Fender Rumble Club

[Gravedigger Dav]

Well, finally got myself a Rumble 200 combo. Can't wait to actually get home and give it a good test drive!

Welcome Rumbler #953! That amp will serve you well. It is one of the favorites around here. Rumble on!

 

[badRocks]

Welcome Rumbler #952! I don't think the 40 will do it for a typical Southern Rock cover band. Depending on how many people in the band, how loud they play, and whether they run everything through the FOH.
If they run everything through the FOH, the 40 would do fine; otherwise you would want a 200 or 500. The 200 and the 15 are the only Rumble amps I don't own, but many who play the 200 love it and gig with it. Good luck with the new gig and Rumble On!

Thanks for being proactive in the issuance of a number. I'd like to return it and keep the one I already had though.
Much as I'd love to have a room full of Rumbles, should I just bite the bullet and get the 500 now? Combo or head /cab? Is there a down side to bigger?

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

View attachment 3138089 After months of pondering of which way to assemble a small portable rig that sounds as good as it looks, this is where I ended up. The Fender Rumble 210x2 along with my GK 400RB. At some point down the road I’ll pick up a Rumble 500, but this rig as it stands is incredible! All of it weighs less than just my old cab....and I’m including the bass!!! Haha! Rumble on!!!

Welcome Rumbler #954. Those 2x10 cabs are awesome. Even when used with some off-brand head , they sound great. Rumble on!

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Of course there's always this!
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[Gravedigger Dav]

Thanks for being proactive in the issuance of a number. I'd like to return it and keep the one I already had though.
Much as I'd love to have a room full of Rumbles, should I just bite the bullet and get the 500 now? Combo or head /cab? Is there a down side to bigger?

I would go for the 500 or the 800 Stage. I think the 800 Stage is only available in combo. You will get argument either way on the 500 combo / head+cab setup. Both sides have ligament arguments, so it really gets down to personal preference. I prefer combos because of the simplicity. Other will say a head+cab gives you more flexibility. I can see that, but I seldom change up what I use. Get what you like. If you bought the amp from GC, you will have no problem getting them to take the Stage 40 back and apply the credit to another amp.

 

[Blue Dragon]

"Ligament Arguments" - new quote for the day.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

me too! just gut a used 350 for a good price and i want to use it with my two 112 v3 cabs. i have the 200 v3 head and it was just a tiny little too underpowered for my band, so that the limiter kicked in most of the time and compressed all my signal. great for constant volume but bad if you want to boost your sound in some situations.

second reason is the loss of sub lows with the overdrive channel in the v3 series. just too much sound difference to switch between channels for me, so i hope the blendable v2 drive is better for me. i already noticed that it behaves much different from the v3. less edge and overall compression for my ear. but also less complex and responsive to how hard you hit the strings. there seems to be only clean and driven, with a very narrow area of transistion. seems like it can be blended in very well to thicken the sound without sounding like a total different sound setting.


...so you already compared the 350 to the 200 and 500? do you notice a huge difference in sound due to the missing "speaker cab sim" in the 350? i'm curious what it really does and if i will miss it in the end using the 350. had no chance to really play around with it...so please share your experience! thanks!

Welcome Rumble #955! I know little about the V2 line and I don't own a 200, so I can't comment on that, but my experience with my 24, 40, 100, and 500 Rumbles don't match your experience. You might get better results if you spend some time perusing the Rumble Wickipages put together by our illustrious @gdog. Rumble on!

 

[BBassBassington]

me too! just gut a used 350 for a good price and i want to use it with my two 112 v3 cabs. i have the 200 v3 head and it was just a tiny little too underpowered for my band, so that the limiter kicked in most of the time and compressed all my signal. great for constant volume but bad if you want to boost your sound in some situations.

second reason is the loss of sub lows with the overdrive channel in the v3 series. just too much sound difference to switch between channels for me, so i hope the blendable v2 drive is better for me. i already noticed that it behaves much different from the v3. less edge and overall compression for my ear. but also less complex and responsive to how hard you hit the strings. there seems to be only clean and driven, with a very narrow area of transistion. seems like it can be blended in very well to thicken the sound without sounding like a total different sound setting.


...so you already compared the 350 to the 200 and 500? do you notice a huge difference in sound due to the missing "speaker cab sim" in the 350? i'm curious what it really does and if i will miss it in the end using the 350. had no chance to really play around with it...so please share your experience! thanks!

With the Rumbles if you have the Vintage channel on and then kick on the OD there's a huge change in sound. Without using any of the voicing the sound does change slightly, and perhaps the lowest of lows do see a drop but it's very small. I'd say the sound just becomes more forward in the mids to high-mids which can make it seem like there's a loss of low end.

My SA Multiwave Bass Distortion does some pretty weird distortions, and even with clean blended in heavily as long as the very different distortion is even slightly dominant over the clean sound there's that perceived sub-low loss.

However I have played an open E while clicking all kinds of OD/Distortions/Fuzz' which had a perceived low-end loss. But when A/B'd continuously only paying attention to the lows and doing my best to ignore the rest of the sound I could no longer hear the loss of low end.

YMMV of course and I hope the 350 head does you well. You gotta rock the amp you want to because IMO and IME that really helps to inspire more and better playing.

 

[Linnin]

"Ligament Arguments" - new quote for the day.

^^^ ^^^ I think "Ligament Arguments" are legitimate. Kind of like 'joint custody'.

 

[badRocks]

^^^ ^^^ I think "Ligament Arguments" are legitimate. Kind of like 'joint custody'.

Hey! That's the name of my new band!!!

 

[GonePlaid]

With the Rumbles if you have the Vintage channel on and then kick on the OD there's a huge change in sound. Without using any of the voicing the sound does change slightly, and perhaps the lowest of lows do see a drop but it's very small. I'd say the sound just becomes more forward in the mids to high-mids which can make it seem like there's a loss of low end.

My SA Multiwave Bass Distortion does some pretty weird distortions, and even with clean blended in heavily as long as the very different distortion is even slightly dominant over the clean sound there's that perceived sub-low loss.

However I have played an open E while clicking all kinds of OD/Distortions/Fuzz' which had a perceived low-end loss. But when A/B'd continuously only paying attention to the lows and doing my best to ignore the rest of the sound I could no longer hear the loss of low end.

YMMV of course and I hope the 350 head does you well. You gotta rock the amp you want to because IMO and IME that really helps to inspire more and better playing.

Full disclosure: I'm old school-or just old-and I play mostly 60s-70s rock, but for a helluva long time bass amp makers were trying to get a strong, clean sound. I leave the distortion to the guitarist(s) and give the audience a clear, solid bottom end. I've f___*ed with the overdrive on the R200C and I normally have "vintage" on, and sometimes "bright" if the room is boomy. Also, our usual audience is 50+y/o and they're not fans of distorted. Both our guitarists only use light o/d on solos-you can actually hear chords! Just my opinion and experience, from playing bass since '67.
(*ool)

 

[BBassBassington]

Full disclosure: I'm old school-or just old-and I play mostly 60s-70s rock, but for a helluva long time bass amp makers were trying to get a strong, clean sound. I leave the distortion to the guitarist(s) and give the audience a clear, solid bottom end. I've f___*ed with the overdrive on the R200C and I normally have "vintage" on, and sometimes "bright" if the room is boomy. Also, our usual audience is 50+y/o and they're not fans of distorted. Both our guitarists only use light o/d on solos-you can actually hear chords! Just my opinion and experience, from playing bass since '67.
(*ool)

Everything has its place. When I get distorted I go all in, that's of course a very small amount of the time I play.

Fun as it is there's no need for it. I can get everything done with a bass, cable, and amp. Most of the time I find it hard to discern my OD from the guitarists. Partially because I use lots of dirt, partially because for the songs I use dirt he uses a Big Muff.

 

[badRocks]

I would go for the 500 or the 800 Stage. I think the 800 Stage is only available in combo. You will get argument either way on the 500 combo / head+cab setup. Both sides have ligament arguments, so it really gets down to personal preference. I prefer combos because of the simplicity. Other will say a head+cab gives you more flexibility. I can see that, but I seldom change up what I use. Get what you like. If you bought the amp from GC, you will have no problem getting them to take the Stage 40 back and apply the credit to another amp.

Bought the 40 on Reverb and quite frankly I would want to keep it for a practice amp. I think the 800 would be overkill in the house. No need to make the dog and cat's ears bleed.

 

[G-Dog]

Welcome Rumble #955! I know little about the V2 line and I don't own a 200, so I can't comment on that, but my experience with my 24, 40, 100, and 500 Rumbles don't match your experience. You might get better results if you spend some time perusing the Rumble Wickipages put together by our illustrious @gdog. Rumble on!

Glad to see I'm not the only one that has off days! The mention of the Fender Rumble Wiki page got my attention. And the illustrious gdog was of particular interest. Alas, gdog has been MIA here at TB the last 2-½ years! Yes, spelling and punctuation counts. But, amazingly, communication will out!

Perhaps a look at the club's Tone Pool would help @dawhatthevid with their tone search. There are a couple of V2 settings listed there.

Good morning, all.

 

[EatS1stBassist]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that has off days! The mention of the Fender Rumble Wiki page got my attention. And the illustrious gdog was of particular interest. Alas, gdog has been MIA here at TB the last 2-½ years! Yes, spelling and punctuation counts. But, amazingly, communication will out!

Perhaps a look at the club's Tone Pool would help @dawhatthevid with their tone search. There are a couple of V2 settings listed there.

Good morning, all.

Good Morning

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that has off days! The mention of the Fender Rumble Wiki page got my attention. And the illustrious gdog was of particular interest. Alas, gdog has been MIA here at TB the last 2-½ years! Yes, spelling and punctuation counts. But, amazingly, communication will out!

Perhaps a look at the club's Tone Pool would help @dawhatthevid with their tone search. There are a couple of V2 settings listed there.

Good morning, all.

 

[GonePlaid]

Everything has its place. When I get distorted I go all in, that's of course a very small amount of the time I play.

Fun as it is there's no need for it. I can get everything done with a bass, cable, and amp. Most of the time I find it hard to discern my OD from the guitarists. Partially because I use lots of dirt, partially because for the songs I use dirt he uses a Big Muff.

I used to use the o/d on 1 tune, in the last half only. B/c of space limitations on most of our gigs-what few there are-it's not worth running the foot switch for that 1/2 song(Born to be Wild). For those who use it, terrific, for myself, meh.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Bought the 40 on Reverb and quite frankly I would want to keep it for a practice amp. I think the 800 would be overkill in the house. No need to make the dog and cat's ears bleed.

Remember our motto, Mo Rumble is Mo Betta

 

[G-Dog]

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Have a warm cuppa and enjoy!

 

[badRocks]

Remember our motto, Mo Rumble is Mo Betta

Yeah boy!