Yes but the shipping charge on the HB would be prohibitive ... plus there is the return policy etc. I'm also leery of the VAC restrictions.
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Cheap AND lightweight cab to pair with a Rumble 500
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Thanks, folks . What you have posted is right. Lightweight comes as a heavy price (hahahaha) so I do think one of those Rumble cabs, new or used, would be my best bet. I CAN buy a used Peavey for example which would sound good (check one), be cheap (check three) but then I would need a roadie to helpe me move it to my second floor apartment, etc.
So I'll be looking for a Rumble cab. I think I'd prefer a 15 but I will see what's available.
So I'll be looking for a Rumble cab. I think I'd prefer a 15 but I will see what's available.
The HB is probably great for the price! But the Rumbles have been around a long time and are very popular for a reason. Plus, the second hand market is better for Rumbles.
I was just looking on GC's used site for a second Rumble 115 V3. They can be has for as low as $259 (plus tax and shipping [$71]), if you don't mind some wear and dust. You can return it to your local GC, if anything is wrong with it (or get reimbursed for repair materials as they did for me one time).
Actually I bought one recently for $199.99. Sadly that was the one I posted earlier that I more or less destroyed by spilling my coffee on it. It still makes a hum but works but I haven't gotten around to having it fixed.
Adding another combo would be an option I guess but I'd still prefer having a cab. I also have a Rumble 100 and an ancient Hartke TB10. The latter I think is a great little amp and I don't understand why Hartke discontinued it while retaining the larger (but not in output power) TB12 and TB15.
I turned my Rumble 200 combo into just a 115 cab after the amp died.
Just removed the amp and added a 1/4” jack. Light weight. Sounds great. Boom!
My 500 combo fits perfectly on top.
You could probably find a dead 200 for less than $100. Maybe even free.
The rumble amps are unfixable… which is a shame. They look pretty modular once you crack them open. Wouldn’t be that hard to replace broken sections if they offered them.
BTW I’m not handy at all. Coverting the 200 to a cab wasn’t too hard.
Just removed the amp and added a 1/4” jack. Light weight. Sounds great. Boom!
My 500 combo fits perfectly on top.
You could probably find a dead 200 for less than $100. Maybe even free.
The rumble amps are unfixable… which is a shame. They look pretty modular once you crack them open. Wouldn’t be that hard to replace broken sections if they offered them.
BTW I’m not handy at all. Coverting the 200 to a cab wasn’t too hard.
You're going to have a very difficult time finding a cheap AND lightweight cab! That's an oxymoron.
Depends on your definition of "cheap" but here's a 1x10" for $485 that weighs 9.5lbs.
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...which is why I keep going back to the Pick Two Of Three mantra:
- cheap AND lightweight is easy...but it might not sound so good
- cheap AND sounds good is easy...but it won't be lightweight
- lightweight AND sounds good is easy...but it won't be cheap
Like jumbo shrimp. Yes, you're right. They seem to be mutually exclusive criteria.
Converting it into a cab would be Option #2 for me. I will be taking it into a electronics repair shop this week which is a Fender authorized dealer and see what the rep suggests. As I think I said he quoted me $100 ... but that may just be an inspection fee. I may ask him to convert it into a cab.
If he doesn't want to do that and/or charge me an arm and two legs could somebody point me to how to do it myself ... and adding that this will be for a guy in his '70s with no tools or any knowledge of how to do anything more complicated than plugging in a cord. Really. I did unscrew the power unit to let it air dry and saw those four wires connecting the power module to the speakers. Beyond that it's just a mystery wrapped in an enigma covered with a delicious chocolate coating for me.
And if that works I will buy a 500 to pair with it.
Well I took it to the local shop and the owner was very nice. He charged me $27 (I imagine $25 and state tax) and said that amount would go toward the cost of repair. He estimated it should only cost $95 and he "should" be able to fix it but he said maybe not. I told him my backup plan to convert it to a cab and he said he could do that if it comes to that.
And now the waiting ...
And now the waiting ...
... and still waiting. I don't want to gamble on buying a bass head if it turns out the R200 can be fixed.
Ok, the repair guy called me and as I feared (and you folks cautioned me about) it's toast ... and not the good kind with butter and marmalade. He said he can convert it into a cabinet and the final charge would be somewhere between $75 and $100, which includes my initial $27 inspection fee.
Dang ...
So now I'm looking for a cheap used amp head.
Dang ...
So now I'm looking for a cheap used amp head.
Yeah I got my hopes up because the background noise was not all that loud and when I describedit to the guy he said he "thought" he could fix it. But he said the coffee had really eaten up some of the circuit board and there was already some arcing so he said he didn't feel it was worth saving.
So I will try to sell the cab locally (which I dread working with Facebook Marketplace/Craiglist etc.) or buy some type of used head or just use it as you use your R40 as a paperweight or doorstop.
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What’s light mean to you Ralph124C41?
Ashdown has two flavors of 1-12 cabs that only weigh 26 pounds and are priced around $300 each. They are rated to handle 250-300 watts which is a bit less than the 350W rated output of a Rumble 500 head at 8 ohms.
Ashdown has two flavors of 1-12 cabs that only weigh 26 pounds and are priced around $300 each. They are rated to handle 250-300 watts which is a bit less than the 350W rated output of a Rumble 500 head at 8 ohms.
????? That’s not what the thread title and your initial post said. Excuuuuuuuse me.
Excuse me. I'm sorry. I had another post up and thought you responded to that one. I do need to delete this post somehow.
