Fender Rumble 350 Combo or Rumble 350 Head/Rumble 410 Cab?

[OkkultistBass]

Shows are coming up in the next few months, and it's about time I get a new amp.
Now, I've owned a Fender combo before, which I absolutely loved, but being 17 and helping a single mother pay bills, things come and go like nothing. Sad, but it's the life I live. :P
So I would like a Fender amp again, but a new one, and I just noticed the Rumble amp series has expanded (I know, I'm a bit late).

So, I have some options I'd like some opinions on.
1. Fender Rumble 350 2x10 Combo amp.
2. Fender Rumble 350 head with a Rumble 410 cabinet.
OR (Just figured this one out)
3. Get the combo, and get the 410 cab later (Not too sure how well that would work, though)

The Rumble 410 is 500watts continuous, but 1000watts handling (Don't get that, either). And with a 350watt head, I'm not sure how loud it would get, or if I would get some weird sound if I cranked it.

So any opinions, experiences or people with "IME I had this this and this and I like this feature and you know what I'm getting at.". I'll eventually try these out at Guitar Center (If they have them).

[LiamPodmore]

I would get the 350 head and 410, just because you cannot add an extension cab to the Rumble 350 combo, so you can't expand if you needed to.

Liam

[OkkultistBass]

Originally Posted by LiamPodmore

I would get the 350 head and 410, just because you cannot add an extension cab to the Rumble 350 combo, so you can't expand if you needed to.

Liam

Haha, that saved me a bit of time, thank you.

Any particular reason why I choose the half stack?

[LiamPodmore]

Because it gives you more speaker area, and also because if you need to expand on your rig, you can do. The 210 combo is not able to take an extension cabinet, so you are stuck with a 210, which in many situations is too small.

Liam

[oldcatfish]

If you can afford it, get the separate head and cab---as mentioned, for the expandability. Keep in mind though, that the Fender 4 x 10 is a 4 ohm cab...so you can't use it with a second cab with the Rumble head. You'd have to get two 8 ohm cabs. But the single 4 x 10 should be loud enough for most situations.

That being said, the 350 combo is pretty loud for a combo. In fact, the Rumble 150 combo can even keep up with most reasonable drummers, and the 350 is a bit louder than it.

[OkkultistBass]

Well I like to mic my amp for shows, and at the venues we have here, I've seen people mic little 50 watts.

But something that concerns me, is $300 for a cab that can supposedly handle up to 1,000watts. >.>

[Gearhead17]

Originally Posted by OkkultistBass

Well I like to mic my amp for shows, and at the venues we have here, I've seen people mic little 50 watts.

But something that concerns me, is $300 for a cab that can supposedly handle up to 1,000watts. >.>

Ignore the 1000 watt number - peak power is what a cab can take for milliseconds - a useless number for you. The 500 watt continuous number is the number to focus on.

[Kitsapbass]

Originally Posted by Gearhead17

Ignore the 1000 watt number - peak power is what a cab can take for milliseconds - a useless number for you. The 500 watt continuous number is the number to focus on.

+1

[mello_bedwetter]

I had the Fender Bassman 250 2x10 Combo and wish I had it back. Is the Rumble 350 Combo comparable to it at all? I don't know why they discontinued the Bassman but then again I don't know why I got rid of mine.