J Rockett Audio Designs has had another rumble with a Dumble tube amp and after two years of R&D it has released the new and improved Hot Rubber Monkey V2, a compact D-style overdrive pedal that replicates the super-premium drive sounds of a Dumble equipped with an HRM EQ mod.
Spending hours on the workbench trying to engineer a circuit that offers a drive and touch-sensitive feel like an Alexander “Howard” Dumble design is something of a J Rockett specialty. If they're on the money, this could be one way of getting closer to the electric guitar tones of John Mayer, Joe Bonamassa et al without remortgaging it all and going (for) broke.
