Thanks for doing that demo. I thought all that hashy noise I was hearing in the direct demos of this pedal would go away with cabs off, running through a tube amp -- but no, it's still there. I've never heard an actual Dumble-circuit amp make that noise.
In my case, it’s my home. The electric in my home is noisy. Not sure if there’s an antenna close by or just the grid. But in my previous home, my rig was way quieter. It’s really bad.
@@argbluesman OK, but that's not the type of noise I'm hearing -- it's fuzzy, hashy break-up from the pedal itself. It's in every other demo of this pedal -- mostly, but not only, in the low-end. It's not you, it's UA. Thanks.
@@argbluesman You've done a pretty good job getting D like tones from this pedal. The Welagen ODS you have gives you good insight for tweaking this pedal ... On ya mate! 🤩😎
Great job Fede, I like it better than any other D style pedals I’ve heard and it does remind me of my TS1, at least closer than the others I’ve messed with. I would have liked to hear the OD trim a bit higher just for curiosity sake.
Thanks man! Yeah. The pedal feels amazing really, compared to the real amp. I know. I would have liked to show more things but the video would have been very long 😔
Not sure whether this sounds like a dumble as I have never and will probably never hear one live! however, this is a very good demo of a pedal that seems to sound quite good. Do they also have one that replicates the tweed blues amp that I am more familiar with?
No sorry mate but it is designed to go FOH or into your audio interface. You can use in it the effect loop of an amp since you are bypassing the preamp stage of your amp. However, the power amp has technically been modeled... so you will have to adjust your eq. The ideal solution to use this pedal as an amp is to go directly into an FRFR or to have a solid state power amp (Seymour duncan, Amped 1 etc) with a flat frequency response into a real cab. Except for the FRFR you will have to bypass the cab simulation.
@bendelaunay Not quite. This pedal can be used as you suggest, with the 4 cable method. But it is also used as a regular pedal, in front of an amp, with the cab and speaker emulations turned off. If you have an amp that does not have a loop, that is the only way you're able to use this pedal.
@@argbluesman Sorry mate, I misread the comment above. I thought the person was asking what was the best way to use the pedal, in a loop or direct in front.
Have you tried going into the effects loop return of the Two Rock, bypassing the Two Rock tone stack? If so, how was it different, better, worse, more open, etc.?
I’ve tried! But the thing is that the two rock’s tone stack is so good that when I tried the four cable method I kinda was missing something. Maybe, with a different amp, it would be an improvement using it through the loop. I might do that again and make a video. But it still sounded great, don’t get me wrong. This is an amazing pedal.
@@argbluesman Thanks, I have a Two Rock Bloomfield and a Mesa Boogie Mk IIC+... I've always preferred going direct through the loop return on my Boogie. The sound really opens up... it's not as compressed. With a load of head room. Although I've never played a Dumble, I get the sense that they have an open sound, even when compressing. Either way, I think you get some of the best sounds out of the Enigmatic I've heard so far. I'm going to have to say that it's partly because of the characteristics of the Two Rock. Plus you know your way around the guitar. Great job! Thanks again
@@commodoor6549 thanks man. Much appreciated. But yes, I will indeed do the 4 cable method since a lot of people seem to be asking about it and it’s also one of the attractions of this pedal and some others from the same line. Either 4 cable, or just straight into the return which bypasses the preamp as well.
I’ve been waiting for someone to use this through a real amp. I dont think the other reviewers have been. Do you feel like since it’s digital it makes the tube amp itself sound like analog/tube in nature? That’s been my big question with this
My thoughts exactly; Sounds great through my studio monitors. I'd love to seee it head to head with a Mad Professor Royal Blue or Browne Protein. Again, that 335 tone is sensational.Thanks Federico. Great stuff!
The saddest part for me about dumble lamps and having played through six of them over the last 40 years is that they were all uniquely different. I don't know what the hell this guy's trying to reproduce from UA but I will tell you this. Not one person who's going to buy this pedal knows what a dumble. Sounds like you want to know why? Cuz guys like Joe bonamassa at least as of now. If not endorse this product. I would love to hear what Joe bonamassa has to say about this. I would love to hear about Ford or Eric Johnson or someone who's actually played through a Marriott of them. Dumble amps were a myth for all the years it was around. It sold from $50,000 to $250,000. It's a myth and now Howard Dumbo is dead and people are taking that and they're basically telling you it is what's in the amp and it's not. And by the way you can do all of these sounds with your pedalboard that you currently have
First of all, you say you "played through six Dumbles over 40 years". Sure, but you probably played them for 5 minutes, if that. So, you also have no idea, realistically. But maybe if you read a bit more about this pedal, instead of just ranting, you would learn that UA spent time with several actual Dumble amplifiers from which they modeled all the 4 different modeling amps this pedal comes with. Can I sound like this and even nicer with my simple dude v2? Sure. But that’s not the point here. You seem to be obsessed with this pedal and also with attacking anyone who has made a video (yet you watch them all). Clearly, you only speak about sound, and not even mention feel. So my take is that you also have no idea what you're talking about. I have never played nor owned a real Dumble, but have heard several of them, and have had and still have clones and derivatives of these circuits. So, I know a thing or two about how an amp like this should sound AND FEEL. Thanks for clicking on my video. Have fun hating on mine and everyone else's videos.
Thanks for doing that demo. I thought all that hashy noise I was hearing in the direct demos of this pedal would go away with cabs off, running through a tube amp -- but no, it's still there. I've never heard an actual Dumble-circuit amp make that noise.
In my case, it’s my home. The electric in my home is noisy. Not sure if there’s an antenna close by or just the grid. But in my previous home, my rig was way quieter. It’s really bad.
@@argbluesman OK, but that's not the type of noise I'm hearing -- it's fuzzy, hashy break-up from the pedal itself. It's in every other demo of this pedal -- mostly, but not only, in the low-end. It's not you, it's UA. Thanks.
@@joebarkan but dumble overdrive circuits have that kind of fuzzy thing going on. Some of us like it. Sometimes it’s harsh yes. But it can be tamed.
@@argbluesman You've done a pretty good job getting D like tones from this pedal. The Welagen ODS you have gives you good insight for tweaking this pedal ... On ya mate! 🤩😎
@@randallbezuidenhout1505 I don’t have the welagen amp. I haven’t for a long time. I have a two rock ts1.
Great job Fede, I like it better than any other D style pedals I’ve heard and it does remind me of my TS1, at least closer than the others I’ve messed with. I would have liked to hear the OD trim a bit higher just for curiosity sake.
Thanks man! Yeah. The pedal feels amazing really, compared to the real amp.
I know. I would have liked to show more things but the video would have been very long 😔
Sounds good. Seems quite bright though.
Well that depends on how you set it. You can make it darker, by all means.
that amazing for being run in front of amp. how did you set your eq on your amp?
Treble pretty high, mids below noon, bass low.
Not sure whether this sounds like a dumble as I have never and will probably never hear one live! however, this is a very good demo of a pedal that seems to sound quite good. Do they also have one that replicates the tweed blues amp that I am more familiar with?
They have a whole line of these. Not sure what the other ones are exactly but I’m sure the website has them all! Thanks for your comment!
Is this through a an effects loop of an amp, or just directly in front of the amp like an OD pedal?
It's in front of the amp. Just added that to the description for clarity. Thanks!
No sorry mate but it is designed to go FOH or into your audio interface. You can use in it the effect loop of an amp since you are bypassing the preamp stage of your amp. However, the power amp has technically been modeled... so you will have to adjust your eq. The ideal solution to use this pedal as an amp is to go directly into an FRFR or to have a solid state power amp (Seymour duncan, Amped 1 etc) with a flat frequency response into a real cab. Except for the FRFR you will have to bypass the cab simulation.
It simply does not make any sense to use it directly into your amp! You are using a modeled preamp + amp into another preamp + amp + cab...
@bendelaunay Not quite. This pedal can be used as you suggest, with the 4 cable method. But it is also used as a regular pedal, in front of an amp, with the cab and speaker emulations turned off. If you have an amp that does not have a loop, that is the only way you're able to use this pedal.
@@argbluesman Sorry mate, I misread the comment above. I thought the person was asking what was the best way to use the pedal, in a loop or direct in front.
Have you tried going into the effects loop return of the Two Rock, bypassing the Two Rock tone stack? If so, how was it different, better, worse, more open, etc.?
I’ve tried! But the thing is that the two rock’s tone stack is so good that when I tried the four cable method I kinda was missing something. Maybe, with a different amp, it would be an improvement using it through the loop. I might do that again and make a video. But it still sounded great, don’t get me wrong. This is an amazing pedal.
@@argbluesman Thanks, I have a Two Rock Bloomfield and a Mesa Boogie Mk IIC+... I've always preferred going direct through the loop return on my Boogie. The sound really opens up... it's not as compressed. With a load of head room. Although I've never played a Dumble, I get the sense that they have an open sound, even when compressing. Either way, I think you get some of the best sounds out of the Enigmatic I've heard so far. I'm going to have to say that it's partly because of the characteristics of the Two Rock. Plus you know your way around the guitar. Great job! Thanks again
@@argbluesman Oh yea, i subscribed.
@@commodoor6549 thanks man. Much appreciated. But yes, I will indeed do the 4 cable method since a lot of people seem to be asking about it and it’s also one of the attractions of this pedal and some others from the same line. Either 4 cable, or just straight into the return which bypasses the preamp as well.
@@commodoor6549 thanks 🙏
I’ve been waiting for someone to use this through a real amp. I dont think the other reviewers have been. Do you feel like since it’s digital it makes the tube amp itself sound like analog/tube in nature? That’s been my big question with this
Not really. It sounds very natural. It’s impressive what they have achieved with this pedal. It’s very natural and feels great.
My thoughts exactly; Sounds great through my studio monitors. I'd love to seee it head to head with a Mad Professor Royal Blue or Browne Protein.
Again, that 335 tone is sensational.Thanks Federico. Great stuff!
@@neilbrewer thanks a lot man!
The saddest part for me about dumble lamps and having played through six of them over the last 40 years is that they were all uniquely different. I don't know what the hell this guy's trying to reproduce from UA but I will tell you this. Not one person who's going to buy this pedal knows what a dumble. Sounds like you want to know why? Cuz guys like Joe bonamassa at least as of now. If not endorse this product. I would love to hear what Joe bonamassa has to say about this. I would love to hear about Ford or Eric Johnson or someone who's actually played through a Marriott of them. Dumble amps were a myth for all the years it was around. It sold from $50,000 to $250,000. It's a myth and now Howard Dumbo is dead and people are taking that and they're basically telling you it is what's in the amp and it's not. And by the way you can do all of these sounds with your pedalboard that you currently have
First of all, you say you "played through six Dumbles over 40 years". Sure, but you probably played them for 5 minutes, if that. So, you also have no idea, realistically. But maybe if you read a bit more about this pedal, instead of just ranting, you would learn that UA spent time with several actual Dumble amplifiers from which they modeled all the 4 different modeling amps this pedal comes with. Can I sound like this and even nicer with my simple dude v2? Sure. But that’s not the point here. You seem to be obsessed with this pedal and also with attacking anyone who has made a video (yet you watch them all). Clearly, you only speak about sound, and not even mention feel. So my take is that you also have no idea what you're talking about. I have never played nor owned a real Dumble, but have heard several of them, and have had and still have clones and derivatives of these circuits. So, I know a thing or two about how an amp like this should sound AND FEEL. Thanks for clicking on my video. Have fun hating on mine and everyone else's videos.