Fender Rumble 75 inputs; active/passive or 1/2?

[mikkejohansson]

I'm a music teacher at a junior high school (respectively) and we're looking to get a new bass amp for our main music classroom.

The room is pretty well designed acoustically and the drums either electronic or well "muffled". No need for thundering volume.

Now, our local dealer (who is the only one we can actually deal with, swedish corporate competition legislation...) has nice deals on the Rumble series, and the 75 seems it would be well and enough for our needs. Also - the pics I've seen show it to have two inputs - this is good for us because we
often have two kids going in the amp at once...

The question - the inputs seem to be marked "1-2" which suggests to me that they are "equal" in gain, no pad that is. However, the website info on the amp says it has "passive and active inputs" which suggests the opposite - a pad on one input...


Anyone have one and can tell me the real deal?

[Martin89]

I have the previous generation 60(replaced by the 75) and it has a pad, that doesn't really help but I don't really see the point in having two identical inputs. If it does have a pad and you plug both basses in you shouldn't have a problem mixing the sound in with the knobs of the two basses. or they should be pretty well matched if one is active and the other is passive in the right inputs.

Edit: All in all, I would trust the manufacturer's website.