Hey, why not? No one's ever learned on a fretted violin in the hundreds of years they've been around.
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Hey, why not? No one's ever learned on a fretted violin in the hundreds of years they've been around.
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Smart question. Just bring the volume up slowly and listen for crackly noises from a corroded connection. It would hurt to turn the knobs and switches back and forth a few times with it unplugged before you power it up. If bass has a battery, get a fresh one in it first.
Noisy or crackly, or no output, first thing is to shut it off, verify the speaker connection if not a combo. If those look good, get 1/4 to 1/4" patch cable between the effects send and return and test. Of course you can skip this of there no loop on your ampThere's a switch in the loop that can cause noise or no output if it's not used, even if the amp is not stored.
If no output and the above does not help, double check all the settings and connections. Easy to miss something even if you had it working yesterday.
Awefully nice of you to give up what you love doing to help those in need!
Well, it's hard to play in my music room when folks are staying in there
.Oddly enough, I noticed after my BIL and his GF / Wife whatever left, my cable bad had been rummaged, and there was an instrument cable plugged between the acoustic / electric and my guitar amp... He tends to play to relieve stress. Honestly, I SHOULD....
It should be noted, we took no water into the house, just the garage, and that wasn't flood, that was wind driven rain bypassing the door seals...
I did have the Rumble disconnected and moved to the master And yes, it's a combo plus a cab.
Yes I need to take an updated pic, but the amp / cab are the same. A Rumble V3 500 combo + Rumble V3 210 cab.
You pretty much went over what I was thinking. Just run the knobs back and forth a few times, start at zero and walk up...
I've got a bit of time this weekend I think, to play. We are working with my sister in law, and father in law tonight, then tomorrow I have time. Sunday I am working with a friend / venue owner to start rebuilding the stage at the pavillion that got destroyed. The roof on the Pavillion is back up, but the stage still needs to be redone.
I would like to be a member as I'm about to purchase my 1st Fender Rumble tonight (in about 2 hours) but I'm torn between the 40 & 100.
I'm a newbie, teaching myself for the past 2 years. Sometimes I jam with a guitarist and I currently always jam in my apartment office bedroom with a connecting wall to one of my neighbors. My goal is to play in a local bar with a full fledged rock band on my 50th Bday (another 3 years).
My thinking is that the 40 would suit my current needs but not my future needs and I'm not even sure that the 100 will work as a bar gig amp. So I was considering saving the $100 for now and picking up the 40 then saving for something even better than the 100 for my 1st gig in October of 2020. Sound about right? I can afford the 40 now but the 100 would have to wait another 3-4 weeks. If it matters, I don't see a drummer entering the mix for another 2 years and my guitarist, who plays like David Gilmour (Read: Soft with mixes of intensity) uses a 20 watt practice amp.
At any rate, any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thank you kindly and I look forward to officially joining one way or another later tonight. Peace.
I'm a newbie, teaching myself for the past 2 years. Sometimes I jam with a guitarist and I currently always jam in my apartment office bedroom with a connecting wall to one of my neighbors. My goal is to play in a local bar with a full fledged rock band on my 50th Bday (another 3 years).
My thinking is that the 40 would suit my current needs but not my future needs and I'm not even sure that the 100 will work as a bar gig amp. So I was considering saving the $100 for now and picking up the 40 then saving for something even better than the 100 for my 1st gig in October of 2020. Sound about right? I can afford the 40 now but the 100 would have to wait another 3-4 weeks. If it matters, I don't see a drummer entering the mix for another 2 years and my guitarist, who plays like David Gilmour (Read: Soft with mixes of intensity) uses a 20 watt practice amp.
At any rate, any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thank you kindly and I look forward to officially joining one way or another later tonight. Peace.
A lot of guys here recommend the 40 over the 25, but I think the 25 is just fine for practice, and at $99, can't be beat. That way, you can put all that extra money towards a 200 or 500 combo later. If you want to do it all with this one transaction, I think I'd look for a used 200 or 500.
Replaced a Rumble 15 with a 40. 40 has some extra knobs extra buttons and features, xlr output, and the benefit of being louder. Also upgraded from earlier V to V3. Not sure what the upgrade from 15 to 25 is, (speaker size for one), but given a choice between 25 and 40, go with 40, between 40 and 100, not sure.
The 15 is a toy... The 25 sounds great and is louder than you could use at full volume in most apartment complexes. If you want extra knobs for OD and hi-mids (the 25 has a button for OD instead of an adjustable knob), then perhaps the 40 is the better choice, but if you are looking for a practice amp that is used at living room volumes and does that one thing well, I recommend the 25. I have one, and I twiddle with the EQ only slightly (say, if I want to cut out some boominess or add some treble). I have a Rumble 500 and a separate preamp that I can tweak all day when I'm playing at full volume, but I find that at practice volume, a single mid control is fine.
I've taken years off from time to time and my gear has always fired back up as though it had been played yesterday.
My advice, get the 40. I had one and they sound great. The volume is obviously more than you need for apartment practicing. But it should also do you fine to jam with a guitarist. Once you start playing with a drummer you will need more, but at that time you will soon need more than the 100 anyway. So it would just end up being a waste since it is in between practice and gig size. Go for the 40, then in a couple of years see where you are and what you want then.
hi, i'm new here (and sorry for my english). I'm gong to buy a fender rumble 100 or 500. For practice end i hope for some live. I'd like to buy a rumble 500 but for practice i usually play in the night with low volume and i hate any kind of noise like fun, then i'm thinking about the rumble 100 (it is the biggest rumble without fun).
But to be sure...is the rumble 500 fun always on or at low volume it is completely off?
PS: no, i can't bought both!!! ahahahahah
But to be sure...is the rumble 500 fun always on or at low volume it is completely off?
PS: no, i can't bought both!!! ahahahahah
If you're ok with practicing at home on headphones, get the 500. If not, even the 100 may be too much for home practice
Hi, thanks for answering.. i hate headphones more than funs
Why is the 100 too much for home practice?
I practice with the 500, both during the day (at higher volume) and at night (at very low volume). The 500 is actually very quiet. Yes, you can hear the fan.... after a while, when you're not playing the bass. But once you start playing, even at low volume, you don't notice the fan at all. The average desktop PC fan is much noisier, IMO.
I was also considering the 100, initially, but decided to get the 500 because I have a band and we rehearse at my home (I'm the drummer, though), and I eventually might play bass live. I wanted to get something that would work for 20 years (or more) in different scenarios. I might eventually get a complementary 210 cab, mostly for looks
but I'm quite happy with the 500.
For home practice you don't really need much. Even a 15 watt amp could do. I have a 10 watt (6.5" speaker) Peavey MAX 126 in my living room, and I can practice with it while my kids are watching TV and it doesn't really disturb anyone at low volume.
The relationship between wattage and perceived loudness is not linear, so it's not like the 500 is five times louder than the 100. It would take roughly ten times more power from an amp to be perceived as twice as loud. Moreover, the 500 combo without an external speaker only delivers 350 watts, so the 500 is maybe only 5db louder than the 100. This means that for practice and small venues, the 100 works probably just as good as the 500. The advantage of the 500 is that it does has a bit more power and you can add an external speaker to get the full 500 watts, in case you ever need it.
your right but i love the sound of the bass and all the little amp sounds orrible. Practice is 99% of my playing bass and it deserves the the best i can afford
It's a great choice, and plenty for many uses.
Welcome to TalkBass and the Fender Rumble Club @BioFringe. You have things well thought out. Just grab the Rumble 40 for now as you will always need a great personal practice combo no matter what you choose for a gig rig in the future.
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Greetings @sekk_sekk, and welcome to TalkBass and the Fender Rumble Club. You have certainly come to the right place. The Rumble 100 is an excellent choice for an all around bass combo amp. It is small and light enough for personal practice, yet will easily be enough for jam sessions with friends and parties, small pub & coffee house gigs. What country are you from? We are an international club with many members from all over the world.Practice is 99% of my playing bass and it deserves the the best i can afford
When I 1st started playing, I was as poor as a church mouse and my amps were usually odds and ends that could barely keep up. I personally would not gig in a bar or otherwise with less than a Rumble 200 or better yet a Rumble 500. (jmho)
