Dumbletone and Compressor mashup

[mybud]

I thought I’d try fitting these into a 1590BB for fun, despite the BD clearly stating the requirement of a 1590BB2 or BBS. All went well apart from the jacks which don’t fit. So, I’m treating this as a failed experiment, my bad entirely but no loss since I’ll rehouse it properly later.

While I was working on this, Barry released the Lynyrd Skynyrd dual combo, a Southern Fried minus the boost. Serendipity or mind-reading, who knows?

In any case, this is a very versatile overdrive/comp combo and well worth the effort, but do consider the appropriate enclosure to prevent lamentations and gnashing of teeth as the build unfolds. Thanks for reading and happy building, y’all.

[Barry]

Thanks for sharing and yes the BB2 enclosure is mandatory.

[Billy]

Try Lumberg KLBM3 jacks

They’re much smaller than the open style jacks my go to’s  these days

You can also bend the solder lugs flat once you’ve soldered your wires to them

I don’t use anything else now but make sure it’s Lumberg brand

[mybud]

Thanks, Billy. I used one Lumberg and press ganged the other jack in, more by brute force than judgement.

Well, I eventually managed to fit this all in as originally hoped for. I had to re-drill the jack holes and do quite a bit of intense fiddling, so now the box is an unholy mess.

Two points to note: 1) these are robust, high-quality boards, considering the amount of manhandling they stood up to and 2) please avoid doing what I did (trying to shoehorn a 1590BBS-designed build into a 1590BB enclosure).

Note to self: It’s not what it’s designed for.

I’m tempted to give myself 100 lines on this topic but you all get the point, I trust.

[Barry]

All of that aside, or pretending that you used a BB2 enclosure, how does it all sound?

[mybud]

Noted, Barry. Sorry to obsess so much about the enclosure: of course the sound is what matters 😉

I like its versatility insofar as changing the compressor/preamp order gives you plenty of squash or more open with compressor first. The Dumbletone is great for subtle (or not so subtle) drive and plenty of toan variation from fat clean to wide-ranging overdrive but the wide variety of tones from the combination of the two gives you pretty much anything you need toan-wise.

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