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Your new Rumble 500 is going to blow you away with tons of fabulous Fender tone.
Rumbles Rock!
Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, Moosehead1966, you are member #305
Rumble On! 
Wondering if anyone has a schematic for the latching pedal for overdrive on/off on the Rumble v3? I'm trying to find a smaller footprint one (or have one made for me) than the one Fender seems to intend.
You two need to get together. Any Fender single button footswitch will do. I like this $30 model.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampl...el-footswitch?rNtt=fender footswitch&index=10
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Thanks. That's the one I'd ordered and then canceled the order due to the size of the pedal. I use a PT Nano board and try to use only micro sized pedals (1590a) or smaller.
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It turns the onboard overdrive on and off. The pedal Linnin linked to is more or less the default Fender item intended to use. It is an additional item, doesn't come with it.
Even if you don't use overdrive, it's a handy feature, as you could keep the drive setting low and raise the level knob so you have a volume boost when you need it.
See the above post, Dave. No a footswitch doesn't come with your Rumble, so you have to buy one. It switches the Overdrive on & off. You don't absolutely have to have one unless you are using the overdrive in the middle of a tune where you need to quickly punch it in while playing. Otherwise you can just turn it on and off by hand.
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Is that sturdy enough to handle a heavy footed player? I'm a big guy and that thing looks like it is made of plastic. Is there a sturdier option available? It looks to be a simple on / off or momentary contact switch.... Are there good substitutes?
Go ahead and read some of the reviews. "Heavy duty. Looks like I could drive a truck over it without a scratch. Great price too!" "I bought this to switch the overdrive circuit on my Fender Rumble 200. It works perfectly. I was pleasantly surprised by its heft and build quality." "Heavy duty footswitch! No sliding on any surface. Well made." They even left my review of the previous model that the new one replaced. Still going strong 2 1/2 years later!
I use this on my 350 combo.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampl...-footswitch-for-mustang-and-blues-junior-amps
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ampl...-footswitch-for-mustang-and-blues-junior-amps
No schematic needed. It's just a latching spst footswitch, connected across a standard 1/4" shielded guitar cable.
I did a search but cannot find anything, Is there a case that will fit the V3 stand-alone heads? I have a 500 and while I can haul it in the bag I would like something to house it in at least for gigs.
So you're saying if I plug a guitar cable into the footswitch jack, cut the other end off and touch the two wires together...that the overdrive circuit will turn on? And turn back off when I separate the wires again?
Nope. You need an on/off latching switch. The cable that you use is a guitar cable. The fender one I post d has the cord attached, but some you need a separate cord, which may or may not come with it.
Or buy the switch and stomp box separately And build one yourself, but it's probably just as cheap to buy the whole setup pre-made.
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Or buy the switch and stomp box separately And build one yourself, but it's probably just as cheap to buy the whole setup pre-made.
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Touching the wires of the guitar cable together is the same mechanical thing as wiring them to a SPST latching footswitch and clicking it to the "on" position.
I have the parts laying around. I'm trying to understand mechanically/electrically what is happening so that I can wire one up correctly, using an LED if possible. The schematics I've seen on other Fender switches show them powering an LED through the cable. This would mean it's carrying more than just a passive signal, that the direction of current matters, and that a schematic would be helpful.
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Ah yes! The good old V1 Rumble 100! And 11 years later you still see plenty around.
Go ahead and buy some new V3 Rumble gear. 
In the meantime welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, Rugmaster 
You are member #306 
Rumbles Rule! 
Not that I know of, so you'd just have to make one, or adapt an existing one. That would also negate the use of the Rumble's unique magnetic attachment system.
Managed to score a Rumble 25 used. Lovely sounding bit of kit, great overdrive circuit and I really like how it compresses for a tube-ish tone. Now thinking of moving over to a 500 head from my LMII, anyone know how much power and headroom these things have compared to the Markbass?
