![]() This outfit together is truly remarkable & extremely versatile with the best tones I have heard in all my years of having Dumble amps. Dumble’s blessing, help, and guidance the owner found his own very cool snakeskin covering and did an excellent job of recovering the Odyssey head & 2-12 cabinet as well as the rack for the Phoenix overdrive pre-amp. Alexander said he did not have enough of the extra “Lindley'' covering and that he was super busy during that period, so he did not have the time to recover the two items. The owner wanted the Odyssey head and 2-12 cabinet recovered in the David Lindley black & white snakeskin covering (I owned David Lindley’s Steel String Singer # 003 at one time which had that covering and my photo of that amp appears in “The Dumble Book”). The owner told Dumble he preferred Celestion V30 speakers rather than EV speakers, and Dumble told him he was fine with whatever he preferred. This 2-12 Dumble built cabinet is super resonant & toneful and was purchased new directly from Dumble in 1990. So, he ordered this 2x12 cabinet from him. He said he treats speaker cabinet making as a luthier treats building a guitar body - by “tuning” the cabinet. He finds older seasoned wood, from barns and such. So only 2 of the tubes are included.Īlexander told the owner he hand-builds speaker cabinets. Dumble told him to just use 2 of the 6L6 tubes for 50 watts and that is the way he always ran the amp. When Dumble was adding the tremolo circuit, the owner mentioned the amp had more power than he needed or was used to. ![]() This Odyssey head has only one input and the ground toggle was capped at some point prior to the owner buying the amplifier. This Odyssey head is a transition model, labeled “Odyssey Concert Amplifier” instead of just “Odyssey Concert”. Alexander added his own tremolo circuit and Alexander also serviced the amp and gave it a “tune up”. He took this Odyssey head to Alexander shortly after he bought it as he wanted Alexander to add a tremolo circuit. ![]() Note: The Dumble Odyssey was named after “The Odyssey Club” in Santa Cruz, CA after the owner of the club asked Alexander to build him a couple of power amplifiers.Īfter buying the Odyssey, the owner contacted Dumble. This owner bought the Odyssey head, serial # 022 used from a music store in West LA where he worked at that time back in 1988. Note the POP-1 on the back it is just speculation could that mean Phoenix Overdrive Preamp # 1? Never a repair needed or alteration made (it sounds fantastic-more on that later). This Pre-Amp has never been opened by anyone since Alexander Dumble built it–it is 100% original Dumble. This overdrive pre-amp is just as the original owner bought it from Alexander. This Phoenix overdrive pre-amp comes from the original owner who purchased it new, directly from his friend Alexander Dumble at Dumble’s house in 1990. I included a page from “The Dumble Book” that opines on the extreme rarity and versatility of the Phoenix overdrive pre-amp.Īnd as Dumble responded to a 1985 Guitar Player Magazine interview about the Phoenix:“Could there be an ultimate amp for you, or are the Overdrive and Steel-String Singer too distinctive to be combined? Well, the Phoenix series is where I've done that … The overdrive section is expanded – instead of two overdrive controls, you have four.”Īlso mentioned in the Dumble Book about the preamp model is that there is so much more to it than the name suggests – “it is probably the most versatile musical product made by Howard Alexander Dumble.” I have never heard of one for sale until now. IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONLY 2-3 DUMBLE PHOENIX OVERDRIVE PRE-AMPS WERE EVER MADE BY ALEXANDER DUMBLE. I also was involved with providing many photos as well as text & information for “The Dumble Book” by Jesse Schwarz. And in those 50 years I have had over 65 original Dumble amplifiers & different Dumble produced items. So, check with us if you have any questions and are interested, as it may be sold from our website and not be available. I have been buying and selling vintage guitars and amps for over 50 years.
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