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Fender rumble 150 vs 350?

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squireguy

Jul 17, 2013
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#1
Hi everyone,

I'm getting a bass and bass amp in a few days for my birthday. I am originally a guitar player, but decided that bass is more for me. I am looking at the Fender rumble 150, or the Fender rumble 350.

My questions are:

-which one is louder?
-can they both be used to gig/play with other people? (When the time comes)
-which amp do YOU like better? and why?

That's all. Thanks. :)
 
#2
Which one sounds better playing through to you?

The 350 has more watts which gives you a better option for expandability(adding an extension cab down the road).. The speaker config will depend on your tastes for tone..

Is there a reason you picked only these two? Just curious....
 
#3
Hello.. I assume that you are talking about the Rumble combo units. Personally I would go with the Rumble 350...why?? Honestly some times you can never have to much power...better to have more than you really need,,than need more and have not enough.
Myself I have a separate bass head and bass cabinet,,but I do need a combo unit for practice or smaller gigs.
I am not that familiar with the Rumble 150 combo but I do know that the Rumble 350 combo there is no access for connecting a 2nd cabinet,,if you should want one. Another speaker plug can be installed by a qualified person and it is not that hard to do but that will cost extra $$ to do so.
 
#5
Older Fender combos used to just slide the normal head in a combo.. So they must be running the 210 @ 4 ohms so then you can't add bother cab. I am not fond of this config...

I would look into a micro rig if you are checking combos.. More versatile, easier to transport, more options.

If you like the Fender tone, check out the head only and a cab.. Or check out Ampegs micro and pf series or GK....
 
#6
Greengoblin, the rumble 350 sounds better overdriven, but the rumble 150 sounds better clean, imo. I'll test them out side by side to hear which one is louder, when I have the chance. (My local long and mcquade only had one or the other available, not both at the same time.) And about the head and cab stuff... I actually believe that a combo would be easier to transport. And I think micros are outside of my price range of 300-500 dollars. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Laurie Bass, yes, I am talking about the combo. :) While I was researching about bass wattage, I heard that I need at least 400 watts to gig. Is that true? I was going to use the 350 and join the church band, but idk anymore.
 
#7
Greengoblin, the rumble 350 sounds better overdriven, but the rumble 150 sounds better clean, imo. I'll test them out side by side to hear which one is louder, when I have the chance. (My local long and mcquade only had one or the other available, not both at the same time.) And about the head and cab stuff... I actually believe that a combo would be easier to transport. And I think micros are outside of my price range of 300-500 dollars. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Laurie Bass, yes, I am talking about the combo. :) While I was researching about bass wattage, I heard that I need at least 400 watts to gig. Is that true? I was going to use the 350 and join the church band, which is why loudness is so important, but idk anymore.

EDIT: Oh shi- how can I delete my nearly identical earlier comment? Sorry. :P
 
#8
I previously owned the 350. It is a lot louder and you don't even have to crank it up. I would say one of the best combos I have ever owned but sold it to my friend because he needs it to do gigs. I also want to add that the 350 can hold its on. I am a loud drummer and I hit pretty hard and it was able to cut through with no problem and again, we didn't have to crank it up.
 
#13
I own a 350 combo. I'd recommend the detached head and 4X10 cab, as mentioned above. This is an underrated amp, especially on TB. I've used it at small gigs, it was fine. But doesn't hold up against loud drums and guitars. But as a practice amp and for small clubs or bars, yeah, it's good, lots of tone possibilities.
 
#16
I had a Fender BXR300c for a while. It was a really great amp, but big and heavy. I would take 1-2 small cabs and a micro head any day. I have an Ampeg Micro VR now and (2) Aguilar GS112 cabs.. Much easier to transport, but have to make two trips to the car.. The head goes in my gear bag always, even if I take my Ampeg V4b (or even when I had my SVT II- non pro...

You can find used micro heads (or a pf350) with one 210av cab for around $400 used... Then save for a second cab.

At the time I had the combo I was transporting with a 98 Gti and had to lug that combo into a basement... Kind of a pain...butto each their own!

The GK mb200 gets good reviews two and you can grab a cheaper GK 112, 210 or 115...

As for how much wattage you need, depends on you style, the guitarists style and your drummer... My Micro does great with a loud drummer and loud guitarist...
 
#18
I have the rumble 150 head and the matching 4x10. I use it mainly for rehearsal in a band with a live drumkit, a guitar player using a 60 watt combo and the singer and i trade off bass duties. When he can play the bass line for a song he does and then i play guitar. My guitar rig is a 4x12 with a 60 watt tube head.

The bass rig has no trouble keeping up with drums, vox, and 2 guitars playing classic rock like tom petty, aerosmith, skynard, 80s rock like journey and poison, new stuff like hoobastank and fuel.

The tone is good and the rig is easy to transport.

I bought it new on a whim because i needed a bass rig for this band and this rig was, 1 relatively cheap, 2 had pretty good tone, 3 was fairly easy to transport, 4 not nearly as ugly as the hartke rig next to it, 5 and lastly it was in stock.

I did 0 research and i might have done a little better if i had, but im pretty happy with it overall.
 
#20
Thanks, everyone, for the advice. I'm heavily considering going used now. Let's see...anything that costs around 800 dollars will go for around 500 or 499 used. Is there any good combo or head/cab unit that goes for 500 used?

Our church band has a loud guitarist, drummer, and bassist, as well as three singers. I'm wondering if they need a second bassist...I've seen it happen. :P

Also, I'm kind of confused about how the 350 will not hold up against loud guitarists and whatnot. There's a video on youtube (I forget where it is) that shows a bassist playing against 2 loud guitarists and a drummer and vocals during a gig, and he looks like he can hear himself. (Honestly, I can't hear the bass, but I chalk that up to bad audio from the camera.) There's been reports that the 350 is in fact NOT a practice amp, and is actually a full gigging amp.

Can anyone clear that up?

EDIT: I just found a bunch of fender bassman 250s on Ebay, with 2 tens. Should I get one of those instead? For me, volume is a big issue, and I'm just guessing here, but it looks like the rumble 350 has more volume than the bassman 250.
 

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