Yes, all around, dORSY. I believe you've got a good ear and you're doing what's right for you!
Keep on Rumblin' on! .
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Yes, all around, dORSY. I believe you've got a good ear and you're doing what's right for you!
Keep on Rumblin' on! .
Joe Walsh is in your band?Pics from yesterdays gig. Rumble 500 c stuffed into the corner, soundguy wanted everything through tha PA, so volume was ”just and just on”, with normal settings (b=10, lm and hm=2, h=11) and no knobs pressed. Could have taken my R100c if I had known..
Overall FOH sound was said to be excellent, so the soundguy knew what he was doing.
The bar was full and everybody had a good time.
Felt good to finally play out again
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Hoo! It does kinda look like him!
Now, if he can play like him? ... ... Well ... ....
I find this conversation about bass vs amp set volume interesting. I almost always have the volume on my basses maxed and adjust the amp for volume. The only time this is not the case is when I suddenly discover I am a bit too loud and can't bring my volume down enough by fingers on strings effort alone.
The reason I do this, which I reasoned when I was first starting out, was to maximize the signal to noise ratio. It is just the engineer in me. Is this reasoning incorrect? Now the tone control I do not max except in rare cases (ex. forced to plug into a Bose L2 system where all of my mids and highs are almost none existent) but generally keep tone around "7" except in some situations.
I don't see it as favoring the bass tone over the amp tone.
Where's G-Dog when I need him? How do I decode the serial on this-I think-1st gen R15?
No, no, no… It’s actually his not so well known cousin, from the dark forrests in Karelia
HELP!
My Rumble head was used at a gig called Satanfest on the weekend. Do I use holy water or De-Oxit?!
My Rumble head was used at a gig called Satanfest on the weekend. Do I use holy water or De-Oxit?!
only use holy water if it was properly destilled and avoid the speakers when applying. let it comletely dry before turning on the amp!
so i vote for deoxit. (also avoid speakers)
so i vote for deoxit. (also avoid speakers)
Or just play a lot of Geezer lines?
Look what my brother gave my son.
Cheezy Pete! That's a tough one, Blackie! It is definnly a V1 or V2 Rumble, unless you put that metal grille on a V3 an moved the controls to the front. Didja, huh? Now, less sea. The V1 gots black rubber corners an flour pedals aroun thuh knobs, while the V2 gots chrome corners. Which one yo's gots, now?
I’ve only been playing bass for about 5 years now, but being an old soul, I have always been attracted to the old school sound and the bass cats of yesteryear. I’ve been playing the R100 from the start and I can truly say it rarely ceases to amaze me. On a side note, it’s often such an inspiration reading the posts of the many experienced players on here. There’s so much we young’uns can learn especially when someone’s been playing for 48 years!!…
Yello, again, Spar. You young whippersnapper, you! Ya done gots me to reconnoirterin' ... ... near'bouts as I kin recollect ... it was around 1900 and 71, back in The Stones Age, that I gots my foirstest bass guitar an commenced ta playin' it the best that my previous 10+/- years on 6-string guitar would allow. How manys that? Like 21 minus 71, ... uh, carry the 5, ... a lots a years. An I'm still learnin', too!
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I think it depends on the amp and your ears. With my Markbass CMD 102 I used to own the recommendation is to push the gain as far as you can until it begins to clip (there’s a little clipping light) then back it off a notch. Then adjust volume as needed. In many of the electronic things I’ve used through the years that’s a common bit of advice found in the manuals. I always assumed that drove the preamp to maximum level without distorting and gave you everything the amp/device had to to offer. A maximum signal. So I got used to doing that. All pickups and basses with have different levels that they will clip at. Is it active or passive. Is it great pickups or not so great. Hot pickups or not. Then there are some who may want it clipping a bit for a tone they are looking for. I personally feel I’m getting the most out of an amp by pushing the gain. Then adjusting the volume. And leaving myself some room on the bass volume and tone controls to adjust the flavor as I’m playing and depending on the song or the room. Is it a soft song? Loud. Do I need to cut through the mix more or less. For me looking at the controls on the amp on the backside of the amp in a small space with several musicians it’s harder to find the right controls and adjust on the fly. Just feels better to me being able to do it on the bass itself and give me some options. But everyone is different. All of our gear is different. (Pedals no pedals. What bass etc) the rooms are different. What amps are we using. Our talent level and experience is different. For me on the bass not so much experience in bands. So that all plays in to what choices we make. The bottom line is what are your ears telling you. What are you comfortable doing. The rest of it doesn’t matter.
Bought an amp cover for my Stage 800. Posting the pic here since it will work for a Rumble 500 as well. Will get a pic of it on my amp next time I go to our rehearsal space (where my amp is). Not sure how it will hold up, but I don't anticipate it getting a ton of abuse and it was cheap enough, so figured I'd give it a shot. The embroidery can read anything you want it to (up to the letter limitation).
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Attention: Rumble Club Wiki Edit Alert!
Thanks, @RL5! The pic of your new Rumble cover prompted me to add it to the pix on the Rumble Club Wiki page in the Rumble Covers section, showing combo & cab covers.
Thank you, RL, for sharing your photo!
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Attention: Rumble Club Wiki Edit Alert!
Thanks, @RL5! The pic of your new Rumble cover prompted me to add it to the pix on the Rumble Club Wiki page in the Rumble Covers section, showing combo & cab covers.
Thank you, RL, for sharing your photo!
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