"dumble tone" in Mark5

[DW54]

In an old thread in the "tele forum" (I think), was a very nice clip of a very close approximation of the "bluesey dumble lead tone" from a mark 5-25. I'm unable to duplicate it on the larger Mark5-90! If I remember correctly, Both treble and bass on 0 (!) and mids noon to 1, gain below noon. Then to a very unusual 5 band EQ setting which I can't remember (LOL) All on Extreme channel . Anyone have any suggestions? The strategy was "interaction between mid settings and mid slider in 5 band EQ.

 

[Eevil]

In an old thread in the "tele forum" (I think), was a very nice clip of a very close approximation of the "bluesey dumble lead tone" from a mark 5-25. I'm unable to duplicate it on the larger Mark5-90! If I remember correctly, Both treble and bass on 0 (!) and mids noon to 1, gain below noon. Then to a very unusual 5 band EQ setting which I can't remember (LOL) All on Extreme channel . Anyone have any suggestions? The strategy was "interaction between mid settings and mid slider in 5 band EQ.

How about trying with ch2 and Mark I mode? Never played actual Dumble - as usual.

G: 13:00
T: 15:00
M: 12:00
B: 9:00
P: 15:00
V: 11:00
Preset eq: 9-11 or off

Feels very liquid yet has some high end too

 

[Quiffmiester]

Saw this and ended up resurrecting my old account to reply! I bookmarked that page for reference: https://www.tdpri.com/threads/mesa-mark-v-25-owners-attention-dumble-tone-hidden-in-there.678163/

Hope it helps!

 

[Filamentary]

I read a similar thread once - perhaps this is the one you mean:

https://www.tdpri.com/threads/mesa-...ion-dumble-tone-hidden-in-there.678163/page-2

 

[Sinner's Swing!]

Yeah that one is pretty popular. I like the setting - its a weird one but it does do the "blooming note" sound well. I don't know if I would live there but for certain tunes, sure.

 

[DW54]

Yes, Quiffmeister and Filanmentary! That's the thread. Thank you. I reread the entire thing and I'm still puzzled. Does anyone know if the mid cicuit on the Mark 5-25 works differently than on the mark 5 -90? The mid control seems to be the determining factor! Thank you all for the replies.

 

[Filamentary]

The V:25 has a mid boost feature on channel 1 when you turn the mids past noon. That feature doesn’t exist on the V:90.

That said, the tele forum person seems to be using channel 2 on the V:25, which doesn’t have the mid boost feature. So I’m not sure why there would be any significant difference in response.

Yes, Quiffmeister and Filanmentary! That's the thread. Thank you. I reread the entire thing and I'm still puzzled. Does anyone know if the mid cicuit on the Mark 5-25 works differently than on the mark 5 -90? The mid control seems to be the determining factor! Thank you all for the replies.

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[rarebitusa]

Those are pretty interesting settings for any V model. Pulling out all the treble effectively lowers the gain, yet they use the high gain Extreme setting and push the mids of an already mid-heavy design. It took a bit of scrolling in that thread to find what the OP was using for speakers "Cab is a homemade 212 with a mix of WGS & Celestion" but not sure what models. Either way if one is willing to explore with non-traditional TMB & EQ settings there's tons of tones in the V:90, pretty sure that tone the player posted in that clip could be achieved.

 

[RayBarbeeMusic]

The basic architecture of a Dumble and a Mark are the same: Clean= (gain stage) (TMB tone stack) (gain stage); drive = (clean) feeding two more gain stages. You can always get Dumble ish tones from Marks with some knob twiddling.

Both Randall Smith and H.A. Dumble started with modding Fenders.