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So, are they building Dumbles again?

Xpensive Wino

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Yeah. Dumbles were built by one guy, the examples you gave weren’t. Gibson, Fenders, Marshall’s were assembly line built. Not the same thing. Not arguing the legality of as much as the morality of it. Sounds like a cash grab.
"Morality"?
 

Xpensive Wino

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Yeah. Dumbles were built by one guy, the examples you gave weren’t. Gibson, Fenders, Marshall’s were assembly line built. Not the same thing. Not arguing the legality of as much as the morality of it. Sounds like a cash grab.


Are the new Dumbles (if there are any) going to be built by one guy?
 
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Yeah. Dumbles were built by one guy, the examples you gave weren’t. Gibson, Fenders, Marshall’s were assembly line built. Not the same thing. Not arguing the legality of as much as the morality of it. Sounds like a cash grab.
Why is anything someone doesn't like a cash grab?
 

renderit

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It doesn't matter how good they are now, how true to design, blah blah blah, it will now be a post Dumble built Dumble vs. a Dumble.

I bought several Matchless. EXACT same design and materials, sound etc. as they always were.

But some peeps alway throws in "It's not a Sampson Era".

Awesome amps. Fantastic designs. Just gots some stigma attached....

My Ken Fisher designed Komet 19. Same same.

Just enjoy the sound of the new ones, get it sooner, pay cash when you get it instead of tying it up for years and pay less.

Win win.

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Amp360

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They seem to build everything again, which makes life dull, mainly because what they build usually isn't what it used to be.

I would like to see someone doing something really different vs the same old same old.

I'm sure they will be expensive and sell well.
 

Dave P

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I heard some scuttlebutt about building Dumbles occasionally to make the trademark more enforceable?
 

Amp360

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How are they Dumble if Alexander isn’t building them, same as Trainwrecks if Ken Fischer isn’t building them?
Have you seen the low budget D'Angelico guitars? Same thing. Buy a brand and destroy it.
 
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