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Fender Rumble 40 or warwick bc80 which is better?
- Thread starter Pujan
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Hi, @Pujan, and welcome to Talkbass!
It would help a lot to know how you plan to use the amp, and what kind of tone you’re looking for. Most amps are pretty good these days, so there isn’t really any «good» or «bad» other than in relation to your specific needs.
It would help a lot to know how you plan to use the amp, and what kind of tone you’re looking for. Most amps are pretty good these days, so there isn’t really any «good» or «bad» other than in relation to your specific needs.
Good morning, thanks in advance for accepting me in this forumI'm starting in this bass world, and I don't know which of the two amps I should buy.
Fender Rumble 40 or warwick bc80 ...
I would like to know the opinion of who knows more.
Thank you
Hello,
Did you buy? What did you buy, Warwick or Fender? Please share your though and experiences. Maybe even sound samples.
I recently opened this thread:
Bass combo - help choose pls...
Many like Fender. But not 40 watts, bigger. I'd also look at Hartke kb12 or kb15...
Warwick BC80 video:
And thread where i found this video and discussion:
Hartke HD75 or Warwick BC80?
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I've had a BC80 for about a year now. It's extremely clean and pretty quiet, though I'll say that it does have a little hum from the power supply. In the rehearsal hall with unamplified reeds, brass and drums (sextet) it's not noticeable, but practising at home I hear some low level harmonics of the 60 Hz mains. It's definitely coming through in the power amp stage; turning down the volume has no effect whatever on the noise through the speaker, and the headphone output is clean.
Apart from that it's a very hi-fi little combo, much like plugging through a DI into a studio console. Any distortion / fuzz and that someone might want in their sound will need to come from effects units either in the signal chain before the input or inserted in the effects loop. OTOH this combo might be a good little option for someone who uses amp and cab modellers, as the combo itself contributes virtually no colouration.
One odd thing about the assembly is Warwick inexplicably put their plastic logo on the metal grill smack in front of the high frequency horn. I removed it from mine and put it back on the grill down near the bottom - not a big job as it was stuck on with some kind of silicon goop that I was able to cut away from behind the grill, then clean it up so you'd never know it had been there. I'm guessing the logo location was a case of a marketing decision overriding an engineering decision.
One last comment - the cabinet appears to be made of some form of mdf that strips out into a fine powder if you're not very careful putting screws back in. I managed okay, though had to filll one screw hole for one of the speaker grill screws so I could reinstall it. Plywood would have been nice, and no doubt would have saved some weight, too!
Apart from that it's a very hi-fi little combo, much like plugging through a DI into a studio console. Any distortion / fuzz and that someone might want in their sound will need to come from effects units either in the signal chain before the input or inserted in the effects loop. OTOH this combo might be a good little option for someone who uses amp and cab modellers, as the combo itself contributes virtually no colouration.
One odd thing about the assembly is Warwick inexplicably put their plastic logo on the metal grill smack in front of the high frequency horn. I removed it from mine and put it back on the grill down near the bottom - not a big job as it was stuck on with some kind of silicon goop that I was able to cut away from behind the grill, then clean it up so you'd never know it had been there. I'm guessing the logo location was a case of a marketing decision overriding an engineering decision.
One last comment - the cabinet appears to be made of some form of mdf that strips out into a fine powder if you're not very careful putting screws back in. I managed okay, though had to filll one screw hole for one of the speaker grill screws so I could reinstall it. Plywood would have been nice, and no doubt would have saved some weight, too!
