Sebago Sound Texas Flood 1x12 Combo

**BigMikeinNJ** · 09-30-2016, 01:30 PM

Man I must get around more than I realize. More than 15 years ago I used to make regular day off trips up into Marin and one of my gear stops was eGuitar on 4th and E in San Rafael. Where I first well in love with the upper wall of Heritage Super, Golden Eagle and Sweet 16 guitars they had in stock. A kid working the counter named Danny Click was great to me and we had a great rapport. There was a lot of gear there on consignment from the heavy hitter collectors in Marin. Danny met lots of people and had a chance to score a Dumble Overdrive Deluxe, yeah a real Dumble. Eventually he sold it to Keith Urban, but before he did an amp designer copied the circuit. A whole bunch of clones ensued. Bill of Sebago Sound got that circuit and also the circuit for the Steel String Singer which he named his version the Texas Flood because SRV used a Steel String Singer.

Steel String Singer - Sebago Sound Amplifiers

I've got a Sebago Sound Overdrive Deluxe on order and located a Texas Flood which will arrive probably end of next week. 2B, you'll be as pleased as me to know I DID get the blonde tolex combo with diamond grill (Bill's cabinet had a Double Trouble in it, an Eminence EM 12 and can't wait to play it... Bill is gonna tie the whole thing together and then send it off to me. Wait time for a build is typically 8-10 weeks. Here's the link to the Sebago Sound site and a Greg's Guitars clip of him playing the Texas Flood... Here we go.

**2bornot2bop** · 09-30-2016, 02:01 PM

Right on BM! Can't wait to hear more about it! Congrats!!!

**BigMikeinNJ** · 09-30-2016, 02:56 PM

I know a lot of you guys are going, WAIT MAN, this is a jazz site. You all are interested in clean very articulate amps - that's the beauty of these, you don't push them to overdrive they are VERY articulate. With the FUCHS ODS amps I have I learned that. Can't tell you how many times I would locate a Blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb and consider sending off to Andy to do his thing with. Here's a link to the Sebago Overdrive Deluxe page.

Overdrive Deluxe - Sebago Sound Amplifiers

**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-01-2016, 10:00 AM

And I got the tube specs from the builder:

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Here's the tube information for each of the amps:

Texas Flood - five 12AX7, two 12AT7 and two 6L6GC power tubes

Overdrive Deluxe - five 12AX7, one 12AT7 and two 6V6 power tubes

I use JJ tubes for the 12AX7 and 12AT7 preamp tubes, sound great and are very reliable
I use either JJ or Tube Amp Doctor 6L6, and Tung Sol 6V6

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Still aren't sure what a cleaner Texas Flood style amp sounds like, check out this SRV video, it better put a smile on your face. Reminds me all too much of being married. EEEEKKKKKK !!!!!!!!

Big

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**marcwhy** · 10-01-2016, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by BigMikeinNJ

I know a lot of you guys are going, WAIT MAN, this is a jazz site. You all are interested in clean very articulate amps - that's the beauty of these, you don't push them to overdrive they are VERY articulate. With the FUCHS ODS amps I have I learned that. Can't tell you how many times I would locate a Blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb and consider sending off to Andy to do his thing with. Here's a link to the Sebago Overdrive Deluxe page.

Congrats on the amps!

You're right about the Fuchs stuff: there's a So Cal guitarist/professor I liked to catch, and throughout the set, his sound would be sweet and clear on the jazz/bop tunes, and then gritty and glorious on more bluesier tunes, and he had no pedals on the floor. I asked him once, "What are you doing?! How are you getting all those sounds?!" He pointed to the volume knob on his guitar, and then to his Fuchs amp. "That's all I need," he said.

**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-01-2016, 11:36 AM

Ya gotta hear these things to believe
Looking at the tube compliments the Texas Flood is very Fenderish in it's use of tubes, 50 watts.
The Overdrive Deluxe is what it implies, a Deluxe Reverb that's been modded, keep that signal clean and you have all the dynamics of a Dumble amp with the Deluxe Reverb chime and that Fender 3 spring reverb.

I will have to get my neighbor to film me in the office playing the Byrdland or Super Eagle thru one of them. I don't Johnny Smith, I tend to do songs like Sam & Dave or other 60s based stuff. But when I want to do jazz the L-5 or Johnny Smith will sound quite lush.

Big

**2bornot2bop** · 10-01-2016, 04:57 PM

Tube amp heaven is what you're about to be in BM!!! 2b loves himself some TUBES!

**Guitarbean25** · 10-02-2016, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by BigMikeinNJ

I know a lot of you guys are going, WAIT MAN, this is a jazz site. You all are interested in clean very articulate amps - that's the beauty of these, you don't push them to overdrive they are VERY articulate. With the FUCHS ODS amps I have I learned that. Can't tell you how many times I would locate a Blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb and consider sending off to Andy to do his thing with. Here's a link to the Sebago Overdrive Deluxe page.

Overdrive Deluxe - Sebago Sound Amplifiers

Absolutely agree with this. I went down the HiWatt route and own various Reeves takes on that design. I also own a VHT Deliverance 120 that produces the most beautiful and immaculate cleans. I run the heads through a 2x12 with Eminence versions of the classic Fane Purple and EVM12L.

**Bach5G** · 10-02-2016, 05:02 PM

"Danny met lots of people and had a chance to score a Dumble Overdrive Deluxe, yeah a real Dumble. Eventually he sold it to Keith Urban, but before he did an amp designer copied the circuit. A whole bunch of clones ensued. Bill of Sebago Sound got that circuit and also the circuit for the Steel String Singer which he named his version the Texas Flood because SRV used a Steel String Singer."

Anyone else see an issue here? Here are a couple of clues: "copied the circuit" and "a whole bunch of clones ensued".

**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-02-2016, 05:26 PM

Per the Sebago Sound site:

Overdrive Deluxe
http://sebagosound.com/index.php?id=74

Texas Flood:

http://sebagosound.com/index.php?id=17

Bach5G
Maybe you should get a lawyer kid

**Guitarbean25** · 10-02-2016, 05:42 PM

For another SSS flavor, check out Johnny Hiland on his Reeves Space Cowboy 100

**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-02-2016, 06:35 PM

Guitarbean25,

LAWD have Mercy he is so good. There's a whole planet of D style amps out there, that's for sure. Thanks for sharing that video, he's quite the player. I recognized that left eye look, I get it sometimes, he likely lost sight in that eye. He sure doesn't let it stop him a picking and a grinning...

Big

**Guitarbean25** · 10-02-2016, 07:24 PM

Yah. He's def smokin'

He's considered blind for the most part. Degenerative disease I think. Guy is a true guitar player.

**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-02-2016, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Guitarbean25

Yah. He's def smokin'

He's considered blind for the most part. Degenerative disease I think. Guy is a true guitar player.

I'm pretty much there myself, just not got his picking skills, oooohhh whee he is GOOD.

**Gitfiddler** · 10-04-2016, 06:17 PM

OK Big~ I have one word for your latest acquisitions..................DIBS!!

Call me after you wipe the slobber off of your mouth from playing through those amazing amps.

A buddy of mine, Terry Hiatt did the demos for Sebago. And man can he make them sing!

**Guitarbean25** · 10-04-2016, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Gitfiddler

OK Big~ I have one word for your latest acquisitions..................DIBS!!

Call me after you wipe the slobber off of your mouth from playing through those amazing amps.

A buddy of mine, Terry Hiatt did the demos for Sebago. And man can he make them sing!

No way! Terry Hiatt is an amazing player as well as guitar fixer!

He's going to show me how to carve a bone nut.

**Thumpalumpacus** · 10-05-2016, 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by marcwhy

Congrats on the amps!

You're right about the Fuchs stuff: there's a So Cal guitarist/professor I liked to catch, and throughout the set, his sound would be sweet and clear on the jazz/bop tunes, and then gritty and glorious on more bluesier tunes, and he had no pedals on the floor. I asked him once, "What are you doing?! How are you getting all those sounds?!" He pointed to the volume knob on his guitar, and then to his Fuchs amp. "That's all I need," he said.

This is the trick with tube amps. Turn the amp up to where it's sweaty, and then dial you guitar volume back to a whisper. At that point, your pick-attack becomes the dominant factor. Dig in for grit, lighten up for air.

**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-07-2016, 05:35 PM

She's here, along with a blonde double pickup Super Eagle that snuck in the door with the FedEx delivery guy, more on that LATER after she recovers from traveling from Cali... Just plugged the American Eagle in, gotta read the manual. Those FILTER knobs are click stop. Have to read the manual, this one is gonna take some tweaking around. The American Eagle sounds nice and fat with the settings the way it arrived out of the box.

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**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-08-2016, 09:53 AM

Got a call back from Bill of Sebago Sound last night. He walked me through how to set up the amp to get a very expressive sound. Great guy. Turns out Sebago (of Sebago Sound) is a lake in Maine he grew up on. So he said to crank the Volume near the input jack at about 2 o'clock and the Master at about 8 o'clock. The Filter knobs are click stopped at each number. It's not a distortion amp at all, very high fidelity. It's still early here and I can't wait to try her out once I see all my little old lady neighbors talking their morning walks. Here's a shot of how he thinks I should try it out with an arch top.

Big

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**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-08-2016, 03:45 PM

So the place is all sparkly clean and it's late enough in the day to play. Using pretty much the settings you see above I got out the American Eagle and plugged her in - making double damn sure I didn't have that Master turned up when I flipped the Standby switch. Four or five times with different guitars on the Fuchs I'd flip that switch and the arch top and amp did this sympathetic vibration howl that scared the crap out of my next door neighbor Marion, a great old lady... So with that in mind I put the Texas Flood on "the BigBench" and played the above Stevie Ray tunes... Had the volume on the guitar turned down all the way and slowly worked it up - got that amazing fake out sound where you hear the amp thru the f-holes of the guitar and then played a bit. Not bad, BUT I knew there was something else. So I teased the volume knob up some more and more until all of a sudden there is that glassy Stevie Ray tone... remember there's a truck load of 12AX7s an 2 6L6's in this crate. Man is it nice. Gotta try out a set in the top humbucker next. If you get a chance and can find a dealer or store with one in house take YOUR ARCHTOP along and see what I am talking about...

Big

**DRS** · 10-11-2016, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Bach5G

"Danny met lots of people and had a chance to score a Dumble Overdrive Deluxe, yeah a real Dumble. Eventually he sold it to Keith Urban, but before he did an amp designer copied the circuit. A whole bunch of clones ensued. Bill of Sebago Sound got that circuit and also the circuit for the Steel String Singer which he named his version the Texas Flood because SRV used a Steel String Singer."

Anyone else see an issue here? Here are a couple of clues: "copied the circuit" and "a whole bunch of clones ensued".

I suppose if Dumble has a patent out on any of his stuff, he may have an issue.
Do you have a problem when builders do dead to nuts copies of BF or Tweed Fender amps? Those patents have expired.

**Thumpalumpacus** · 10-12-2016, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by BigMikeinNJ

[...] remember there's a truck load of 12AX7s an 2 6L6's in this crate.

Big

6l6s are my favorite tubes for that sweet-spot glassy quality (and the rocker in me loves how they howl when you go past it

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My old SF Bassman, when I hit it right with the Les Paul DeLuxe (pickup selector in the middle, pickup volumes balanced by ear for effect) with a touch of chorus could almost get a Strat positions 2/4 cluck. Wish I still had those demos ...

Open and airy, but able to get mean ... great tubes. Do you know the brands in yours?

**Guitarbean25** · 10-12-2016, 02:14 AM

DUDE...Big Mike...as much as you've invested in guitars and the amp, it's all for nothing unless you plug it all through a Fryette Power Station. One of the best and transparent attenuators in the market.

You retain the tone and more importantly, feel of the amp at much more reasonable volumes.

You'll be able to go even higher on the master and perhaps compensate more or less with the preamp as well.

I (try) to play jazz through a Fryette Deliverance 120 that has beautiful and pristine cleans but it needs to be cranked...no way possible without the PS.