A Tribute to the Most Legendary Dumble Amp Ever

[@VertexEffectsInc]

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[@robertalford1321]

I just received this in the mail at the end of last week. I threw it on my board and played through it for the first time this past Sunday morning, and quite frankly..my tone has never sounded better. I hit the front end of a POD Go, and this thing made the entire rig sound like pure fire. Everything sounded cleaner, yet more authentic and naturally saturated, and it just..SANG. We're recording a studio album, and I cannot wait to see the producer's face when he hears this. Nice!

[@skeres01]

Really nice to see a focus on clean rather than overdrive, as I get just as much joy out of playing clean. I also use the Hotrod ML as my primary amp with my es-330 style guitar and the Tele. Christmas is too far away, so I'll put this one on the end of financial year list...Thanks for all the great content. I've been enjoying all the good discussions and content on this channel.

[@m0j0b0ne]

SSS owner, here. I believe this is possibly the most misunderstood pedal available; it in fact does VERY LITTLE, because it's designed to enhance an already great clean tone, without SCREWING IT UP.

[@jeffdunlap9360]

Was lucky and got #454 of 500! Love this pedal. Run it into a 64 Super Reverb custom made by Uncle Spot/Ron Vail. Was the last amp he made before he retired. Used all the special little components he saved for their excellent properties. On top of that my speakers were upgraded by one of my favorite "Bluesman" Jonny Winter! By itself it sounds close enough to fool most discerning ear. With this pedal, it seals the deal. Thank you for building this pedal.

[@xxnycbradxx]

Sounds great! Man, I love that Cab simulator! I need to check that out.

[@loop-t-loops1035]

Great demo ! Just ordered mine through Amazon because it was on sale. Sweetwater had it on sale yesterday, but apparently they jacked the price today.

[@Roddo731]

Well Mason that was a very great concise review of that pedal, showing what he can do going through a straight up production line amp that many of us either own or have owned… flat out can’t deny the fact that the hot Rod has got a great clean sound such a great foundation to build petals off of for the working musician who can’t afford a multi multi thousand dollar amp. i’ve been a fan of the dumble sound since the mid-late 70s and for the longest time had no idea what I was a fan of… I was a fan of Larry Carlton of course and R. Ford… but it was probably 15 years ago when I was helping to promote a concert in the Guitar Player I had called and asked for some stuff to be ready on back line before we wrangled up some fenders… But he showed up with his own amp…a Dumble Steel String Singer. I said so dude what’s all the hubbub, I was very familiar with boutique camps the closest I ever got to it was boogies, but I will I will step away because I just was never satisfied with the clean sound… I was always like man I want something between a twin and a hot rod, just a big open clean sound but Gotta have sweet mids and if I can get that, I think I can make any overdrive pedal sound great. He said well dude you’re in for a treat plug-in and play. so I plugged in my beard electric, made by my friend Paul Beard who makes the beard resonator guitars… We were high school charms, played in the band and he bought me this guitar in 1986… I think like the second instrument he ever built so I was a guinea pig but it worked out great… That amp knocked me over. So yeah you’re right if you listen to Larry John Mayer or R. Ford, You can’t help to be a fan of that amp. I’ve tried pedals they can get me close, I use a J Rockett Dude and it has the characteristics of that overdriven Dumble… but never really been satisfied with the clean tones… i’ve been using your accessories for several years for my paddleboard and it’s about time that I pick up some vertex fx!!!

[@herbertmcgowan3080]

Hello I purchased SSS Double Preamp Slight Return Edition from Sweetwater Music it was a demo model. After watching the video on it now I understand exactly how it works. I have a fender tone Master blonde Twin Reverb I also have a Roland Blues Cube artist with the Robben Ford tone capsule in it. So far I'm starting to become very quite impressed with these clean sounds it's kind of like it makes the amplifier three-dimensional😅 that's the only way I can describe. I'm sending you this letter Friday August 4th 2023 I haven't taken it out on a gig yet but I will most likely use it as a clean boost and enhancement it's like I get two different channels to choose from on this kind of cool good job dudes on this development

[@TheBhannah]

Your pedal definitely adds some special sauce , really great sounds !

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Great Cleans Mason. Enjoyed it. My favorite guitar tone on record: SRV = Riviera Paradise ( listen with good headphones ).

[@spiritzweispirit1st638]

Amazing product' so full of intentionally clean color and meaningfully satiating character'_ 'Imo every board should have one of your products! 🎼🎸🖖Thank you'

[@Bad_Phil]

Love it, beautiful playing as well!!

[@joshscus]

What an incredible sound that pedal creates!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks Josh!

[@AlexVonCrank]

I think it sounds great just through the cab. They all sounded really good but straight into the m cab did it for me.

[@christopherkennedy873]

Dang - they're blowing em out right now at Sweetwater for $129 😲

[@thereallbking]

Literally a staple on my board since the MK1. Sleeper of a pedal when it comes to tone shaping.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

One of our best sellers of all time. This series really works wonders for the clean tone and stacking ODs.

[@AllMusicXcessAMX]

Oh man… this is very tempting 😭

[@drpaco947]

Nice demo, again!

[@Roddo731]

I also think the clean player is the unsung hero… Everybody seems to go after the overdriven stuff to learn and many people do a great job on it… But love the clean guys, there’s stuff kind of gets left on the shelf… Makes you think it’s not so easy to play? Walk into a guitar store I don’t hear many people nailing John Mayer stuff. I was in San Fran one time about four years ago for a conference and I stepped into the guitar center and heard a guy playing a good bit of John Mayer stuff and he was nailing it and playing through quite a few amps from American to British… When you get somebody to complain like that, has the right guitar and can get the tones…yea That’s more satisfying than hearing a shredder

[@larryshaw4202]

Would be nice to see where the bottom knobs are set . I had to paint the groves white to see the knobs the bottom knobs on stage and in poor lightning conditions. Could you please send me the settings on the bottom knobs for this video. Really enjoy you site. Thanks, Larry

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

Very nice. I’ll have to get this pedal and turn my TK into a Dumble. What a beautiful sound. I heard Ben Harper’s/David Lindley’s and Robben Ford’s Dumbles. I love Robben Ford, but Ben Harper’s Dumbles are special. Their sound is HUGE! I’m using a JRAD Dude and Wampler Euphoria to get some of that sound from my TK Gremlin, but I bet the Vertex pedals are better.

[@MisterKimPH]

I have a SSS SRV. Is this the same pedal but renamed, or what is different? Thanks

[@abelinolopez1957]

Well Dr. Rig you have sold it to me Idk if should say thanks cus you're making me spend money again Lol

[@waynegram8907]

VERTEX, The KWS Kenny Wayne Strat pickups are custom Voiced windings and he uses fender white amps but they have dumble circuits inside of them. You should try to make a circuit to get those KWS voiced tones because KWS says it has that sparkle on the top end and midrange twang. You should also make a video lesson about finding guitar pedals that are "mid scoop" so you can using a TS pedal, klon, Texas Ranger to drive into a Mid scoop pedal. I'm not sure which SRV songs he used 2 TS pedals in series but it sounds like SRV was trying to use 2 TS pedals to get that "overwound pickup tone" which you should research which SRV songs he used 2 TS pedals in series because in the studio he did this. NUX 65 pedal is a super reverb preamp pedal which sounds really good for the money $50 dollars which you should check it out.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks Wayne!

[@waynegram8907]

@@VertexEffectsInc Which pedals use BiMOS chips instead of CMOS chips for FET overdrive pedals? you should make a video about various FET based overdrive pedals that uses JFETS, MOSFETS, CMOS FETS, BiMOS FETS. The Ibanez MOSFET used CMOS Fets which have been discontinued that were used in the ibanez MOSDistortion pedal. Most FET ovedriver pedals use JFETS or MOSFET but there are also ones that use CMOS chips and BiMOS chips which you should look into because they all get different "edge of breakup tone" and compress differently because FETS has a different compression points.

[@dannyshannon]

Question for all of you out there... If i feed this into my effects loop to bypass the amps preamp tone, where should this sit on my pedal board, at the very end? Or just prior to my ambient/reverbs etc? Obviously i will place my OD/Boosts before this.. but i want this to effectively act as my tube amps preamp. Any help would be great before I purchase this.. btw.. its sounds amazing!!

[@johnnygreenway3579]

Great video. You did one on a shootout with guitar cables and the guy on the voice. His playing on the Gibson and stratocaster using clean tones is the sound I'm looking for. I'm only a beginner so any advice on how to obtain that sound would be greatly appreciated.

[@nathanielheale]

Love the sss-srv! Some pedals need a certain rig to shine. The sss isn't one of them. I haven't heard a rig yet it doesn't enhance for the better.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea!

[@ChrisM541]

Can I ask a question? I used to have an RJM RG-16 rack unit that combined 8 switchable pedal loops with 8 amp function switches. RJM sold a cable that connected from my Fuchs TDS combo to the RG-16 and this allowed me to replicate all the amp's footswitch functions, and, configure various pedals to be on/off - all controlled by my Roland FC200 footswitch. In looking at purchasing something new, I see the GigRig G3, a huge advance from the pedal capabilities of the RG-16, I'm wondering if it can also reproduce all the functions of the Fuchs footswitch? ...I have a feeling not, given it has a much reduced amp switching output section (if I'm seeing that right). Unfortunately, RJM don't do the RG-16 or any updated equivalent (that I can see) - which is very odd considering guitarists also want to include replication of their amp's footswitch functions into any switcher. No problem of course if you want to stay on e.g. the clean channel all the time, but a total waste of the amp if it includes other fantastic channels (and features e.g. boost, reverb, EQ etc). I'm wondering what's you thoughts? Do you know of anything modern that has the functionality of the RG-16?

[@waynegram8907]

Amplifier Nation Designer is saying that ALL Dumble amplifiers used stacked 2 channel EQ circuits that is running two channels 'in series" so you have 2 EQ circuits that are stacked in series. The Vertex Dumble pedals don't have Two EQ circuits stacked in series, any reasons why? plus on the back of the Dumble amplifiers there is also RATIO controls because all Dumble amplifiers have 3 to 4 gain controls.

[@bad_dreams_hex]

Love this show, I got a few of your pedalboard parts, the metal base and the flip step up. Awesome products, like a realization of what people actually want in a well made product. So I have one issue left on my board... the power supply power cable has a box on it that has another plug to the wall... I want a way to stack these boxes securely and just be able to plug the secondary cables into them when I set up. Do you have such an item for sale?

[@orryfishburne5326]

I love how u focused on the clean tone. As a player who mostly plays clean you have my attention. What is the difference between this version and your last SRV version? Is it just less gain to your previous version or something completely different?

[@michaelmyers4176]

I’d love to hear the same thing. I have the SSS SRV Slight Return version and I pretty much use it through a Hot Rod Deluxe exclusively for my main sound. I’m a Blues player in similar fashion to SRV Jimmy Vaughan and similar styles of Blues sounds. I would love to know the difference between the SRV and this version. If it’s something that is a huge difference I’d be interested to get another one for my board.

[@m.a.jernigan641]

Where you going into the front of the hot rod? Also how was it set? Sounds great.

[@dude_crush_]

What are your thoughts on running the Steel String Slight Return Editon through the Amp's Effects Loop? Or are you better off running it into the Amp Input?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

You can do it, but the intent was to run in front of an amp if you're going to run it with a Tube Amp or Modeling amp.

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

Does the clean knob bypass the effect of the pedaL?

[@edgoforth9546]

Where an I find the free Two-Notes 212 Two-Rock Cab IR? Thanks :)

[@MrMerryGoodMorning]

Can I use one of these into an IR pedal straight into a computer?

[@NicoVeraMusic4U]

Mason, what is the difference between this and the silver SSS? I have the mk2, the SSS, and boost and am wondering if this is any different.

[@It_is_now]

I’m very confused about the difference between SSS double preamp vs the SSS SRV. Wanna get one but still don’t know which is for me.

[@oldtimer99]

So, what is it with the name of the pedal: SSS Double Preamp Slight Return Edition vs SSS SRV Return?

[@davidetognari4048]

Hi Mason, i'm Davide from Italy. I have recently purchased this pedal and is a so beautiful clean tone, only i would ask you for some advice about the setting with my tube amps ( i use an h&k tubemeister 36 head and a marshall origin 50 head). i place the pedal in front of the amp. How can i set the pedal to reach jm's tones using the amp? Ps: i use a strat Thanks a lot!!!

[@Bad_Phil]

What are those song pieces you are playing? Really inspiring groove and I’d like to study it!

[@MrCreepingdeath741]

What is the cab you’re using on the cab M?

[@edgoforth9546]

Just curious, are these SMT or through hole design? Thanks :)

[@faridzayish]

Mason, does the signal goes from Supreme side into SS side, or SS into Supreme?

[@IamMusicNerd]

Interested to see how this is different than the SSS-SRV version I have on my board now.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

If you already own that version, you don't need this one, they're all going to be great!

[@JHPRS]

@@VertexEffectsInc I also have the SSS SRV version. Is there any difference between it and this new version?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@JHPRS as stated above, if you already own that version, you don't need this one.

[@davidkendall7675]

I'm really curious,and confused at the same time. Is this the same pedal as the SSS SRV,or is it different? Everything on the pedal,appears to be the same. What's adding to the confusion is there's a place called Gear Nuts,that is advertising what appears to be the same pedal,but it's missing the "V",of SRV. Pedal shows SSS SR. What's the deal?

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

@@davidkendall7675 I’m wondering if the whole SRV thing got a cease and desist 🤷🏽‍♂️ I mean why else try and call it the Slight Return Version and then change it to the Slight Return Edition when the actual pedal has no changes.

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

What is the Supreswitch for pls?

[@hairilanuar-j7k]

What's the difference between double preamp and srv?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

The name

[@gregholmberg2]

So this pedal primarily affects EQ? Or is there also a compressor as part of the circuit?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

It's got some overdrive, boost, compression, and EQ capabilities all-in-one

[@RyanMcQuen]

Ted Greene cleans.

[@Jakexx01]

Really a good video! HOWEVER, it has the one MAJOR LET DOWN that nearly EVERY other similar demo video has. Granted, they often incorporate a LP, a Strat and a Tele. And thats all well and good. But they so often fail to include a P-90 guitar. I hope you'll consider doing this in your upcoming demo videos. I imagine a lot of other guitarists might find this beneficial. You might even sell more products in the process. Thank you.

[@narpldr]

I just bought this pedal. I bought it to pair with my HX stomp, hoping to bypass the amp block and use the SSS as my amp going into the IR blocks. I also hoped to pair with my Seymour, Duncan Powerstage, and bypass the amp block and IR blocks to re-create a Dumble-ish amplifier. In both scenarios I can’t make the SSS sound like a real amplifier. It sounds like I’m playing an amplifier underwater if that makes sense lol. Any tips to make it sound like how it sounds in this video when you play the SSS into the Cab M? Thanks.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

My favorite is the Two-Notes Cab M as I have the ability to choose my speakers, mics, and mic position. The Power Stage is pretty linear and I believe is class D so it's going to be pretty unforgiving compared to a tube amp power section. As to the HX I think you can get closer for sure, you can experiment with sending it into a Fender style preamp model and warming it up either pre or post amp and then feed a 2x12 Cabinet. For this demo we used a Dumble style 2x12 model cab (Two Rock cabinet in the Two Notes software) with a 57 and a 121. That's it.

[@narpldr]

Will keep tinkering thanks mason!

[@AlexVonCrank]

I think it sounds great just through the cab. They all sounded really good but straight into the m cab did it for me.