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Hello. I'm hoping to join the Fender Rumble Club. In an effort to lighten my rig, I bought a Rumble 112 and Rumble 100. I added an extension speaker jack through the Rumble 100's port to be able to use the 112. With just the Rumble 100 (no extension speaker) I was able to keep up with two guitarist with 1x12 cabinets, keyboard player and drummer all playing at a comfortable, non-deafening volume. Plan is to add a Rumble 500c for times when more oomph is needed.
God I love the bass on my newest song. The Rumble and the Jazz get along so well. Vintage + bright + OD + lots of mids =
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I'm actually kind of amazed I got it recorded. I only had the guitar left but my joints don't like when it rains.
Hope this helps.
The Rumble 800 HD head is rated for 400W continuous (like RMS) at 8 ohms and 800W cont. at 4 ohms (also at 2.67 ohms and 2 ohms)
All Rumble V3 cabs are 8 ohms, and two of them makes 4 ohms, 3 of them makes 2.67 ohms and 4 of them makes 2 ohms. The R800HD can run 1, 2, 3 or 4 of these 8 ohm cabs simultaneously. The power is divided evenly between these cabs, after being controlled by the Master Volume, and other settings. While very low Volume settings allow safe use of even very low rated cabs, volume wars can easily lead to blown speakers! Take heed!!
The Rumble 115 cab is rated 300W continuous, which is 75% of the R800HD rating at 8 ohms. It has the very same driver as in the Rumble 200 combo, but in a bigger box that may create a slightly different tone than the combo. And it can take a lot from that amp, but not it's maximum. Proceed with caution.
The Rumble 210 cab is rated 350W* continuous (officially), which is 87.5% of the R800HD rating at 8 ohms. So, it can take quite a lot from that amp. *In fact, the very same drivers in the 210 cab (introduced in 2014) are also used in the Rumble Stage 800 combo amp (intro'd in 2018] rated 400W continuous by itself! So, after 4 years of field experience, Fender is obviously confident that the 210 cab (also cosmetically dressed to match the Stage 800) can reasonably handle 400W continuous!! This is consistent with Fender's very conservative ratings of new products. Therefore, it's quite reasonable to assume a 400W handling capability for the Rumble 210 cabs. One or two of those will work just fine. Proceed at will.
The Rumble 410 cab is rated 500W continuous so, yeah, it'll easily handle anything the Rumble 800 HD can throw at it, either alone or with other cabs. Proceed.
Two Rumble 115 cabs together make 4 ohms and are rated for 600W, but the R800HD can hit 'em with 800W, 400W each, if you aren't very careful. An R115 with an R210, again sees the R115 in possible danger, although the 210 is fine. Proceed with caution in both these cases, B-doggy.
Only one or two Rumble 210 and/or 410 cabs are sufficient to ensure the most safe operation of the Rumble 800 HD head. But it could power three or even four such cabs!!!
Howsabout three R115 cabs? Hmmm... 800W from the R800HD divided by 3 equals 267W cont. for each 300W rated cab! That'll work! And four R115 cabs reduces the distributed power to just 200W per 300W rated cabs! That would be tee-totally awesome!!!
Therefore, choose your cabs for the Rumble 800 HD wisely.
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This is how they picture the 800HD on Fender's website. Those look like 2 410s to me.
Ok. Still looks cool as hell.
