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Fender Rumble Club

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honeyiscool said:
You sold me. I'll just "save up" (i.e. not spend money on dumb things for a week) for the 40 instead.

I just recently got myself a Vox AC4C1-12 for a practice guitar amp and replaced my Peavey Envoy. However, as good as it is a guitar amp, it is a terrible bass amp, whereas the Envoy was passable for bass, so I need something to sit in my living room and not look ugly next to the Vox, which is a beautiful amplifier.

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I have this weakness for cute little amps. I once bought a bunch of the 9v battery operated mini-amps. :roflmao:
 
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tehuti said:
I am interested in the New Rumble 500, so I would be interested to hear how they are from people who have them already.
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Just start reading back through the pages here. Plenty of rave reviews and totally positive gig reports. Many have the Rumble 500 combo on top of a Rumble 115 cab. A couple have it on top of the Rumble 410 cab. Plus it's freakin' fantastic all on it's own! :thumbsup: And of course there is the Rumble 500 head + Rumble 410 and/or 115 cabs. It's all in what you want.
 
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Wow! I just traded a Peavy cirrus 4 BXP bass in to buy an amp, I got $475 for it, and thought the best I would do would get a 200 watt amp (GK or a TC, or Fender) for the price, or at worst something used! I looked around and picked up a few amps (light weight was a must), when I got to the Rumble I was rather shocked!
The GC rep, ended up let me out the door with a 500 for $499 even. Played it at church yesterday and was amazed at the authority this amp has for a combo and at this price!
Glad to read that others share this opinion!
 
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CM63 said:
Wow! I just traded a Peavy cirrus 4 BXP bass in to buy an amp, I got $475 for it, and thought the best I would do would get a 200 watt amp (GK or a TC, or Fender) for the price, or at worst something used! I looked around and picked up a few amps (light weight was a must), when I got to the Rumble I was rather shocked!
The GC rep, ended up let me out the door with a 500 for $499 even. Played it at church yesterday and was amazed at the authority this amp has for a combo and at this price!
Glad to read that others share this opinion!
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:woot: WOOT! :woot: Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, CM63! You are member #245 :hyper:

:D Rumbles Rule! :roflmao:
 
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Briefly got a chance to compare the Rumble 200 to the new Ampeg BA115--only had a few minutes with them but my initial impressions:
I thought the Ampeg was much more "plug and play"--I set the knobs flat, and it sounded good that way--with the Fender's extra EQ options I found it kind of hard to dial in (the flat settings weren't to my liking)--and I'm a simpler is better type--my friend who has played bass for many years popped in and said he has trouble with multiple midrange controls too. I also felt the "Scrambler" was more natural sounding on the Ampeg and could seamlessly be blended into the sound, where as the Fender overdrive sounded more like an effect. I also had a few minutes with the Rumble 500, but the equivalent Ampeg wasn't there to compare. Do any of you owners find that the Rumble's are a bit "fiddley"? Wanted to love the Fender but not so sure yet. Any suggestions for settings for when I do a more serious audition? I'm using a P-Bass--old school Blues--keeping it simple! Thanks
 
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Just got my rumble 500, I traded my tc bg250 in on it. WOW!

Even though I love the tone print and tuner on the tc, it just wasn't loud enough, sounded really dark and not open, kinda boxy. (I also own a tc bh250 head that I use with a euphoric audio cabinet and it's great)

I bought a rumble 100-112, a couple of months ago, and I love it. So, I figured the 500 would be the answer.
It is... It's a great sounding amp with a lot of tone flexibility. It handles the low B string effortlessly with tons of headroom. No gimmicks, just good tone.

I'm think of buying some 8 ohm neo 10"s and dropping the load to 4 ohms to get the full 500 watts and lose about 5 or 6 pounds in weight of the amp. Has anybody tried this?
 
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laklandplayer said:
Just got my rumble 500, I traded my tc bg250 in on it. WOW!

Even though I love the tone print and tuner on the tc, it just wasn't loud enough, sounded really dark and not open, kinda boxy. (I also own a tc bh250 head that I use with a euphoric audio cabinet and it's great)

I bought a rumble 100-112, a couple of months ago, and I love it. So, I figured the 500 would be the answer.
It is... It's a great sounding amp with a lot of tone flexibility. It handles the low B string effortlessly with tons of headroom. No gimmicks, just good tone.

I'm think of buying some 8 ohm neo 10"s and dropping the load to 4 ohms to get the full 500 watts and lose about 5 or 6 pounds in weight of the amp. Has anybody tried this?
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Way to go, laklandplayer (member #148)! Sounds like a great upgrade. I like the sound of Eminence Neo's myself, and they're a good bit more effecient than ceramics. Don't forget properly line your box while you're in there.
 
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Ceramic speakers can be quite light. Most of the cheap 10" speakers out there are probably not much more than 4.5 pounds or so. I don't think you'll save that much weight by going neo, but you can certainly increase in sensitivity. If you use some of the high end high powered neodymium speakers like Kappalite, you'll probably increase a bit in weight. But the volume increase would be pretty significant.
 

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