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Fender Rumble Club

#4,001
Rumble 210: Guess what? I'm not fan. Just did a close listen to just the cab alone in my practice room and it's not a slam-dunk. It's colored to the upper bass (which sounds "occluded" to me), not a whole lot of deep lows, and is kind of farty with the lows pushed. Sounds a lot like a small, inexpensive 210. duh. It's not like the combo, to my ears. It might go back.
 
#4,002
You might check that there's some wadding in the cab - I've heard that it's missing from a number of people. I know someone on here (sorry - can't remember who) took the speaker out of his Rumble V3 100 and found no wadding or bracing. He braced and wadded said cab and reported a noticeable improvement.
 
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Lync said:
I am looking at a 200 V3 combo now...I returned the 500 since I didn't like the farty/growl tone I was getting from my low B. I am thinking though maybe I had a bad one?
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Big Hoss said:
While I am no expert, I can't recall anyone else reporting "Farty tone" with the 500 combo...

Having said that, I do read a lot about 10" speakers farting out with 5 stringers... Not sure what the deal is, or if it applies to the Rumble but there you have it...

I don't play a 5 stringer, so farting on the low B just isn't a concern for me yet... However like the weather,t hat is prone to changing over time... So I am hopeful that the farty tone is due to a bad unit, and not indicative of a design issue dealing with the lower frequencies of the low B string... I know I can stay on the open E string full tilt until my fingers bleed without farting out so not a problem at the slightly higher frequencies of the open E...
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I play a Precision V through the 500 Combo and I did notice some farting initially. After trying some different eq adjustments I found that it is not always farting. I can set everything flat (to noon) and no buttons pressed and it is fine. You need to bring up the eq to your liking very slowly from there to keep it from overdoing the lows below E. You can find a sweet spot. I found that flat with the contour button pushed in has no farting at all and is pretty even over the whole range.

Edit to add: Maybe farting is not the right word. I have had amps that truly fart but this is maybe better described as just not as clear as from E on up when you get D on down to B on the 5er. Maybe muddy until you find the right eq rather than farting?
 
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Lync said:
Yeah, I am thinking something was out of whack. 1. It was very farty/growly (but not in a good way) 2. It wasn't much louder than my Rumble 100 combo (1x12)

I use my Rumble 100 for about 50% of my gigs, and being I own a bunch more amps/cabs, I just returned the 500. Still though, I am looking to minimize my trips in/out (less you carry the more you make, right?) :)
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Lync, I'd pop a Rumble 500 head on top of a pair of the new 112 cabs and call it a night in 5-string heaven. I'll never sell my V2 Rumble 112 Neos.
 
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furym said:
I play a Precision V through the 500 Combo and I did notice some farting initially. After trying some different eq adjustments I found that it is not always farting. I can set everything flat (to noon) and no buttons pressed and it is fine. You need to bring up the eq to your liking very slowly from there to keep it from overdoing the lows below E. You can find a sweet spot. I found that flat with the contour button pushed in has no farting at all and is pretty even over the whole range.

Edit to add: Maybe farting is not the right word. I have had amps that truly fart but this is maybe better described as just not as clear as from E on up when you get D on down to B on the 5er. Maybe muddy until you find the right eq rather than farting?
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Right-great description...it was not truly "farting"...just a growl that was not deep and clean like the higher strings.

Linnin said:
Lync, I'd pop a Rumble 500 head on top of a pair of the new 112 cabs and call it a night in 5-string heaven. I'll never sell my V2 Rumble 112 Neos.
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Hi Linnin-great thought, but me being the lazy guy wants a one hand, no extra cable solution. I want to be able to beat my drummer breaking down ha ha. Truthfully it may come to a small multi-cab solution, but I am not giving up yet. My Rumble 100 is almost right there...I just need some more.

As for a further disclaimer I have never done well with 10's. Could be from my early playing on cheap junk with loud drummers, I tend to dig in pretty hard (although the studio has refined that for me).

I was a huge fan of the Fender Bassman 400 (2x10) combo but I kept blowing its speakers.

So the trigger finger is on the Bassman 200 to see if that reacts differently (to my liking) for the 5'er.
 
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Lync said:
Right-great description...it was not truly "farting"...just a growl that was not deep and clean like the higher strings.



Hi Linnin-great thought, but me being the lazy guy wants a one hand, no extra cable solution. I want to be able to beat my drummer breaking down ha ha. Truthfully it may come to a small multi-cab solution, but I am not giving up yet. My Rumble 100 is almost right there...I just need some more.

As for a further disclaimer I have never done well with 10's. Could be from my early playing on cheap junk with loud drummers, I tend to dig in pretty hard (although the studio has refined that for me).

I was a huge fan of the Fender Bassman 400 (2x10) combo but I kept blowing its speakers.

So the trigger finger is on the Bassman 200 to see if that reacts differently (to my liking) for the 5'er.
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I wonder what punishment the cab / head only crowd will mete out for you saying that?
 
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Big Hoss said:
I wonder what punishment the cab / head only crowd will mete out for you saying that?
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Well, that's easy. The rage is now active speakers. Why? Not only for convenience, but because "the engineers who designed the system match the amp to the speaker for maximum efficiency". Why couldn't the same be said for a combo amp? Of course that's not always the case, but then again, I have to carry my own gear 95% of the time so I am willing to take that gamble.

It all comes down to different scenarios and the correct (including the tradeoffs) tool for the job
 
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Lync said:
As for a further disclaimer I have never done well with 10's. Could be from my early playing on cheap junk with loud drummers, I tend to dig in pretty hard (although the studio has refined that for me).

I was a huge fan of the Fender Bassman 400 (2x10) combo but I kept blowing its speakers.
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Funny, I have always been the opposite. I've blown 15s and gotten 12s to sound like someone playing a tuba poorly. I'm back at 10s and home to stay this time.
 
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Linnin said:
Alrighty Then! Pop a Fender Super Bassman on top of a Fender Bassman Pro 610 Neo and get down with your bad self! I'd do it if I could afford such a rig.
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I'd do it if I could lift such a rig down the hillsides and up the fire escapes I find myself traversing for some of the ridiculous private gigs I get.

My first big boy amp was a silverface Bassman 135 with 2x15 cab. Weight wasn't bad at all, but I did get tired of the tube head maintenance.
 

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