VS: Scott Sharrard plays a Dumble Overdrive Special and talks Duane Allman (S2:E11)

Scott Sharrard plays a fantastic rig comprised of a 1957 and a 1955 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top and a 1977 Overdrive Special. Also in this episode of the Vault Sessions, Scott talks about the differences between our 1957 and Duane Allman’s Gibson Les Paul Goldtop dubbed “The Layla Guitar.” Throughout the episode Scott is playing through a 1977 Dumble Overdrive Special.
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[@jcivantos]

Scott was my guitar teacher for awhile in NYC. He is an incredible musician and a super cool guy.

[@carfaxguitars]

How come I’ve only just stumbled across Scott, what a player!

[@danielt.2870]

Woah. Him swapping between picking and fingerpicking is magic

[@ianrichards6294]

this

[@2na-phish]

i look forward to opening my subscriptions and finding one of these. what a wonderful series. thank you for all you do.

[@fanoboss]

Such A Great Video Series !

[@jeteye97]

Love this. Really love the P90s. That sound hits my ears and makes them happy.

[@realgoodmind]

Love all the videos Songbirds. Thank you

[@MrMusicguyma]

Very clean skilled playing by Scott. Muddy's "Trouble No More", to start out, nice. An informed helpful guy . "Homewrecker" Dumble LOL. A lot of good information. I'll never play such expensive gear, but it is interesting to hear "why" certain gear is so sought after. There is a lot of hype around guitars and amps, but some of it is certainly justified. What is comes down to for me is the individual player's fingers and ears. I could not sound like Scott, no matter what gear I bought, but I can sound like "me", better than anyone else in the world and that is sufficient. :)

[@faronmitchell6702]

Scott is the reason I got a Gibson 339. He was playing one with Gregg at the Chattanooga Market show. Still don’t sound anywhere near him! What a great player.

[@plexilespaul1956]

Amazing playing! Tone to the heaven

[@gerardanthony9834]

Scott Sharrard is killer. What a talent. Have seen him numerous times.

[@gearmeister]

Amazed & blown away 🎸🎸🔥👍😀

[@christopherhanna5754]

Dude is a monster player tone taste n chops he has earned every minute with the high end zone toys...

[@itriedmany]

Fantastic!

[@BlueSkies32]

Wow, awesome playing, crushing it!

[@gerryloughran1676]

Stunning

[@seancronin4010]

Well played!

[@sl.is.google]

Lovely stuff 👍

[@sparkyguitar0058]

I'm so grateful I get to play a 97 ebony w/ gold trim Les Paul studio or a 94 deluxe plus Strat through a 85 Boogie S O B wood and wicker 12L speaker. It's not a 50's Paul or a Dumble. But it's pretty good quality equipment. And I had these for over 10 years. Too bad I don't play this good but I'm still trying.

[@vernonhoover1387]

Great work

[@markh6384]

Nice! Insane rig and great playing. The dreaming continues......

[@markinthemix6055]

HOT player with nice tone in the hands.

[@3cardmonty602]

I prefer the P90’s over the HB’s. More definition.

[@JInfinity7]

Duncan P rails will go in my next guitar. P90s with a single coil in a switchable humbucker.

[@blueshorecreative3146]

Loved the 57. Sweet Allman slide.

[@DavidGossettMusic]

4:45 I've noticed the same thing for years. P90's always sound darker than I expect them too. They're still great pickups though. I've found mini-humbuckers seem to fit that sonic range that I expected p90's to fill, but without the single coil bite.

[@todd.goslin6190]

I've got both. P 90s are darker but much hotter than deluxe pickups.

[@ronnie5129]

BROTHER SCOTT, A CHEAP GUITAR AMP, LOL, WHEN YOU SAID THIS I ALMOST FELL OUT OF MY COMPUTER CHAIR, I LOVE YOUR HUMOR, MY BEST, COUSIN FIGEL

[@Dd13200]

Great pickin and slide

[@curtisreid9100]

Worthy! He's got her fired up a little bit!

[@BellTunnel]

That ‘55...🤘🏻

[@AryDontSurf]

I love the '55. P90s always win for me.

[@goodun6081]

On another KZbin channel, people were complaining about how ugly the reissue gold top Les Paul's are. I have no idea how they are as instruments compared to the originals, but I did point out that Mike Bloomfield, Duane Allman, and Freddie King apparently didn't give a rat's patootie about how they looked back in the day, they like them for how they sounded and played.

[@AryDontSurf]

@@goodun6081 Well said, Bloomfield used a gold top for the whole east west album right?I play a reissue '58 Les Paul special. It's not really a looker with the TV yellow etc, but has the P90s. I just like the way their tone doesn't get muddled in with any other guitar being played at the same time.

[@blackie75]

i would punch a kitten for that gold top

[@timhoovermusicman]

I would beat your ass if you did. I know you're just kidding but real animal abusers make me boil.

[@lljsullins9181]

@@timhoovermusicman It's just a joke, calm down.

[@timhoovermusicman]

@@lljsullins9181 apparently reading comprehension skills were not your strong point.

[@lljsullins9181]

@@timhoovermusicman No need to go off and say that to me.

[@jakemguitarist]

Liam Sullins He literally says it’s a joke, get off your high horse.

[@jondiamond7383]

Scott would sound great on a K Mart Special.

[@kitano0]

I know I'm in the minority, but these sounds are not appealing to me in the least. He's an excellent player, but I would rather hear what he's playing through a dobro/National type guitar. Or a lap steel. ( Megan Lovell, David Lindley) Or a Strat. That being said, this is one of the best series on KZbin.)

[@addicted2tone349]

I think its that amp.. I'm in agreement, the presence and treble is just ear piercing. I agree totally!

[@charlesbolton8471]

kitano0 You had me at Megan Lovell. Larkin Poe is absolutely amazing. The world needs more music like theirs and it needs to become more mainstream.

[@charlesbolton8471]

Addicted 2 Tone I would definitely agree with you on the amp. That is a trait common to Dumble Amps.

[@markam306]

The Dumble does live up to the claims of fidelity and control, simply amazing. I, however, prefer many other amps; Fender clean tones for instance. The Dumble does not seem as natural or organic as simpler amps. For jazz it’s probably ideal.

[@timhoovermusicman]

Sounds dam fine to me...

[@goodun6081]

Tasty playing and great tone from both amp/ guitar combinations. Was that Dumble built for or voiced for anyone specific? I've heard Lindley play lap steel through a Dumble from about eight feet away, I don't know how many dB's [edit!] of hearing I lost that day but I would do it all over again!

[@MrMusicguyma]

Dbs?

[@goodun6081]

@@MrMusicguyma , yes, dB's. Good catch. "Damn you, predictive typing software!". It does appear that the software on this phone actually changes what I've typed just a few seconds after I hit the send or post arrow.... actually, I mostly use the voice to text function, instead of typing by hand, and that software absolutely positively definitely changes words on me after I've already spoken them; I have watched it happen!. PS, its actually *dB*, or possibly dB's..... I'm not sure if decibel (deciBel) is supposed to be pluralized when used in its abbreviated form. I can be just as pedantic as the next guy, perhaps more so!

[@MrMusicguyma]

@@goodun6081 I was a proofreader in a former life. ;) Right. dB, I should have looked it up. I have enjoyed Lindley's work for decades. He and Ry Cooder were competing teenage banjo contest champs. I am the pedantic "next guy". Cheers

[@goodun6081]

@@MrMusicguyma , I have seen Lindley play a number of times over the years, including with ElRayoX many years ago, and when he was doing duets with Ry, sometimes as a trio with Ry's son Joachim, or with Flaco Jimenez. We did get to see Ry play on the Prodigal Son tour last year. I sure hope to see David play again sometime soon, he's not a young man anymore and he had a bout of tinnitus that forced him to cancel some gigs last year. Most recent shows we've seen were Tab Benoit, and Richard Thompson (solo acoustic).

[@_RLP]

I hear bits of Clapton's rendition of It Hurts Me Too in the first segment, with the 57 and the ODS. Very cool...

[@larryn2682]

Duane's first Les Paul was his first electric guitar. A burgundy Junior when he was a teenager.

[@bmwcarrmann429]

Hey man that Dumble amp sounds like I need to have it given to me and hid in my micro studio.only you and I will know where it is.hey you shot up to the Bbking blues box on that tune it sounds so sweet.im crying cause I can't afford it.but when I do man imma buy me a nice old school Lucille and since I have a few lab series amps then I'll be good to go.peace

[@markmcmyn8967]

Ceriatone ots dumble clones sound good.I think the ots 20 head is $720.00 u.s.They build them 1 at a time,point to point. 20,50,100 watt.

[@avitarmagnus9090]

those two are a sound marriage in GODS HOUSE dumble and les 57 INSANE a few million and you too can be a giant

[@midnightraiin4035]

those p90s quack

[@JtotheP68]

Sometimes it would be nice to just to hear a straight open chord.

[@meltedfro]

it gave me anxiety,him not having a strap on the 57

[@ronnie5129]

SCOTT, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO, ANYTHING YOU PLAY I WANT TO HEAR, I USED TO SIT NEXT TO DUANE'S GRAVE IN 1972, AND PLAY ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND I HAD A CORICEDIN BOTTLE, I KNOW I SPELLED IT WRONG. I WOULD SIT THERE AND PLAY AND ASK DUANE FOR GUIDENCE, HELP ME PLAY BROTHER, AND I FEEL THAT HE DID HEAR ME AND HELP ME PLAY , I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE THIS BEFORE AND THEY SAY, YOU WENT TO A CEMETARY AND PLAYED GUITAR NEXT TO A GRAVE, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU, LOL, I SAID NO, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU DON'T GET IT MAN. KEEP ON JAMMIN BROTHER, I LOVE YOUR MUSIC, OH YA I WAS BORN ABOUT 15 MILES FROM YOU IN LINCOLN PARK MICH,. THIS IS PERSONAL, DID YOU GET A MUSHROOM TATOO ON YOUR LEG ? MY BEST, COUSIN FIGEL

[@MrDavemiley]

Dang $200,000.00 worth of riffs !!

[@Dad-Gad]

Sounds like my Harley Benton Lemondrop going into my Boss Katana .

[@joegrillman]

At first, I thought it was Adam Sandler.

[@BlindTom61]

Dumble's are a rich man's toy but they don't compare to a high-power tweed Twin.

[@estebanb7166]

Does anyone play slow stuff? Ever?

[@elephantcup]

Sorry to present some inconvenient facts to the droolers here, but if you plug a used $150 Epiphone Les Paul into a small Fender tube combo and crank it, it'll sound the same. And, you'll save about a 1/4 million dollars. It's just hype, designed to get rich guys with far more money than common sense, to hand some of that money over to music industry con artists.

[@anthonyrodriguez4055]

Great guitar payer. The Dumbles and the Gibson are really overrated.

[@danielbertola7868]

Gibson built in XX year blah blah blah famous guy had the same one blah blah... Thats how you waste half a video boys and girls. And for god sakes let the notes breathe a little. Way better than me but no pacing or feeling.

[@GreggStallingsProject]

Duane's Marshall sounded better than this Dumble imho -

[@jspic4907]

Great playing, of course, but that dry tone is not very inspiring at all. YMMV.

[@TheTruth-tc5hn]

Overdriven sounds fizzy clean sounds thin.

[@captaindeluxe7328]

Sounds nothing like Duane

[@fviannaval]

Thank god. We already have one Duane and Scott's got his own thing going!

[@hunzilla3122]

Good, not great

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Sounds terrible and harsh

[@LD-nl7kz]

Hosoi Archives lmao what a dope