Keith Urban

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We just sold him a six pack of of Cream pedals (he must like them)...maybe he uses pedals for OD and a Dumble for status ?

[groovtubin]

We just sold him a six pack of of Cream pedals (he must like them)...maybe he uses pedals for OD and a Dumble for status ?

Yeah Andy it`s just his style, which is awesome imho..my HRM has massive bottom end and a top end like gregor hilden`s dumble, i blv if he`d run a dator it`d cure some of that massive bottom end, mines just perfect running like that..then again, what a great back-up amp...! Notice tho they cut-out MOST of the negativity @ the bottom end of the amp, guess don`t wannna rile up HAD`s feathers!

respectfully, jim@Omegaamps

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Here the same ODS amp but back in "Where The Light Is" with John Mayer

[EDIT] actually comparing both Heads, the faceplate looks different. The "Overdrive Special" font is not the same and keith's "by dumble" is white and Mayer is yellow. I always assumed Mayer sold his to keith but probably not!?

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Here is a pic of the Overdrive Deluxe, previously owned by Keith Urban. It was selling for just USD 75K....

[jelle]

It is funny, I have heard via friends of Dumble that he denies building that amp.

[Bombacaototal]

It is funny, I have heard via friends of Dumble that he denies building that amp.

I've read some older posts on TAG with the same statement. Maybe he is not happy that the amp is being cloned all over the place so he wants to stop the buzz?

Or maybe he really did not build it and someone else used his circuit ideas and came up with this.

But if you read Bill's description about the amp it seems like Dumble must have built it http://www.sebagosound.com/index.php?id=74

This amp has quite a story behind it. The original owner the amp, who dealt directly with Dumble, sent him a Blackface Deluxe for the conversion. After much time had elapsed, and much haggling with Dumble, the amp finally arrived at his doorstep. It had clearly been built from a Silverface Deluxe, not the original Blackface that had been sent as the donor. This is evident from the plastic coated original wring vs. the cloth coated wiring used in the BF version, as well as other components that were left as is in the amp. The Overdrive Deluxe as delivered also had a few technical issues, and kept going down. Rather than send it back to Dumble for work, he had a local technician work on the amp. The end result was certainly anything but pretty as far as the build quality and wiring goes, but the tone, sustain, and harmonic content were out of this world. The original amp has many modifications that now show up in the Ultraphonix amps, particularly the Tremolo circuit mods which are almost identical to many seen in Twin and Showman Ultraphonix amps built by Dumble recently. The amp was shipped with an Altec 417A speaker, which is a lightweigh cone low power version of the 417 series. The original 417A's are nearly impossible to find. The 417B and 4178C are tonally very close, but also difficult to find in unmodified condition. We've tested many speakers with the amp, including many vintage original Altec 417 series speakers and have settled on the Eminence Eric Johnson signature speaker as a production worthy substitute for the Altec. It is a 40W speaker with a very lightweigh cone, which mimics the original and gives the amp it's very dynamic touch sesnitivity and lively feel.

Danny (playing in the videos) bought the amp from the original owner, who asked not to have his name used publicly. He kept it as part of his amp collection for several years, gigging and recording with it. He eventually sold it to Keith Urban, who now has the amp up for sale again. Before he sold the amp he allowed us to blue-print it and the results speak for themselves.

I guess only Mr. D himself will know the right answer

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It seems the Overdrive Reverb #59 is now in the hands of Keith