Thank you! I really like Rumbles. Their price and country of manufacture does cause some snobbery. That V3 40 has been abused in that music room by angry engineers stuck on some problems and venting their frustration on that amp. I am not kind to it either but it still works It got rained on briefly, fell of the truck tailgate, that kind of abuse but it keeps on trucking (no pun intended). I have used this Rumble as a guitar amp for gigs and bass amp for really small gigs.
About me - My profile may be a year off in updates. I play both upright and electric, playing bass since 1986.Piano, Saxophone and guitar player. For electric nowadays, I play a Charlie Hunter type 7-string Hybrid Bass AND Guitar. 30 scale - Novak fan fret, bottom 3 strings are bass and and 4 top strings are guitar strings. Instrument is tuned 3 half steps up , so bass is GCF guitar is CFBbD. My hybrid has two outputs for the bass and guitar but also a summed output and that's how I use it with the Rumble 40. I also have the older Fender Super Champ XD and these 2 go great together. But at 40 watts for the bass, it may struggle a bit. But I love the sound, reminds me of the Ampeg B15.
I do have a Mesa subway WD800 head, all tube Mesa Boogie Bass 400, AI Clarus series IV head. But for cabs I only have a heavy "Diesel" mesa 115 and 210 and some EA micro cabs and since subway cabs are too expensive into Fender cabs. That's how I came across the kitchen sink Rumble whichI just discovered has been released since 2018. I really liked the features.
I am surprised how my upright sounds with the 40 and you all know how good it sound with electrics.
I am thinking to simplify and just keep my AI combo and EA cabs for acoustic situation, sell the Mesas and the additional AI head and get the stage for my Hybrid and electric gigs. I have played as a sax player and guitar/keys with loud bands and I really like how the Rumble Heads + cabs sound and they are as pro as other expensive amps.I am a fan of the Champ XD even though I have tube guitar amps, so hoping that the bass modeling is on the same level.
Holy guacamole, Blapman! A multi-multi-instrumentalist!!! Do you also play the "log drum"?
Well, I daresay that you are probably sophisticated enough to appreciate
Fender's 3rd generation of bass modeling in the Rumble Studio 40 or the Rumble Stage 800, whichever power level suits your purposes.
But, therein lies the quandary! The Stage 800 is certainly powerful enough to handle most large venues either alone at 400W, or with another 8
or 4 ohms of extension cabs at 800W.. And although the Rumble Studio 40 cannot match the
power of the Stage 800, it does have the exact same
modeling features as the Stage 800. And, with their
stereo XLR Outs and
stereo FX Loops they could both be very flexible.
Unfortunately they don't have stereo inputs, unless you count the FX Return jacks, or stereo speaker systems. If you use the Return jacks as stereo inputs then you bypass the pre-amps and all the modeling. And for stereo speakers you have use either the stereo XLR Outs or the stereo FX Send jacks to external sound reinforcement amps & speakers.
logdrum, with your current collection of basses, amps and cabs, you may choose to first try the less expensive Studio 40 with your Hybrid outputs and/or external amps for some stereo goodness experimentation. Or, if you study
the Rumble Stage & Studio manual, you may decide you prefer the flexible power of the Stage 800. It's an interesting quandary to be in!
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. Not that I need the power, but it sure sounds good
