's Howard jumping around like a jumping bean playing his 335. He was a fantastic guitar player. I'll be getting in touch with Matt Swanson. I have some information and experience with Howard's first amp, the ODS #1.

[@TruthSurge]

10:48 ptsd.... any guitar store from the 80s onward....

[@robertsapin5074]

You can tell the people from New York in the comments. Instead of putting the man down maybe realizing he's just being extremely respectful. He has q pretty big responsibility.

[@MatthewBarelick-ws4qd]

Are any of these "Artist Amps" available to purchase? I would love to add one or two to my collection!

[@josue_kay]

Hype

[@roycedot]

They leave out the part where Robben didn't like the 2nd one. HAD tried to clone the first but couldn't quite get it right.

[@augustusbetucius2931]

And they also over looked a video somewhere, where Robben was talking about his Dumble amps, and dealing with the man. At one point the interviewer asks about working with Dumble, and Robben says something sort of vague and elusive, and rolls his eyes. He clearly wasn't going to say much, or say anything insincere. Good man.

[@ronnelson7828]

People rarely mention the rarest of all Dumble amps, the Stereo Overdrive. Also known as the Stumble

[@allstopblue5717]

Really great video. Thank you guys

[@Caged63Man]

I'll wait for Behringer to bring out a cheaper version of this amp! 😏😉

[@Hardvolume007]

Nah, I’ll just wait for a behringer pedal version😂😂👍

[@macdad159]

Drew Berlin! The original Burst Brother

[@LordFingers1]

Why do I feel like dumble would be horrified they are releasing new dumble amps. He wouldn’t let anyone help at all because he didn’t trust anyone, and you guys are going to release new amps? Feels like a cash grab. If every single dumble is completely different and built for the player, what will you do? Oh, by the way, will you continue to, “screen who is worthy of a dumble?” Who will decide who gets this magical creation not even built by dumble? Isn’t that where the magic came from? Dumbles perseverance to create each amp perfect for the player, spending months going over every tiny aspect? Did dumble know when he passed you would release new dumbles? I volunteer as the new, “amp screener.” I have very high standards. Anyone who owns a dumble currently is out. This means you Bonamassa. Take your 20 dumbles and be happy. Mayer, you and your 17 dumbles are OUT! None for you! I am now the dumble judge, jury and executioner!! I demand you all become part of my fiefdom, my groveling and shivering denizen! You want a dumble? I will SCREEN YOU AND DECIDE IF YOU ARE WORTHY! David Gilmour, feel free to get in touch. I have chosen you! Kirk hammer, don’t even think about it. Get a solid state Randall! Dumble Preaervation Society, get in touch and I will be the Lord of the Dumble Fiefdom!

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

I have a yellow Strat like that one. Mine has an maple fretboard and orange pickups and orange volume and tone knobs and orange switch cap.

[@yayayaokoksure]

It does sound tasty

[@BlueRidgeAudio3]

wait, so are these guys estate managers or amp techs?

[@mazsenior]

Mr. Dumble, rumble, pumble, Dumble,fumble, crumble, humble….Dumble, fumble, humble, crumble……HOWARD!!!!

[@DoctorBiobrain]

Mr. Dumble Mr. Dumble Mr. Dumble Mr. Dumble Mr. Dumble Mr. Dumble Mr. Dumble Dumble Mr. Dumble

[@maxwirt921]

I never understood the appeal of Dumble amps. I have a ‘59 Bassman, a ‘65 Vibrolux Reverb and a ‘55 Tremolux. I’ve never heard an amp that sounds as good as, let alone better, than those. Granted I’ve never played a Dumble in person.

[@GasStationSushiiii]

I heard claptons dumble modified Fender, best clean tone ever

[@maxwirt921]

@ Interesting! Clapton is my #1 influence and I didn’t know he had a Dumble modified Fender. Do you have a link?

[@chb8037]

@@maxwirt921 its not a modded amp.. its a stock ground up build of a bandmaster by Mr dumble.

[@SlyRyFry]

@@chb8037 Dumbles are modded fender amps. He's the led zeppelin of amp makers, a thief that made a product so good he was able to get away with it

[@maxwirt921]

@ Oh yeah! I did see that. Great tones!

[@eliju420]

This smacks of cashing in on a name.

[@TruthSurge]

9:18 ie, "dude, you got mega $? no? gettoutaheuh!"

[@g-love6507]

I know the price of the old Dumble amps ($100k and up) but here's the kicker, what's the price for one of the new Dumble's ?

[@yakfishin4912]

Thousands. Go get a fender and a tube screamer and save a tone of money for the same tone. Dumble was nothing special.

[@gregggyf]

@@yakfishin4912 All I can say is, in order to test out what you say,... I would have to TAKE THE WORD of a Dumble owner to see if what you say is correct.

[@yakfishin4912]

@gregggyf Or maybe your talking to one. Who knows ? Would set nice with my 52 enquire and 57 strat, or maybe the 68 lespaul. Again they were nice amps back in the day but nothing real.real spe I'll back then or now. Especially no with today's technology. But never take the word just go play one for yourself.

[@ScottRay77]

Original ones are worth it if you're a nut job that's got more money than brains. 100K + for a original is insanity for any amplifier. And before anybody says oh you're jealous that's definitely not the case. I've heard one in person and while they sound fantastic I don't play blues or country so if somebody gave me one for free I'd sell it.

[@JimThompson-i3u]

Just buy a Roland Blues Cube Artist and the Robben Ford Tone Capsule to get close enough.

[@Miamimart]

And how many gold records do you have?

[@matthewtop]

While I think Overdrive Specials are the best souding amps you're sick in the head if you spend 6 figures on an electric box

[@ScottRay77]

@@Miamimart does it matter ?that's irrelevant. how many platinum ,gold whatever records have countless other artists made with amplifiers that cost a tiny fraction of that price.

[@poindextertunes]

So you’re not jealous just a dxck? 😂 okay

[@J.C...]

Kenny Wayne was apparently real close with Mr Dumble. He has 11 Dumble amps that he built for Kenny.

[@mikite57]

Nice amps, to be sure. But for the $100 that I paid for it, I'm pretty happy with my mid-80s Paul Rivera designed Fender Concert. And I could buy a wall full of them for the price of a Dumble.

[@nogoogleplus]

That guy loves to say “Mr. Dumble” 😁 No pricing info for the new amps? 💩

[@chrisinglik4115]

OK, but which Dumble amplifier is this a comeback? 😉 Rhetorical question. Everyone simply says "Dumble this, Dumble that" and there are no two identical amplifiers, even seemingly of the same model. Alexander Dumble always built an amplifier for a given musician, which is why they were different from each other (and why these amplifiers were so loved by the artists Dumble built them for). Robben Ford told a cool anecdote about how he met Larry Carlton and tested each other's Dumble amplifiers. Robben didn't like Larry's amplifier, and Larry didn't like Robben's amplifier. Curtain. 🤣

[@VermontPrepper]

Can you imagine the drinking game you can have from this video? Great history lesson tho .

[@hummarstraful]

Can someone tell me what it is about the sound of these amps that people love? Because I just don't hear it!

[@thefrankly]

With all IP theft in gear industry at least someone is protecting the Dumble name for the Dumble family.

[@roycedot]

protecting or taking advantage? Drew Berlin has a certain reputation...

[@Commtech72]

@@roycedotI've only heard good things about Drew.

[@tasteapiana]

Hey, it's a thing. There seems to be a lineage to it and I'm sure the customers will scrutinize every facet of the new amps before slapping down money for one (or more) of them. It's kind of cool that someone who does buy one gets to know that the amps will be gone over by people who really know what they should be, not just some salesperson saying things they read in a pamphlet. Sure, there are clones out there but I doubt any of those are perfectly in spec since they came from a lot of guess work and measurements, not the man's personal notes and requirements. I'm not a boutique kind of person, myself, but I know some who are. Considering that folks already spend big money on snake oil as it is, in most categories of purchases, why should these be a bad bet relatively? I highly doubt that the new Dumble amps are anything less than what the man made while he was with us so my bet is that it's a pretty good bet if that thing is what you feel you need and you're not comfortable with random clones. The main guy there seems to be pretty bummed about Alexander's passing, you can tell they were close. I can't see him doing the snake oil thing.

[@TeddyBess]

Great but, where' the demo?

[@michaelmarchei8539]

How to make a dumble. Put a tube screamer in a deluxe reverb with 100w output. Cover whole circuit in tone goop and make a million $$😊

[@yakfishin4912]

Man this is spot on. His amps are nothing special really. Find my reply above. He's was a better salesman than a amp builder by far. You know these guys are gonna try to get major bucks on a old circuit that we now have a copy of tone wise in pedals lol. Howard is dead. His tone is dead. Leave him dead. This is just a money grab on the back of a dead man.

[@boogierandy7547]

I’ll stick with my Boogie 1,2 and 3, Twin, DSL50, and Vibrolux, and money left over.

[@D1TemplarKnight]

When will these be put out for sale? As Dumble, sorry, Mr. Dumble, tweaked and made signature amps for people, I've always thought each amp was different. What kind of amps will these be?

[@selectooldave]

Given what Dumble actually did in building amps, more or less, personally for a select few artists I don't see how they can sell anything but the name.

[@billkeisling2907]

Don’t call me Howard. And sure as shit don’t call me Mr. Dumble!

[@ocd84]

Do we go through some kind of testing before purchasing the amp?

[@johnb4024]

Don't forget him making the person play for him was also for Alexander too match the artist with the proper equipment

[@ocd84]

All I hear is worthy, special, important enough and Mr.Dumble😂😂😂 A lot of Mr.Dumble.

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

Way to go Reverb. You have de-mystified the Dumble legacy. I still can't afford one I am sure.

[@UserNameUserNameUser]

Say "Mr. Dumble" one more time...

[@BentTom]

After the 100th Mr. Dumble! I had to bail. I can’t stand it anymore.

[@theoversouls]

@@BentTom Same.

[@timothycormier3494]

😂😂😂😂😂 I’m gonna turn it into a drinking game. Alexander or alex would have been just as good.

[@arturosandoval]

Mr. Dumble! put some spec on the name youngster🎉

[@TruthSurge]

Why would I pay HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars for any Dumble amp when I can buy some good profiles for Tonex or other amp sims for $20? Anyone know why someone would pay tons of $ for one of these instead of just getting some well-sampled profiles? I already saw some months ago for Dumble OD special I think. I mean, if all you want is one amp and no lag time and this is your holy grail, I guess then you'd pay whatever they charge.

[@jedishaw6771]

Wait a minute................ Stevie didn't want anything to do with Dumble, he had a few phone conversations with Mr dumble, he then sent Stevie a huge bill ($4000!) Stevie didn't want anything to do with him after that.

[@mcvideo5909]

I saw SRV in the mid ‘80s in Australia. Great concert. SRV had a wall of amplifiers and speakers including Fenders and Marshalls and a Leslie. The sound came from SRV’s fingers. The amps etc just added a little colour and a lot of volume.

[@senorphilipe4242]

Mr Dumble… Mr Dumble… Mr Dumble… Mr Dumble… Mr Dumble… did any one else here get really fed up of the constant repetition of ‘Mr Dumble’ ?

[@JDAfrica]

The way they keep saying MrDumble with religious piousity, like he’s Jesus. Oh lord, who art in heaven, Howard be thy name.

[@spakuloid]

They should call him Lord Dumble.

[@kosmicwizard]

The new ones aren't Dumble amps. & I want to know if it was Alexander or Howard, cause I literally can't stand to ever hear "Mr. Dumble" again.