Fender Rumble Club

[Swipter]

I plugged in my rumble 100 v1 I got around 2007? It basically has just been sitting there. I am surprised at how good it sounds. I had no idea how to use it when I got it.

 

[G-Dog]

I plugged in my rumble 100 v1 I got around 2007? It basically has just been sitting there. I am surprised at how good it sounds. I had no idea how to use it when I got it.

Fine testimony, Swippy! @Swipter, you are now member #1402 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Put that number in your TB Signature for safe keeping. Good to have you here! Checkout your Rumble Club Wiki page, the repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge to find out how to use your Rumble.

Up until 2010 all Rumble 100s were V1. Does yours have the red lights in the bottom port that pulse to your playing? I love that!! Please show us a photo, preferably with red lights flashing!!!

Tell us a bit about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular. We have all kinds here so you'll fit right in. But we all love to ... ...

Rumble On!
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[G-Dog]

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Sign me up por favor! I am going to try chaining them together and see what happens. Thank you G-Dog!

Hey, bleuy! How did chaining your old and new Rumble 200 combos go? Did you fix the input jack on the old one? Did you do the "separate amp & cab" modification on the old one? Come on, man, spill the deets, will ya?
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[GonePlaid]

Interesting day yesterday. 2 gigs at the same place(1 set-up). B'day party, 4-7; regular patrons 7-10. Lotta overlap of folks so kinda faded out by 9:30ish. Long day but double pay(yay!). Used this rig: 67 TBird>R100.

 

[John Stephen]

That sounds like a VERY good day.

 

[G-Dog]

Interesting day yesterday. 2 gigs at the same place(1 set-up). B'day party, 4-7; regular patrons 7-10. Lotta overlap of folks so kinda faded out by 9:30ish. Long day but double pay(yay!). Used this rig: 67 TBird>R100.
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Congratulations, Goner! "Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then!" And it couldn't happen to a more deserving Rumbler! Hope you have many, many, many more.
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[wseymour]

I've been noodling with electric guitar since I was a kid. Picked up a Squier P-Bass a year or two ago and have loved it since. I was running it through the same little 15W 8" Behringer I was using for the guitar and occasionally a Vox Amplug 2 Bass to shake things up a bit. I was given a brand new Rumble 40 as an early Christmas present. I have retired the Behringer. Even the guitar sounds better through the Rumble 40. I'm never going back.

 

[John Stephen]

..Even the guitar sounds better through the Rumble 40. I'm never going back.

Welcome to the Rumbleverse. And I feel the same -- my Rumble 40 is the best guitar amp I've ever owned.

 

[G-Dog]

I've been noodling with electric guitar since I was a kid. Picked up a Squier P-Bass a year or two ago and have loved it since. I was running it through the same little 15W 8" Behringer I was using for the guitar and occasionally a Vox Amplug 2 Bass to shake things up a bit. I was given a brand new Rumble 40 as an early Christmas present. I have retired the Behringer. Even the guitar sounds better through the Rumble 40. I'm never going back.

Well! Suddenly, seymour, you're one of us! @wseymour, you are now member #1403 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Put that number in your TalkBass Signature for safe keeping. Then make yourself at home here and on your Rumble Club Wiki page, the repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge. Then, too, we'd sure like to see a photo of your Rumble, if you please.

Thanks for telling us a bit about yourself, seymour, about your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular. That's cool. You're gonna fit right in here, 'cause we have all kinds. But we all here love to ... ...

Rumble On!
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[great bleudini]

Hey, bleuy! How did chaining your old and new Rumble 200 combos go? Did you fix the input jack on the old one? Did you do the "separate amp & cab" modification on the old one? Come on, man, spill the deets, will ya?
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So chained together it's too much boom for just one room! That is definitely going to be enough to handle any situations in my world. I took a look at the input jack on the original amp. It is directly soldered to the circuit board which is outside of my comfort range to mess with. it's ok with me as long as I can use the first amp to drive with. This brings up a new situation for me. I have a bassman 100 silverface tube head and a 2X15 cab to go with it. On stage I feel like the god of thunder but hauling that thing around takes it's toll. My practical side wants to sell it and de-clutter my office. But when I hear the tubes I just can't do it! It's a battle of my back vs my ears. What would you do?

 

[G-Dog]

So chained together it's too much boom for just one room! That is definitely going to be enough to handle any situations in my world. I took a look at the input jack on the original amp. It is directly soldered to the circuit board which is outside of my comfort range to mess with. it's ok with me as long as I can use the first amp to drive with. ... ...

Yep! Two Rumble 200s together, with their two 15s, can indeed be too much boom for one room at home and small venues!

I'd recommend getting your favorite amp tech to fix that input jack, so you've got two 100% Rumbles as backups for each other. Shouldn't be too expensive for a good tech. Certainly cheaper than a new amp, and definitely beats wasting the otherwise good amp just to use the cab & speaker. ​

... ... This brings up a new situation for me. I have a bassman 100 silverface tube head and a 2X15 cab to go with it. On stage I feel like the god of thunder but hauling that thing around takes it's toll. My practical side wants to sell it and de-clutter my office. But when I hear the tubes I just can't do it! It's a battle of my back vs my ears. What would you do?

Well, not exactly the same situation, but I do have a Bassman 500 (17 lb.) head and a Bassman 115 Neo (54 lb.) cab that can get really sweet tones from its pre-amp tubes and deep switch and other features that my Rumble 500 combo doesn't have. I had hoped to use both, but that's just way, way, far and away too much boom for almost any room!! Even outdoors, I ended up just using the Bassman the couple of times I tried both.

Then I realized, I'm the only one to hear the difference in a live situation! So, I've taken to keeping the Bassman home, where I can really enjoy it's creamy goodness. I would take it to a recording session, if I had any. But now, the Rumble gets thrown in the car for live gigs, jams & rehearsals. (Actually, my Rumble Studio 40 has all the power I need most of the time and even more tonal variations than either, or both, the BM500 and/or R500c!)

So, Rumble On! with pride and let your back enjoy the ride. ​

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[sloppy_phil]

I have a bassman 100 silverface tube head and a 2X15 cab to go with it. On stage I feel like the god of thunder but hauling that thing around takes it's toll. My practical side wants to sell it and de-clutter my office. But when I hear the tubes I just can't do it! It's a battle of my back vs my ears. What would you do?

I'd consider a smaller cab than the 2x15! There's a lot of smaller, super loud/efficient cabs out there that could handle the tube wattage. I know that doesn't do anything for the weight of the Bassman, but (especially) if that's an older cab you've got, there are a lot of pounds that can be shaved off, which your back will no doubt enjoy

 

[juancaminos]

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.

I do this too!

 

[LennyJ]

OK here is my question.

I have a Rumble 100 combo with the patch in the back to use the cabinet with another amp and upgraded to a Delta lite speaker. I want another rumble to run this cabinet stand alone.

Do I get a used Rumble 800 for a little over 500 or an older Rumble 500 for 400.

I know the 800 can go to 2 ohms - but not an issue the stand alone cabinet is 8 ohms and I will never ad more cabinets.. Also the 800 has speakon connectors but pretty much all the same except for the power.

So which one do I get - the 800 with about 50 more in power at 8 and the speakons for about 135 more than the 500?

Thanks

Lennyj

 

[G-Dog]

... ... I have a Rumble 100 combo with the patch in the back to use the [just the] cabinet with another amp and upgraded to a Delta lite speaker. I want another rumble to run this cabinet stand alone.

Do I get a used Rumble 800 [HD] for a little over $500 or an older Rumble 500 for $400? ... ...

Hmmm, ... the numbers without identifiers was a little confusing, at first, Len. So, I've edited this copy of your post to, hopefully, clarify what I think you're saying. Please correct me if I "clarified" wrongly.

Personally I would be very wary of the possibility of that 800 HD putting a bit too much of its 400W into that new Deltalite II 2512(?) rated for just 250W RMS (is that the right speaker?). Even the 500 head at 350W could possibly overstress it but, hopefully a little less likely. You'll have to keep the Master down on either one when running just that single cab, but moreso with the 800 HD. Plenty of (potentially dangerous) headroom, either way! ​

... ... I know the 800 can go to 2 ohms - but not an issue the stand alone cabinet is 8 ohms and I will never add more cabinets.. Also the 800 has speakon connectors but pretty much all the same except for the power.

So which one do I get - the 800 with about 50W more in power at 8 ohms and the speakons for about $135 more than the 500? ... ...

Adding a 2nd cab with the 500 head can actually help protect the new speaker(!) since it could then see just up to 250W; a perfect match! That's not the case with the 800 HD, where each cab could see up to 400W. You'd need a 3rd 8 ohm cab to get the 800 HD down to just 267W per cab, or a 4th cab for just 200W each.

Therefore, I recommend the Rumble 500 head over the 800 HD, in this case, both for safety and to save a few bucks. Or did I miss something?


PS/ETA: the Speakon connectors on the Rumble 800 HD can also use ¼" cable plugs, so new speaker cables may not be required.
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[LennyJ]

Hmmm, ... the numbers without identifiers was a little confusing, at first, Len. So, I've edited this copy of your post to, hopefully, clarify what I think you're saying. Please correct me if I "clarified" wrongly.

Personally I would be very wary of the possibility of that 800 HD putting a bit too much of its 400W into that new Deltalite II 2512(?) rated for just 250W RMS (is that the right speaker?). Even the 500 head at 350W could possibly overstress it but, hopefully a little less likely. You'll have to keep the Master down on either one when running just that single cab, but moreso with the 800 HD. Plenty of (potentially dangerous) headroom, either way! ​

Adding a 2nd cab with the 500 head can actually help protect the new speaker(!) since it could then see just up to 250W; a perfect match! That's not the case with the 800 HD, where each cab could see up to 400W. You'd need a 3rd 8 ohm cab to get the 800 HD down to just 267W per cab, or a 4th cab for just 200W each.

Therefore, I recommend the Rumble 500 head over the 800 HD, in this case, both for safety and to save a few bucks. Or did I miss something?


PS/ETA: the Speakon connectors on the Rumble 800 HD can also use ¼" cable plugs, so new speaker cables may not be required.
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G-Dog - thanks for the input. But actually I have been using my friends Genzler 800 with no problems. I know in the case of the Genzler it is 400 at 8 Ohms. But in my world (home and small church) - that 400 is at the volume close to all the way and I never went about say 10 o'clock on the output - probably no were near the 400 total.

So your input about saving the money works for me - Thank you for all your help this time and in the past.

Lennyj

 

[Inky13]

Tim-iii!!! I have no doubt whatsoever that the Rumble 25 could do it for you. At the same time, I have no doubt that the Rumble 40 could quite possibly do it even more satisfactorily for you. Both could benefit from some internal acoustic lining material to improve the cab's tone, since neither come with any.

A. The 10" speaker over the 8" may be a significant improvement in tone to some users ears. The combination of bigger speaker and more power often tends toward better tone, in general. Search your feelings on this, balanced with the $100 price difference, if you can't actually try them both out.

2. The controls are some the biggest differences in the Rumbles 15, 25 & 40. The 40 has the full control set of the bigger Rumbles. The 25 has many fewer controls. The 15 has fewest.

iii. The 40 weighs 3 lb.s less than the 25, despite being a bit bigger overall! It's true. And, I wouldn't think the slightly larger box would make any significant difference in the perceptions* of your Bluegrass friends. ​

The difference may not be as big as it could be from this comparison. But, then again, maybe it could be. You never can tell 'til you try.


*I love playing with a large Bluegrass/Country jam group. They have no problems with my electric bass guitar and Rumble Studio 40. One of the multiple-time state fiddle champs there has invited me to play more with him if I would get an EUB, 'cause the contests don't allow any amplifiers (period). I just dunno if I wanna make that commitment at this stage of my life.
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G-Dog, if they don’t allow amps, an EUB won’t work so great.

 

[G-Dog]

I am a Fender Rumble 800 Stage owner. Feel free to ask me questions about this amp. Room dynamics (as you all know) really changes things around, so having more options to sculpt one's sound in any given acoustical situation is certainly helpful. I have my favorites in regards to presets (Bassman TV, Bassman 300 Pro, Super Bassman, -amps; cabinets = 2x15D130, 8x10Pro, 1x18 Big Ben). Some really cut through and others not so. There are plenty of paints on the palate here folks so ask away!

*An interesting thread for this would be what people are using for extension cabinets for one of these amps?

Peace out!
Bill

I have a quexxion, Lemur! Do you like to ... move it, move it?

@Lemur Bassman, you are now member #1404 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Put that number in your TalkBass Signature for safe keeping. Then make yourself at home here and on your Rumble Club Wiki page, repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge. Hey! How 'bout sharing a photo of your Rumble?

I see you've found your Rumble LT25, Studio 40 & Stage 800 club sub-thread specifically for modeling Rumbles discussions. That leaves this main Club thread for less technical non-modeling and general Rumbling discussions. Get it? I knew that you would.

Please tell us a bit about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular. No matter your situation, you'll fit right in 'cause we have all kinds. But we all here love to ... ...

Rumble On!
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[Rocker80]

I got a few Rumbles. These are at the rehearsal space: Rumble 500 combo with extension cab, I haul them where my band needs them.



Got a Rumble 100 v3 for when we do acoustic sets.

Can I join your club?

 

[Black Out Jazz]

I got a few Rumbles. These are at the rehearsal space: Rumble 500 combo with extension cab, I haul them where my band needs them.

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Got a Rumble 100 v3 for when we do acoustic sets.

Can I join your club?

That looks like a right purty bass, too.