Dave Cobb's Secret to Tweed Amps and His Dumble-Modded Fender

One of Nashville's most in-demand producers shares the secret behind old tweed amps and tells the story of his famed Fender combo that was modded by Dumble himself.

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[cl]

Loving these RR highlights. Great to rewatch clips or discover ones I haven't seen altogether. Keep em comin!

[FromtheSoultotheFretboard]

This is one of my fav rundown, appreciate the throwback. Love your videos and the channel!!

[marknorris]

this was always one of my favorite rundowns thanks john

[chingasofarkaso]

Dave: The secret is you should never turn Tweeds up past 3. They fall apart when you turn em up.


Joe Bonamassa: Hold my Diet Coke.

[TheFeelButton]

I like my Dumble modified mid 60’s Fender Deluxe too!! 👍😀🤙

[dave_d_i_a_l]

Polishing a turd is my favorite expression John uses 😂, golden nugget advice on this episode for sure, love you guys, thx so much for your work 🙏

[VonBluesman]

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[robertbozic]

Remember that most of the tweeds used Linear pots for the volume, and they actually were about a 30% taper, unlike the modern Linear pots which are 50%. So ‘3’ on those amps is probably around 5-6 on the modern log pots.

[paulsimmons]

I really like hearing about amps and some of the mods that guys have done over the years.

His idea that it's all in the hands is spot on. Guys that own a million guitars like Steve Howe, Keith and Ronnie, Slash, and a host of others, always sound like themselves regardless of which of their guitars they use. Heck, Clapton's sold and given away countless guitars and he sounds the same with whatever he's playing. Guitars, strings, amps, and effects are just tools. In the end, they're all just means to an end. A great player with a great song, it's gonna happen! Great video!

[Ironworthstriking]

Love the short clips! Makes it a lot easier to send these tips to friends.

[MrGTO-zevb]

You have to try out a Dumble thru some great sealed cabinets with 4 JBL D120F Speakers. I did this back in the 1980s in Santa Cruz CA at my friends music studio. The first thing I noticed was the Attack. When you just plucked a note, the amp responded so quickly and crisp. I was playing a 1970 Gibson SG. Alex Howard Dumble lived in Santa Cruz for many years... Is he still there?

[Smudgie]

The dude that told him to not to go over 3 is watching this and laughing his ass off.

[seanrosedotcom]

You can dial down the voltage tweaking the tube rectifier selection too if you know what you're doing. Which is a definitely easier than carrying around an autotransformer.

[kentbeery]

Well Hell you got my Attention now let's hear thoze Amps

[jessebfly]

Very cool nod to Paul Kennerly. Amazing songwriter

[davemassie]

Dave are you sure? I have some old stock Amperex 12 AX7's & NOS 1954 Bendex 6V6's made in red fang factory in New Jersey. Need any EF-86's ?

[willholt]

"Power now is like 127, it gets crazy" LOL. All of Europe/Asia/Australasia over here rocking 240V, just vibing.

[riptidesurf]

He was right about Mike Campbell. The tone is in his hands.

[knechtruprecht]

Here's perhaps a silly question: when he says he turns the amp to three, does he mean the digits on the amp or do they actually mean "three o'clock" (like turn the pot to the right hand side if you're standing in front of it)? Thanks for any help!

[jonathansteadman]

Don't turn it up past 3, just turn the whole amp up(side down)!! Yep, that's the secret !!!