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Fender Rumble Club

#4,842
Just figured I would post up a shot of what my Rumble stack looked like last night after spending I figure about a half hour going through the excersizes in the Bass Fitness book. (If you don't have that book I HIGHLY recommend it, those excercizes are REALLY Helping build my strength, dexterity and speed!).

In taking my bass off of me, I managed to knock my hat off, and set it up on the amp, which in turn inspired this Beauty shot...

For anyone interested, that paper on top of the 500 is a print out of the tab for AC/DC's Squealer... And not the most accurate tab either. Ugh.

Oh, and the hat, yes I live in Texas, and yes it IS Rodeo time in Houston! I know Houston Texas isn't exactly a tourist mecca, but if you are travelling to Houston, Rodeo time is THE time of the year to do it!

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Big Hoss said:
Just figured I would post up a shot of what my Rumble stack looked like last night after spending I figure about a half hour going through the excersizes in the Bass Fitness book. (If you don't have that book I HIGHLY recommend it, those excercizes are REALLY Helping build my strength, dexterity and speed!).

In taking my bass off of me, I managed to knock my hat off, and set it up on the amp, which in turn inspired this Beauty shot...

For anyone interested, that paper on top of the 500 is a print out of the tab for AC/DC's Squealer... And not the most accurate tab either. Ugh.

Oh, and the hat, yes I live in Texas, and yes it IS Rodeo time in Houston! I know Houston Texas isn't exactly a tourist mecca, but if you are travelling to Houston, Rodeo time is THE time of the year to do it!

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As a fellow Texas native, I feel obligated to point out to all potential tourists that Houston traffic is just effing terrible. ;)
 
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Fingerpickingood said:
As a fellow Texas native, I feel obligated to point out to all potential tourists that Houston traffic is just effing terrible. ;)
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You are far too kind sir. Effing terrible to describe our Traffic is a complement. 4G coverage is pretty much everywhere though, so just start out something like your favorite iheartradio station and let it play...
 
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Big Hoss said:
Oh, and the hat, yes I live in Texas, and yes it IS Rodeo time in Houston! I know Houston Texas isn't exactly a tourist mecca, but if you are travelling to Houston, Rodeo time is THE time of the year to do it!
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If you don't want to hassle the Houston traffic during Rodeo time, you can always come to San Antonio in February and enjoy the Rodeo here.

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And if you really want to party....

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Big Hoss said:
Says the guy with the Riverwalk, and all those beautiful neighborhoods in his city... I like Houston, I LOVE San Antonio!
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Maybe you can make it out here some time and we can jam.

I'm originally from Southern California. Orange County, to be exact. In the shadow of Angel Stadium to put a finer point on it.

I've been here since the fall of '95. I absolutely love it here. We may be one of top 10 biggest cities in the US, but it's a small town feel.
 
#4,852
Clark Westfield said:
Just buy the Fender one.

I bought the Fender switch on eBay for less than $20.

It has a LED to let you know the overdrive is on.

Great for gigs; I don't have to turn around and look at the head.
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I don't believe he is in CONUS so cost for the switch is a bit prohibitive for him...

HOWEVER, I believe he is in an EU country, not sure which one, since he mentioned if I recall correctly Euros... I don't recall the name of the company, Thomann or Thormann something like that out of Germany I think it is, seems like a kind of European Sweetwater / MusiciansFriend.com kind of thing... Might be worth looking into.
 
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Yes, I am in Spain, which is good for some things, but buying musical equipment is not one of them ;)

Big Hoss said:
I don't believe he is in CONUS so cost for the switch is a bit prohibitive for him...

HOWEVER, I believe he is in an EU country, not sure which one, since he mentioned if I recall correctly Euros... I don't recall the name of the company, Thomann or Thormann something like that out of Germany I think it is, seems like a kind of European Sweetwater / MusiciansFriend.com kind of thing... Might be worth looking into.
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Thomann (I buy most of my stuff from them) is actually the cheapest place I can get the Fender one from, but it is 30€ + 20€ shipping, so it is still around $60 when I have a drawer full of switches (that I got from BLMS the last time I was in the US as they are also stupidly expensive here!).
 
#4,855
Not 100% sure of what it would take, but I would think you would need the following components to build a stomp box to do this...

#1. A click on / click off footswitch. SPST most likely.
#2. 1/4" (6.5mm) TS jack.
#3. A properly sized electrical project box / chassis.
#4. "Sufficiently sized" wire, say 16 gauge in red and black or whatever colors you so choose, red and black are the typical for power / ground although other colors can be used, as long as YOU know what is going on...
#5. Crimp on female blade connectors OR NON ACID solder and soldering iron. The latter is the FAR better method.
#6. Electrical tape to manage your wire.
#7. A surface mountable LED to indicate active / inactive for the circuit.
#8. A wiring diagram of what you are trying to accomplish, or not...
#9. A 1/4" (6.5mm) instrument cable to connect switch to amp)

I would think, unless you have those parts in your inventory already, you might be better off money wise just buying the switch.
 
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Big Hoss said:
Not 100% sure of what it would take, but I would think you would need the following components to build a stomp box to do this...

#1. A click on / click off footswitch. SPST most likely.
#2. 1/4" (6.5mm) TS jack.
#3. A properly sized electrical project box / chassis.
#4. "Sufficiently sized" wire, say 16 gauge in red and black or whatever colors you so choose, red and black are the typical for power / ground although other colors can be used, as long as YOU know what is going on...
#5. Crimp on female blade connectors OR NON ACID solder and soldering iron. The latter is the FAR better method.
#6. Electrical tape to manage your wire.
#7. A surface mountable LED to indicate active / inactive for the circuit.
#8. A wiring diagram of what you are trying to accomplish, or not...
#9. A 1/4" (6.5mm) instrument cable to connect switch to amp)

I would think, unless you have those parts in your inventory already, you might be better off money wise just buying the switch.
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Thanks for the details. I have most of that on my desk, without even going to the toolkit :D

I am pretty sure I can manage a single foot switch, this is the current foot controller I am building ;)

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JACink said:
Personally I prefer cable ties and heatshrink, but it wouldn't be the first time I have built something just with wire and tape (including a temporary lighting board using household switches and dimmers :D)
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I was aiming for simplest possible solution. Yes heatshrink and cable ties are the preferred method. Looks like you have it under control pretty well...

I am assuming the switch will interrupt the hot lead, and have the LED inline somewhere.

Mind you, the LED isn't a 100% requirement, but I can't imagine not having it on there. Makes it simple at a glance positive to insure you are either on, or off...
 
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