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And, dovetailing here, I think I've mentioned somewhere that my '61 PAF's have been in my Custom Core 150 (after residing in my 20th Anniversary 150) for a while. Veddy, veddy nice! Hoping some Gibson purist somewhere is horrified.

Installed a set of vintage Gibson pickups in my 2017 Heritage H535 Custom this morning. In the bridge…a 1981 Gibson Shaw PAF 7.30. In the neck…an early 70s Gibson T-top PAF 7.15. I gotta say, I like the tone of these pickups in this guitar A LOT better than the last guitar I had them in. (IYV hollow body). I have tried a few different styles of pickups in this H535. It originally came with Duncan Seth’s, which sounded great. Then I had a set of 70s DiMarzios in it and those were great too…but definitely a different flavor. And now the ol’ Gibsons. So far, I’d have to say, the gibsons are more balanced and versatile of the 3 sets!

In my experience if you can a great clean sound out of guitar, it's nothing to get a great dirty sound, and I heard all that I needed to hear in the clean section of your demo. Those pickups really sound good. I love how clear the neck pickup sounded, and there was some great harmonic content in the chords that you were playing on the bridge pickup. I would leave those pickups in that guitar, it's a great match.

Not horrified, just wishing you record that current setup so we can hear the tone of that beast.

Yeah, the thing with Dumble amps is no two are identical. He built each and every one of them for the particular artist. It's not "a" Dumble, in the sense of one Fender Twin Reverb being a member of a large population of such amps produced. It's "your" Dumble if he made it for you. If you buy someone else's Dumble, it's still that artist's Dumble. I've seen the insides of an ODS and a couple of Fenders that Dumble modified. He had some general approaches that evolved over time, but each and every amp he built was a work of art, intended for a particular person to play and tailored to suit that player. He also rebuilt amps when they got sold to a different artist, in fact he recommended that as a way to get the amp quicker, rather than a scratch-build. The Dumble estate and name are being curated by the Dumble preservation association and they're trying to make new ones with the name. I have some doubts, since the man himself isn't around anymore. I hope they can protect his name and reputation though. There are some "clones" of Dumble amps who's schematics have leaked out. ODS #182 is probably the most "cloned".

ALL DONE!!! Playing and sounding great!!!