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Fender Rumble Club

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For use of modulation effects like chorus or flanger with the amps od, the effects loop comes in handy. May require some pedal board re patching or reconfiguring, but worth it to sound right. Most bass amps use parallel loops with a blend control, where the rumbles have serial loops, which guitar players prefer (many have amps with parallel loops converted to serial, a common boogie mod). Serial loops are simpler, just control your depth on the pedal as you would if it was in front.

Parallel loops with blend controls are handy 2nd input channels for plugging in keyboards, electric drums or even a vocal mixer on those really quiet gigs where the amp's unused headroom can be put to use as a small Pa. I shared my wm10 combo with a coworkers electric drums at a few office parties, but that is an extremely low volume example, and not one that would come up often, but if you double on keys, a small mixer going into the effects return beats having to carry a separate keyboard amp or trust a house engineers mix of multiple keyboards in your geddy lee tribute rig. This coming from a former house engineer
 
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CABINETS,

Why come no combo matching cabs?

The rumble 200 v3 combo cab has a nice tight low end, fender should make a 115 cab in the same spec and dimension as the combo, rather than leave us with a 115 that was matched to the 410, as the only matching option. I'm sure rumble 500 owners would agree on a matching 210 as well.

Or did I miss something?

While I am not a fan of 215 rigs, or a proponent of "matching speaker sizes only", having a 15 ONTOP of 10's is not my thing either, and keeping the rumbles compact footprint would be ideal with a matching cab, my guess is the combo uses around a 150w rated driver, so cost and weight could be less than the full size 115 too.

Opine?
 
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ubernator said:
my guess is the combo uses around a 150w rated driver, so cost and weight could be less than the full size 115 too.
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Your guess is incorrect, ubernator, both the Rumble 200 combo and the Rumble 115 cab use the exact same 15" Eminence woofer and also the same tweeter. I have posted a series of 'Rumble Talks' throughout this thread. One of which deals with the various Rumble drivers.
 
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Hard to find in tHis Thread, page numbers? Driver aside, it still would be nice to have a dimensionally matched box available as combo extensions, the way swr used to do it with the workingman's series pre fender, and the mesa cabs for the walkabout combos etc.

I could not find specs for the rumble driver anywhere, would like to see them.
 
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RadioRob said:
I have 2. The combo Rumble 100, I got on a deal with a Squire on CL.
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Love your set-up, I'm thinking about getting the exact same combination.

What advice or good attributes about that set-up could you share?

Besides it obviously being good for practice, what (in your opinion) could be the biggest venue you could use it in, and how well does it punch through a blaring guitarist or extremely loud drummer.

Thanks....
 
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ubernator said:
While I am not a fan of 215 rigs, or a proponent of "matching speaker sizes only", having a 15 ONTOP of 10's is not my thing either, and keeping the rumbles compact footprint would be ideal with a matching cab, my guess is the combo uses around a 150w rated driver, so cost and weight could be less than the full size 115 too.

Opine?
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Yeah, I feel you on this a little. If there were an exact footprint match 210 extension for the 500w combo, I'd probably have thought about that route (but ultimately stayed with the head/cab setup). I would posit the vast majority of combo owners don't run extension cabs, though. The reality is the Rumble line has a LOT of options, and it wouldn't make a lot of business sense to cater to every possible combination scenario for each combo. The Walkabout Scout is the only combo Mesa has. It and the Scout Radiator extension are the entire Walkabout line.
 
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Today's Rumble Talk puts the spotlight on getting links to past Rumble Talks in one place and presented in some kind of logical order.

Fender Rumble History

[URL="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-rumble-club-thread-being-fixed-due-to-admin-error.1118826/page-108#post-16420357"]Fender Rumble V3 Power Amp Update[/URL]

[URL="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-rumble-club-thread-being-fixed-due-to-admin-error.1118826/page-110#post-16424876"]Fender Rumble Woofer Talk[/URL]

[URL="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-rumble-club-thread-being-fixed-due-to-admin-error.1118826/page-92#post-16355147"]Fender Rumble Delta-Comp Limiter[/URL]

[URL="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-rumble-club-thread-being-fixed-due-to-admin-error.1118826/page-93#post-16358271"]Fender Rumble New Vintage Voicing And OverDrive[/URL]
 
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Linnin said:
Your guess is incorrect, ubernator, both the Rumble 200 combo and the Rumble 115 cab use the exact same 15" Eminence woofer and also the same tweeter. I have posted a series of 'Rumble Talks' throughout this thread. One of which deals with the various Rumble drivers.
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Have you opened the 200 Combo and 115 cab up, or seen photos of the labels on the drivers? Or are you going off second-hand info?

I ask because first off, Fender has paid a lot of attention to squeezing a good price/performance ratio out of the new Rumbles. It would be strange for them to waste an expensive 300w/600w driver in a combo that only pushes 140 watts into 8 ohms.

Secondly, the weights seem off. The box for the 115 cab is simpler (no cavity for the amp head), and there's no amp or mounting hardware. The casters might weigh more than the amp, but probably not by much. Size-wise, the boxes are identical, except that the cab is 1 3/4" larger along one axis. Assuming that it's using the same grade and thickness of plywood, that doesn't add up to a nearly five-pound difference in favour of the combo...
 
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Linnin said:
Dude, I am going off first hand information direct from Fender. Now you can either believe me or not.
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Weird. I was wondering if you might have gotten a bum steer from a salesperson, or someone in customer support.

Strange that they would over-equip the 200 combo when the others all have their drivers closely matched to the output power of the amp and limiter. Who knows, maybe it was cheaper to buy a larger quantity of the good drivers, than to cover the development and tooling costs on two different 15's...
 
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My main amp is a 1966 Showman with the 15" ring tone cab - very sweet sound - but HEAVY, especially the cab at almost 70 pounds. I have been thinking about getting a Rumble V3 115 cab so I have a lighter (less than 40 pounds) choice, and also an extension cab for larger gigs.
Will the new V3 give a sound similar to the ring tone cab? How does the magnetic head attachment system work? Could it possibly work with my Showman head (the cab dimensions are pretty similar to the head)?
Thanks for any thoughts.
 
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MichaelAG said:
How does the magnetic head attachment system work? Could it possibly work with my Showman head (the cab dimensions are pretty similar to the head)?
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The cab simply has cups that line up with the feet of the Rumble heads, and I believe there happen to be magnets in the cups and feet for added security. The "locking system" sounds like marketing sizzle. Heads don't just rattle off of cabs unless something is wrong with the cab. You should be fine just setting the Showman on top.
 
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steve_rolfeca said:
Weird. I was wondering if you might have gotten a bum steer from a salesperson, or someone in customer support.

Strange that they would over-equip the 200 combo when the others all have their drivers closely matched to the output power of the amp and limiter. Who knows, maybe it was cheaper to buy a larger quantity of the good drivers, than to cover the development and tooling costs on two different 15's...
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The Fender design team chose to use the same driver in both because the tone is so ear pleasing. My source is completely trustworthy and highly placed within F.M.I.C. and must remain anonymous. Over the years I have been fortunate in cultivating ongoing professional relationships with several music industry insiders and earning their trust. Just like any reporter, I am only as good as the information I am given, and trusted sources are to be protected.
 
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By chance has anyone made their own footswitch for the Drive? The Fender switch is cool but a little high, and I have some parts laying about if it's not terribly complicated. Found some info online for other Fenders, but nothing on the Rumble.
 

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