DUMBLE AND MOSRITE ?

JSLOBAUGH · Post by **JSLOBAUGH** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:56 am

A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO I CAME ACROSS A MOSRITE TUBE HEAD COSMETICALLY BEAT AND BATTERED. I FIRED IT UP AND TO MY SURPRISE IT STILL SOUNDED PRETTY DARN GOOD. MY INTENTION WAS TO DO A RESTORATION ON THE UNIT. UNFORTUNATELY ALL I CAME UP WITH WAS DEAD ENDS... UNTIL I HEARD ABOUT DUMBLE AND SEMI MOSLEY BUILDING 10 PROTOTYPES THAT NEVER MADE THE PRODUCTION LINE. THE SERIAL ON THIS IS HAND SCRIBED #00007.
I WILL SEND PICS IF ANYONE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS LONG OVERDUE MYSTERY...

JNSLOBAUGH@COX.NET

heisthl · Post by **heisthl** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:37 am

Please post pics - I live in PHX too and sent you an email.

tonelab2 · Post by **tonelab2** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:53 am

About 2-3 years ago a Mosrite head appeared on US ebay for a short time. Seller was auctioning mixed items from a deceased estate and not interested in shipping OS. Needless to say the auction (with a starting price of $50US) ended without a bid. I couldn't believe with all the amp builders in the states ( probably more than the total population of the country in which I live)that it would go unrecognized. I waited for relist but it didn't happen.

rfgordon · Post by **rfgordon** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:31 pm

According to what I've read about HAD, and others are probably much more knowledgeable on this topic, one of his first commercial amp building efforts was building a set of amps for use by the Ventures under the Mosrite brand. I seem to recall that, even though the Ventures liked them and toured with them, the agreement with Mosrite never really went anywhere. So I suppose that those early HAD "Mosrites" might still be out there.

Can anyone else shed light on this bit of HAD's history?

glasman · Post by **glasman** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:23 pm

JSLOBAUGH wrote:A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO I CAME ACROSS A MOSRITE TUBE HEAD COSMETICALLY BEAT AND BATTERED. I FIRED IT UP AND TO MY SURPRISE IT STILL SOUNDED PRETTY DARN GOOD. MY INTENTION WAS TO DO A RESTORATION ON THE UNIT. UNFORTUNATELY ALL I CAME UP WITH WAS DEAD ENDS... UNTIL I HEARD ABOUT DUMBLE AND SEMI MOSLEY BUILDING 10 PROTOTYPES THAT NEVER MADE THE PRODUCTION LINE. THE SERIAL ON THIS IS HAND SCRIBED #00007.
I WILL SEND PICS IF ANYONE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS LONG OVERDUE MYSTERY...

JNSLOBAUGH@COX.NET

Drop me a note with your phone number. I am from Bakersfield originally and still have contacts there that worked for Mosrite (and knew Dumble) at that time frame.

glasman@cox.net

Manic Mechanic · Post by **Manic Mechanic** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:00 am

http://www.marshallampforum.com/forum/v ... c.php?t=35

You might want to read this.

tomrasdf · Post by **tomrasdf** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:13 am

Just to help me place a sound to the Mosrite name, on what recordings did the Ventures use Dumble's amps?
The only thing of theirs I've heard that at all resembles a dumble sound is "Underground Fire", which I have to say is pretty inspirational.
Please share what you discover. This is a topic that has interested me for a while. Thanks.

tonelab2 · Post by **tonelab2** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:25 am

William Tell Overture track is so ODS sounding it should be called William Tell Overdrive

JSLOBAUGH · Post by **JSLOBAUGH** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:13 am

here are some pics of my mosrite ser. 00007
can anyone recommend any leads to help get this restored as original as possible?

LeeMo · Post by **LeeMo** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:17 am

http://www.planktones.com/PageAward.html
Weren't these amps made when HAD worked for Standell?

LeeMo

JSLOBAUGH · Post by **JSLOBAUGH** » Sat May 03, 2008 4:21 am

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