Robben Ford Discussion

The Duck Of Hellfire · Member Joined: 11 Feb 2009 Posts: 29

I did a SEARCH and didn't see this addressed. Please excuse me if I missed it!
I was hoping Daved or someone else could clear this up:

In Mr. Ford's Dumbles - Is it true that they have a resistor instead of a choke in the power supply to induce more sag in the amp? This is a widely argued point on some other forums and decided to come to a source as opposed to continuing the "supposition train". Thank you in advance for your responses.

PierreL · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject:

That sounds like an Amp Garage question Smile

The Duck Of Hellfire · Member Joined: 11 Feb 2009 Posts: 29

FatTeleTom · Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 191

Not an inappropriate question at all. I think Pierre was just suggesting you might be more likely to get an answer on Amp Garage.

Daved, Robben's guitar tech frequents the forum and is often able to provide or get answers regarding all kinds of stuff, either from personal knowledge or by asking Robben. So, he might be able to offer some insight on this one.

The Duck Of Hellfire · Member Joined: 11 Feb 2009 Posts: 29

PierreL · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject:

Actually, I was just thinking that I had already seen this question asked a few days ago, and I thought it was on the Amp Garage Smile

No problem asking that here of course, most of us are gear nuts so...

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Phil T · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:49 am Post subject:

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Daved · Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

Sorry, HellDuck, but I confess that I don't know... I've never had a reason to question it as that's more of an engineer's issue than a tech's problem. Wink

If I think of it next time I speak with Alexander, I'll ask.
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Phil T · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject:

Also, there are two amps and I assume they are identical but one never knows.
I know the newer one is serial #0148, never saw any info on the number of the other one, would be interesting. It seems the older one is used more often, it's usually the one in the pics I've seen.

JackD · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:38 pm Post subject:

This has been a debate/discussion that has been out there. Scott Lerner turned me on to this issue. When I had my first Xumble style amp built, I had both a choke and a resistor put in with a switch on the back so I could pick which one. I was told there was a noticable difference. To tell the god's honest truth, I can't tell the difference. The only difference was that the resistor made a little more noise. Therefore, I keep it swithced to the choke mode.

... any way, that's my 2 cents.