NPD: the Enigmatic has landed!

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Here it is, in the figuring it out stage. Very complex, two layers of controls on the faceplate, many more in the iPhone app. You can even EQ the overdrive separately from the amp’s tone stack, what Dumble called the Hot Rubber Monkey mod. The cleans sound awesome. I’m sure the drive tones will, too.
 
Seamus OReally said:
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Here it is, in the figuring it out stage. Very complex, two layers of controls on the faceplate, many more in the iPhone app. You can even EQ the overdrive separately from the amp’s tone stack, what Dumble called the Hot Rubber Monkey mod. The cleans sound awesome. I’m sure the drive tones will, too.
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Congratulations! I hope it works well for you!!!!
 
The truth is on tone your only going to be as good as what's in your head hart fingers and soul
1977-1980 I lived in LA my guitar teacher we would go over music charts and he sent me in the studio
I met Alexander Dumble in the studio he was servicing a recording equipment he had me play a Beach Boys ODS amp
I had to rerecord the tracks the engineer chewed me out the amps I used back then were Fender modified and serviced by Billy Zoom
I passed the Dumble play test and received the order form at that time $1300.00 base price was to high cash up front 24-36 month waiting time
I would buy a amp give it to Billy and most the time next day service it would sound amazing
Ben Harper owns that Beach Boy amp now
 
syscokid said:
Have you tried it in front of a regular amp yet?
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That’s happening this morning. I’m setting my Katana as flat as I can get it and plugging into that. It has a Power Amp In that bypasses the Kat’s own preamp stage, and that sounded great, but it also meant I couldn’t use the Kat’s reverb and delay. So I’m trying it straight in the front end this morning.

Although I really don’t have any use for a guitar loudener anymore… my jam band ended when my drummer and best pal died suddenly, and I can’t see another situation like that happening. I think recording is my outlet for those days that remain.
 
Plugging into the front end of the Kat was only mildly successful. I wasn’t knocked out. The Katana did one thing I wanted - a fat, clean Strat tone - really well, but it kinda sucks at many other things.

Spent more time playing direct, and realized that the Volume and Gain knobs are interactive. Further realized that it has stupid gobs of gain available, and is easily pushed into that almost-synthesized Santana “Smooth” tone. So I starting concentrating on reining the beast in, and got very close to what I’m seeking… a long, hairless sustain that still retains a decent string tone. I started playing this dead-simple swampy chord riff that just sounded so chewy I recorded it. Maybe it’ll be a song. I think my Katana just became a doorstop.
 
Just received it first tried it through my ODS 50 watt mid plate skyline EQ EVM12L speaker the clean channels in the Enigmatic are usable
next in the recording board Tascam 24 same the clean channels works well the overdrive channels sounds nothing like the real Dumble's that I've ever played
to fizzy same reason I didn't like the real ODS 100 HRM to be honest just used the factory settings out of the box and adjusted the controls and switches
on the clean channels my effects sounded OK 1969 Funky Vibe, The Engine, Norvdvang Wingman dual Klon, and Eventide Micro Pitch
will try the blue tooth settings this weekend.
 
To be honest it's not close to a Dumble My ODS 50 Green Hornet mid plate skyline EQ it's so warm and 3-D clean sustain and musical
the Enigmatic is sterile now that I was able to record with it and compare them the overdrive is a joke fuzzy no clear note definition harmonically lame
but hey I didn't spend $7K on parts and 200 hours building it and fine tuning it
To be fair my Antelope Audio interface has 10 clone IR amps that sound real
 
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