Kategorie: Literature

Einige Links zu Berichten, Interviews & Videos

Zum Tod von H.A. Dumble:

<https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/friends-mourn-genius-guitar-amplifier-designer-howard-alexander-dumble>

Interview von 1985:

<https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/when-the-air-becomes-electric-thats-the-right-sound-howard-alexander-dumbles-1985-guitar-player-interview-in-full>

Bericht über einen Besuch bei H.A. Dumble (1987):

<https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/behind-the-curtain-getting-amped-with-alexander-howard-dumble/>

Bericht über Kenny Wayne Sheperd's Zusammenarbeit mit H.A. Dumble (2020):

<https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/turns-out-kenny-wayne-shepherds-onstage-fender-amps-are-dumbles-in-disguise>

Einige Videos:

Hier posted jemand recht eingehende Info zu Dumble – allerdings erschließt sich nicht, woher das Wissen kommt und warum der Vortragende eine Autorität zu Mr. Dumble sein sollte. - das meiste erscheint aus den o.g. Interviews und aus von anderer Seite bekannten Videos mit Usern von Dumble-Amp zu stammen. Ich bin mir auch nicht sicher, ob nicht an der einen oder anderen Stelle ein Verwechseln von Dumble- und Mesa/Boogie-Legenden passiert ...
<https://youtu.be/BSe5sR1xTA0>
<https://youtu.be/TW4ReIi1s9o>

Das beste mir bekannte Video über Mr. Dumble ist dieses mit Henry Kaiser:
<https://youtu.be/WdWvBNdIwjE>
Er war tatsächlich ein Bekannter und hat entsprechende Erinnerungen. Er widerspricht übrigens der These, dass Robben Ford's Kombi von Fender (Piggyback) Bassman mit Tubescreamer der Trigger für den Dumble Overdrive Special war, obwohl R.F. selbst auch so etwas erzählt – z.B. im Rig Rundown:
<https://youtu.be/LO-QZNeIBYU> (ca. 15:50)

Sehr interessant die Blickwinkel von Andy Fuchs (einem Boutique-Amp-Hersteller, der wohl sehr "nahe am Dumble" baut)
<https://youtu.be/iOEvd3T7Mjg>

Howard Alexander Dumble selbst scheint NUR in diesem einen Video zu sprechen.
<https://youtu.be/j4p02ZXEHn0>

...ob er das, was er da von sich gibt (über die Probleme der armen Elektronen mit einer Kristallstruktur), wirklich ernst nimmt, muss nun dahingestellt bleiben. Das kurze Video ist ein Auszug aus einem längeren Video von Henry Kaiser, in dem Mr. Dumble (ziemlich gute) Rhythmusgitarre für Kaiser spielt:
<https://youtu.be/VuTLl1JbUdM>

Hier baut jemand (in 4 Videos) einen Dumble Overdrive Special nach, und diskutiert auch die Schaltung:
<https://youtu.be/EN6YO7q4cI0?t=1106>
<https://youtu.be/OyJldvNDKJ8>
<https://youtu.be/1Fp37NgkDIs>
<https://youtu.be/7fyzWHAZjwM>

Inwiefern die Schaltung der Realität entspricht, kann ich nicht beurteilen – die Schaltungen wurden nie (von Mr. Dumble bestätigt) veröffentlicht, und offenbar waren Teile der Schaltung in den Amps vergossen und nicht direkt zugänglich.

Zusammengestellt von Tilmann Zwicker , 22. Januar 2022

There is an ongoing controversy about whether it is purposeful to "play-in" musical instruments. In other words: do much played instruments sound different (or – preferably – even better) compared to instruments that have been played little? Dr. Gregor Weldert addresses this interesting topic in an extensive overview-article and has kindly agreed to us publishing it here on the GITEC-website:

Sound enhancement of musical instruments by "Playing them in": fact or fiction?

Another big chunk of the translation of the (rather extensive) Chapter 10 of "Physics of the Electric Guitar" has been completed: most everything you ever wanted to know about the first sections of a (tube) guitar amp is available: preamp, tone-controls, intermediate amp (incl. the infamous cathode-follower discussed in detail), phase-splitter/driver, associated distortion and non-linearity, noise, hum ... all there!

Go and see: https://gitec-forum.de/en/gitec-community/the-book/content-physic-of-the-electric-guitar-with-links-to-the-chapters-pdf/

This makes for Chapters 10.1. - 10.4 .... and Chapter 10.5 (on the power stage) is already in the works!

Wolfgang Hönlein and Andrew Graham have completed the translation of Chapter 4 of "Physics of the Electric Guitar" - it discusses magnetism, i.e. one of the foundations of our instruments. No magnet – no magnetic pickup – no electric guitar as we know it!

Special thanks got to Andrew who provided some serious help and support to Wolfgang, checking the language and proofreading the translation.

Check out the result here (scroll down until you hit chapter 4!).

Dear members and friends of GITEC,

we continue receive confirmation that the book "Physik der Elektrogitarre" (Physics of the Electric Guitar) is – globally – one of a kind, both with regard to the truly scientific approach and the extent with which it covers the subject. However, it is also clear that most of "the globe" does not have any access to the contents of the book, simply because the language it is written in – German – does not have any widespread prevalence compared to English.

Given this situation, we (in the board of GITEC) decided last November to address the issue of the translation of the book. Checking in with a number of translators did not only show that the cost would be exorbitant. Even more problematic was the fact, that the knowledge even of technically experienced translators quickly hit boundaries in the face of the multidisciplinary character of the contents of the book: instrumentation, material science, mechanics, systems theory, tube (valve) and solid state technology, musical and psycho-acoustics, plus much more. This results in a necessary checking and reworking effort which we are not able to provide. Last not least, the sheer scope of the work to be done is a bad match to the business models of scientific translators. They prefer to provide smaller share of their capacity to a multitude of clients and do not like to dedicate a big proportion of their capacity to a single client. In any case, we have so far not been able to find a translator who could (or even would) do the translation as a whole.

Since we do not want to waste too much time, we have adopted a different strategy, namely a kind of "crowd translation". Everybody who has the capacity, the knowledge and the "drive" may contribute. Depending on the individual, the circumstances and the result, monetary recognition is not out of the question. So if you are a student seeking to de-escalate your financial situation - think about it.

We suggest that those who are interested pick a (sub-) chapter from the book as it is accessible online and translate two pages – first without consideration of the figures i.e. focusing on the text only. That way you can see how much work the translation is going to be and whether this kind of work is something for you to begin with. You could send the two pages to us so we could check whether the style is reasonably in line with what we have line up. And then you would be free to "translate at will"! By the way: with regard to possibly necessary corrections to the text we are hoping for some kind of "crowd-checking".

Some of us are already working on the translation. Considering the amount of work there is relatively small progress - but something is happening!

In the following, a content listing of PdE/PotEG is included. The chapters which already have been translated are shown - together with the name of the translator in green. The chapters which are "under (translation-) construction" are listed in red (again with the name of the translator). The black chapters are the ones which do not have a "master" and are waiting for you!

In September 2017, the Board of GITEC

Contents of "Physics of the Electric Guitar" with indications regarding the state of translation