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Topic: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Hey all,

I'm looking for a pedal that will give me a Dumble style tone when run into a 6L6 amp set clean. In particular I'm thinking about the clean channel of my Mesa Rectoverb. Yes, I know it's a love'em or hate'em amp but it works for me lol . I know there are a few choices out there. Any ideas? What's the best one?

TIA
RP

Guitars: 2002 Gibson R8, 2008 Gibson SG Standard, 1977 Fender Statocaster, 1979 el Degas Les Paul Custom, 2011 Epiphone JB Les Paul
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  • Registered: 2010-12-28
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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Hermida Audio Zendrive all the way! I got one, (expensive tho) and it's awesome. Robben Ford always used it when he hadn't had his Dumble with him, he said it was the dumble in a box!

  • Registered: 2009-10-10
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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Barber Small Fry and the Wampler Ecstasy work well into 6L6 amps and get in the Dumble ballpark.  The Barber Small Fry is priced fairly reasonable.  I use both of these  pedals into clean Fender amps.

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check out my mates demo of the Ecstasy, I think its just what you are looking for!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPpOcCX9R2Y

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Great demo of the Wampler Ecstasy.  I do prefer it over the Barber Small Fry.  I use mine mainly on the crunch setting.  I have been told it sounds very similar to a Bogner on the crunch setting but I have never played a Bogner.  Your friend sure gets good tones out of every setting on the pedal.

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

tanabe dumkudo works well for me. I got it on ebay, i've also heard good things about the wampler mentioned above.

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Fuzzblues wrote:

tanabe dumkudo works well for me. I got it on ebay, i've also heard good things about the wampler mentioned above.


fuzzblues , how do i get that pedal??? it sounds awesome!!
if you ever get rid of it ill have it off ya!!

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

stevebonamassive wrote:
Fuzzblues wrote:

tanabe dumkudo works well for me. I got it on ebay, i've also heard good things about the wampler mentioned above.


fuzzblues , how do i get that pedal??? it sounds awesome!!
if you ever get rid of it ill have it off ya!!

you need to order it direct from Mr Tanabe in Japan. A quick google search and you'll be in buisness. There are some zendrives on ebay right now.

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HoosierRock wrote:

Great demo of the Wampler Ecstasy.  I do prefer it over the Barber Small Fry.  I use mine mainly on the crunch setting.  I have been told it sounds very similar to a Bogner on the crunch setting but I have never played a Bogner.  Your friend sure gets good tones out of every setting on the pedal.

Aye, hs a monster player as well! Were playing on the same bill in a few weeks at Monkeyfest, hope he doesnt make me look too bad!  big_smile

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Man for the amount that some of these pedals cost you could get a Ceriatone clone of a Dumble or at least a good down payment of one.  http://ceriatone.com/productSubPages/OT … TSMain.htm

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Thanks for all the suggestions, definitely some good options out there. The Zendrive and the Ecstasy can probably get me the tone I'm after and they both are in the $200 range. While I think on those...in the mean time I found this on tubeface.com.

http://tubeface.com/pcb/rf-drive-pcb

It's called the RF Drive and it looks like it's maybe a clone of a Zendrive. I decided to order a board and check it out. It's not a kit so you have to source your own parts but that should be doable. Great another project roll

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Guitars: 2002 Gibson R8, 2008 Gibson SG Standard, 1977 Fender Statocaster, 1979 el Degas Les Paul Custom, 2011 Epiphone JB Les Paul
Amps: 1982 Marshall 4010
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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

AD3THREE wrote:

Man for the amount that some of these pedals cost you could get a Ceriatone clone of a Dumble or at least a good down payment of one.  http://ceriatone.com/productSubPages/OT … TSMain.htm

Thanks AD3THREE, that's food for thought as well. I've ordered from Ceriatone in the past and Nik is great to deal with. One of those pedals is probably 1/3 the price of an Overtone kit and I can build my own boards so I could probably save a little more there. Hmmmm... hmm

Still a pedal would be nice for a grab and go pedalboard, you know for those open mike jams where you end up playing through whatever's on stage. big_smile

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Guitars: 2002 Gibson R8, 2008 Gibson SG Standard, 1977 Fender Statocaster, 1979 el Degas Les Paul Custom, 2011 Epiphone JB Les Paul
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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

This is true.

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

I would check out the Fuchs Plush Drive.  It is a really good thick yet articulate overdrive.  If I was looking for a dumble tone I'd go with one of them.  I had one but sold it to fund a nicer amp.  They are 180ish on the bay. Great pedal... will go from boost to very creamy overdrive.

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

and another contender the Alpha Drive

...no experience of this pedal but this demo is A/B against a two rock using a 6L6 Fender amp's clean channel with the pedal ..and I'm surprised how close it gets

http://www.youtube.com/user/thaddeushog … D8Y_7537Jc



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  • Registered: 2010-11-16
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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

jgalvan8804 wrote:

I would check out the Fuchs Plush Drive.  It is a really good thick yet articulate overdrive.  If I was looking for a dumble tone I'd go with one of them.  I had one but sold it to fund a nicer amp.  They are 180ish on the bay. Great pedal... will go from boost to very creamy overdrive.

I was able to pick up a Fuchs Plush Drive on another guitar forum for about $125.00.  No knowing exactly what the Dumble tone is like I would say that this pedal, plugged into my Swart STR, sounds better with humbucking guitars over single coils.

It's very creamy sounding and doesn't pull the mids out as much as say a TS-808 type of pedal including a Blues Driver.  I also have a Keely modded Blues Driver and the difference in mids is quite a bit.

As for Dumble, ymmv.

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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Fuzzblues wrote:
stevebonamassive wrote:
Fuzzblues wrote:

tanabe dumkudo works well for me. I got it on ebay, i've also heard good things about the wampler mentioned above.


fuzzblues , how do i get that pedal??? it sounds awesome!!
if you ever get rid of it ill have it off ya!!

you need to order it direct from Mr Tanabe in Japan. A quick google search and you'll be in buisness. There are some zendrives on ebay right now.

Here's a great review of the Tanabe pedal from Premier Guitar: http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/I … eview.aspx

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  • Registered: 2009-10-27
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Re: Help with Dumble tone from a pedal

Be careful, I own Dumkudo, SOV-2 (what Robben Ford and Matt Schofield use), Klon and a bunch more - point, no D-style pedal provides D-tone, only a D-style amp.  These pedals are just sprinkles on your guitar and amp tone, not the creater of tone IMO.  I use D-style amps, but have tried these pedals in non D-style amps with no sucess.

In regards to Dumkudo, its a nice pedal, but at $325.00, it has flaw. 

1.  Again, no pedal gets you D-style amp tone or those amps would not exist, we all would have cheap tube amps and buy d-style pedals.....oh, then D-style pedals would cost $2,000 or more...lol
2.  Dumkudo pedal volume control boosts volume way to fast/early, you literally can't get volume past 9'o clock all while still mixing well in volume from clean channel on amp - flaw.

SOV-2 I have, used by Ford, etc, but doesn't proviode d-style tone again, but a great pedal if you don't want to change your amp to guitar tone, so in this case, you don't want this pedal, as you want to change your amp tone to be something it's not - D-style amp.