![]() ![]() Powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 with an Axess TS-9 > Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter > MXR EVH Flanger > Carl Martin Compressor/ Signal Chain: Dunlop Cry Baby Rackmount > Keeley-modded Ibanez Dumble had circled a washer and dryer unit and told Cross that if he bought those for him, they were square. “When I asked him what I owed him, he handed me a torn-out page from a Sears catalog,” recalls Cross. At the time, Dumble was living in a house owned by Jackson Browne and Cross headed up there to pay for the custom relay box. “I really couldn’t afford to mess around with pedals at that time,” says Cross. An oversized cord went to a blue two-space rack unit that housed mechanical relays to control which amp was engaged. Each guitar only had a middle and bridge pickup and was outfitted with a heavy-duty switch-imagine the massive switches on the back of vintage Fender amps. The solution was based around a pair of Japan-made Strats that were modified by Valley Arts. Naturally, Cross needed a way to switch between sounds easily. Cross and Dumble decided on two KT88-loaded heads (a first for Dumble at the time) with matching 2x12 cabinets in orange suede for a clean sound and an Overdrive Special with a 4x12 cab for a lead sound. One of the early users of his amps was singer/songwriter Christopher Cross, who was brought in by Bonnie Raitt. His off-the-grid lifestyle forced Dumble to frequently look at alternate payment arrangements with clients.
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