Something seems wrong. My combo is definitely loud at that setting. Maybe the speaker is damaged? Any other cabinets you can plug into?
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Love my 200c!!
Same here my 200C is going nowhere, there's that certain "something" with this combo
. I may get the Studio 40 sometime just for the bells & whistles, but the 200C is still my favorite combo.
Something is definitely wrong there. Gain and master at noon (right in front of you) should have been shaking your stones! Also, try engaging the (vintage) button... but when you do so with the gain at 9 o’clock and master at noon, I would be sure your “bass” EQ knob isn’t past 10 (maybe 11) o’clock.
The Eminence 15" drivers are pretty damned hearty, and will easily handle a low B or drop tunings without complaint. The Rumble 115 you auditioned is obviously damaged. Any driver regardless of cost or rating can be damaged, blown, and utterly destroyed by pushing it beyond it's limits.
Fender Rumble amps have built in protective circuitry in the form of a High Pass Filter and the Dyna-Comp Limiter. This makes it nearly impossible to blow the amp or speakers. They are as "teenager proof" as humanly possible. To kill a Fender Rumble typically requires: 1) being thrown into the pool while being plugged in and turned on. 2) doused in gasoline (petrol to you Brits) and lit afire. 3) firearm target practice. 4) dropped off the Tallahatchie bridge.
Yes. Except for also needing a mic stand, music stand, stool and 2 gig bags. Oh, yeah, and a bass.(I have a cart)that ought to make for a fast, easy load in and out
Update: R40=more than enough(G-8, B-11, LM-2, HM-2, T-11, V-noon, Vintage-in) OF's don't want loud.
I'm 55 and still like it loud. Guess I'm not an OF then?
I wonder if what I heard was coming from the cab then rather than the actual speaker. Either way, it was an unpleasant popping, crackle sound that was not good.
You need to play through a brand new cab using all your own equipment in your own environment.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Used my Rumble cabs for the second time at a gig last night (medium sized bar, 4 piece modern country/blues band). Not as deep sounding, as small, or as light as my other rig (Revsound), but pleasantly surprised. I only needed one 210 cab to carry the room, and the tone blended well. For the money, the Rumbles are definitely worth it.
Why would I do that? I was trying a used 1x15 I was interested in buying at guitar center
Which was a bad representation of what you should’ve heard. I would heed Linnin’s advice.
Ah! Yes, indeed. I actually chronicled today's church experience here: Rumble presets and here: The Combo Club. And yesterday's Bluegrass Jam here: The Combo Club
But, I did intend to echo my total enthrallment with the #9 "Deep Rumble" preset here, but must have gotten distracted.
I'm having SO much fun with my Rumble Studio amp!!But I don't want to bore those who are totally happy with their non-modeling Rumbles. I tried to be content with my R500c and li'l Vox, and B-DEC too. But, for me, this brings it all together, with so much more.
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Indeed! I believe this is the raison d'être for the BT on the Stage & Studio! And it is a big part of what I love about them. Streaming audio by BT is so trivial these days, but almost totally controlling your amp, selecting presets, changing EQ, from your phone or tablet?!? That's groundbreaking!!!
Good Sabbath, fellow Rumbles! Today's report of my Rumble Studio 40 adventures finds me still enthralled with preset #9, #9, #9, #9, "Deep Rumble" for our slow songs in church this morning. But, for our first number, usually the eye-opener, this Palm Sunday we played "Hosanna! (Praise is Rising)" and I used #9 for the bass A chord accents in the first verse, which got the keys man beside me a broad smile(!), then switched to #32 "Overdrive" for the chorus and rest of the song! Yeah, I rocked it!!
I thought it was a bold choice, having such a fuzzy bass tone, and was prepared for the director's critique to, possibly, change it. But, as usual, he was more concerned with critiquing the singers' performances, especially his daughter! Then, too, the regular soundman, a bass tone enthusiast, got an emergency call to work in mid-rehearsal, and the fill-in soundman used his usual subdued bass setting. So, I bumped my Studio's Master from 9 o'clock to [gasp!] 10!! This, using the Post XLR Out(!!), so that it (negligibly) bumped the FOH volume, too!! I'm such a bad boy!
There are more raucous presets that may have worked, too. For example, I had #59 "Rubber Soul Fuzz" as the third Quick Access preset on the footswitch, in case #32 raised any eyebrows. I love that tone and will be looking for an opportunity to use it.
Ah, yes, The Tone Quest continues. Thank you, Fender, for facilitating said Quest in such a compact and versatile package. And, my beloved fellow Rumblers, I bid you to ...
Rumble On!
R100 G-min B-11 LM-2 HM-2 T-12 V-12 Vintage: on @ rehearsal today.
In a rock-ish song I engaged OD with Drive-12, Level-10
Driving it with my active Yamaha 5-string there are sooo many tonal options even without touching the amp's controls.
We are a 4-voice+2 guitars+percussion (semi accoustic with mini snare+hihats+cajon+2 electric whadadoos)
Moar than enough.
Can't wait next gig @20th, won't have FOH support, but that's fine
I'm 73 but most of these folks were older. Acting, at least.
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That's not acceptable, you must buy a new one & plug it into your own amp at home or on stage to evaluate it.
We'll tell you what you need to do, mister
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Ok so I went to guitar center again and this time, I hooked up the 1x15 to the 500c and I wasn't able to reproduce the crackling sound. Maybe because I didn't need the gain or master up as loud with the two together. Had the gain at 9 o'clock as suggested here, master around 11 o'clock and I backed the bass down to 10 o'clock. The pair sounded so killer together that when I unplugged the 1x15 and played the 500c by itself and then went to the 200c and played it by itself, it just wasn't the same. That full 500 watts and the combo of the 10s and 15 spoiled me, so I bought the 1x15! $199, couldn't pass that up. Have to wait 3 weeks to pick it up but I can't wait.
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Congratulations! I have the same setup. I think the 500c pairs beautifully with the 1x15 cabinet.
