Texas Two-Amp Blues

Edge-of-breakup blues from a Fender and a Dumble played together. A gentle 1:2 compressor evens out the picking, a Klon Centaur capture waits for the solos, then a Mix split blends a full-rig capture of a '65 Deluxe Reverb reissue (clean, SM57 + R-121, no room) on side A with the overdrive channel of a Dumble ODS #102 clone ('Bluesy' setting) through a Deluxe Reverb Oxford 1x12 IR on side B. The Deluxe gets 3 dB more input so it just starts to break up when you dig in. A real Fender spring tank IR and a dark eighth-note slapback at 88 BPM finish it.

Scenes: Rhythm (65% Fender, 35% Dumble), Lead (Klon on, the blend leans to the Dumble, delay on) and Clean (Fender only, Dumble bypassed, more spring). Footswitches: Klon, delay, compressor, spring.

Built for single coils; with humbuckers lower the Deluxe block's Input by 3 dB.