Session ace and guitar virtuoso Andy Wood has recalled the time Robben Ford attended one of his guitar retreats – and decided to bring his highly prized Dumble tube amp along for the ride. We hard-limit it to a hundred people, and we bring in five or six of the best guitar players on earth,” Wood says of its concept. My favorite Woodshed story: it was year two and we had Robben Ford there – he’s a sweetheart and a monster player. “I’m teaching a class and I have my phone in my pocket and it buzzes like, ‘Hey man, Andy, come down to the stage three and see about Robben’s amp,’” Wood recalls. Speaking to Guitar World at NAMM 2025, its new leaders said, “We have [had] the Dumble Preservation Society since Mr. Dumble passed.