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Gotcha ya Bastard!!!!!
I'm in. Rumble 500. Numero por favor!
I'm in. Rumble 500. Numero por favor!
WOOT! Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, Smoove-Groove! You are member #262 
Rumble On!
You are quite welcome, Smoove-Groove. We of the Fender Rumble Club share your joy this day.
Head and cab, if you're like me and playing in several bands. I have three different cabs and I am only carrying the head between the rehealsal places. When gigging, I just choose the cap or combination that's good for the job. I have 112, 115 and 410, all Rumbles. The most convenient solution for me.
I've always been drawn to boutique cabs, so I could never afford to replicate my stack and leave cabs all over town.
Still, it's a great way to minimize cartage. Come to think of it, at Rumble prices, that would actually be pretty doable. Might have to go audition a few...
just bought a new rumble v3 200 @ GC. had trade inns. got a great deal and had a 15% coupon to boot. to me this is the perfect amp. full rich fender tone. tried Peavey Mac, still had that Peavey squawk. fender even has a built in fan just to keep things cool. any bogger gogs and i'll plug in a second cab or go direct. to me its the perfect all around amp and ar 34 lbs you can lust throw it in the car and go. couldnt ask for more. thanks Fender, glad I waited!
Glad to hear it, wkski!
Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club. You are member #263 
Rumbles Rule! 
They sure are, mrnylon (#131)! I looked back and found that eudiamonia (#99) of Germany was the very first Rumble Club member to have the new V3 Rumble. In his case he started at the top with a Rumble 500 head and Rumble 115 cabinet. That was on March 1st, 2014 on page 20. Here we are just 7 months later and on page 120 and 163 new members! The vast majority of which are proud owners of new version 3 Fender RumblesAnd the member #'s just keep on climbinggggg!
Rumbles Rule! 
We I recently bought a Rumble 100 v3 and had mixed results. I play a Fender P and an NS Desighns NXT EUB in a bluegrass band. Am transitioning to the EUB as it works better with the genre.
So I wanted to try a Rumble, looking for a small, lightweight amp to gig with. Mostly small clubs with a little FOH so I did not need a ton of power. I found the 100 had a pretty good tone with my P, a little punchier than I like but not bad. Sounded good at home with my NXT. But I tried it at a gig this week, corporate type event, outside, we were on a covered raised walkway a little removed from the audience. I raised the combo to clear planters on the edge and ran through the FOH. My P sounded good, plenty of volume, especially for such a small package. But when I tried to get some volume out of the NXT I really could not. The volume difference between the two was just huge. I was running the NXT through an Eden WTDI preamp but not the P. In order to get any volume out of the NXT I raised the gain on the preamp to 2:00, the master on the pre to nearly max, the gain on the Rumble to 2:00 and the master on the Rumble to 3:00. of course this was a terrible setting and the Rumble started farting. After three songs I switched to the P and lowered the gain and volume way down. I tried it after the gig with a Fishman pre thinking that was the issue but had the same results.
So I went to bed thinking that maybe my pickup on my six month old NXT was bad
Yesterday I set up the NXT and the Rumble and added one piece of my signal chain at a time and it sounded ok. I checked all my pretty new cords, etc. Tried it with my P, also ok. Of course, this was at inside the living room volume. I was almost thinking about trying it again at another gig last night (outside again at the farmers' market with some FOH).
Then I set up my old rig, a fender Rumble 150 v2 head into a 1-15 cab with a heavy duty Dayton Pro Audio 400 w driver, running only 75 watts at 8 ohms. Immediately it was clear, the Dayton speaker is very efficient and has a really full bottom end which the NXT really needs (IMHO). Played at the farmers' market with the old rig and was happy as a clam. I sounded good, the whole bluegrass trio sounded and played great and we had a great night. Played the NXT the whole two hours and never wanted to switch. So my gas is now officially gone (for at least awhile).
So on paper the new Rumble should have been great, smaller, lighter, slightly more power and with a better ! sounding Eminence driver. But at gig volume, it just did not work with the NXT. It appears to be the ceramic driver, don't know for certain.
Many others have reported favorably on the v3 Rumbles. This kinda highlights how the NXT is a unique animal and needs to be treated as such. So unfortunatley I will return the new Rumble and go back to my old one.
So I wanted to try a Rumble, looking for a small, lightweight amp to gig with. Mostly small clubs with a little FOH so I did not need a ton of power. I found the 100 had a pretty good tone with my P, a little punchier than I like but not bad. Sounded good at home with my NXT. But I tried it at a gig this week, corporate type event, outside, we were on a covered raised walkway a little removed from the audience. I raised the combo to clear planters on the edge and ran through the FOH. My P sounded good, plenty of volume, especially for such a small package. But when I tried to get some volume out of the NXT I really could not. The volume difference between the two was just huge. I was running the NXT through an Eden WTDI preamp but not the P. In order to get any volume out of the NXT I raised the gain on the preamp to 2:00, the master on the pre to nearly max, the gain on the Rumble to 2:00 and the master on the Rumble to 3:00. of course this was a terrible setting and the Rumble started farting. After three songs I switched to the P and lowered the gain and volume way down. I tried it after the gig with a Fishman pre thinking that was the issue but had the same results.
So I went to bed thinking that maybe my pickup on my six month old NXT was bad
Yesterday I set up the NXT and the Rumble and added one piece of my signal chain at a time and it sounded ok. I checked all my pretty new cords, etc. Tried it with my P, also ok. Of course, this was at inside the living room volume. I was almost thinking about trying it again at another gig last night (outside again at the farmers' market with some FOH).
Then I set up my old rig, a fender Rumble 150 v2 head into a 1-15 cab with a heavy duty Dayton Pro Audio 400 w driver, running only 75 watts at 8 ohms. Immediately it was clear, the Dayton speaker is very efficient and has a really full bottom end which the NXT really needs (IMHO). Played at the farmers' market with the old rig and was happy as a clam. I sounded good, the whole bluegrass trio sounded and played great and we had a great night. Played the NXT the whole two hours and never wanted to switch. So my gas is now officially gone (for at least awhile).
So on paper the new Rumble should have been great, smaller, lighter, slightly more power and with a better ! sounding Eminence driver. But at gig volume, it just did not work with the NXT. It appears to be the ceramic driver, don't know for certain.
Many others have reported favorably on the v3 Rumbles. This kinda highlights how the NXT is a unique animal and needs to be treated as such. So unfortunatley I will return the new Rumble and go back to my old one.
I'm considering both the 200 and 500 v3 Rumbles. Either will cover my need power wise. I'm after an old-school tubey sound--will likely use the vintage mode exclusively, tweeter off. For those who have tried or own both, which will get me more into that 60's Fender deep bass sound? Does the 15" have more bottom, or the 2x10" with more speaker surface? Thanks
So once again my v3 combo and 1x15 cab perform flawlessly and it took no prisoners. Packed bar 150+ patrons. Great EV foh pa. I played my Pbass with flats, just a warm luscious tone. gain and vol. @ 1030 and eq flat. Tons of compliments 
Let me bump this up for ya, stringmaster54. I've not A/B'd the Rumble 200 and 500 combos. Any tonal differences are going to be minor if not miniscule due to the identical front end and cabinet. Tens go just as deep as fifteens. So take your pick as you can't go wrong.
Rumble On! 
