I am a fan of Michael Burks, and in my opinion he is one of the best blues guitarists/singers around today. I have seen him play twice, and he was playing his Dr. Z SRZ-65 both times, but he also seems to be affiliated with Alexander Drumble. There are some thank you notes to Dumble on the insert to his "I Smell Smoke" album.
"Very special thanks to: Dr. Tim Wilkin; Alexander Dumble; John Hahn; Brittany Burks; Paulene Burks; all my brothers and sisters; and Lil' Red."
"Michael's equipment friends: Jack Nau and Marcus Shefer at EMG Pickups; Tony Pinheiro at DR Strings; Alexander Dumble at Dumble Musical Sound Consulting; Dr. Z at Dr. Z Amplifiers; Phil Jamison at Matchless Amplifiers; and Graph Tech Guitar Labs."
Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.alligator.com/albums/I-Smell-Smoke/
Michael Burks and Dumble
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Re: Michael Burks and Dumble
Here`s the DUMBLE sound................Jacob5165 wrote:I am a fan of Michael Burks, and in my opinion he is one of the best blues guitarists/singers around today. I have seen him play twice, and he was playing his Dr. Z SRZ-65 both times, but he also seems to be affiliated with Alexander Drumble. There are some thank you notes to Dumble on the insert to his "I Smell Smoke" album.
"Very special thanks to: Dr. Tim Wilkin; Alexander Dumble; John Hahn; Brittany Burks; Paulene Burks; all my brothers and sisters; and Lil' Red."
"Michael's equipment friends: Jack Nau and Marcus Shefer at EMG Pickups; Tony Pinheiro at DR Strings; Alexander Dumble at Dumble Musical Sound Consulting; Dr. Z at Dr. Z Amplifiers; Phil Jamison at Matchless Amplifiers; and Graph Tech Guitar Labs."
Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.alligator.com/albums/I-Smell-Smoke/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrLS9-Z_Xwg
From Dr. Tim again from the PRS Forum .... This is Michael's manager:
I should say that the Dumble tones that Michael uses are different than the run of the mill Dumble. The big guy tuned the amps specifically for Michael's attack. That
amp can be heard on the Alligator release "I smell Smoke" The Delta 88's were specifically tuned to sound similar. Less fuzz from preamp distortion, more power
amp distortion. Which is very different from the Dumble approach. Just different approaches to the same end. The Band of Gypsy's analogy is more about the fluid
low end, which Michael prefers. Most times the eq's are set with low and mids full up and highs rather low. Hope that clarifies things.
Re: Michael Burks and Dumble
Thank you, groovtubin, that is very interesting.
That is exactly how his SRZ-65 was setup last time I seen him play, though I believe the treble was completely out.Most times the eq's are set with low and mids full up and highs rather low.