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Don't forget he also is into black powder firearms.

I wonder what a Dumble flintlock goes for these days? :D
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Bob-I wrote:What I find interesting about all these stories, is the only first hand stories I've read were all positive, only the second/third hand stories are negative.
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vibratoking wrote: Rumor, and it is a rumor, is that Santana pays for his living/building space.
I've heard that the Santana deal went sour quite a while ago.

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Getting away from HAD himself and back to the amps.

The whole cloning thing is a funny thing, there are guys like myself who will never build the amp exactly as intended, because there will be something about it that I don't like. Mind you, making an exact clone is cool too, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

An example of mods I need to do is the clean volume control on my Bluesmaster clone. The clean volume control has to be set high to get decent overdrive tones, in doing this I can't set it low and use the bright switch to get jangley Fender-like tones.

I have an idea for a mod where I use a 4PDT relay so the clean volume and the overdrive share the same circuitry but seem to be independent.

Using this relay I could also have different tone stacks for clean and overdrive tones.

The point I'm making is there is still a lot of scope in this amp for meaningful modifications that even HAD would approve of.
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Here's a ground up built Ultraphonix Showman
Re tolexed
Enjoy

[IMG:800:753]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/ ... howman.jpg[/img]
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Thanks for the picture it is a nice looking amp, and in blonde, I love blondes period!

JBL speakers and the cab is ported. Was the cab ported from the factory or is this HAD's work?
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Mark wrote:Thanks for the picture it is a nice looking amp, and in blonde, I love blondes period!

JBL speakers and the cab is ported. Was the cab ported from the factory or is this HAD's work?
HAD did the elec work
E120 JBL's back breaker's (Sounds Fab)
the head was restored by Kerry Wright ..1965/66 Head
The cab is a showman fender cab re tolex by an unknown source from the same era w/a older look all else is original
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Mac Daddy wrote:Here's a ground up built Ultraphonix Showman
Re tolexed
Enjoy

[IMG:800:753]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/ ... howman.jpg[/img]
That is a sweet looking setup. :D

My 50w D'lite head is done in rough blond.
I really like that look.
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The head is rough tolex , while the cab is smooth w/an older emblem
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Did you buy it Brad?
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Structo wrote:Did you buy it Brad?
Let's just say it has a new home
Their's going to be a east coast Ampfest tomorrow with some heavy's
should have 4 different Dumble's in the mix along with some other heavy weight amp's
Mr Lerner will be their along of the event , with other member's inc , I'll keep you posted w/photo's & video
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Cool, that would be very interesting.

I've only heard one Dumble live and that was Robben Ford's tan head last Thursday
The room was pretty bouncy so I didn't get a real good idea how his amp sounded but I liked it when he kicked in PAB for leads. :D
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[quote="Structo"]Cool, that would be very interesting.

I've only heard one Dumble live and that was Robben Ford's tan head last Thursday
The room was pretty bouncy so I didn't get a real good idea how his amp sounded but I liked it when he kicked in PAB for leads. :D[/quote

I believe 183 , two Ulltra showman's voiced differently & a ultra Bandmaster will attend if all goes as planned
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Brad - did Trap make down with his 50watt TKT? We spoke the other day and he was excited at the prospect of attending.
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