macula56 wrote:
So are you happy with the Low Plate Classic for your Strat tones?
Yes, I am. In its current modded form, it provides both Clean fender type sounds and the 'cranked fender sound', I used to get running my Fender Super with the volume on 3-4 (reverb channel), only the Dumble can deliver the sound at humane levels. 3-4 on a fender super is too loud for the venues I play in.
My suggestion is, build it (
https://tubeamparchive.com/viewtopic.php?t=12872
), and the do your own mods to suit your style, guitar and preferred speaker cab. Don't paint (tweak) by numbers. Dumble's amp were all build for a specific player, guitar etc. etc. For inspiration, I suggest you read this post from user Heisthl (Henry from Redplateamps):
https://tubeamparchive.com/viewtopic.ph ... weak+order
My mods are (for inspiration):
a) Clean: V1b 47n cap lowered to 22n.
b) PAB: instead of the #124/102 PAB I used the PAB realy to lift the mid pot with a 82K and bass pot with a 220K.
c) OD: When I played the amp at first, I thought the OD was a little thin in comparison to the clean channel - so I upped the 10n on V2a to 20n and the 5n on V2b to 10n.
d) OD master vol: I changed the 100k pot to a 1M and connected it directly to the V2b cap. This makes the OD a little darker, but it has a nice rance and more OD volume on tab, which is hany when you run the input volume control high, which most of us do with strats, you can run out of OD volume with the standard 150k resistor + 100 k pot.
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PLUS I have a built-in Dumblelator. with fixed mastervolume made of two resistors 470k/560K + 30 pf across. The Dumblelator 250k 'return' i on the front plate as 'master'. The Dumblelator is an integral part of the ODS sound package. So dont forget that part of the equation. I like having it in the amp for a simpler setup.
macula56 wrote:
How do they compare with the Fenders you were playing before? Especially the clean tones.
Its very close - you can dial the Dumble classic stack to sound almost like a Blackface Fender, but if you do a direct comparison, the Fender amp is both brighter and deeper (muddier). The Dumble is rounder and the tone controls have a more usable operating ranges. A Fender tone stack with 6.8K fixed mid resistor (or 10k pot) is quite scooped in comparison to the Dumble, but then again you can dial the Dumble mid pot down to 6.8K (9 o'clock) and it scooped like the Fender.
On a the Dumble Classic, I find the sweet spot on the mid pot is around 11 o'clock (measures 19 k to ground from the mid pot center lug) and the Bass pot to be around 11 o'clock (34 k to ground). Treble pot (30% log) around noon.
Diva or not? - Respect for Mr. D's work....)
I already have the the Provi on my pedalboard, which is powered by a Voodoolab PSU (btw mine is quiet and not a hum source).
