Mason Marangella, owner and CEO of Vertex Effects, has made no secret of his Dumble guitar amplifier worship, pulling strings, calling in favours to find some of the most legendary amps Howard Alexander Dumble ever designed to demo on his YouTube channel – and of course designing his own Dumble-inspired Steel String preamp and overdrive pedal series.
But Marangella has taken this further. He might even be getting carried away with things. After all, we know a little love can be a dangerous thing. Marangella has put this Dumble obsession to the test, on camera, in a borderline scientific experiment to see how close you can get to three classic electric guitar tones featuring a Dumble but with only using one of his Steel String units and adding a few commonly found stompboxes to taste.
