As I read this I am enjoying my ever present 10.5 kHz buzz, probably the gift from a drummers enthusiastic rimshots.
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Recorded through my 500 combo for the first time. Had some down time on this gloomy Chicago day. What else but The Cure to play!
Nice fat sound. Here it is if you want to check it out. Not the best but you get the idea.
Nice fat sound. Here it is if you want to check it out. Not the best but you get the idea.
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Really enjoyable listen! Now you've got me wondering what a Gary Numan cover of this song would sound like. Savage, indeed!
Excellent Pbass and Rumble tones!
So tell me your tone settings on the 500: Any buttons engaged? Eq settings? Master vs Gain? OD on or off?
So tell me your tone settings on the 500: Any buttons engaged? Eq settings? Master vs Gain? OD on or off?
Welcome back, SB. I recall you said you studied our Rumble Club Wiki, but you never answered my question about which part(s). Again, I refer you to the Club TONE POOL list of settings. It is currently up to date, though it occasionally gets wiped out, or substantially reduced, by unknowing users.
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Thanks everyone for your kind words!
I have been playing more and more and learning what I can in the meantime... and it's been going well!
Decided to work on "a project" just to do it, i.e covering an entire album, song by song, just because why not. In the meantime I am learning theory and doing other songs in different genre just to spread myself out a little bit, after all I wouldn't want to be able to play just a few specific things
Have a nice day rumblers!
I have been playing more and more and learning what I can in the meantime... and it's been going well!
Decided to work on "a project" just to do it, i.e covering an entire album, song by song, just because why not. In the meantime I am learning theory and doing other songs in different genre just to spread myself out a little bit, after all I wouldn't want to be able to play just a few specific things
Have a nice day rumblers!
Thanks!
I had the volume at full max, gain at 0, no filters engaged, bass straight up at noon, low mid around 1:00, hi mid around 2:00, treble at noon and OD off.
Came straight out of the DI into my PreSonus Studio 24 into studio one DAW. No effects or compression, I wanted just the pure tone of the rumble.
Hi G-Dog. Can you please help me recall your "question about which part(s)? I have poured over and printed key parts of the tone settings from the Wiki. I particularly like the flat eq setting. I do really like my 500c combo. I find the bass output of the amp to be easily overpowering so I use the bass eq knob sparingly, usually starting at zero and adding to taste. I also have been setting the amp on a stand to better control the affect of the stage floor.
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Here's a link to jog your memory, SB. That was just a couple months ago, but it may have been before my last restoration, I don't know. Do you recall about how many items were listed in the TONE POOL when you checked it out? There's about 36 there now, up from just a dozen, or so, before my last restoration.
Also, just below the TONE POOL link on the Wiki is a link to oscilloscope tested settings for actual flat response on a Rumble 500 combo. [SPOILER: It's very close to the 10, 2, 2, 10 settings many of us have memorized and use.]
HTH
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I missed the Tone Pool! That is an amazing collection of combinations. I will certainly work my way through that. I have been using the oscilloscope flat response settings (ie, 10,2,2,10) as my starting point at various venues, although I still struggle to manage the overall bass response. As I stated above that now I find that isolating the amp from the floor on a stand and rolling the bass eq knob to zero and adding it as needed seems to have helped. I think my other problem is the bass side of my pickups need to be lowered. I have them set to the Fender specs but my low E string is louder then the other strings. That's my next adjustment. I really enjoy all of this input on Tone!! Thanks, G-Dog.
So the input is helping yer output?
You're welcome, SB. Happy to help. Please show us a pic of your Rumble 500 combo and join The Club.
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Hey, RumbleFriends!
I know I’ve been MIA (and not the Fender kind) for a while, but I wanted to check in to say hi!
Things got busy for me as they did for all of us.
I’ve been checking in with @GonePlaid and @jt62 when I can so I’m not completely unsupervised.
Though I went to the Dark Side amp-wise, I still check in here when I can and am glad to see you all still sharing your wisdom and humor.
I appreciate all the help, patience and advice you gave me as well.
I’m really stuck on this daisy chain combo thing!
I know I’ve been MIA (and not the Fender kind) for a while, but I wanted to check in to say hi!
Things got busy for me as they did for all of us.
I’ve been checking in with @GonePlaid and @jt62 when I can so I’m not completely unsupervised.
Though I went to the Dark Side amp-wise, I still check in here when I can and am glad to see you all still sharing your wisdom and humor.
I appreciate all the help, patience and advice you gave me as well.
I’m really stuck on this daisy chain combo thing!
Hi all, update on my smallish Rumble adventures...the Rumble 40 (which I really liked) developed a buzzing sound on volumes over about 1 and after trying all the usual (cables, guitars, eq settings, outlets, lights and such) I returned it within the refund date...waited a bit and decided I would like a little more oomph along with a working Rumble. So, I ordered a new 100 v3 and it will be delivered next week...got a good deal (about $20 off regular new price and free shipping). I don't gig anywhere other than small jams and maybe a nursing home or rec center with mostly acoustic and no heavy drums....this is probably more than I need but like having the extra headroom and it will also work well for my updated uses (including jazz hollowbody guitar and acoustic/electric guitar and uke/ubass...). Cheers, rumblers....
Enjoy your new Rumble. I got my Rumble 100 back in January and use it as my stage monitor with my classic rock band and have been playing guitar and running a drum machine through it for practice at home for a duo or solo project. I found the vintage button with bright works the best for me on bass and just the bright for guitar.
Hi!
I just bought a Rumble 500 combo but when using a di/preamp and going straight into the effect return (or using the aux input) the volume is so much lower than what you might expect compared to when played though the usual input.
I'm fully aware that the DI/audio source will control the volume but doing the same with my Ampeg BA-115 sounds louder - which it shouldnt.. Do I have a faulty amp or is this how they work for some reason?
I just bought a Rumble 500 combo but when using a di/preamp and going straight into the effect return (or using the aux input) the volume is so much lower than what you might expect compared to when played though the usual input.
I'm fully aware that the DI/audio source will control the volume but doing the same with my Ampeg BA-115 sounds louder - which it shouldnt.. Do I have a faulty amp or is this how they work for some reason?
I haven’t tried the Aux in my 500 combo, but I have run a Tech 21 BFR into the effects return and experience the same as you.
As you mentioned, the device going into the effects return controls overall volume, I just crank the level on my device going into the effects return a little bit to get it to drive the power amp. I still get plenty of headroom that way as well.
Works great for practice, small jams, small gigs, etc. some headroom is always a good thing.
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