That Time Mayer's $200,000 Amp Broke On Stage...
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2021
- Something I've been wanting to talk about since it happened, but have prioritized other videos over... let's review the footage and discuss Mayer's Dumbleland Overdrive Special #006 dying on stage during the 2021 Dead and Company tour.
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I love how he was chill the whole time like, “no big deal… just an amp worth more than a house… nothing to worry about”.
You and me would s#it our pants but John has the connections and money to get it fixed
What a professional, he took it in stride. Could you imagine an Axl Rose type in this situation? Going on an angry rant, then storming off stage.
There's no reason to freak out, this is exactly what he pays his technicians for! Yeah it's an expensive amp but chances are it just needed a new tube and if it's not the tubes maybe a capacitor. It's actually pretty hard to permanently destroy an amp when using it as intended.
Dude, a pro musician like him has an amp tech. That amp was fixed right after, for sure. Doesn't matter what the amp costs.
AC/DC have an amp tech on tour with them, too. Angus once smoked 3 Marshalls in one night, and the amp guy's full time job is repairing those amps.
@@mrcoatsworth429 how many Marshall’s does he have on stage at once 20? Lol
Could you ever do a video going over John’s Dumble history? I feel like he’s used so many different Dumble amps throughout his career (and Dumblators/A Box Later), and I’ve always wondered how many Dumble products he actually owns. Love your channel so much!
There’s a video on the channel of John’s amp history throughout most of his career up until now, If you haven’t seen that it’s got quite a lot of info on his dumble usage. If you were talking a more specific overview of dumble products in general then that would definitely be a cool video
Yeah I could do a short Dumble video! Your comment has enough thumbs up so people want that obviously!
Keith Urban said in an interview that Jon owned 14 or so Dumbles, at that time (around 2010 i think). Who knows how many he has now though...
If you can find the link to that interview please send it to me! It’s vaguely familiar so I’m gonna look as well
@@khktgnk57 I think he was actually downsizing his collection at one point. I know Keith said he bought a couple off of him at one point.
The band was like "when something goes wrong with you, it hurts us too."
I did not know Rene retired. I love that John had SRV's guitar tech with him.
The band wasn't worried. There are always contingency plans. They just kept doing what they do best - they kept the song moving.
@@phowell333 I was quoting a Dead song.
I always thought that was pretty cool as well. Considering SRV was one of Johns biggest inspirations, im sure John was pretty stoked to have Rene as his tech as well.
I play in bars and small clubs. I'm surprised at this level they don't have a B rig on stage in place for this. I have a spare deluxe reverb sitting next to my primary delxue just for this case. Just plug in fast and keep going.
Definitely, especially that he has more than one dumble
Lol at you for having to bring two amps to every gig.
Being older, it's sooo funny to me how many players don't get it. The reality of playing regularly through a valve amp. And, I'm not going to be insulting to any trolls out there. Either you know about valve amps, or...you don't. Period. Hats off to you, A P, that you and i and a few others understand.
Na, just buy a tone master no complaints about weight and literally no one can distinguish it when it comes to sound. Unless you’re looking at the amp. You won’t notice AND it’s less fragile. So win win in my book.
I was just thinking that. Maybe have dumble A sitting on top of dumble B. Hit a foot switch and your gone....
Welcome everyone who is here cause of the GuitarWorld post featuring this video. 2 Things: I’m sorry on the pronunciation, I’m Canadian so I’d never heard of that place before in my life! I tried 😂🤷🏻♂. Secondly, pausing and interjecting in the video often is actually an extremely common and proven strategy to avoid copyright strikes and allow the content to be used and shown to you guys. I don't expect everyone to get that or know, but that's how UA-cam works and what a lot of UA-camrs do with these kinda videos.
Hey, I enjoyed your video, and I'm neither a Dead fan or an amp nerd. I chuckled about your pronunciation and didn't think anything of it.
I understand it’s a Dumble, but it’s crazy to think that with all the money these guys have, that they don’t have a backup already setup and dialled in. Even a Two Rock or something that he can at least plug into quickly and keep going.
The tech panics and switches the guitar thru a Line 6 Pocket Pod set to the John Mayer preset, show continues, John giving the tech a tearful thumbs up.
Tech: ("hmm, should I tell him, or let him think I'm a freakin wizard?")
BROOOO 😂😂😂HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I went to this concert after the Mungion pre-show across the street at the Cubby Bear. It rained like hell and the lightning was crazy. I wouldn't be surprised if the rain had something to do with the amp failure. They stopped the show a couple times to let the storm pass. I slept in the off site parking lot that night and was off to my next concert the next morning. Some of the nicest people I've met were at Dead shows.
I believe a lot of the big bands and musicians that use amps on stage always have a backup of everything, usually the guitar tech or the musician have a stomp box that will switch from the primary amp to the backup, but I guess this was one of those freak accidents where nothing seemed wrong with the amp all throughout soundcheck but a damn fuse or tube just gave up
I like the old school approach to this. All of those guys could be playing into axeffects or some digital direct system and 99% of people wouldn't even notice. John plays a strat through a 50 year old tube amp, it blows a tube and the tech just walks out there and replaces the head with another. Grant it these are 150k dumbles but even if it was fender reverbs, he is staying true to the classic sound of the dead and using era correct gear and he doesn't have to.
John has been playing mainly through a Dumble his whole 20 year career.
this didn’t need to be 16 minutes long
Good thing it was only 10
@@DrMurdercock it just felt like 16...boring af
This kid needs his screen time 🤣!?
Using the skip forward feature would have been a lot less effort than posting snark.
I bet it took you 17 minutes to type this useless complaint.
I was at both shoes and thought, “oh god, that’s the dumble 😳” side note, these two shows pushed me over the edge to purchase a silver sky ❤️
I love how you break it down in details! Subscribed!! :)
Thank you Jennifer 🙏🏻😄
I saw an interview with Bonamassa and he said he sold all of his Dumbles and was playing through a wet/dry setup with Fender Tweeds. Bonamassa is certified bat sh$t crazy when it comes to collecting amps and guitars. He has an insane number of not just vintage tweeds, but mint condition vintage tweeds. I'm sure he has exceeded Rick Nielsen's number of guitars (who has more than 400)
The title of this video should be "That Time Mayer's $100 tube blew on stage...". Likely as simple as that and nothing to do with the amp itself. That crackling/popping noise is typical when a tube fails.
Yea the amp that blew was back up and running by the next show.
100% it was that. But if that was the title then no one would click on the video
@@JustinJeske At least you admit it's pure clickbait
Imagine you paid $200k for an amp with a circuit board covered in goop and it breaks and no one can service it
It’s not that hard to remove goop and get it service by any good amp technician.
Imagine getting goop on your chin
It’s interesting that even though those two dumbles are built to sound different, they both have similar settings.
You need to go to a Dead and Co show, hearing his tone live is another world. Every time I see them it's a life improving show.
Mayers own shows are like that too. I been going to Mayer shows since 2003, and let me tell you...the 2019 shows are perfection. Perfect tone, perfect arrangements...everything!
You should see Jeff Beck. I went to one across the street from an NSync concert in 1999 got stuck in traffic for an hour after trying to get out of the parking garage. It was like being next to a creepy ritual- I only saw teenage girls heading towards it. Halfway through the Beck concert I forgot what planet I was on. I have never felt so high yet totally sober- I was only 17.
Agreed. Seen em once in portland and mannnnnnn
I saw them in ATL 2017, what an amazing sound and atmosphere.
That was a rough show... Next day they came back strong. Well done.
Excellent video, I never heard of this. But I’m pretty sure you’re wrong about John hearing the amp do that shit in his earbuds because when the first amplifier wasn’t working, the sound man turned off that microphone to his in ear monitors for the amplifier.
Excellent video. Thanks for posting this. This was way cool.
The crackle is the sound of a tube going. I’ve heard it many times.
Definitely a distinct sound lol
I can’t believe there are people who are so obsessed with John Mayer. So his amp crapped out. Big deal. They just replaced it and he kept playing. After all, he’s a professional musician. I’m not sure why this warrants a 16 minute video.
I can’t believe I have an Uncle Ted
John's worth about $70,000,000, so a $250,000 amp dying probably doesn't worry his accountant too much.
Still a lot of money tho
Love the pronunciation of Cuyahoga and Akron 😂 “KY-AH-HO-GA”
Yes, you have to make it to a show. There is nothing like hearing the Dead in person. It is a completely different sound. Take a dose and you will be on tour forever. Much love
100% this, didnt like the Silver Sky tone on recordings from the first part of the tour, Saturday in Chicago was pretty mind-blowing from the audience!
Lol nope
Saw D&C on October 29th at the Hollywood Bowl. Best show I've been to yet. Great vibes and magical. John was on fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
I imagine his headphone feed has a limiter built in to protect from spikes
This is like an advertisement for a Kemper
Thanks for the breakdown! I love this “how the sausage” is made type stuff. I was at the cuyahoga falls show. The locals pronounce it like “ Kai-uh-hoga” and Akron is pronounced with a hard “a”
Thank you…
this was a great show!!!!
If Mayer just used a Fractal Axe FX 3 on tour he'd never have to deal with issues like this and I can promise you no one in the crowd would have noticed any difference. I do know he's starting to use the Axe FX 3 on his records though.
Talking about being on another level, the fact that you have colleagues surrounding Mayers gear is even ANOTHER level…. But I’m here for it 😅😂
A tube or a speaker doesn’t cost as much as the amp. Generally it’s one or the other. If it shuts off completely it’s usually the speaker. Tube problems come on gradually from my experience. At first you might think it’s nothing- they go away and come back. Tubes only cost as much as you want to spend. You can get regular tubes for like 15 bucks each or 1959 tubes for 200.
Was at the Midtown Music Festival in Atlanta in 2005 seeing Lou Reed and his amp died and he was LIVID. "Thank god I've got a whole band to cover for me!" and then I was close enough where I could hear him screaming at his tech. Later found out he was already upset about it being a festival at not a solo gig and this just...pushed the guy over the edge.
Yes, you can expect that to happen. It will at some point. That's why there are always backup amps. And that backup should have been prepared to jump in.
This video just gave me an idea :
As a tech it would be cool to have a small box with a headphone out, or at least a meter, that you could plug inline to very quickly trouble shoot a rig on the fly. For example, if you’re not sure if the pedalboard or amp died, you can quickly plug the output of the pedalboard into the tester to confirm signal is present and clear.
Just thinking out loud but that sure would be handy for speedy troubleshooting during a live show.
I will say, that even if it made a loud sound out in the audience, it doesn’t mean John experienced anything. Remember, there’s a separate person running monitor world (who would be more aware of what is going on up on stage), while FOH wouldn’t necessarily risk muting something unless they know for sure they have to or what channels are having a problem.
Often times bands of his status will have two or more crews. One crew will be setting up in the next city while he plays the current venue. Todays venue will pack up and go to the next next city and setup, essentially leapfrogging each other but requiring multiples of many of the things needed for a show. They also have a setup in different countries ready to go to minimize transporting equipment that isn’t possible to get multiples of like favorite guitars, etc. I assume that’s why he has multiple dumbles besides just a backup
I'm getting a chuckle out of that Two Rock amp behind you---the amp John "used to use."
He actually still uses it as one of his main amps!
I was at this show! I don’t think many people noticed for a while lol. Crazy show with the two rain delays
I do remember the song feeling like it was just going on and on and dying in energy until they abandoned it and started the next song
Howard Dumble died in the last week, I know Dumble owners usually only let Howard work on their Dumbles so I wonder what'll happen now.
To me it sounds like a tube got knocked around when you hear the first sound before the amp goes down. I have had that happen to my old tube amps before, little shake and readjust of the tubes and it fixed it
Talking about a Dumble dying on-stage with someone as high-up as JM, is akin to blasphemy to all the gear suckers 😂 great video bro!
1. That head should never be onstage. Taking it onstage is pure hubris.
2. There should be twin Kempers that have sampled it and been tweaked, with an instantaneous switching system between them running for redundancy. It may not be 100% the same as the Dumble, but it'll be so close that no audience member will ever clutch their pearls.
@@vicdmise agree.
When you play at this level....you have a backup....and your backup has a backup.
The Dead played well over 2000 shows - they didn't even flinch. Their whole style is improvisation. As you know, backups are always brought on the road. Most likely it was a tube issue. By the way, if you want to see John's best playing, you should see a Dead and Co. show. These days, the vast majority of the crowd are older fans who aren't "out of their minds"...however, the band has always evoked the freedom to be who you are. It's pure enjoyment when you can attend a show where everyone treats you like a friend.
Yes him in dead and co is the best ive heard from him. I really don't like his solo stuff, some of it is good but he shines when covering songs IMO.
The amp didn’t burn to the ground it was probably pretty affordable to fix in the grand scheme of things. Dudes got money
Not disagreeing with you but it's likely he would only let Howard Dumble work on it which would cost a bomb. Now that Howard died I wonder what will happen
Why in the world would someone hate John's D&C tone? I mean, I'm personally not a huge fan of the Silver Sky, but his Super Eagle tone is fucking incredible and fits the music soooo well. It's every bit as expressive as Jerry's tones back in the day (perhaps even more so at times). What do the tone haters dislike about his tone? What's there not to like about it? Just curious.
I love it, I went on a gear hunt trying to emulate it. Pretty much copying his pedal board though a hand wired deluxe, which a PRS of course.
@@zfatbcvxbthsbcv I’d say the Super Eagle is probably the biggest factor in getting that tone, and I would LOVE to get my hands on one of them. Maybe someday.
I actually just got a PRS SE Hollowbody that is an absolutely awesome guitar; every bit as good as my USA made PRS S2 Studio (possibly even better considering how great the pickups pair with those overtones and feedback of a cranked up hollowbody electric guitar, which is something I’ve just now been able to experience). I don’t really try to get Jerry or Mayer tones out of that one (my best Jerry tone comes from my Les Paul using a coil-tapped bridge pickup, which is surprisingly actually really close), but just wanted to mention it in case you were skeptical of the quality of SE models.
If you do wanna go USA made PRS and you’re looking for something a bit cheaper than a Super Eagle, a Hollowbody II would probably get you pretty close as well. Not exactly the same as a Super Eagle since I’m sure Mayer utilizes that middle pickup in conjunction with the coil taps quite a bit for his tone (Jerry was a big fan of using his middle pickup a lot) as well as the built-in preamp and treble boost, but the Hollowbody II does at least have two humbuckers in normal configuration and coil taps, which is as close as you’ll get to a Super Eagle without dropping $6,000 (though, depending on who you know, you might be able to get your local luthier to install a preamp and treble boost in a Hollowbody II for a fairly good price; certainly better than the price of a Super Eagle). And of course, you could go buy any stock Silver Sky and instantly have Mayer tone, but that’s not my favorite sound of his.
To me, the Super Eagle is BY FAR a better tone than any strat-style guitar, but if you’re looking for just Mayer tones, that Silver Sky would be the obvious choice. Then after that, any Fender amp with a Klon type pedal along with maybe a “Dumble in a box” pedal like a Zendrive or NuX Steel Singer (which is a budget pedal that sounds absolutely amazing in my personal experience) will get you pretty dang close. And of course you have effects pedals like a Mu-Tron, wah, or phaser that he’ll pull out from time to time. Realistically, you could have a board with just four or five pedals going into a fender style amp and get pretty close to Mayer’s tone in D&C.
To me, John’s absolute best tone was with his Super Eagle going into his Dumble, but it was also his most expensive rig by a good bit as well lol. But a very similar tone is definitely achievable at a much lower price! I also just love the looks of the Super Eagle. Beautiful guitar that sounds even better.
I actually am not a fan of the D&C tone. In some songs it works but it wears on the ears and just sounds like the same song after a while. It’s very trebly with a certain whine to it if you will. Just not very pleasing to my ears. I’m not a big fan of the Silver Sky pickups
@@sinjon screw the Silver Sky, honestly. Strats don’t work well in that setting, imo. That’s part of the reason I loved his Super Eagle that he played for a few years before the SS came out. It’s always a disappointment to me to turn on some Dead music and just seeing a normal, boring strat copy up onstage during the whole show. They actually made a replica of Garcia’s Wolf guitar that has the seal of approval from Doug Irwin (the man who made all of Jerry’s iconic custom guitars) for John to use on this tour and he has barely touched the thing in favor of a shitty strat copy. It’s not so much that it’s a bad tone on its own, but I just prefer other sounds in this kind of music. Grateful Dead music needs humbuckers, imo.
Just goes to show folks, even 200,000 can’t buy you something that don’t break
Valve amps sound great but you’re in the lap of the gods with reliability.
I think he handled the dumble going down better than when the klon went out! Such an amazing musician!
At least the Klon was in-between songs, ha! Surprised he didn't have a backup Klon ready to go to be honest
It always sounds the best right before it blows.
I am NOT hearing 200,000 dollars in tone...just sayin'. Also kinda shocked they didnt have a head already on standby for the show... Hard to trust old amps like that for tours
equipment failure can happen to anyone at any time... that's why I always pack a Boss Katana (solid state amp) just in case :)
I notice you emphasized that you have a solid state type of amp as a backup, much that I like the sound of tube/valve amps they can be a bit unreliable with tubes/valves failing at any moment; and retubing some of these amps can be as expensive as the price of a decent solid state amp.
I use a Katana as my main amp. I’ve used tube amps over the years (My old Marshall JCM 2000 DSL100 was a favourite of mine) but these modelling amps are insanely good these days and a tonne more reliable. My JCM broke down 3 gigs in a row (even after a tube and fuse change) and I’ve been with solid state amps ever since.
I was there both nights. Was so fun
we talked so much about his amp, pedals, guitars, pickup etc. What about the mics he uses to mic his amps and his vocal recording?
I doubt John even blinks at the fact he has half a million dollars of amps, I'm guessing his bank account is on another level too
Do you know what shoe John puts on first in the morning once his mind is made up before he changes it back again?😁
I wonder if he has a backup for his backup 😂
Rule #1 of playing in a band- you gotta use roadworthy gear. Rule #1 over-rules ALL other rules.
Probably a power transformer blew and maybe from a surge which was audible. With this being said, these stages run through very good and expense power conditioners which generally don't fail but you never know.
he wants to run through the halls of his high school.
I was at this concert! Crazy night with the rain
You seem well informed, do you have any idea to what amp John is using on the “Last Train Home Ballad Version”. There are three amps. A PRS, a Fender, and a third one under cover... his other guitarist gave Two-Rocks, so I wonder if he’s using old Two-Rick and out it under cover since he doesn’t want to advert for them anymore. Apparently he’s a little pissed they released the Traditional Clean which is pretty much a John Mayer Signature, but not under John’s name and after their deal was over. That’s my guess for why to put a cover... or it’s another PRS John Mayer Signature amp... who knows? If you do, please let me know. Thanks!
Hey Phil, I actually have a video on this subject on my channel but I’ll give the quick notes here.
I think that amp under a cover was possibly a Fractal for Wild Blue. There are several other guitars in a rack we can see that we know for a fact were used to record other tracks, so I think they recorded other songs too that we’ll get released closer to tour. That’s my theory.
John isn’t actually mad at Two Rock over the Traditional Clean. The Trad Clean is the GrandChild of the Mayer Sig yes, but that amp is an evolution of the Custom Reverb Sig. So it’s still an original Two Rock design at heart they just tweaked beyond the JM Sig. He was mad at them making more John Mayer Signatures than they agreed upon, calling them “Customs” and stuff like that. He has still used Two Rocks since that issue happened, even for the latest live performances on Colbert, etc, he used his old Custom Reverb Sig. I will say the new ownership is doing everything they can to mend that relationship and should have no blame or heat for past mistakes under different ownership.
Hope that helps my friend!
I can't believe he doesn't have a backup in line with his rig. Click a button and your live again. I run 2 amps so...
Good breakdown! At 14:30 is that a JMOD?
My next video is gonna address that 😎
You can absolutely expect that to happen. You can plan for it by having your backup ready to go. It’s called being a professional.Garcia had the other channel of his power amp ready to go if this happened.
Ya if only John Mayer had professional experience in playing guitar on stage.....
Brbadge, I think the extra drama of having to get a new amp going while on stage is the way the Dead "keep things real" They arn't trying to be slick, it's not their thing. They don't really care and they don't have to.
John sounds absolutely out of this world and dumble/two rock just suits him so well. Ry Cooder however allegedly got so sick of his Dumble amp that he dumped it on Alexander Dumble's driveway.
No, he got sick of Dumble, NOT the amplifier.
@@chuckmatses6803 What's the difference?
@@roderickbalt8993 the builder he is taking about. Alexander, apparently he’s a very strange guy which usually goes with being a genius in a given field. Notoriously hard to deal with.
@@grosebud4554 No I get that but I mean the comment says that Cooder got sick of the guy, not the amp. But I think Cooder got sick of the amp and the builder both, because why get sick of the builder if the amp is working fine. Clapton is quite happy with his Dumble built tweed amps I believe.
I wouldn't sit through that concert if john mayer paid me to
Very surprised they didn't have the spare on stage plugged in on standby ready to go.
For the rest of the tour following this they did lol
@@JustinJeske lol
You Can’t be dependent on one amp you Can’t replace, as the saying goes, two is one, one is none
It might cost 200 000 but no amp is woth 200 000. A fool and his money are easily parted.
Been there done that a few times tube amps have a mind of there own. As far as dumbles go just my opinion but its all hype. A good fuchs will give you just as good of tone as a dumble and you can get into one for under 3k …
So much hype with vintage amps and sound. You can get a good sound with a lot of amps. Some people think that just because something is expensive it must be so much better than something else. I don't buy that when it comes to amps. And guitar players that need to bring more than 2 guitars to a gig are silly. It's just for show really. Maybe if you use a lot of tunings or something, there would be a reason then.
@@tomruth9487 what if you use lets say a jazz guitar for one song, plus a tele + strat for the other songs?
if you want/have to deliver exactly a sound that is requested, you absolutely have to bring a backup guitar that sounds similar ish...
i mean, isnt is kinda pointless anyways to speak out on people for using a certain amount of gear to achieve their live sound? It happens quite often that when i show up on a gig, people tell me things like "ohh why all that gear, do you really need it all?" and after the gig they are happy about my sound:) but all that negativity is kinda pointless i think...
@@jimi272 Thanks for the reply. Well, sounds like you actually get completely different sounds and so then I can see your point and how it serves you well. Certainly a jazz box with heavy strings will have a much better old jazz sound than a tele or strat. I bet you don't have more than one jazz box when you perform? But I'm talking about people like Mayer that have basically two or three sounds. Why does he need "a guitar shop" full of guitars when he tours? It's for show or just because he can do it. It doesn't make me think that he's any better than a lot of people with one or two guitars. Don't get me wrong, I respect Mayer's talent and musicianship, but all the guitars is for show. If you watch the video of his "Jones Beach back stage tour, part one. At about 2:57 you will see what I'm talking about.
Having an amp fail during a public performance when the band is counting on you... just blows, but almost all guitarists have a small amp for backup. The only thing worse is having the pedalboard fail, as most guitarists generally do not have a backup pedalboard. But if your pedalboard fails, you can always go directly into the amp; you just will not usually like the sound. All in, just a very uncomfortable moment in a performance that JM managed like the pro he is. Calm and thoughtful, then press on.
yea this is basic, happens when you tour with tube amps and vintage gear. Why dont they have a redundant set up anyway no matter if its a dumble or not? with this gig that's a given imo instead of having to haul the backup out there mid song. but i dont like his tone on this guitar for this gig anyway, i prefer the HB especially against Bob's strat. even though one of my fav eras of Jerry tone is a strat its more about the balance of tones between them.
that's why i carry a small extra board with me on big gigs, juuuust in case;) but rhet shulls video on a backupboard is quite good i rekon! and with a stereo rig, chances of a total amp failure are reduced by50% hahah😂👍
Renee Martinez would've saved John's ass in a heartbeat .. sad he retired 😞
When your Dumble breaks down, just bring on your Smartle. . . .lol
Hm, I was at this concert, I didn't notice that
This is why you carry extra tubes. Sounds like a tube problem.
I’ve always wanted to hear a Winterland amp
Dead and Slow. Bobby slowing down the tempo of these Grateful Dead songs is absolutely horrible.
They just pulled back to give John ear room to make adjustments, he came back in hot. May have startled them a bit.
Wow! He had two of those and they couldn’t be ab’d somehow in case one went down?
Yea it’s something you can and should plan for always.
Just watched this and I had no idea that Johns Tech had retired.... So who is this new guy?.. Whos has he worked with?.
Good lord. The grateful Dead. YAWN.
The ultimate old hippie music.
Back to some gig in 2017, his amp went wrong when they're doing Cassidy......
Bro, JM rocks watches that cost multiples of the cost of that Dumble. The cost isn't an issue for him. This is a different world he lives in
I'm pretty sure his watch collection is worth a hell of a lot more than all of his guitar gear combined!
30 seconds of music. 9+ minutes of speculation
Most Dumbles I have seen are overdrive specials. They are not all different- and the tone is indistinguishable to most ears. Including one I saw previously owned by John and Keith Urban on eBay for 150k. The most recent was 130k. I have never seen one for 200k that’s an exaggeration. You can check eBay right now there is usually at least one. Also check Reverb, it’s like eBay for instruments, amps, pedals, gear, etc. Generally the owners wait so that they aren’t trying to undercut on prices and can charge more- that’s why you see one at a time. This is surprising bc something really hard to find will rarely show up on eBay. The rarity may be as exaggerated as the price! Surprisingly few players have used them too- 3 primary ones being Robben Ford who it was created for, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and JM. They are very low gain and cater to a specific style of blues players. Wouldn’t be of much use to players who use Marshall’s or Mesa Boogies. Generally used by guys who start out with Fenders- blackface vintage especially close.
My mom broke her foot at the show. I had her loaded on L and she had a great time otherwise.
This was a really interesting one to see how they dealt with it. Given John being John I’m not super surprised he had a Dumble as a back up. He must have one of the biggest collections of Dumbles now.
Also confirmed D&Co really isn’t for me.
maybe isn’t for you yet. it may still find you in a time where you least expect it💖
$200,000 amp I better beable to facetime with GID on that thing
He promptly put it up on eBay and brought free healthcare to an entire town. 🔊💭🤨
R.E.M. pronounces it Ki-a-ho-ga on their song by the same name?
kai·uh·how·guh , that's the pronunciation...
RIP dumble. Literally
200k ?? For an amplifier!!! Talk about being soo rich you piss away your money like that! I’m sorry but NO amplifier is worth that much! Yikes!
Anything is worth whatever someone is willing to pay. Simple economics. If you had that kind of money you'd buy a Dumble without even thinking
@@JustinJeske Actually I wouldn’t - I’d be more careful with it- plus I’d know that there are plenty of Amps that are just as good if not better at way cheaper prices . Lol
What makes it $200,000? What is it made with solid gold parts?
I mean he earns millions each year, so that's like buying a Big Mac meal for us mortals... Not surprising at all. I'd have multiple too if I was him
This is just rich guy "Unobtainiam". Plenty of amazing, incredibly similar amps that can be had for a tiny fraction of that.
Does anyone know what that backup PRS amp is? It looks closest to a Custom 20, but those don’t have an LED where the backup amp does. I’m guessing it must be a J-MOD prototype or something
I have a video coming out on this very thing actually. Are you sure on the LEDS? They do match up!
@@JustinJeske oh whoops! You’re right about the LED. I’m looking forward to the video!
200k for an amp? more money than sense, there is no way to justify that lol