Fender Rumble Club

[Katoosie]

As a reward for my hard bass work I'm on my way to the store to get some chocolate
Maybe tomorrow I'll finish the recording and show it to you guys!

 

[BBassBassington]

Thanks!

I do use Linux.
So far I have tried Jack and ALSA and I can get both of them to play nice and record... but none of them let me monitor. I have been pressing buttons, looking online and I cannot find any help anywhere. I CAN record, I just don't hear anything coming back with monitoring, even if it's switched on. No idea why.

Linux, bass playing, and female. Do you happen to have a colourful mane and horn on your forehead? I don't even use Linux and I hate Windows! lol

We all have those days where we spend hours troubleshooting the smallest thing! I could make a living out of not realizing the cable going from my board to my amp isn't plugged in all the way.

 

[John Stephen]

As a reward for my hard bass work I'm on my way to the store to get some chocolate
Maybe tomorrow I'll finish the recording and show it to you guys!

Please do! I'd be interested to hear it. And maybe post a pic of the chocolate too. Now I want some myself.

 

[Katoosie]

Linux, bass playing, and female. Do you happen to have a colourful mane and horn on your forehead? I don't even use Linux and I hate Windows! lol

We all have those days where we spend hours troubleshooting the smallest thing! I could make a living out of not realizing the cable going from my board to my amp isn't plugged in all the way.

I'm a perfectly generic human, I assure you!

The reason I picked up Linux is because my computer came with a bunch of crap installed so I wanted to get rid of it. Yeah kinda weird but! It works!
Yeah I've spent an entire day trying to figure it out and I am very happy that I did because I'm all set up now yay!

Like someone above wrote, sometimes the simplest things are the most difficult.

 

[BBassBassington]

I'm a perfectly generic human, I assure you!

The reason I picked up Linux is because my computer came with a bunch of crap installed so I wanted to get rid of it. Yeah kinda weird but! It works!
Yeah I've spent an entire day trying to figure it out and I am very happy that I did because I'm all set up now yay!

Like someone above wrote, sometimes the simplest things are the most difficult.

Shame really. You probably could have made good money off being a unicorn! lol

I've tried Linux a few times. There's some really great options out there for OS' but I'd often get stuck with Ubuntu because it's the most friendly to us blind folk. And I don't really dig Ubuntu or running multiple PCs. I do tend to forget that Android is Linux though, so at least on the mobile side I'm doing things right!

I also love being able to just sit down and record. I still have to do set up and take down whenever I want to but I'm pretty close. I'm down to plug in 2-4 things, push a few power buttons, and open some apps. Got my practice rig down to plug in the Mustang Micro, turn it on, plug in headphones. As soon as it goes on it connects to my phone which then opens Spotify on its own. Much better than the days I'd have to essentially rebuild my office every time I wanted to play or record. Now I just gotta find a way to make filming in here that easy...

 

[Black Out Jazz]

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> echo Katoosie is a unicorn
> done
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[GonePlaid]

The other day I plug my bass into my Rumble. No sound. What? Fiddle with knobs on bass. No sound. Fiddle with knobs on amp. No sound. WTH??? Panic sets in...

Oh sh**. The 1/4 to 3.5mm headphone adapter is plugged in...

I saw myself out.

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention: last Sunday morning's gig, I plug in my Les Paul 5er, make adjustments on amp and bass and...nothing. Check cable to make certain all is well...nothing. Lights are on on the Rumble, still nothing. Hmm. Quickly hook up backup bass(EB-0). Sounds. Hmm. Dig out tool kit, remove control cavity cover, replace battery. Sounds. Put cover back on, put EB-0 back in case. Play gig on Les Paul 5er. The battery had died overnight between checking the bass Saturday and Sunday's gig. Funny how well active basses work with a fresh battery as opposed to a dead one.

 

[John Stephen]

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention: last Sunday morning's gig, I plug in my Les Paul 5er, make adjustments on amp and bass and...nothing.[ ...]The battery had died overnight between checking the bass Saturday and Sunday's gig. Funny how well active basses work with a fresh battery as opposed to a dead one.

Happened to me at a gig sound check, and at a recording session. And that is why I now only buy passive basses.

 

[GonePlaid]

Happened to me at a gig sound check, and at a recording session. And that is why I now only buy passive basses.

Funny story part deux: I decided I wanted a 5er. Had to be a Gibson(or Epi). Checked with Gibson[1996, pre having internet]. Nothing in the current catalog. OK. Made the rounds of B&M music stores in my general area. Went in MA&E in Ft. Lauderdale and there, up on the wall was this Gibson Les Paul bass. OK, let's see:1-2-3-4-5! Awrighty then. Ask the sales guy to get it down. He does and plugs it into some monster amp. I turned the volume all the way down-just wanted to see if I was comfortable with it. Yup. Told him I hadda go home and check finances. Called back and said I'll come get it tomorrow(too late to go back).
Brought it home and plugged it into whatever amp I was using then. Sounded really good-at very low settings on the bass. Wow! This thing kicks @$$! Started using it in rehearsals with the big band I was a part of at the time. After a coupla weeks I noticed I wasn't getting quite the sound I had been getting. Thought maybe the jack could be loose inside. Removed the cavity cover. WTH? A battery? I had no idea the thing was active. It came from Gibson with Barts. I'd never even heard of Bartolini pups. Now I keep a spare battery in the accessory compartment. I might not have bought it if I'd known it was active, but I'm not sorry I did.

I'm sure it will come as no shock that it sports a set of EBCF's.

 

[SoulReflection]

Funny how well active basses work with a fresh battery as opposed to a dead one.

This dinosaur's resurrection ended with battery operated basses. Evolution has proven the more stuff you add, the more stuff can go wrong. How many times does one have to re-amplify anything? But, like I said, I am a dinosaur. We had three, basic functions back then, Eat, S_x and S___t. We didn't have to re-amplify anything. If it wasn't for that rock, we would be fine today and yes, that is my story.

 

[SoulReflection]

Like someone above wrote, sometimes the simplest things are the most difficult.

Yep, that's why we don't need any chocolate. It's all based on shooting trouble. You did it and five hours later, fixed it...enjoy the chocolate.

 

[GonePlaid]

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This dinosaur's resurrection ended with battery operated basses. Evolution has proven the more stuff you add, the more stuff can go wrong. How many times does one have to re-amplify anything? But, like I said, I am a dinosaur. We had three, basic functions back then, Eat, S_x and S___t. We didn't have to re-amplify anything. If it wasn't for that rock, we would be fine today and yes, that is my story.

Yup. As I said, if I'd known it was active... It's a helluva nice axe. A little heavy(I don't think it's from the battery), but Les Paul's are notoriously heavy-pretty much solid mahogany. Maybe it's the flame maple top.

 

[BBassBassington]

I've got rechargeable 9vs, and whenever I bring an active bass anywhere (which 2 of 3 have a passive switch anyway) I make sure there's a backup battery. If I change string/do a setup/it's February I charge the batteries. Once you make it part of your life it's no different than anything else and its so worth it IMO. I love active basses.

The only time I've had one die on me is when I was selling 2 basses at the same time. A Squier P Bass and an EBMM Stingray. So not only did I mix up which bass I brought because I was emailing multiple people about both but the EBMMs battery was dead when I got there. Dude was like hey you brought it and I've never tried one, can I? And I was like sure, you offered to drive me home because I brought the wrong bass and still buy from a person who by this point you must think is missing quite a few brain cells it's the least I can do. Plug it in and nothing. Crank the amp and there's the tiniest little bass noises coming from it. Yup, dead battery. I really showed my intelligence that day!

 

[FronTowardEnemy]

Just got home from a gig with my Rumble 500c. Had it paired with my TecAmp M210 as an extension cab. Didn’t need it, was a smaller place, about 150 people.

The rig delivered and sounded huge. I let the opener use my rig so I was able to scope out how it sounded in the crowd.

The Rumble didn’t even break a sweat. It ran for 3 1/2 hours without even getting warm, it was crazy. I had the gain at 8-9:00 and master at 10:00. Vintage and bright switches engaged. Bass set at 10:00, low mid at center, hi mid at 2:00 and treble at 1:00.

I used the over drive on the amp for 2 songs and it worked out well. I was also running a Tech21 Bass Fly Rig in front of the amp and used the Sansamp portion for heavier tunes.

\m/

 

[JakobT]

I've got rechargeable 9vs, and whenever I bring an active bass anywhere (which 2 of 3 have a passive switch anyway) I make sure there's a backup battery. If I change string/do a setup/it's February I charge the batteries. Once you make it part of your life it's no different than anything else and its so worth it IMO. I love active basses.

The only time I've had one die on me is when I was selling 2 basses at the same time. A Squier P Bass and an EBMM Stingray. So not only did I mix up which bass I brought because I was emailing multiple people about both but the EBMMs battery was dead when I got there. Dude was like hey you brought it and I've never tried one, can I? And I was like sure, you offered to drive me home because I brought the wrong bass and still buy from a person who by this point you must think is missing quite a few brain cells it's the least I can do. Plug it in and nothing. Crank the amp and there's the tiniest little bass noises coming from it. Yup, dead battery. I really showed my intelligence that day!

I change the battery in my EBMM Classic Sabre once a year whether it’s needed or not (I label the battery with the date on which I installed it, to avoid confusion) and a spare lives permanently in each of my gig bags. Never had one die on me at an inopportune moment, but if I did, it’s an easy fix.

 

[JakobT]

Just got home from a gig with my Rumble 500c. Had it paired with my TecAmp M210 as an extension cab. Didn’t need it, was a smaller place, about 150 people.

The rig delivered and sounded huge. I let the opener use my rig so I was able to scope out how it sounded in the crowd.

The Rumble didn’t even break a sweat. It ran for 3 1/2 hours without even getting warm, it was crazy. I had the gain at 8-9:00 and master at 10:00. Vintage and bright switches engaged. Bass set at 10:00, low mid at center, hi mid at 2:00 and treble at 1:00.

I used the over drive on the amp for 2 songs and it worked out well. I was also running a Tech21 Bass Fly Rig in front of the amp and used the Sansamp portion for heavier tunes.

\m/

That’s been my experience as well. The last gig I did before lockdown had three bands, all used my Rumble 500. It was plenty loud, no external cab needed, and sounded great.

 

[loveboatcaptain]

I wonder if any of you guys can help...
I owned a fender bassman 100T alongside a fender rumble 200 V3 as my smaller backup.

the rumble 200 blew me away in terms of tone, it always sounded perfect.

It was slightly underpowered for the gigs I do. I ended up selling the bass man 100T as it was big and heavy and not easy to store at home. Plus the rumble sounded great. That vintage button!!!

Anyway I sold the rumble for a change and went with the orange Terror 500, which is nice.

however, I miss that unique rumble tone.

so here are my choices... either but a rumble 800 HD brand new or find a second hand rumble 500v3.

does the 800HD sound exactly the same as the 500v3? Are there any pros to getting the newer 800hd? Or should I be looking for a used 500v3 ?

Also, the cab I use is a bassman 410neo... will this be ok to run as the sole cab with the 800hd or would the 800 be overpowered and risking damage?

 

[Black Out Jazz]

Shame really. You probably could have made good money off being a unicorn! lol

I've tried Linux a few times. There's some really great options out there for OS' but I'd often get stuck with Ubuntu because it's the most friendly to us blind folk. And I don't really dig Ubuntu or running multiple PCs. I do tend to forget that Android is Linux though, so at least on the mobile side I'm doing things right!

I also love being able to just sit down and record. I still have to do set up and take down whenever I want to but I'm pretty close. I'm down to plug in 2-4 things, push a few power buttons, and open some apps. Got my practice rig down to plug in the Mustang Micro, turn it on, plug in headphones. As soon as it goes on it connects to my phone which then opens Spotify on its own. Much better than the days I'd have to essentially rebuild my office every time I wanted to play or record. Now I just gotta find a way to make filming in here that easy...

Friend, you can install linux on a Windows machine easy peasy. I have an instance of CentOS 7.7 on my Win10. There are a couple of silly windoze hoops one must jump thru but it isn't all that bad.

 

[Billyears IV]

With some members kind encouragement, I am pleased to have negotiated a second hand 210 extension. Now feel part of the big boys club

The recent process of messing with added power, tweeters on/off, various pedals, pedal chain itself, single coil pick-ups...etc has all highlighted my set up is noisy. Bit of a downer and only really noticed as I move from 'lock-down bedroom volume & headphones' to testing stage/rehearsal set up.

Things to change/improve - pedals are daisy-chained - get power block, shield my pick ups & pot cavities on bass, possibly add a noise gate pedal.

I tested bass and then each pedal direct. Interesting, although my bass produces a bit of noise, its the pedals that are the main culprit. Bit depressing, as some pedals are top quality, not cheap.
I had routed my comp & pre-amp via the power amp and my reverb, delay & chorus via the send/return.

So I tested putting ALL pedals through send/return and the noise is vastly reduced

I will read up and still want to shield my pick ups but it definitely puts on hold the idea of a power block & noise gate - unnecessary expense??

But can anyone kindly advise of any downsides of putting ALL pedals through Rumble send/return?
( originally I had noticed a drop in power volume using pedals this way, but with higher gain/master, I can't notice a drop off)

Thank you kindly

 

[Billyears IV]

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