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Thanks @G-Dog! If I need sound reinforcement, I thought of connecting the Studio to the Combo 200...do you think that would be enough reinforcement or should I connect the Combo 200 and the 15" Cab?.
Ah, well, you know what they say, . . . .
Mo' Rumbles is Mo' Bettah!
I'm fairly certain that would be sufficient to play Madison Square Garden or the Royal Albert Hall. I think you're going to love the Studio 40. It's pretty groovy.Thanks @G-Dog! If I need sound reinforcement, I thought of connecting the Studio to the Combo 200...do you think that would be enough reinforcement or should I connect the Combo 200 and the 15" Cab?
Apparently, I will have Mo' Rumbles than I can shake at stick at or, that I need
. But, that's what GAS is all about, right?
I've been known to say that from time-to-time.
I'm a night owl SR...up all night in Oz when you guys are posting...then by Aust. lunch time i've dropped off in my recliner with my mouth open catching flies and dreaming of my 500C Rumble and 115 Cab rattling and rumbling it's way through my dreamworld...or so the wife tells me, as she says that my feet are always tapping even when i'm asleep lolWhat's wrong, @Giffro, couldn't sleep!
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I've been known to say that from time-to-time.
Yeah, Linn, I've heard that someone has trademarked the "Let's get ready to ..." phrase, so we should not (over)use it.
If you trademark the "Mo' Rumbles ..." phrase, surely you would license it for use in The Club, right? And I'm not calling you Shirley.
I may trademark a Club phrase, too. ....
Once posted on the internet, or printed in the free press it is in the public domain. Now anybody can fire up their Rumbles plus have mo' and betta Rumbles anytime they please. It is a righteous thing.
"Well, I don't know if all that's true,
But, you got me and, baby, I got you."
Hey @Linnin, just wanted to tell you I read all of your posts on the Stage 800 prior to becoming a member of the club and you were instrumental in me choosing the Stage 800. Thank you for putting the word out there on this amazing combo. I am happy you are back.
Thank You so much for your kind words, @Cardsfan_69. I just have personal experience with the Studio 40, but the Stage 800 is the same only more. Much more. It's easy to see this is the future of both guitar and bass amplification, and that Fender is leading the way.
Rumble On! 
After over a year of curiosity, I have finally decided to see what this Class D thing is all about. I've just received a Rumble 500 v.3 head. I purchased it used. I have it sitting atop a Rumble 112 v.3 cab and a Sonic 112 that I purchased back in the 80's which is now loaded with a Hemp-O loudspeaker. It sounds amazing. Much better than I expected. I haven't yet played through it with a band, but it appears to have plenty of power.
I'm astonished at how punchy it is. With the Vintage filter engaged and a little knob spinning, I can get a voice reminiscent of my old V4-B. Without any of the voice filters engaged and with a little knob turning, it's as snappy and punchy as my Hartke 3500 Mosfet! I don't know why some people keep telling me that class D amps have no punch or no cajones. This little box rocks! May I please have a number? Thanks for reading.
I'm astonished at how punchy it is. With the Vintage filter engaged and a little knob spinning, I can get a voice reminiscent of my old V4-B. Without any of the voice filters engaged and with a little knob turning, it's as snappy and punchy as my Hartke 3500 Mosfet! I don't know why some people keep telling me that class D amps have no punch or no cajones. This little box rocks! May I please have a number? Thanks for reading.
It's easy to see this is the future of both guitar and bass amplification, and that Fender is leading the way.
God, I hope not haha. I just played the 800 Stage again today and it’s so bad, just like the Fender Mustang amps. These are made for kids playing in bedrooms really. Just look at the marketing slogans on the Mustang box, the way it says “cool effects!”, like it’s being marketed to 10 year olds. I’ve owned the Mustang 100 and they sound ok at bedroom levels but they just sound more fake and digital the louder they get and the sound just falls apart, same with the Stage amps.
The future of bass and guitar is in quality digital amps like the Kemper. Profiling amps that take the actual amp and profile it, not something like a Stage or Mustang that just tries to mimic real amps with computer algorithms. Digital modeling amps with Bluetooth connections are immediate turnoffs to most serious players, and for good reason. However, if you like it then cool, that’s all that matters.
Pretty much everything is a trade-off. If(BIG IF)I was younger and able(r)to move a big tube rig and be able to afford it and had a place to play through it, great! But our gigs are all one-nighters, load in, play, load out as quickly as possible 'cos the place wants to close. I'll sacrifice a small amount of tone-which the audience has no clue about-to be able to have a good looking, very good sounding, easily schleppable(izzat a word? it is now!)amp that does all I need. So, yeah, I like it.
I think we call this a distinction without a difference. If it’s profiling the amp it’s doing so digitally. So it’s the software in the amp that’s doing it. Do the algorithms vary? Of course. But they’re both digitally altering the signal to generate something new. You’re only other option is analog manipulation which is far more limited.
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