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Fender Rumble Club

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Miles_ONeal said:
I couldn’t afford one (much les an HP). When Casio came out with a scientific calculator for (IIRC) $24.95, I was all over it. Still have it, and occasionally use it. I also still pull out the slide rule from time to time, so I can use it after civilization collapses.
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About 10 years after getting my HP-25C I was gifted this Solar Powered Radio Shack Scientific Calculator, which I carried in my shirt pocket until retirement in 2013 (~30 years). I believe it originally cost somewhere around $20-25. It still works and has my final business card with it!

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So this is what I got, an inexpensive subwoofer riser/insulator. It's 2.5" of lift. It wasn't really about raising it too much so it was more about the size. An instant improvement on the definition of the lower notes! I'll crank it a bit after supper and try it proper.

The tone of the preset I'm using is to my liking too. A basic Rumble V3 set flat with gain and volume adjusted to my liking. All the V3 buttons are off too. Adding a cab to it kinda takes out the parts I like of the sound, but I probably need to EQ that back in. Just stuff to mess with as I go along :)

The advice from early in the LT25/S40/S800 thread about making a couple of tomes to your liking is important early on with the modeling, I think. Makes perfect sense and if you have 2 distinct tones, it's already double the value of a one-trick-pony.

P.S. And now you turkeys have me shopping for a black logo :eyebrow:, haha
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pilmat said:
So this is what I got, an inexpensive subwoofer riser/insulator. It's 2.5" of lift. It wasn't really about raising it too much so it was more about the size. An instant improvement on the definition of the lower notes! I'll crank it a bit after supper and try it proper.

The tone of the preset I'm using is to my liking too. A basic Rumble V3 set flat with gain and volume adjusted to my liking. All the V3 buttons are off too. Adding a cab to it kinda takes out the parts I like of the sound, but I probably need to EQ that back in. Just stuff to mess with as I go along :)

The advice from early in the LT25/S40/S800 thread about making a couple of tomes to your liking is important early on with the modeling, I think. Makes perfect sense and if you have 2 distinct tones, it's already double the value of a one-trick-pony.

P.S. And now you turkeys have me shopping for a black logo :eyebrow:, haha
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Le beau JP said:
How did the 115 handle the Rumble 800?
I own a Rumble 800 that works wonders with Mesa cabs. The Rumble 410 couldnt handle the power though. And the Bassman 410 are way too boomy. I really liked the Rumble 115 in the store but I wonder if it could handle the power in a louder situation?
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The 115 handles it just fine for my purposes. I've never tried to dime it, and honestly, I've never really had to go above 50% in any of the situations I've been in (small to mid-sized venues, various practice spaces), which is well within the 300 watt RMS rating of the cab.

I dig the sound of it, but I'm also not super choosy. I can tell you, it sounds really good mic'd up with a Neumann TLM 102. Seriously produces an old-school sound that I really love.
 
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Black Out Jazz said:
My Dad had a TI, didn't look like that. I was somewhere around 10 I guess. It cost him $100, I remember that.
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The first most popular Texas Instruments calculator I recall was the SR-10. Square root was its top feature. Believe it began at $150. That's when I got my cheap-o used off-brand square root calculator for $100. But, as they became more popular and common they went down to about $100.

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Then TI got on the trig functions bandwagon with the high dolar HPs, but usually several bucks cheaper than HP.

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Electronic Calculators—Handheld.
 
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harleyboy said:
Anybody have any knowledge of where I could find a FBT-1 Tweeter/Horn for replacement on my Rumble 500? Or something that would work from another source?

Thanks!
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Well, harley, if you're absolutely sure that your problem is the tweeter/horn, and not the crossover unit or something else more complicated, and that you can't simply do without it, then you can google "fbt-1 tweeter/horn" to get some sources like ebay, reverb and others.

Of course, there's always the possibility that such grey market parts could actually cause some problems, too. But, if your amp is out of warranty and your friendly neighborhood Fender Authorized Service Center won't make a reasonable repair then, I guess, ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Please, let us know how it goes.
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G-Dog said:
Well, harley, if you're absolutely sure that your problem is the tweeter/horn, and not the crossover unit or something else more complicated, and that you can't simply do without it, then you can google "fbt-1 tweeter/horn" to get some sources like ebay, reverb and others.

Of course, there's always the possibility that such grey market parts could actually cause some problems, too. But, if your amp is out of warranty and your friendly neighborhood Fender Authorized Service Center won't make a reasonable repair then, I guess, ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Please, let us know how it goes.
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It has been determined to be bad by my not so local (100 miles one way) repair shop. The part is out of stock everywhere that good ole' google suggests! Thought maybe someone might have knowledge of somewhere else to get one or a different direct replacement! I can live without it as I have another working 500 Combo and a 2 x 10 cab as well! Amp is out of warranty and has had a complete resolder job to make it work like new again except for the horn/tweeter!

Thanks!
 
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