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Fender Rumble Club

#2,982
Linnin said:
Steve, you are a pain! :spit:
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Not everyone is going to like the same stuff. That's why there are so many types, brands and sizes of amps and cabs. It's also why I currently own and use products made by four different companies, depending on the gig.

That's also why people are sometimes a little put off by your boisterous enthusiasm for all things Rumble. But who better to be the curator of the Rumble Club?

I say, vive le difference.

And I hope that after Taha-b has his little bonfire, he ends up finding a new-gen Rumble that blesses his socks off!
 
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I was a bassist for a punk band 30 years ago. I recently started to play bass again (I still sux, BTW). Bass amplification has changed a lot since 1984. I bought this as an early Christmas/Birthday present to myself: Rumble 350 head, Rumble 2x8 and 1x12 cabs. With flat settings my P-Basses sound deep, clear and pronounced without being boomy.

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JPeeBass said:
I was a bassist for a punk band 30 years ago. I recently started to play bass again (I still sux, BTW). Bass amplification has changed a lot since 1984. I bought this as an early Christmas/Birthday present to myself: Rumble 350 head, Rumble 2x8 and 1x12 cabs. With flat settings my P-Basses sound deep, clear and pronounced without being boomy.

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Beautiful! :woot: Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, JPeeBass, you are member #301 :hyper:
I have that same rig except with two 112's.

:laugh: Rumbles Rock! :smug:
 
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I have a question for Rumble 40 owners.

I am more and more using my Rumble 500 head with my Rhodes piano. It sounds perfect with v2 112 cab. With 115 v3 it's a bit boomy and my v3 410 is just overkill. I need something smaller and silent. When playing at home the fan noise of 500H is bothering me. I am thinking of buying a Rumble 40 for my Rhodes, I might even get two to get stereo effects (chorus, tremolo and leslie). I haven't heard the 40 but I'm hoping there is no fan in it. Anyone who owns the 40, is it completely silent when not played?
 
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I'm liking it very much. I just got done using it at the Christmas Eve service at church, and everyone could hear me and the tone was nice (vintage and bright switches on). Course everyone leaves for the holidays, so it was just bass, drums and piano. Would be weird if they couldn't hear.
 
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It does seem to have a nice fat, punchy midrange that the other bassist's amp lacks which makes it sit in better in the mix. Could also be that I feel more free to mess with all the controls because I actually own it, so I get better results. Very happy either way.
 
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ninjaaron said:
Word of warning: my friend who works at GC said they have more of the modern ampegs coming in for repairs than anything else and recommended I stay away because of reliability issues. I don't know a thing about it myself.
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Excuse me for butting into Linnin's little happy playland ;) but Ampeg's issues have only been with the PF500 and the SVT 7 Pro to a lesser extent. Since doing a few minor revisions, though, the failure rate is now way down on both. All their other micros have had very few problems from the getgo. Don't mind people favoring the Rumbles over the Ampegs if that's your thing, but since Linnin just loves to grossly exaggerate his negativity toward Ampeg products, I thought I'd come in and set the record straight here before he goes off on one of his fact-free tirades.

Merry Christmahanakwaanzikah!
 

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