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Fender Rumble Club

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For gits and shiggles I connected one of my Sunn JBL 15s to the R500c. Huge sound! I was looking for a matching extension cab but decided to search out another R500c. I'd have a backup, could daisy chain or run them both in stereo!
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Darrell Vachon said:
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For gits and shiggles I connected one of my Sunn JBL 15s to the R500c. Huge sound! I was looking for a matching extension cab but decided to search out another R500c. I'd have a backup, could daisy chain or run them both in stereo!View attachment 4444525
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2 Rumble 500s daisy chained. Hmm.
“Lisa! There’s this guy in the forum I’m in and he said that ………..”
 
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Darrell Vachon said:
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For gits and shiggles I connected one of my Sunn JBL 15s to the R500c. Huge sound! I was looking for a matching extension cab but decided to search out another R500c. I'd have a backup, could daisy chain or run them both in stereo!View attachment 4444525
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Good idea!! I have a R500c and a R200c. Use them either separately, or daisy chained. And then as my ”grab and go” combo I have an R100c. Used to have two ”hundreds”, but recently sold one of them to a young guy just starting on bass. Thought he needed a decent first amp.
 
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Michael Favata said:
@G-Dog with 2 rumble 500s daisy chained what would the out put be in wattage? It may sound obvious it’s a thousand but I suspect not? Or what if I daisy chained a 1x15 rumble. I think that’s 200 watts. What kind of wattage output?
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The Rumble 500, by itself, is "just" up to 350 watts, depending on EQ and Master settings. So, two of those daisy chained can go up to 350 + 350 = 700 watts together. Add an 8 ohm cab to one of the daisy chained 500s and you can get up to 500 + 350 = 850 watts. With an 8 ohm cab connected to both of them, that's where the 1,000 watt beast appears! :woot:

The 115 Rumble combo is the 200, which only goes up to 140 watts alone, and requires an 8 ohm cab to reach its 200 nameplate watts. I bet you can do the math from there. Yeah, two of those combos, both with extension cabs, is just a little more power* than a Rumble 500 combo alone! ;)

For future reference, the Rumble Summary Info section of the your Rumble Club Wiki page shows power ratings with, and without external cabs (where available) among many other characteristics. :D

And remember, that appropriately adding cabs to combos, and amp heads, not only increases available power (in some situations) *but the additional cone area of the speakers increases Sound Pressure Levels (SPL) that can be felt as "presence," or "fullness," at lower power levels, too! :cool:

Adding a 4 ohm Bassman 610, or an 810, to the Rumble Stage 800 would be pretty cool. Having a Rumble 800 HD head driving two Bassman 610s, or 810s(!), would be super awesome! :drool:
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Darrell Vachon said:
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For gits and shiggles I connected one of my Sunn JBL 15s to the R500c. Huge sound! I was looking for a matching extension cab but decided to search out another R500c. I'd have a backup, could daisy chain or run them both in stereo!View attachment 4444525
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G-Dog said:
The Rumble 500, by itself, is "just" up to 350 watts, depending on EQ and Master settings. So, two of those daisy chained can go up to 350 + 350 = 700 watts together. Add an 8 ohm cab to one of the daisy chained 500s and you can get up to 500 + 350 = 850 watts. With an 8 ohm cab connected to both of them, that's where the 1,000 watt beast appears! :woot:

The 115 Rumble combo is the 200, which only goes up to 140 watts alone, and requires an 8 ohm cab to reach its 200 nameplate watts. I bet you can do the math from there. Yeah, two of those combos, both with extension cabs, is just a little more power* than a Rumble 500 combo alone! ;)

For future reference, the Rumble Summary Info section of the your Rumble Club Wiki page shows power ratings with, and without external cabs (where available) among many other characteristics. :D

And remember, that appropriately adding cabs to combos, and amp heads, not only increases available power (in some situations) *but the additional cone area of the speakers increases Sound Pressure Levels (SPL) that can be felt as "presence," or "fullness," at lower power levels, too! :cool:

Adding a 4 ohm Bassman 610, or an 810, to the Rumble Stage 800 would be pretty cool. Having a Rumble 800 HD head driving two Bassman 610s, or 810s(!), would be super awesome! :drool:
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Hmmmmm ... another R500c and BOTH my Sunn JBL 15 cabs in stereo on either sides of the drums. Not sure the guitar player would be impressed but I would!
 
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G-Dog said:
The Rumble 500, by itself, is "just" up to 350 watts, depending on EQ and Master settings. So, two of those daisy chained can go up to 350 + 350 = 700 watts together. Add an 8 ohm cab to one of the daisy chained 500s and you can get up to 500 + 350 = 850 watts. With an 8 ohm cab connected to both of them, that's where the 1,000 watt beast appears! :woot:

The 115 Rumble combo is the 200, which only goes up to 140 watts alone, and requires an 8 ohm cab to reach its 200 nameplate watts. I bet you can do the math from there. Yeah, two of those combos, both with extension cabs, is just a little more power* than a Rumble 500 combo alone! ;)

For future reference, the Rumble Summary Info section of the your Rumble Club Wiki page shows power ratings with, and without external cabs (where available) among many other characteristics. :D

And remember, that appropriately adding cabs to combos, and amp heads, not only increases available power (in some situations) *but the additional cone area of the speakers increases Sound Pressure Levels (SPL) that can be felt as "presence," or "fullness," at lower power levels, too! :cool:

Adding a 4 ohm Bassman 610, or an 810, to the Rumble Stage 800 would be pretty cool. Having a Rumble 800 HD head driving two Bassman 610s, or 810s(!), would be super awesome! :drool:
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Yeah. NO. I gots enuff trouble moving the Kasino.
 
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On the topic of "mute switch":

If You use/set Your OD to taste and don't want to mess levels up, the best option is to simply unplug Your jack on the amp side! There will be no pop/buzz/etc. It's enogh to unplug it partially and can leave the jack halfway in so it won't go anywhere!

How does this magic work?
Simple. Your jack connection has a tip (hot) and sleeve (ground).
The tip is tiny and when You do plug/unplug to/from the socket, the ground is always connected via the jack's sleeve before the signal hits the circuit.

During plug in/disconnect, the tip will enetually touch ground, cutting the signal.
 
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Michael Favata said:
And I just found out the other day how to use the overdrive section of a Rumble as a mute switch. Just place the overdrive “level” at zero then turn the overdrive switch “on” (light will turn red) and it will effectively act as a “mute” switch.
I just turn the volume knobs down on my bass.
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I normally use the "mute" function when setting up/breaking down. On breaks I turn down the volume knob on the bass(I always run the bass's volume @ 10).
 
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So interesting you do that @GonePlaid . That you have the volume knob on the bass maxed at 10. (or is it at 11) I crank up the gain and or master on the amp or a blend depending on the amp and then adjust the volume with the bass knobs. Seems like to me I'm maximizing the amps abilities. By having the bass at 10 you are maximizing the pickups abilities. Interesting choice. And that's what it is. A choice. Whatever sounds good to your ears.
 
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GonePlaid said:
I normally use the "mute" function when setting up/breaking down. On breaks I turn down the volume knob on the bass(I always run the bass's volume @ 10).
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To elaborate: most of the places we play are tight on space. So much so that I have to use a short scale at a few of them. I'm almost always no more than 6 feet in front of my amp. I set my amp volume about where I think I'll need it for the gig then when we're ready to begin, turn the bass volume fully clockwise-and fully anti-clockwise on breaks-and control my volume by how hard I 'dig in'. Occasionally need to tweak the amp volume one way or t'other. I always use some sort of amp stand to have the Rumble tilted up toward my ears-and separate it from the stage/floor.
 
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Michael Favata said:
So interesting you do that @GonePlaid . That you have the volume knob on the bass maxed at 10. (or is it at 11) I crank up the gain and or master on the amp or a blend depending on the amp and then adjust the volume with the bass knobs. Seems like to me I'm maximizing the amps abilities. By having the bass at 10 you are maximizing the pickups abilities. Interesting choice. And that's what it is. A choice. Whatever sounds good to your ears.
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When I began playing bass-entirely self taught-I did it that way and just got used to that. Plus I feel that-to my questionable ears-anything under 10 sounds 'choked'. Like trying to breathe with your hand(or a mask-;)) over your nose and mouth.
 
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Hi! Have my Fender Rumble 800 Stage on the way and have a question I don't see answered in the manual.

Can the vintage/Bright/Contour buttons be saved in presets, or is that only controllable by the hardware switches. My use case would be RUMBLE AMP MODULE WITHOUT VINTAGE, then change presets to AMPEG WITH VINTAGE BUTTON without needing to push the additional hardware button.

Thanks!
 
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You don’t have those same Vintage/Bright/Contour hardware buttons on the Stage 800. You “Do” have a whole bunch of options for each preset though and those can all be saved back to the original preset or saved to a new location as something different.

You’re going to have some big fun with that amp when you get it. Just take your time and don’t let it overwhelm you.
 
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