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Wait til I get a Bassman 500 on top. The angel on top of the tree.
That's going to be a prime rig me thinks! Those 15s move the low stuff very nicely! And the 500 will push them well!
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I've been getting ready to order the Studio 40 but my needs and funding might be better served by the lt25. I appreciate your impressions. Sounds like the 25 will work fine for my at home playing at about half the price of the 40. Do you find the presets easy to adjust with the little screen? Have you tried a regular six string or acoustic/electric through this amp? I will probably be using it for those instruments (along with my bass) as a change from my other small amps (Mustang 1, Vox DA1 and Epi Valve Jr.) and thinking it might sound good with some eq adjustments.
Yes, presets are easy to access, easy to deep dive into, easy to adjust or build your own and easy to save your own personal profiles for individual preferences/environments/room sizes/instruments.
Lots of scope for creating your own bespoke experience.
I’m only playing my 4 string P bass through it, so will defer on explicitly commenting on how a six would sound through it.
I liked the fact that the 25 doesn’t fuss with bluetooth etc like the 40 studio does, it just seemed extra finicky to me from my brief time with it.
You do have the scope to plug a phone or laptop into the amp for play along etc.
Thanks, I was thinking that the 40 might have more options than I need, wifi, bluetooth and such. Also, in my current playing environment I would rarely be able to utilize the higher spl volume output over the smaller lt25. I will be using the headphone and aux inputs. (I use these quite a lot on my other amps). I think the lt25 will be on its way to my house shortly (a bit of tax money in a couple of weeks).
Yeah, it was. The bruises on my keester are from me kicking myself in the @$$ for not getting one.
Just got in from a St. Patty's Day Dinner/Dance at an Elks Club. Coulda used the R40(had it with)but chose to play through the 200c. Even w/o the "vintage" button in(it usually is), the thing sounded fantastic. The combination of my 67 NR TBird and that amp is delicious.
We never go through the PA(ours). No place we play has a PA other than for announcements with 6" speakers in the ceiling. We are currently using 2 daisy chained Bose L1's and their 4 ch. ToneMatch mixer. For the kind of gigs and crowds we play for they are plenty. In this area there aren't any backlines or house PA's provided.<EDIT> BTW, No disrespect intended. We'd prolly faint at walking into a place that had any kind of equipment provided. Hell's Bells and cockleshells, we're lucky to have enuff room for the 4 of us. Some places space is so tight we hafta go in as 3.
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I'm assuming the 200c keeps up! I bet you sound great even squished! I really enjoy my 200c with an added 115. I hope you can try that out someday.
Absolutely the best rig and bass combo! I love my 200c!
Actually I have this(200c/112):
That's a really cool bass!
Thanks. It's a 67 TBird I bought in NYC in 72 or 73 ( I can't remember which). The pickguard is custom, the original cracked but I still have it.
Very impressive sir.
Indeed.
I've got a Rumble 500 combo, and I'm thinking of carrying a small back-up amp to gigs in case the Rumble amp fails.
Will it work if you plug the speaker output of another amp (assuming power/impedance suitability) into the 'extension speaker' socket on the Rumble to utilise the Rumble speaker? I can't get my head around the logic of the signal path, so any advice would be welcomed.
Will it work if you plug the speaker output of another amp (assuming power/impedance suitability) into the 'extension speaker' socket on the Rumble to utilise the Rumble speaker? I can't get my head around the logic of the signal path, so any advice would be welcomed.
So it does appear the 500 Head has been phased out. I was hoping to fetch another as a back up. Guess used is where to go, unless I go to 800 and use my 500 as the back up.
But is the 800 head too much for the Rumble cabs available right now? Seems the head is just a bit much powerwise for the cabs..... I have 2 of the V3 210 cabs.
But is the 800 head too much for the Rumble cabs available right now? Seems the head is just a bit much powerwise for the cabs..... I have 2 of the V3 210 cabs.
Still LOVING this thing. Just finished a run of big stage gigs, I've not had bass in my monitor and the volume hasn't been at anything much past 10, if you think of the dial as a clock.
I'm coming from a 600w head and 2x12, and the Rumble certainly isn't lacking!
It's also replaced my tuner and pedal board!
