I have a 100. Since I got it, I hardly need/use the 200c. We have an outside cocktail party this afternoon. I'll use the 100.
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Seems I use my 100 more than my Bassman 500 or my Rumble 500.
I find it's enuff for almost all of our gigs. And, of course, there's the output to FOH-which we never have.
That’s good to know as I keep wondering if a R500 will be necessary in future. I’m hoping the 100 will be enough.
Depends on the gigs you play. Mostly I'm playing with an acoustic trio, guitar, cajon, and me. And on Thursday I play acoustic P&W at the Union Gospel mission.
I think if you look more closely at the Sweetwater site you'll realize there is a Thunderbird Vintage Pro bass in three different colors and a Thunderbird IV in vintage sunburst color.
I've been assisting a re-forming group who lost their bass man. Even at rehearsals, everything is too loud-for the room. My regular band takes pride in not being told to turn down. We've come to realize that our normal age group-55+-wants to be able to talk to each other w/o screaming. Once in a while, someone from the back of a room will say "we can't hear you", which is a lot better than "YER TOO BLEEDING LOUD!"
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As previously mentioned, I’m rumbling a 112 v2 with a 200 head. I’m able to turn up to 10-11 o’clock easy on master with everything else flat (by knob) on the head and the compressor with the bass cranked full (passive). This is in my practice room (bedroom). I am sure it is audible outdoors but not by much. It is great. I love it.
I recently acquired a rumble 115 cab v3. It is freaking loud and vibrates the whole house at just about the lowest audible volume. Turn it up just a bit and the neighbors will be right there with me. With the 200 head.
I’ve had a rumble 500 combo. I had no problem playing in the house at all. Unlike the 15”, I could crank those 10’s pretty loud without the sizzling vibrations the 115 sends to everything within 100-200’.
I am not commenting on volume or tone here. I’m talking earthquakes with that 115. Needless to say, it’s now on standby for gigs or band practice should my path / skill go that direction.
I’m not sure what it is about that 115 and my house vs the 210. This happened in multi rooms. Maybe it’s the age of the lumber in the walls and the frame is dialed in to some harmonic frequency that the 15 delivers that nothing else does. (I had a 200 combo with similar results). I’ve also had subs and Cerwin Vegas with 215s that didn’t do what the rumble 15s seem to do.
I may see if anyone wants to trade 115 v3 for a 112 v2. Or I will probably just give it a go as planned running the 112 and 115 together. It may not work. Hard to say. They seemed complimentary here in the practice room, although I didn’t spend much time with them both.
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I recently acquired a rumble 115 cab v3. It is freaking loud and vibrates the whole house at just about the lowest audible volume. Turn it up just a bit and the neighbors will be right there with me. With the 200 head.
I’ve had a rumble 500 combo. I had no problem playing in the house at all. Unlike the 15”, I could crank those 10’s pretty loud without the sizzling vibrations the 115 sends to everything within 100-200’.
I am not commenting on volume or tone here. I’m talking earthquakes with that 115. Needless to say, it’s now on standby for gigs or band practice should my path / skill go that direction.
I’m not sure what it is about that 115 and my house vs the 210. This happened in multi rooms. Maybe it’s the age of the lumber in the walls and the frame is dialed in to some harmonic frequency that the 15 delivers that nothing else does. (I had a 200 combo with similar results). I’ve also had subs and Cerwin Vegas with 215s that didn’t do what the rumble 15s seem to do.
I may see if anyone wants to trade 115 v3 for a 112 v2. Or I will probably just give it a go as planned running the 112 and 115 together. It may not work. Hard to say. They seemed complimentary here in the practice room, although I didn’t spend much time with them both.
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Lucky you! I'm shoveling snow this afternoon...
Sorry I forgot to post a pic earlier!
80F at our start time. Prolly gonna rain.
You guys are both lucky. Where I am in CA, we don't get rain or snow. Bad place to live for a weather fan like me.
I did that for the first and last time 12/1/64 at boot camp, Great Lakes NTC. You can keep it. (born/raised in Miami, FL.)
We were pushing 90 F here yesterday, 6500’ elev. middle of Mexico, clear and sunny. My PV panels are makin’ ‘hay’ while the sun shines!
Next week we do a goodbye party gig for our guitarist/vocal/band founder. Very small elevated stage open below made to reverberate flamenco stomping. Gonna need my best decoupling foam supports. This time I will place my Peavy guitar amp he uses where I can hear him so I know when he adds or subtracts a beat unknowingly. Decent player and singer but never comes back to the beat, oblivious, unless of course it is me that bobbles it. Will miss him but looking forward to finding a guitarist who can listen to and play WITH the rest of the band, and push me to be a better player.
Next week we do a goodbye party gig for our guitarist/vocal/band founder. Very small elevated stage open below made to reverberate flamenco stomping. Gonna need my best decoupling foam supports. This time I will place my Peavy guitar amp he uses where I can hear him so I know when he adds or subtracts a beat unknowingly. Decent player and singer but never comes back to the beat, oblivious, unless of course it is me that bobbles it. Will miss him but looking forward to finding a guitarist who can listen to and play WITH the rest of the band, and push me to be a better player.
Maybe he learned meter from Johnny Cash or some of the old blues men.
Absolutely! Like @Gravedigger Dav, I also play in a guitar, cajon, bass trio. We play mostly taprooms, coffee houses, farmers markets, and restaurants with many outside during the Summer. We have shows on average about 1.5 times a month (more in the Summer, less in the Winter) and of the 2+ years I can only think of one show my R40 may not have been enough without PA assistance (I have only had my R40 for about 3 months, I think 5 shows).
Back to @GonePlaid's main point, many of the owners of places we play tell us our volume control is greatly appreciated and I am sure is a factor in getting invited back.
Pictured is the Rumble 25, 100, Mustang GT 40, and Stage 800. I try to play each as often as I can to keep them from being just a cat scratching/sneezing post. The 25, and GT usually go on road trips with me.
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Hiya,
Just finished unboxing my Studio 40 and plugging it in. (Actually, it was delivered yesterday by UPS but it was -3 degrees when they dropped it off so I let it sit overnight sealed in the box so it would warm up very slowly, and no, I haven't taken the tag or display protector off yet) After about 20 minutes of noodling around, I'm very impressed so far with this light combo. I had a little trouble getting it to connect to WiFi and my iPhone Bluetooth with the Tone app but all seems well now. I haven't tried the DI out yet, hopefully that will be later today.
I hear you're encouraged to share your story how you got to jump on the Rumble train, here's how I got here: For about the last year my kids have taken an increasing interest in music as they become teenagers, which of course I encouraged as much as possible (but not pushing too hard) My amps are early '80's to mid '90's with large heavy cabinets, which don't work well playing at reasonable levels in the den accompanying acoustic guitars or electrics with practice amps. I had a B-15R lined up but I backed out of that as I had a PF before and while it's a classic sound, (especially with a black P with flats and a tort pick guard)it's pretty much a one or two trick pony as far as tone and since I'm not playing out anymore, I wanted to get an all in one rig that would allow me to play along with my kids, noodle around making weird tones to entertain myself and allow me to lay down tracks if I want to.
I do have a question for the group though:
Where can I get a cover for it? Fender doesn't list one for the Studio 40 on the site so if anyone has found one that fits well, let me know the brand and item # so I can order one.
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First is my custom made cover on my rumble 40 on top of my rumble 200 with its "Fender" cover.
I sewed the sleeves of the tshirt together to form a shallow pocket on each side to carry a cord, pick box, whiskey flask - whatever you have to tote around with your rig. I saw a guy's you tube on how to make a cheap amp cover out of a shirt and found just the perfect t-shirt for it! It fits my Rumble 40 V3 nearly perfect - with a little extra cloth hanging past the bottom of the cabinet. Eventually I guess we could come up with a more secure pocket setup to hold more stuff but for now this is what I'm rolling with on my 40.
