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Fender Rumble Club

#35,581
GonePlaid said:
Fiddling can wind up inadvertently giving you the exact sound you were trying to find.
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Very true. However, last night was a surprise... and not in a good way. I think the Vintage circuit’s frequency is just too low and interferes with the overall signal. No biggie, though. Just switch off the Vintage when you want to engage the overdrive.
 
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LazerCrazer said:
Could have sworn I saw a wiring diagram for it but I can't find it now.
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I did find these photos:
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As you can see, there are two blacks, a red and a white. Maybe there is something lease inside the cab I’m not seeing in these pictures, but my harness has two red wires, a black, and a white. These are both Rumble 500 cabs.
 
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Am wondering about the Vintage button on the Rumble combo's , I know it sounds good when I use the Vintage button but wondering exactly what it does and how it works, the manual says it is a low pass filter at 400hz @ 6db , so presumably this means that frequencies above this frequency are rolled off by 6db ? I noticed that the high mid control still affects the tone so presumably the low pass filter just reduces the higher frequencies rather than completely cutting them? Thanks
 
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wctesla said:
Maybe one of these would work?
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Saw an interview, not very many years ago, where he said he liked to "tease" his guitar tech by tossing his vintage Hofner some distance through the air to him! Then there was the time, also not long ago, when Paul and his Hofner fell into a hole on the stage where the piano rises from! He said he remembered thinking at the time to protect the bass!!! Fortunately, neither he nor the bass were harmed. :woot:
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shoulderpet said:
Am wondering about the Vintage button on the Rumble combo's , I know it sounds good when I use the Vintage button but wondering exactly what it does and how it works, the manual says it is a low pass filter at 400hz @ 6db , so presumably this means that frequencies above this frequency are rolled off by 6db ? I noticed that the high mid control still affects the tone so presumably the low pass filter just reduces the higher frequencies rather than completely cutting them? Thanks
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This sounds about right to me just from using it. I also believe it applies compression. It also feels like it boosts low mids too?

I love the vintage switch. Such a warm/sweet sound. Seems to really help cut through the music I play too.
 
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richwag said:
This sounds about right to me just from using it. I also believe it applies compression. It also feels like it boosts low mids too?

I love the vintage switch. Such a warm/sweet sound. Seems to really help cut through the music I play too.
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Thanks, yeah I was using it at a rehearsal the other day, we were playing London calling and I was fiddling with the amp trying to dial in a good dark ballsy tone, boosted low mids and it just didn't sound right, pressed in the vintage button, set the mids flat and rolled off a little bit of bass and bam there it was.
Only thing is that now I need to find a pedal that can do that tone for some of the open mic nights I go to.
 
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I played a hartke 100w combo the other day, and it was super punchy and beefy! Was either a 1x12 or 1x15 but I remember the speaker was white, cos u could see it through the grille. Yeah, it was a great amp, but what I loved was the compressor/limiter engaged, that really beefed things up like u wouldn’t believe. Cranked all the way, I had some serious joe dart dean town funk tone goin on.

I feel the rumble needs something like this. The vintage switch is great for that little boost, but it would be nice if it had a seperate compressor knob or something that’s all that it’s missing. I can’t be bothered having to go out and get a compressor pedal.

Anyway, just a recent experience. Anyone else experimented with rumbles and compressors? I would be interested in hearing your opinions and experiences.
I’m becoming a bigger and bigger fan of heavy compression tone on bass, especially a jazz bass bridge pickup with the tone rolled off :drool::drool:
 
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Giffro said:
So essentially Dav I could do the same thing using my Rumble 75Combo LINE OUT and using its EQ section into my Rumble 500Combo Effects Return without any ill effect...so to speak?? The Rumble 75C has that wonderful 12" Fender Special Design Driver in it and always sounds great if I use the 75 combo anywhere.
The Rumble 75 EQ has all the same controls (bass, low mid, high mid, treble) except for the voicing buttons (bright, contour, vintage) although it does have 2 Mid Scoop shape buttons. The 75 even has the same type of overdrive control (gain/blend (75) instead of drive/level controls (500)). I have never tried running the 500C through the 75C because the 75 doesnt have any effects send/return jacks so have always been reluctant to use its Line Out jack into another amps effects return, so Dav what your advocating is a safe thing to try out then? Thought I'd ask first cause I hate the sight of blue smoke and the smell of Kentucky fried circuits lolll

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There are only three places that might work. I wouldn't use input 1. This signal from the 500 Effects send would be too hot. You might try input 2. The manual says it for for a bass with hot pickups, but it may also be a bit hot. The other option is to get a special cable that has a 1/4" jack on the end for the 500 and a pair of RCA jacks on the other end. I think the 1/4" to RCA is the best option. It will go directly to the power amp in the 75. I know they make the cables. I have one, but I don't remember where I got it.
 
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