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Fender Rumble Club

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GonePlaid said:
OK. I posted my B25(and TBird)over there. ... ...
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[sarcasm] Oh, great! :rollno: [/sarcasm] My first (tolerated) proselytizing in the dinky amp club was inviting a guy with a Bassman 25 combo to the Bassman Club! Oh, the irony!! :laugh::roflmao:
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GonePlaid said:
... ... BTW, R100 on its way to me. Should be here by Wednesday, weather permitting. I can use the 100 for prolly 80% of our gigs,* and can daisy chain it to the R200c in a coupla rooms. Hee-hee!:hyper:... ...
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I'll be interested to read if your appreciation for full and bottom-y sound will require the addition of some acoustic fill in the new R100, as so many have done. Or, you can at least run the Bassman 25's FX Send to the R100's FX Return!?!*

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I see you can also connect an external speaker, hello, R112! And you have a Line Out (which may be marked as Tuner Out on some models). Very nice bells & whistles for such a small combo!!


*Another of alan's "super fan hacks" where people's messin' round with thangs best left alone! :)
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G-Dog said:
[sarcasm] Oh, great! :rollno: [/sarcasm] My first (tolerated) proselytizing in the dinky amp club was inviting a guy with a Bassman 25 combo to the Bassman Club! Oh, the irony!! :laugh::roflmao:
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I'll be interested to read if your appreciation for full and bottom-y sound will require the addition of some acoustic fill in the new R100, as so many have done. Or, you can at least run the Bassman 25's FX Send to the R100's FX Return!?!*

I see you can also connect an external speaker, hello, R112! And you have a Line Out (which may be marked as Tuner Out on some models). Very nice bells & whistles for such a small combo!!


*Another of alan's "super fan hacks" where people's messin' round with thangs best left alone! :)
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Yes, I've hooked to the 112. For 25W, it sounds amazing(it defeats the internal). However, I'm trying to cut down on the amount of cra....,er, stuff I gotta move.
AFA the 100, I played through the Jam Band BL's 100 2 weeks ago. Dunno if I'll need to 'fill' it, which I did do with the 40.
 
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GonePlaid said:
Yes, I've hooked to the 112. For 25W, it sounds amazing(it defeats the internal). However, I'm trying to cut down on the amount of cra....,er, stuff I gotta move.
AFA the 100, I played through the Jam Band BL's 100 2 weeks ago. Dunno if I'll need to 'fill' it, which I did do with the 40.
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I gots to say, with the 100, 200c, and 112 the possibilities are numerous-and potentially earth shaking. Let's see: 100 efx send>200c efx return, then 200c ext spkr out >112. That's potentially a total of 300W>2x12/115. Yup, that'll get 'er done.
 
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GonePlaid said:
I gots to say, with the 100, 200c, and 112 the possibilities are numerous-and potentially earth shaking. Let's see: 100 efx send>200c efx return, then 200c ext spkr out >112. That's potentially a total of 300W>2x12/115. Yup, that'll get 'er done.
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Maybe you can start a volume war! Get that drummer to really hitting the skins!! :woot:
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An interesting post regarding a faulty switch on a Rumble 100 in the post link provided. After reading his complaint I would say it probably relates to most Rumble amps irrespective of whether its a 15 or an 800..G Doggy has had a glance at the issue but Doggy scours everywhere for Rumble posts loll Give the entire post a read guys and gals as there was a second complaint on the same posting from another reader.
Issues w/ Fender Rumble 100
 
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Giffro said:
An interesting post regarding a faulty switch on a Rumble 100 in the post link provided. After reading his complaint I would say it probably relates to most Rumble amps irrespective of whether its a 15 or an 800..G Doggy has had a glance at the issue but Doggy scours everywhere for Rumble posts loll Give the entire post a read guys and gals as there was a second complaint on the same posting from another reader.
Issues w/ Fender Rumble 100
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I saw that one. I’ve had my 100 a little over 2 years and made me a little nervous! I saw OP Andrew hasn’t logged in since August, so no resolution there ATM.... hope fully John has luck with the new switch and it’s an easy DIY fix
 
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Giffro said:
An interesting post regarding a faulty switch on a Rumble 100 in the post link provided. After reading his complaint I would say it probably relates to most Rumble amps irrespective of whether its a 15 or an 800..G Doggy has had a glance at the issue but Doggy scours everywhere for Rumble posts loll Give the entire post a read guys and gals as there was a second complaint on the same posting from another reader.
Issues w/ Fender Rumble 100
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Speaking of scouring everywhere for Rumble posts, who'd athunk you could find a really good one on the Fender website?


Spoiler: He got his R200c turned into a cab and a replacement R200c all for free!
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CallMeAl said:
Also the Statement that “rumbles are disposable” is a little... unsettling. From what I’ve seen, any issues seem to occur right out of the box, and are resolved with a replacement. But it would be very interesting to get data on the longevity of the v3 rumbles
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I've had-and gigged with-my R200c since November 2015 with no problems.
 
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GonePlaid said:
I've had-and gigged with-my R200c since November 2015 with no problems.
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I've had and gigged my R500c for, seems like, 4½-ish years, with no problems. And, sensing the end of the legacy 5-year warranty approaching, I've been recommending the Fender Authorized Service Center for every perceived problem.

But, still, my Spidey sense kept tingling! So, I just now checked and Aack!! My warranty expired while I wasn't looking this past summer! That's right, it surprised me but, I was an early adopter (not usually like me) of the then-newly-announced Rumble V3 500 combo at just $1 per watt ($499.99) back in 2014.

I was a little more true-to-form by waiting over one year after introduction to get my second Rumble, the Studio 40, and have about a year and a half left on it's 2-year warranty.

Oh, and my 1st generation Fender bass modeling amp, my B-DEC 30 that I've had no problems with, which I've been saying is about 10-years-old? Well, I just found where I got it's 4-button footswitch, which also works on the Studio(!), in 2007. And I recall that took me at least a year, or so, after getting the amp. In lieu of a purchase record, the copyright on the B-DEC manual and the Method Book is 2006. So, I was also an early adopter of my still perfectly functional Fender B-DEC, which is now 13-years-old!

Whew! Flies time when you're having fun!
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Attention: Rumble Club Wiki Edit Alert!

Thanks, @alanloomis1980 and @John Stephen. John, your description of the on/off switch replacement on your Rumble 40 has been linked on the Rumble Club Wiki page near the bottom of the Rumble Modifications section. This is exactly the kind of valuable information we strive to capture on The Wiki for the benefit of all Rumblers.

Thank you, John, for your sharing. And thank you, alan, for bringing this to our attention. :thumbsup:

Rumble On!​
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G-Dog said:
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Attention: Rumble Club Wiki Edit Alert!

Thanks, @alanloomis1980 and @John Stephen. John, your description of the on/off switch replacement on your Rumble 40 has been linked on the Rumble Club Wiki page near the bottom of the Rumble Modifications section. This is exactly the kind of valuable information we strive to capture on The Wiki for the benefit of all Rumblers.

Thank you, John, for your sharing. And thank you, alan, for bringing this to our attention. :thumbsup:

Rumble On!​
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As much as I’d like to take credit, it was @Giffro who shared with the Rumble club ;)
 
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