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Bought a Rumble 100 today. About 15 days in to my bass playing journey!
Bought a Rumble 100 today. About 15 days in to my bass playing journey!
It is, indeed, a great day, Itza! @ItzaGreatDay11, you are now member #1371 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Put that number in your TB Signature for safe keeping. And get to know your Rumble Club Wiki page repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge. Then make yourself at home here.
Please tell us a bit about yourself such as your bass experience in general. Have you really only been at 15 day!?! And, so, is this Rumble your first bass amp? . No matter your situation you're bound to fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ...
Rumble On!
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Nice choice of bass, too.
Bass included now. LH Squier VM Jazz. Was the only LH in the store but I'm happy with it.
That was my first bass 3 years ago. Squier VM 70s Jazz...left handed too!
I put some Fender black knobs on mine. It makes the Squier look more like a Fender...plus I think they look better.
I will definitely consider it. It's hard to tell the level with current knobs.
Augh! Another lefty! I'm continually being surrounded by lefties, besides my wife, one son and one daughter!!
Itza, you should checkout The Lefty Union here on TB and other Clubs & Special Interest Groups. Augh! Even @Polish Thunder is a lefty!! Augh!!!
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Mr. Dog, you have a full-blown asylum there! My wife is also handicapped in that way...
It's a constant challenge.
Tim
Sorry I was a few days late noticing this, and I still have some questions (though you did a good job of explaining certain things). If the pre switch is activated I can raise my 800 hd's master volume to my cab without raising the volume to the sound engineer's set up? Will I lose the 800 hd's overdrive channel if I do this?
You're welcome.
The master is downstream of the XLR Line Out and of the pre/post switch which, per A.1. above, affects only the XLR Line Out signal. So, regardless of the position of the pre/post switch, you can always raise or lower the master without any change to the XLR Line Out signal going to the sound engineer's setup. The master affects only the volume to the headphones or speaker(s), but not the XLR Line Out volume.
The Rumble 800 HD has only one channel, like all 21st century Rumbles. The overdrive is just one part of the EQ pre signal. Per A.1. above, the pre/post switch affects only the XLR Line Out. Therefore, only the XLR Line Out signal to the sound engineer's setup can "lose" the overdrive, along with all the other EQ pre effects (all or nothing). Your headphones or speaker(s) will always get all your EQ pre effects.
Please, feel free to ask more clarifying questions.
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Please, feel free to ask more clarifying questions.
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Bear in mind you’re working with passive, analog hardware. Your ears are way better than a tic mark. IMO You’ll learn more about how to use it, faster that way. (And I say that as an educator who teaches skill acquisition
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Beautiful, mine's not LH but I have a Squier CV 70s jazz bass in that same natural finish along with my R100...love both...I also added a speaker out to my little Rumble LT25 (Rumble 25 with effects and digital display) and play it through a 1x12 vented auto sub cabinet with an Eminence Beta 12A2 which sounds pretty good with the little rumble's effects (and loud too for 25 watts playing at home). So, a bit of versatility, my CV came with the black knobs which I like...
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Bear in mind you’re working with passive, analog hardware. Your ears are way better than a tic mark. IMO You’ll learn more about how to use it, faster that way. (And I say that as an educator who teaches skill acquisition
I agree with this. ^^^ My Pbass Special has the chrome knurled knobs, like the Squier VM Jazz. At first I would always twist them full each direction to get a feel for their settings. After a while, though, I don't even look at them but just go by the sound.
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The master is downstream of the XLR Line Out and of the pre/post switch which, per A.1. above, affects only the XLR Line Out signal. So, regardless of the position of the pre/post switch, you can always raise or lower the master without any change to the XLR Line Out signal going to the sound engineer's setup. The master affects only the volume to the headphones or speaker(s), but not the XLR Line Out volume.
The Rumble 800 HD has only one channel, like all 21st century Rumbles. The overdrive is just one part of the EQ pre signal. Per A.1. above, the pre/post switch affects only the XLR Line Out. Therefore, only the XLR Line Out signal to the sound engineer's setup can "lose" the overdrive, along with all the other EQ pre effects (all or nothing). Your headphones or speaker(s) will always get all your EQ pre effects.
Please, feel free to ask more clarifying questions.
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I think I finally got it. Thank you so much, you really know your stuff. Now I'm curious as to what the signal (from XLR) would sound like without the EQ and pre EQ effects... I guess I'll figure this out when I work my way out of the house/garage, and into a place with a sound engineer
Something I'm curious about... This block diagram is a bit different to one I've seen for the Rumble 100 (as you would expect it to be). One difference I notice is the position of the master volume control. As has been pointed out, on the model discussed here the master control after the line out, but on the diagram I have seen for the 100 it is before the line out. Does anyone know if this is true of all Rumble 100's or did that change at some point in time.I think I finally got it. Thank you so much, you really know your stuff. Now I'm curious as to what the signal (from XLR) would sound like without the EQ and pre EQ effects... I guess I'll figure this out when I work my way out of the house/garage, and into a place with a sound engineer
