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We are going to do a live practice this Saturday from 6-8 PM CST. I will be using the Rumble 500C for the first time in a live band setting, so it should be fun.Well, just let us know the deets if you wanna "pack the virtual house" with fans! We're here to support our Rumblin' brothas and sistas.
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In short we are a Foo cover band, been around since 2012, played hundreds of shows, our FB page that we had since we started was unpublished During this pandemic for some odd reason so we had to start over. We were not able to resolve this through FB unfortunately.
Here is a link to our page Too Fighters Chicago
Hope it doesn’t break any TB rules by posting here. I don’t have a FB page personally so I’m not sure how this all works yet. We will have multiple cameras and pro sound so there’s that.
If at all, any of you like what you see, please like our page. We were at 2K followers and now we sit at a measly 250.
Thanks. And rock on!!
We are going to do a live practice this Saturday from 6-8 PM CST. I will be using the Rumble 500C for the first time in a live band setting, so it should be fun. Ah! Foo For Less!
In short we are a Foo cover band, been around since 2012, played hundreds of shows, our FB page that we had since we started was unpublished During this pandemic for some odd reason so we had to start over. We were not able to resolve this through FB unfortunately.
Here is a link to our page Too Fighters Chicago
Hope it doesn’t break any TB rules by posting here. I don’t have a FB page personally so I’m not sure how this all works yet. We will have multiple cameras and pro sound so there’s that.
If at all, any of you like what you see, please like our page. We were at 2K followers and now we sit at a measly 250.
Thanks. And rock on!!
That sounds like excellent advice from a wise man !!
I had a very rumbley tone from both my 115 extension and my 500c when I moved into a new practice space. I sprang for the Aurelex isolation pads (not cheap!) and found much improvement. I think this was because the resonance frequency of the house and the amp were the same. The isolation pads separated the amp from the house. This worked for me. Good luck!
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Hey there! Huge Foo fan, bass player / sound guy, Rumble user, and also in the Chicago burbs...saw you guys at Penny Road Pub not long ago
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Awesome. Hope we didn’t disappoint. Thanks for supporting the local scene too!!
The 500 combo will serve you well with either scenario! Any cab you acquire to move more air just makes for more to love. Check out the pics in the Rumble wiki so awesomely maintained by our own @G-Dog who goes above and beyond to keep us informed on any and all that RUMBLES!
I'm sure the 115 would sound awesome with the 500c, but being somewhat OCD, I can't get past the lack of symmetrySo I'd opt for the 210 or 112 (if you can find one)
But to each his own and some enjoy the pyramid look
Well I am OCD about some things but the pyramid somehow doesn’t trigger it
Of course! I've caught you guys, Smells Like Dave Grohl, The Lennys, Friday Jackson, and other local bands back in the days when gigs were a thing...
Thanks, once more, for all of the responses about my rumbly problem (Posts #42043& #42054). I did more experimenting, and this is what I've found.
Turning on the Vintage and Contour greatly impacted the sound, bringing back a profound, muddy rumble.
I'm curious about the batting, but I haven't tried that yet. I'm looking for the right material.
At least this may prove that the speaker is not damaged.
- I moved the amp to my living room with more open space and a hardwood floor. This alone helped reduce the problem noticeably.
- I set the EQs to about 9:00, bass setting 10:00.
- I had the gain at 8:00, master at 5:00.
- All neck pickup, tone and bridge off.
- Bright/Contour/Vintage all off.
Turning on the Vintage and Contour greatly impacted the sound, bringing back a profound, muddy rumble.
I'm curious about the batting, but I haven't tried that yet. I'm looking for the right material.
At least this may prove that the speaker is not damaged.
I just keep thinking it’s the cab! Or the speaker may be loose. IMO if it rattles on every note played its usually the speaker. If it’s only on certain notes it’s usually the cab! JMO YMMV
I just keep thinking it’s the cab! Or the speaker may be loose. IMO if it rattles on every note played its usually the speaker. If it’s only on certain notes it’s usually the cab! JMO YMMV
I don't know, to be honest. I might have gotten this all wrong but from what I've noticed the buttons for bright/contour/vintage are more or less boosts to treble/middle/bass.
Also, I don't know how you set up your EQ and what kind of sound you like to have while you play, but make sure to EQ to the room and not to "your sound". Different rooms have different acoustics so you might have to completely re-do your EQ from the ground up. Start with everything at noon (maybe except the volume if your room is tiny, like mine!) and slowly take out the bass if it's boomy and fix it up with middle EQ knobs. Add treble and effects to taste.
In my room, my windows hate the E string. I can play B and all the other strings higher than E but whenever I play my E, the windows rattle. Obviously it must have something to do with sound frequencies and how this particular glass is made and...
Anyway, point is - EQ to the room. You will sound different in a small room with a lot of reflective surfaces and little to no furniture, different in an open space and totally different in a room with a bunch of sound dampening etc
Just some small tips, maybe it was helpful!
Every room is gonna be a little different. I start 10, 2, 2, 10, gain and volume as fits, same with vintage and bright. Contour might as well not be there, I've never found a use for it.
When we gig(ged), I'd start with the same settings then listen to the room and adjust prn. One other thing is if you're within ~6'(2m?)of the amp it's gonna sound much different 25'(?m)away-like to an audience.
On the subject of an isolation pad, you can pick up a mechanic's kneeling pad for a lot less to try it out. Or one of these.
MudStand(mini)
When we gig(ged), I'd start with the same settings then listen to the room and adjust prn. One other thing is if you're within ~6'(2m?)of the amp it's gonna sound much different 25'(?m)away-like to an audience.
On the subject of an isolation pad, you can pick up a mechanic's kneeling pad for a lot less to try it out. Or one of these.
MudStand(mini)
Attempting to explain "bright" would take someone far more qualified than me, but it seems to me to be similar in effect to the "presence" control on some amps. It adds a bit of 'clarity', for lack of a better term. This article might help: Invalid Link RemovedI don't know, to be honest. I might have gotten this all wrong but from what I've noticed the buttons for bright/contour/vintage are more or less boosts to treble/middle/bass.
Also, I don't know how you set up your EQ and what kind of sound you like to have while you play, but make sure to EQ to the room and not to "your sound". Different rooms have different acoustics so you might have to completely re-do your EQ from the ground up. Start with everything at noon (maybe except the volume if your room is tiny, like mine!) and slowly take out the bass if it's boomy and fix it up with middle EQ knobs. Add treble and effects to taste.
In my room, my windows hate the E string. I can play B and all the other strings higher than E but whenever I play my E, the windows rattle. Obviously it must have something to do with sound frequencies and how this particular glass is made and...
Anyway, point is - EQ to the room. You will sound different in a small room with a lot of reflective surfaces and little to no furniture, different in an open space and totally different in a room with a bunch of sound dampening etc
Just some small tips, maybe it was helpful!
ADDENDUM: Rumble/7ender doesn't explain it that way in the manual, but having had 7ender Bassman's with a presence knob, that's what it reminds me of function wise.
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It has been said so many times before...an HPF does work. It works for any amp and any room, IMHO. I could be wrong, but, one could buy all the isolation pads there are. They may hide or lessen the boom but, is there a better way to eliminate it?. Calling on @Stumbo, @agedhorse, @fdeck and Broughton Audio. Am I wrong?
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So, if this is the issue, it's just a matter of tightening the cab and speaker mounting screws?I just keep thinking it’s the cab! Or the speaker may be loose. IMO if it rattles on every note played its usually the speaker. If it’s only on certain notes it’s usually the cab! JMO YMMV
I may use HPF in the future for recording and important occasions. I would love to try one, but my main purpose at the moment has been to determine if I have a damaged speaker, and then see where the limits of my 40 watt, 10" amp are. I thought maybe I was expecting too much as I had been both performing and practicing with a Peavey 800-watt Mark IV head and 15" cabinet since 1983. I had a small Gorilla practice amp that was always terribly distorted.
