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Welcome Rumbler #938! That rig will do it all, but mo Rumble is better. Rumble on!
Hey, @Linnin!
When does Fender usually announce additions to their lines?
Is that at NAMM in January?
I was in the store again yesterday looking at the Rumbles. I like the 115 cab, but really like the footprint of the Rumble 200/500 combos.
Do you think they'll ever make the 115 extension cab in the same dimensions as the Rumble 200?
They're both 15s after all.
When does Fender usually announce additions to their lines?
Is that at NAMM in January?
I was in the store again yesterday looking at the Rumbles. I like the 115 cab, but really like the footprint of the Rumble 200/500 combos.
Do you think they'll ever make the 115 extension cab in the same dimensions as the Rumble 200?
They're both 15s after all.
Yes, Winter NAMM is the BIG show and the usual time for new releases. Never underestimate Fender and what innovation(s) they may bring forward. Normally I would downplay the possibility of a new Rumble 115 matching the combos, but in light of the new Stage 800 a Stage 115 isn't out of the question. Will a Stage 400 1x15 combo make it's debut? With matching Stage 115?
I like my Rumble 500C so much, I stopped using my Sansamp driver through it (I only got that for studio use anyway, and since that studio is now defunct, I don't need it anymore anyway.)
Going through the Rumble preamp, I have much more control over the sound, since plugging into the effects return leaves the amp running full volume.
What I do is hit the Vintage button, then set the gain knob, until it sounds like its gonna distort, then back off just a tad. Usually that leaves the gain at around 11 o'clock. I run the pickups on the Jazz bass full on, then use the master to control overall volume. Works great, and if I add the 1X15 extension cab, it's a monster. Honestly, I've never played a gig where I needed the extension cab to hang in with the band.
I've even got the overdrive set, where I can use it if I want to.
Going through the Rumble preamp, I have much more control over the sound, since plugging into the effects return leaves the amp running full volume.
What I do is hit the Vintage button, then set the gain knob, until it sounds like its gonna distort, then back off just a tad. Usually that leaves the gain at around 11 o'clock. I run the pickups on the Jazz bass full on, then use the master to control overall volume. Works great, and if I add the 1X15 extension cab, it's a monster. Honestly, I've never played a gig where I needed the extension cab to hang in with the band.
I've even got the overdrive set, where I can use it if I want to.
It sure is! From there on out, I can tweak the EQ anyway I want to, but usually I can just leave everything at 12 o'clock.
Hard to imagine that, at first, the only Rumble V3 extension cabs available were the 115 and the 410. And almost everyone fretting about mixing the 115 with the 210 500c. The only objection to the 115 with the 200c was the OCD of different sized cabs. And a few Rumblers used the Rumble 410, but not as many as the Bassman owners, it seemed.
It was a couple years, IIRC, before the 210 and 112 cabs came along, matching the 200c and 500c footprint. And, of course, the 210, became the instantly anointed companion to the 500c with matching 10s. In hindsight the 112 was obviously destined to be the "odd man out" with no exact matching combo.
Meanwhile, the whole time, the 200 and 500 head owners used whatever cabs they wanted without much hand wringing, that I recall.
Now, for the last couple years, we've had different color special run combos and/or cabs. But good luck getting both the combo and cab you want in the special color you want! And, latest, the new Stage & Studio come only in still another special color that no cabs exactly match!
Yes, it's been an exciting and, sometimes, somewhat frustrating Rumble life since 2014. What else could possibly come along to help, or hinder, the pursuit of happiness that we all have the inalienable right to?
It was a couple years, IIRC, before the 210 and 112 cabs came along, matching the 200c and 500c footprint. And, of course, the 210, became the instantly anointed companion to the 500c with matching 10s. In hindsight the 112 was obviously destined to be the "odd man out" with no exact matching combo.
Meanwhile, the whole time, the 200 and 500 head owners used whatever cabs they wanted without much hand wringing, that I recall.
Now, for the last couple years, we've had different color special run combos and/or cabs. But good luck getting both the combo and cab you want in the special color you want! And, latest, the new Stage & Studio come only in still another special color that no cabs exactly match!
Yes, it's been an exciting and, sometimes, somewhat frustrating Rumble life since 2014. What else could possibly come along to help, or hinder, the pursuit of happiness that we all have the inalienable right to?
It was the very next year at Winter NAMM 2015. They had already been designed along with all the other V3 Rumbles, but production capacity (or the lack thereof) was the deciding factor. It took a full year and a half along with two $50 price hikes to finally get supply to meet demand. It's a fine but frustrating problem when the worlds bass players want more amps than you can make.
Supply & Demand = The Invisible Hand. {Read Adam Smith}
Mo' Rumbles Is Mo' Betta, Baby!
I love my RumbleIt was the very next year at Winter NAMM 2015. They had already been designed along with all the other V3 Rumbles, but production capacity (or the lack thereof) was the deciding factor. It took a full year and a half along with two $50 price hikes to finally get supply to meet demand. It's a fine but frustrating problem when the worlds bass players want more amps than you can make.
Supply & Demand = The Invisible Hand. {Read Adam Smith}
Mo' Rumbles Is Mo' Betta, Baby!
Here's a neat thought.
Fender has a build your own bass thing now. Well how about a customize your Rumble/Bassman thing too? It'd pretty much only be for colour choices but so is the build a bass thing too. That way someone could have a Stage 800 + 115 in cream if they wanted, or a blacked out Rumble 200 head and 2x 115 blacked out cabs, or whatever else.
How much could could it really add? And seeing as Fender could sell them themselves for the same price as retail, if not a little extra for the customization without having to split any profits between a retail store they'd surely make enough to warrant the idea. They could have large shipments brought in from Indonesia to their American factory and distribute through any number of carriers or set up a deal with DHL to distribute straight from Indonesia.
There's No Love Like Rumble Love!I love my Rumble
And now for word replacement therapy … Rumble Love!
I grew up on 15’s just my preference! Fat and Juicy
Agreed! I can cut lows from 15s (if necessary) but I can't add the"fat and juicy to 10s(IME)I grew up on 15’s just my preference! Fat and Juicy
That's a positively astute observation. While it is often said that you can remove highs, but not add them in if they aren't there to begin with, 10" drivers do have their limitations. You can't add fat 'n' juicy to a skinny mini. I'm having this very same conversation on flatwounds & reggae vs cheese cutters over on the strings forum. If you want to sound fat, your bass; strings, and amp need to be fat. I turned on my Studio 40 this morning. What should appear, but preset #21 Fat Bassman, mocking me yet again. Unlike Alexa this morning, "Wake Up Fatso!" …
That's a positively astute observation. While it is often said that you can remove highs, but not add them in if they aren't there to begin with, 10" drivers do have their limitations. You can't add fat 'n' juicy to a skinny mini. I'm having this very same conversation on flatwounds & reggae vs cheese cutters over on the strings forum. If you want to sound fat, your bass; strings, and amp need to be fat. I turned on my Studio 40 this morning. What should appear, but preset #21 Fat Bassman, mocking me yet again. Unlike Alexa this morning, "Wake Up Fatso!" …
Both can have the high freq compression driver as well. So that's nice.
Oh No, they're not! Those damn things are annoying as hell. Thank Heaven for the 'Fat'n'Juciy' Vintage voicing button.
