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Fender Rumble Club

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I've seen a lot of love here for the Rumble v3 115 cab as an extension with the 500 combo, but how is the cab on its own? I'm looking to pair it with an LM2, and my frame of reference is a previous rig with an SWR SM400 and an original Goliath 410. Am I likely to be disappointed with just the 115? Thanks, CS
 
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Chris S. said:
I've seen a lot of love here for the Rumble v3 115 cab as an extension with the 500 combo, but how is the cab on its own? I'm looking to pair it with an LM2, and my frame of reference is a previous rig with an SWR SM400 and an original Goliath 410. Am I likely to be disappointed with just the 115? Thanks, CS
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Here ya go Chris, a review in Bass Gear Magazine written by Tom Bowlus
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Also several TB'ers have purchased a pair of Rumble 115's. One for use under his Tone Hammer 500, and another under his GK MB-500. They love them.
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/ncd.1115079/
 
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Cool, thx. There's one on FleaBay right now with a BIN price of $249, and a "Make Offer" button. If I can get it at a good enough discount, I'll pull the trigger later this week. And then I'll let you know when I have it in my hot little mitts so you can add me to the club. ;-)
 
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Looking to grab a Rumble 500 separate head - but what is the difference ..really..between the Bassman Pro cabs and the Rumble cabs?
Looking at getting a 410 but with such a price difference between these 2 cabs..is the Rumble just "budget" or is the Pro series just that much better? ( like the old Nemesis vs Eden )
 
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Slaine01 said:
Looking to grab a Rumble 500 separate head - but what is the difference ..really..between the Bassman Pro cabs and the Rumble cabs?
Looking at getting a 410 but with such a price difference between these 2 cabs..is the Rumble just "budget" or is the Pro series just that much better? ( like the old Nemesis vs Eden )
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The biggest difference is that the Bassman Pro line are all loaded with custom designed Eminence Neo woofers made in Eminence Kentucky USA and that's a major expense vs Rumble cabs. The newly custom designed made in China Eminence ceramic magnet driven woofers in the V3 Rumble cabs are excellent by all accounts. A big + is that Rumble cabs have cups for the Rumble heads feet to sit in and a magnetic attachment that keeps the lightweight heads secure so they don't vibrate off the cab.
 
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Slaine01 said:
Looking to grab a Rumble 500 separate head - but what is the difference ..really..between the Bassman Pro cabs and the Rumble cabs?
Looking at getting a 410 but with such a price difference between these 2 cabs..is the Rumble just "budget" or is the Pro series just that much better? ( like the old Nemesis vs Eden )
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The Rumble cabs have a different response, and less punch at high levels. Tonewise, it comes down to what you prefer.

Durability and overload limits are the area where there's the biggest objective difference. The Bassman Pro cabs translate some of the weight loss from the Neo drivers into more robust construction. The Neo drivers also have better motors (voice coil size, magnet strength, etc.) so they sound more controlled, and stand up better to being driven hard.

The Rumble cabs were designed to work with the Rumble heads, which have an aggressive limiter to protect the matching cabs from overload.

My pro gear (G-K MB800 and AudioKinesis cab) is much less forgiving. The G-K head has a defeatable limiter, almost no high-passing, and over 1,000 watts peak output. The single 12 in my cab has almost double the RMS power rating of a Rumble 115 and far more headroom below 100Hz, yet I have to be careful if I don't want to rattle the voice coil against the back of the magnet. If I were to do that very often, I would soon be shopping for a replacement driver.

The Rumble cabs are a great fit with their intended audience- weekend warriors who generally have to carry their own gear, and have a limited budget. Durability isn't as much of an issue when you carefully load your own gear, vs having it hand-bombed into a truck by an assortment of roadies. And when you use them with a head that's comfortably below their maximum power rating, the drivers should last indefinitely.
 
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Steve,

I just wanted to let you know that I greatly appreciate your thoughtful and reasoned responses on this thread (as well as your contributions to the AudioKinesis thread). When I was gigging frequently I used various ThunderChild cabinets and loved them. Now that I'm semi-retired I picked up some Rumble gear as part of a nostalgia trip (along with my Fender Jazz Basses). The Rumble gear looks great, sounds good, and is an excellent value.

Back to our regularly scheduled program...

Bob
 
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I got a new one yesterday, a Rumble 40. Whát an amp. Opened a separate thread for it already, but here it is:
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My Rumble 500 just arrived today; it sounds nice. It's weird how light this thing is. I'll have a chance to try it onstage with a band tomorrow night at a small/med pub with a decent sound system. I'm sure it will keep up since a Hartke Kickback 12 was able to do the job (vol cranked with the bass turned down to 9:00).
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Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, Max Headroom! You are member #284 :hyper:
You'll have 'em dancing in the parking lot with no pa support needed! ;)

:laugh: Rumbles Rock! :smug:
 
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I got to use my new Rumble 500 combo last night at an open mic/jam. We're the house band/hosts and back up other musicians as well as provide the gear for others to use. We had drums, bass, keys, and guitar as well as a sax player and acoustic guitarists/singers play with us. It's a small/med pub that has QSC K12's for mains and a QSC K-Sub too. I was really impressed with this amp. The percussive punchiness of the notes on the higher strings were really defined. The lower notes on the E string were crazy deep. The whole stage was vibrating every time a bomb was dropped - I felt like Phil Lesh:). The QSC sub is on the stage and at the end of the night, the guitar player assumed that I was DI'ed into the PA because of how all of us and everything on the stage was vibrating. When I told him it was the amp alone with no DI into the PA, I had him pick it up to feel how light it is. It's so shocking how light this is.

I kept the gain at 1:00, the vintage button engaged, the bass, low mid, and treble at 12:00, and the high mid at 1:30. Tweeter on. Master was on 9:30 and that was really loud. I play a POS p-bass that cost less $ than my shoes and had the tone knob around 50% and the volume knob cranked.

I hope it holds up over the years. It seems fragile, but that may be because of its light weight. The black "Tolex" covering seems pretty thin too. I think I will buy a cover to protect it from dings taking it in and out of the car and stuff.
 
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