I don't play guitar at all, and I only use one pedal and it not all the time, but most ppl say the Rumbles take pedals very well. Besides, a coupla pedals are cheaper than a Marshall stack.
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I am not a very good guitarist (or bassist) but I play my Squire Bullet Strat through my R200cV3. Great sound and great volume, pedals work well....
I was basically outta the music biz at the time and needed the space. Or so I thought. (Crap!)Sorry, GP.
Oh, well, I can always get another 63 Bassman-next time I have ~$2700 I wanna throw away.
EDIT: Ah! Here's one for $3K: Fender Bassman 6G6-B Brownface 50-Watt 2x12" Piggyback Guitar Amp 1963 - 1964 | Reverb
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i think the r100 is the perfect stand for a r100!For the umphty-umph time, I love my 200c, but if I was starting over, knowing what I know now, I'd get 2x R100's. 1 most of the time, both when necessary. (or when I just felt like it)
Well, let's think about it. What's one of the most popular guitar amps? EVER!
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Axially, even before the closed back 2x12" '63 Bassman came on the scene, I believe it was the open back 4x10" '59 Bassman that became, and still remains(!), a favorite guitar amp.
Yes. But I didn't own a Bassman 59, and Brian Setzer uses 2 63's.
The guitarist in our band grew up with Brian Setzer in Massapequa Park, NY. I lived nearby and was able to see the Stray Cats in small bar settings (250 - 500 or even less people) before the hit it big.
BTW, I looked at a Bassman 59 a few years ago. Then I tried to lift it. I think it weighed as much as the Kasino.
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~20 years after I sold the 2 63's, I bought a black piggyback 7ender Bassman. Never got the sound I remembered. Then I found out about the 6g6b circuit-which the black one doesn't have. Aaaarrrrggh!Oh, well, I can always get another 63 Bassman-next time I have ~$2700 I wanna throw away.
EDIT: Ah! Here's one for $3K: Fender Bassman 6G6-B Brownface 50-Watt 2x12" Piggyback Guitar Amp 1963 - 1964 | Reverb
If you ever come across an acceptably priced used Bassman 500 you might wanna consider it. It hasn't got the 6g6b circuit either, but it's got two 12AX7A tubes in the pre-amp and, I believe, the very same power amp as the Rumble 500. It certainly can do the Rumble sound as far as I can tell, but with real tube goodness and other bells & whistles. Many even sit it on a Rumble 115 cab for a fairly budget priced Bassman rig.
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Hi may I jump in here and ask you a question? Here is the scenario, I have 2 Fender 500 Rumbles and unit 1 is turned off on and unit 2 if off. If I connect a speaker cable from unit 1 parallel out to unit 2 parallel out then turn on unit 1 only, what will happen? Ever tried it? Will unit 1 see a 4 ohm load or do you think it lacks circuit protection for that?That's correct, tony! Those speaker jacks on cabs are connected to each other and act as both input (from the amp) and output (to another cab)!
Most pairs, or trios, of speaker jacks are connected in parallel, and often say "Parallel Iputs" near them. And two 8 ohm cabs, connected in parallel this way, present a 4 ohm load to the amp. And, as luck would have it, many amp heads often have two speaker outputs and say "4 Ohm Minimum" near them (often with a wattage rating that the cab(s) should be able to handle). While many combo amps have only a single speaker output that says "8 Ohm Minimum", with a wattage rating, because the internal speaker(s) already present an 8 ohm load that will contribute to a total 4 ohm load when another 8 ohm cab is connected. Parallel connections reduce impedance which then draws more power from the amp. Like the Rumble 500 is just 350 watts with only its internal 8 ohm speakers, but is 500 watts with an additional 8 ohm cab (giving total 4 ohm load). More speakers and more power is what we usually want.
Series speaker connections, where the ohms simply add to each other (8+8=16), are less common. But they sometimes have a place where you want to add more speakers, but this usually comes at the cost of reducing the power drawn from the amp! If an amp produces 350 watts with a single 8 ohm speaker load, it will probably produce only 275-ish watts with a 16 ohm series load of cabs. More speakers but less power s not usually what we want.
I hope this helps.
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Quite honestly, I have neither the need nor the $ for a 63 or a B500. Until/unless the Prize Patrol shows up, my 40, 100, and 200c will suffice. Nicely.
DO NOT DO THAT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! As I said before, speaker connections act as both input and output. If you connect one combo's extension speaker connection to another combo's extension speaker connection and turn either one of them "ON" then you are backfeeding that high speaker voltage back in to the other combo's power amp (and maybe even the pre-amp) and will burn out one, or both amps!!!
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