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Fender Rumble Club

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richbassboy said:
Interesting the sound guy i played at friday loves the xlr out on the rumble.. really had a lot of compliments on it..
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Because there is a Speaker Cab Simulator after the preamp and before the XLR Output

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I use my Zoom B3 DI which I use at every gig but not the Rumble.

Reason being is we use our own PA and I can swap between the Rumble and my Genz rig to suit venue size.I can also EQ my on stage sound all I want without affecting the FOH.
 
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steve_rolfeca said:
1. Studio style cans are usually a difficult load, and require more gain than consumer earbuds. Try an external headphone amp.
2. The amp is driving a bass cab which needs a huge amount of EQ compensation. The headphones are more like plugging your bass amp into a pair of recording monitors, so you need different EQ. The volume drops because the big cans need more power, nothing to do with safety.
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Just as a follow up, I played a bit more with the eq on the rumble. I have a better, consistent mix now. The settings I settled on are about (all in terms of o'clock) 5-3-12-2. This seems to give a fairly consistent tone whether running through the amp speaker or headphones. I still have to turn up a little when plugging in the phones but I don't radically change tones now. I plan on getting a sansamp for use at the church. I think I read somewhere that I can plug it into the effects return on the rumble and run it that way to bypass the rumble's eq entirely. Anyone tried this?
 
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bassplayer65 said:
Luds ....... I'm now looking for a v3 200 ......nothing over here in Espana .... got on the 'GEAR 4 MUSIC' site (UK) ......if I wanted, could get a 200 & or 500 straight away .....shipped out the lot !!!!!
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Damn I should have done something like that, at least I could of had it by now!
(That's what you get for shopping locally)
I'm still using the shop demo model they've lent me indefinitely, a combo 200. Plus my interest free loan for the cab,VM p bass and a few other bits doesn't start till I have received all the goods.
 
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68Luds said:
Damn I should have done something like that, at least I could of had it by now!
(That's what you get for shopping locally)
I'm still using the shop demo model they've lent me indefinitely, a combo 200. Plus my interest free loan for the cab,VM p bass and a few other bits doesn't start till I have received all the goods.
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68Luds, the UK is bound to have her own Fender Europe Representative, and your local music store that you are dealing with should know, and have a name and phone number to go with it. Call that person and somehow a new Fender Rumble 500 needs to be delivered to you right away.
 
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crust_cheese said:
I think what we can gather from this is that whilst the XLR output works, you shouldn't fiddle around with your EQ after the sound guy is done mixing, otherwise you'll possibly have bad surprises and an angry sound guy.
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EQ and tone are not the primary concern with this setup.

The XLR line out is tapped off the power amp output, after the master volume control. If you make even a relatively minor adjustment to your stage volume, you risk clipping the bass channel on the board, and/or blowing up everyone else's monitor mix.

Not a great way to make friends and influence people. The only way to use this in a professional manner, is to negotiate a volume balance with the FOH guy during sound check, and then keep your hands off the amp for the rest of the gig. This is a pain in the neck, especially if you're playing with relatively green musicians.

That's the part of the Rumble's XLR out that's strictly amateur hour. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other DI out, pre or post, that has this fault. With a normal DI output, you can tweak your stage levels within reason without incurring the wrath of the FOH guy, the monitor mix engineer, or the rest of the band.

The frustrating thing is that Fender could have easily made a speaker simulated output that was ahead of the master volume, where it belongs. As it is, the XLR out is much more suited to tasks like home recording, where you tend to set the output level and forget it.
 
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Linnin said:
68Luds, the UK is bound to have her own Fender Europe Representative, and your local music store that you are dealing with should know, and have a name and phone number to go with it. Call that person and somehow a new Fender Rumble 500 needs to be delivered to you right away.
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Yeah I know, I rang them yesterday and the manager is taking it up. He said I will have an amp by Wednesday or my money back. If it's the later, I'll buy one on line from somewhere else. I like to shop local, so if you have a problem you can take it back in and not have to ship back or have it collected. Plus you can talk to someone face to face.
 
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68Luds said:
Yeah I know, I rang them yesterday and the manager is taking it up. He said I will have an amp by Wednesday or my money back. If it's the later, I'll buy one on line from somewhere else. I like to shop local, so if you have a problem you can take it back in and not have to ship back or have it collected. Plus you can talk to someone face to face.
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I'm pleased about that Luds ....don't forget the supplier I mentiond in an earlier thread .......p.s I'm not on commision, in fact, all I know, is they are in the UK. .......good luck
 

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