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I used to use this beast in a previous iteration of the group I'm with now. I had my TBird in one of the 3 channels and my POS bass/piano keyboard in another. It has a 15, a horn, and a piezo in it with pull gain, volume, bass, mid, treble, and reverb level on each channel; plus master reverb and master volume[the 2 blue knobs]. It also weighs slightly more than the van I carry it in.
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I use my R40 for situations where I don't need a lot of "oomph"-small lounges, concert band wherein I'm covering the string bass part on bass guitar(I don't play upright). I did add some insulation in the cab). My 200c, which I've had since November 2015, is used for larger rooms[no FOH]or outside*. I like the sound of the 15" speaker in it. All that being said, if I had known the 'trick' of using 2 100's, I possibly would have gone that route. The R100 is stupidly lightweight, and-since I rarely use the horn in the 200c-would give me the sound and portability I like. IDK the current cash difference between the R40 and the R100, but I think you'd probably be happiest with the 100.
I don’t have a ton of experience with the small Rumbles, but based on in store demo and experience with smaller amps- it’s all good! I had a 25w Ampeg, and it had more than enough juice for bedroom playing.
If you're not needing the absolute cheapest, you might also want to take a look at and consider the Rumble Studio 40. Also with 40 watts, it should be plenty of volume for bedroom practice, but it also has the sophisticated amp modelling features of the top Rumble 800 Stage. In the future, if you want to use those features where you need more volume, you can drive one of the other combo amps from the Studio 40 and get the best of both worlds.
I'd argue that. Pushing my r100c's master beyond 12-ish the dyna comp kicks in which affects my tone (for me in a good way).
You need an OD pedal, man! I use (smetimes) a cheap behringer DI/OD in front of my rumble with great results.
Just looking at that rig hurts my back.I used to use this beast in a previous iteration of the group I'm with now. I had my TBird in one of the 3 channels and my POS bass/piano keyboard in another. It has a 15, a horn, and a piezo in it with pull gain, volume, bass, mid, treble, and reverb level on each channel; plus master reverb and master volume[the 2 blue knobs]. It also weighs slightly more than the van I carry it in.
I would check out the v2 Rumble 30.
Just looking at that rig hurts my back.
You said you were gigging with this recently?
How?!
More importantly, WHY?!
Not as much as it[used to]hurt mine! The current band has 2 guitarists-normally-whereas the previous version had one(lead singer, guitar, bass, drums. The lead singer passed away in 2014*. In that band, I would use the POS keys on some songs to fill up the sound, esp. on some 12/8 ballads. This was b4 I bought the R200c. The Peavey KB300 had the cojones[good Spanish word meaning...uh...cojones]to handle the TBird or the bass/piano of the keys all in one amp instead of needing two, and, other than the initial lift into the van, wasn't too bad. With the abilities of our 2 guitar players, as you will see, there ain't no need for the POS keyboard. If I had one with more sounds-like the Williams Legato or similar-I might go to the trouble of schlepping it. But, A, I don't have a good keyboard; and, 2, we don't get paid enuff as is so the less crap to move, the better.
* public service announcement: colonoscopies suck.Dying of colon cancer, as did our lead singer, sucks worse.
In my case, I bought the 112 to use with my 200c. If I'd known the 'daisy chain' trick, I might've gone with 2 100s. But I didn't, so I didn't. I also considered the 200 head and 2 112s-I like 12s, but not 10s.
Good question. Why do they do anything they do?? I wish they kept the 500 head in the lineup, seems like the perfect amount of power for a lot of situations.
Maybe not, but if I'd gone the 2x100s(one at a time), I'd have a lighter amp that fit most of my gigs, an identical backup, and/or 200W available when "needed"
, for about the same $.Funny, I’m on the other side of the fence. I love the rig, but since I keep one 100 at our rehearsal space, I’m now looking at a 210 combo to cut down on schlep for the bigger gigs!Maybe not, but if I'd gone the 2x100s(one at a time), I'd have a lighter amp that fit most of my gigs, an identical backup, and/or 200W available when "needed"
