Fender Rumble Club

[THRobinson]

You sound like a very busy luthier type muso..best of luck with the bass for a start..sounds like a good project and we hope it comes out well for you. I'm sure you'll make the right decision on the amp as well..you sound like you are in 1 excellent working piece, compared to your 20 piece bass guitar loll..best of luck.

Ya, I'm not a very good player and quit for 25yrs... but I really missed working on guitars. Building, fixing, etc... so mid-40's and started taking up the guitar again.

Upside is... we have internet now!!! I quit I think the year before the internet was a thing. I was still using the modem on BBS systems at a blazing 33.6kbps.

Ordering wire now. I'll probably make a separate thread with updates on the progress. Or, a short post if it's an utter flop.

Had an offer for $75 for a 12" Bass speaker from a Peavey bass amp, almost new but 2.5h drive each way so after gas looking at the same price as an Eminence. For $38CAD new, Pyramid WH12 bass speaker... cheapo China brand with almost 0 specs, except 200wRMS/500wMAX, 8ohm, 12", 35hz-5000hz, 94db sensitivity. Specs are likely "off" but probably just as good as the China made generic speaker in there now... well, if it was working.

 

[Giffro]

Ya, I'm not a very good player and quit for 25yrs... but I really missed working on guitars. Building, fixing, etc... so mid-40's and started taking up the guitar again.

Upside is... we have internet now!!! I quit I think the year before the internet was a thing. I was still using the modem on BBS systems at a blazing 33.6kbps.

Ordering wire now. I'll probably make a separate thread with updates on the progress. Or, a short post if it's an utter flop.

Had an offer for $75 for a 12" Bass speaker from a Peavey bass amp, almost new but 2.5h drive each way so after gas looking at the same price as an Eminence. For $38CAD new, Pyramid WH12 bass speaker... cheapo China brand with almost 0 specs, except 200wRMS/500wMAX, 8ohm, 12", 35hz-5000hz, 94db sensitivity. Specs are likely "off" but probably just as good as the China made generic speaker in there now... well, if it was working.

I still use my old Peavey 1820 cab..the Black Widow 18 is a powerful beast but the 2x10" Scorpions are the best part of the cab..so if the 12" Peavey is a Scorpion or a BW..its likely to be a great speaker if in good shape.

lolll BBS.. i think I remember 28kbps and the upgrade to 33+ was wonderful lollll And the days of 56K dial up modems..loll

 

[THRobinson]

I still use my old Peavey 1820 cab..the Black Widow 18 is a powerful beast but the 2x10" Scorpions are the best part of the cab..so if the 12" Peavey is a Scorpion or a BW..its likely to be a great speaker if in good shape.

lolll BBS.. i think I remember 28kbps and the upgrade to 33+ was wonderful lollll And the days of 56K dial up modems..loll

All I know is it was from a Peavey 112 MAX bass amp... apparently bought the amp and did an immediate swap so speaker only had 1-2h of use. That said, there is a more local one, 112 Max for $75 for sale, full amp. Bit rough. Not sure with that speaker, which would be the better amp.

I miss old '90s tech. When you upgraded something, it was very noticeably an upgrade. I remember my Intel 200MMX PC I built, then one day I got a 3DFX Voodoo 3D capable video card. I played Need for Speed, and wow!!! Snowflakes hitting the window, and clouds in the sky!!!!

Now... you pay $300 for an upgrade, and you need software to tell you it's faster/better because barely noticeable.

 

[G-Dog]

I still use my old Peavey 1820 cab..the Black Widow 18 is a powerful beast but the 2x10" Scorpions are the best part of the cab..so if the 12" Peavey is a Scorpion or a BW..its likely to be a great speaker if in good shape.

lolll BBS.. i think I remember 28kbps and the upgrade to 33+ was wonderful lollll And the days of 56K dial up modems..loll

I started with a U. S. Robotics* 14.4kbps modem and upgraded to 28.8!

Before that I upgraded an Intel 80286 processor motherboard to a 80386 processor motherboard. Not a lot of speed improvement, but with Quarterdeck's QEMM386 software I could use the full 1mb of RAM, instead of just 640kb, and multi-task several DOS programs all at once!!! Woo hoo! That was even better'n Windows 1.0 & 2.0. MS didn't even begin to get it right until Windows 3.01, then 3.11.

Don't get me started on early PC evolution! ... ... ...



*the real U.S. Robotics company, not the one in the "I, Robot" movie.
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[Giffro]

All I know is it was from a Peavey 112 MAX bass amp... apparently bought the amp and did an immediate swap so speaker only had 1-2h of use. That said, there is a more local one, 112 Max for $75 for sale, full amp. Bit rough. Not sure with that speaker, which would be the better amp.

I miss old '90s tech. When you upgraded something, it was very noticeably an upgrade. I remember my Intel 200MMX PC I built, then one day I got a 3DFX Voodoo 3D capable video card. I played Need for Speed, and wow!!! Snowflakes hitting the window, and clouds in the sky!!!!

Now... you pay $300 for an upgrade, and you need software to tell you it's faster/better because barely noticeable.

Well the bonus there is Peavey amps are pretty indestructible.

 

[John Stephen]

I liked the earlier stuff that you couldn’t upgrade. Like mimeograph machines and adding machines.

 

[THRobinson]

I liked the earlier stuff that you couldn’t upgrade. Like mimeograph machines and adding machines.

You could always upgrade an abacus with fancier beads.

 

[John Stephen]

Yeah, no cross-platform compatibility issues!

 

[G-Dog]

I liked the earlier stuff that you couldn’t upgrade. Like mimeograph machines and adding machines.

I still have my high school slide rule, ... ... somewhere. Haven't seen it since my last move 12 years ago. Haven't used it since the early '70's when handheld calculators became a thing!
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[John Stephen]

I still have my high school slide rule, ... ... somewhere. Haven't seen it since my last move 12 years ago. Haven't used it since the early '70's when handheld calculators became a thing!
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I remember! I don't have a slide rule any more but I sure remember them. And I remember when calculators came into being. They were about $300. It took years (decades maybe) for them to become a mass market item.

 

[THRobinson]

I still have my high school slide rule, ... ... somewhere. Haven't seen it since my last move 12 years ago. Haven't used it since the early '70's when handheld calculators became a thing!
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I miss old school calculators. Brown and beige Texas Instruments with those red LED displays that killed the batteries.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

I took a risk and purchased a used Fender Rumble 500 Combo from GC. Everything works and the amp sounds great but the fan is noisy. Is this to be expected or should I expect it should be quiet?

I've never heard the fan on my 500 combo.

 

[pilmat]

Hi all. New member. Just picked up a Rumble Studio 40. Demoed a regular 40, 100 and the Studio. My favorite sound was the 40, tight and punchy with good articulation, but opted on the S40 for the possibilities (plus an effects loop and Bluetooth connection).
A bit of buyers remorse as when I got it home and started going through the presets I feel many lack that dig and clarity the regular 40 had… alas I’m here amongst you the experts to dig out the tones and get me to the heart of the beast!
I believe you like pics, so here’s the S40 sitting pretty with the Squier Affinity J. That bass is a thread all on its own as a Friday-afternoon-special, but we learn more from journey than the instant successes.
I’ve already started I to the 80 odd pages of the LT25/S40/S800 thread and will see what’s in there before pestering too much.
Cheers, Phil

 

[G-Dog]

I remember! I don't have a slide rule any more but I sure remember them. And I remember when calculators came into being. They were about $300. It took years (decades maybe) for them to become a mass market item.

I remember the plain old +-×÷ calculators being around $100 somewhere around 1970. As a university engineering major with a slide rule I didn't think it was worth it. Lotta money for a poverty level student back then.

The next year they added a square root key, still around $100. I was tempted but still too poor. Then the Texas Instruments got real popular, with trig functions, for $300+. I got a used square root cheap-o, instead.

Finally, at the beginning of a closed book test, my professor made an example of me for wanting to use my square root calculator and a book of trig tables! He examined the book thoroughly for crib sheets and made a one-time allowance. Mortified, I went to my credit union, with my new good-paying night job, for a loan. For his next test I had my new $200 Hewlett-Packard HP-25C with reverse polish notation and several steps of programmability a-a-an-n-nd continuous memory!!! I had programmed the Hardy Cross Equation and aced that test! And several more in my university career! Don't recall when I finally lost my no longer working HP-25C, but it was decades after it stopped working.

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[John Stephen]

You were lucky your prof let you use the calculator. In my college days, they didn't let any students use calculators on exams because not all the students could afford them. It was seen as an unfair advantage.

Loved that photo of the HP! I remember them well.....

 

[G-Dog]

Hi all. New member. Just picked up a Rumble Studio 40. Demoed a regular 40, 100 and the Studio. My favorite sound was the 40, tight and punchy with good articulation, but opted on the S40 for the possibilities (plus an effects loop and Bluetooth connection).
A bit of buyers remorse as when I got it home and started going through the presets I feel many lack that dig and clarity the regular 40 had… alas I’m here amongst you the experts to dig out the tones and get me to the heart of the beast!
I believe you like pics, so here’s the S40 sitting pretty with the Squier Affinity J. That bass is a thread all on its own as a Friday-afternoon-special, but we learn more from journey than the instant successes.
I’ve already started I to the 80 odd pages of the LT25/S40/S800 thread and will see what’s in there before pestering too much.
Cheers, Phil

Welcome, Phil! @pilmat, you are now member #1485 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Please 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. But, for all bas modeling questions and discussions, please use the Rumble LT25, Studio 40 & Stage club sub-thread, so we get the non-modeling Rumblers here in the main Club thread too confused.

Hmmm, ... I don’t understand your problem with the Studio 40, Phil. My Studio 40 sounds quite comparable to my Rumble 500 combo, when using a Rumble amp model, just not nearly as loud. You might wanna take your bass and Studio to the store for a face-to-face comparison, and make sure the physical amps are the only difference. You may have to read the Studio's detailed preset settings to duplicate them on the non-modeling 40.

Phil, please tell us a bit more about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular. Looks like you've been away from TalkBass, or lurking, for the past 11 years? Well, whatever your situation, you'll fit right in here, 'cause we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...

Rumble On!
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[DigiGal]

I still have and regularly use my college HP15C, the 16C doesn’t get much use today but it’s still working fine. Also have emulators for the 15C on my phone and computers. Never expected to see a calculator discussion in talk bass.

 

[pilmat]

I see I’ve fallen into a place I can understand!
This 48G saved my bacon in exams more often than I’d like to admit. But RPN for the win, it’s just intuitive with the thought process.

 

[pilmat]

Welcome, Phil! @pilmat, you are now member #1485 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Please 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. But, for all bas modeling questions and discussions, please use the Rumble LT25, Studio 40 & Stage club sub-thread, so we get the non-modeling Rumblers here in the main Club thread too confused.

Hmmm, ... I don’t understand your problem with the Studio 40, Phil. My Studio 40 sounds quite comparable to my Rumble 500 combo, when using a Rumble amp model, just not nearly as loud. You might wanna take your bass and Studio to the store for a face-to-face comparison, and make sure the physical amps are the only difference. You may have to read the Studio's detailed preset settings to duplicate them on the non-modeling 40.

Phil, please tell us a bit more about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular. Looks like you've been away from TalkBass, or lurking, for the past 11 years? Well, whatever your situation, you'll fit right in here, 'cause we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...

Rumble On!
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Thanks for the warm welcome. As for my previous foray into the bass, I never thought I could play an instrument as a kid so I did other things. Then in my late 30s I figured I'd have a go and started lessons. I advanced OK but life happened and I put it aside. Now I've told life to get lost and picked it up again this year. There is the issue of GAS, and that I tinker with EVERYTHING (the HP calculator above probably already gave that away), but I'll work on those issues later as I'm too busy learning all over again. It's a journey and I feel no need to go fast, just take it as it comes and enjoy.

As for the Studio 40, I'm sure it's just me and learning. The little Ampeg BA-108 I sold told get the Rumble sounds a bit better (sacrilege, I know, hopefully I don't get banned on my first day), but I've tried a few things I read on the LT25/S40/S800 thread and it's getting there very quickly. Part of it is that I play at low volumes (apartment) and the S40 moves so much more air that the reduced volume loses the highs but the floor still vibrates, lol. During the day tomorrow I can crank it a bit more and get a better feel of the tone as the store was noisy and big so I had it turned up a bit to hear it well. Let's say it's me and I'll learn

 

[GregT]

Just got home from playing bass with a band outside downtown. Their bass player cancelled late, and I got a text asking if I could fill in. I put my Rumble 100 up on the high drum riser facing across the stage so the drummer, two guitarists, two vocalists, and the keyboard player could hear the bass. Then I daisy chained that to the regular input on my Rumble 200 which was off the side of the drum riser behind me facing the crowd. The XLR on the 100 ran to the board. It was just my 78 Musicmaster into a Barber Tone Press compressor. I had a great time, and the Rumbles really came through for me.