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Fender Rumble Club

#42,821
I'm ~99.9% sure I won't be playing through 2 daisy chained R100s tomorrow. Outdoor jams and tropical storms don't go together very well.:rollno:
BTW, on the subject of watts, I'm happy to have the headroom of the 140W in my R200c, but I've never had the volume even 1/2(65-70W?). Has anyone run a Rumble full blast? Did it survive?
If I "need" to be that loud, I'll mic/DI it to the PA. And wear anti jet noise Mickey Mouse ears.
 
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GonePlaid said:
I'm ~99.9% sure I won't be playing through 2 daisy chained R100s tomorrow. Outdoor jams and tropical storms don't go together very well.:rollno:
BTW, on the subject of watts, I'm happy to have the headroom of the 140W in my R200c, but I've never had the volume even 1/2(65-70W?). Has anyone run a Rumble full blast? Did it survive?
If I "need" to be that loud, I'll mic/DI it to the PA. And wear anti jet noise Mickey Mouse ears.
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Waddaya know. Storm gone, open mic/jam on. Off to play through 2 R 100's-neither one mine.:cool:
 
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Well I recieved my Rumble 500 combo today. It is amazing and sounds great! I forgot how loud this amp is. I tightened all the screws and debadged the combo. I love the way it looks!
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bordinco90 said:
Well I recieved my Rumble 500 combo today. It is amazing and sounds great! I forgot how loud this amp is. I tightened all the screws and debadged the combo. I love the way it looks!
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I didn't debadge mine until I mounted my 40c on an angled rack. That plastic badge looks way worse at an angle than it does straight on.

I bought my 200c when the v3 series was released, before they raised the price $100 to: a) curb demand a bit, and, let's not forget b) profit from a very successful product. I have it mounted on a GRAMMA 2 pad, and didn't hate the way the badge looked, but removed it when I removed the one from my 40c.

Even at the increased price point, the 200c retained its excellent bang-for-the-buck rating.
 
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I have a question about rumbles.
Or more specifically, maybe fender combos and heads in general. Well, I have stumbled upon people writing that the fender sound isn't anything special, that it's just clean without any nuance or flavor. What do you all make of it?
Personally, I like the rumble sound because it allows me to do whatever with it as I see fit.

Any opinions on the matter?
Thank you and rumble on!
 
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Katoosie said:
I have a question about rumbles.
Or more specifically, maybe fender combos and heads in general. Well, I have stumbled upon people writing that the fender sound isn't anything special, that it's just clean without any nuance or flavor. What do you all make of it?
Personally, I like the rumble sound because it allows me to do whatever with it as I see fit.

Any opinions on the matter?
Thank you and rumble on!
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Exactly. Start clean and modify as one sees fit(I don't).
 
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Katoosie said:
I have a question about rumbles.
Or more specifically, maybe fender combos and heads in general. Well, I have stumbled upon people writing that the fender sound isn't anything special, that it's just clean without any nuance or flavor. What do you all make of it?
Personally, I like the rumble sound because it allows me to do whatever with it as I see fit.

Any opinions on the matter?
Thank you and rumble on!
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“Clean without any nuance or flavor” is very special. I like it a lot.
 
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Deleted member 268085 said:
I didn't debadge mine until I mounted my 40c on an angled rack. That plastic badge looks way worse at an angle than it does straight on.

I bought my 200c when the v3 series was released, before they raised the price $100 to: a) curb demand a bit, and, let's not forget b) profit from a very successful product. I have it mounted on a GRAMMA 2 pad, and didn't hate the way the badge looked, but removed it when I removed the one from my 40c.

Even at the increased price point, the 200c retained its excellent bang-for-the-buck rating.
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I bought a slightly used 100v3 from GC. The price was low enough that even with a GC warranty, I saved money.

And now y'all got me thinking about that badge. Although what I really want to do is get several badges from different mfrs and put Velcro[tm] on the backs, and just trade them off any time I play out (whenever that becomes a thing). "Wait. That's an Orange? That's not an Orange! ... Is it?"
 
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GonePlaid said:
Update: only 1 R100. Still not mine. Set up for me by BL. Plenty for the gig, though. Big crowd-at one point we had about 12 people there.:eyebrow:
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Man, I really wanted to hear your thoughts on the double combo daisy chain stack. I’m really sold on that idea.
I’m hoping to make a stack with two 150 watt 15” combos of an evil brand whose name I dare not speak here. :D
 
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