I originally had that, actually still have my 500. But having that extra headroom with the 800HD makes such a difference.
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Just got a Rumble Stage 800 and love the pure tone of the thing.
In the 5 days I've had it, I've also found it very adaptive to my pedal board, giving me pretty much all the sounds I want. It's an upgrade from an Ashdown OriginAL 300w with a 2x10 cab and a 1x15. Keeping the 1x15 for the time being - just being careful not to crank the Rumble up too much!
Not yet convinced by the 100 presets. Probably need to listen to them all again - but I can pretty much get the variations I want from my pedal board.
Playon a Hofner 500/1 with flats for the softer/more melodic stuff and an Ibanez Artcore AGB205 with roundwounds - the B-string being 0.145!!! - for some thunder.
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In the 5 days I've had it, I've also found it very adaptive to my pedal board, giving me pretty much all the sounds I want. It's an upgrade from an Ashdown OriginAL 300w with a 2x10 cab and a 1x15. Keeping the 1x15 for the time being - just being careful not to crank the Rumble up too much!
Not yet convinced by the 100 presets. Probably need to listen to them all again - but I can pretty much get the variations I want from my pedal board.
Playon a Hofner 500/1 with flats for the softer/more melodic stuff and an Ibanez Artcore AGB205 with roundwounds - the B-string being 0.145!!! - for some thunder.
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Congrats on the 800. Some of the presets offer a good starting point for tweaking and making your own. With my Spark, and now with the Fender, I tend to try out each “amp” completely dry, find the ones that appeal to me without effects, and build upon those. I haven’t even tried my pedalboard with the Fender yet, but soon…the stereo fx loop was one of the reasons I chose it over the Katana.
Just got a Rumble Stage 800 and love the pure tone of the thing.
In the 5 days I've had it, I've also found it very adaptive to my pedal board, giving me pretty much all the sounds I want. It's an upgrade from an Ashdown OriginAL 300w with a 2x10 cab and a 1x15. Keeping the 1x15 for the time being - just being careful not to crank the Rumble up too much!
Not yet convinced by the 100 presets. Probably need to listen to them all again - but I can pretty much get the variations I want from my pedal board.
Playon a Hofner 500/1 with flats for the softer/more melodic stuff and an Ibanez Artcore AGB205 with roundwounds - the B-string being 0.145!!! - for some thunder.
Whoop! There it is!! @KeithERice, you are now member #1499 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.
For questions and discussions specific to your Rumble Stage 800, please use your Rumble LT25, Studio 40 & Stage 800 sub-thread to keep this main Club thread more straightforward for our non-modelers.
Say, Keith, I don’t suppose you might consider removing some devices from your physical pedalboard if you find the Stage to have a comparable built-in digital effect, eh?
just a thought. 
So, how about letting us know a bit about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? Whatever your situation, you're bound to fit right in here 'cause we have all kinds! But we all love to ... ... ...
Rumble On!
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Funny. I thought the total opposite. I spent months with it and could not get a good tone out of it. Everything sounded way too processed and lacked the warmth of the other Rumbles. Even my band told me to ditch it!
When I had it I decided to do a A-B comparison with a Rumble 500 combo. I love the tone of the 500, so I figured I make a preset in the 800 to emulate the 500 and use it as a base line to build other presets. Should be easy, same cabinet, same speakers and they even have the 500 in there as one of the amp presets. Well when I did the A-B with the 500, no comparison. The 500 sounded so much better and had the warmth the 800 lacked. And as I mentioned, the tone from the 800 just sounded too processed. So bye bye 800.
So now I use a Rumble 800HD head with one or two Rumble 210 cabinets. And it sounds incredible! Well I hope you have better luck with the Stage 800 then I did!
I also have no interest in any kind of modelling amp, be it for bass or guitar. That is why I am loving my Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb. It does one thing very well. Same with the Rumbles. They give me the Fender tone I need without playing around. I'm not looking for a bunch of different tones. I just want the tone of an old Fender 50 watt tube Bassman. Like the Tone Master, the Rumbles get me close enough.
A couple days ago, I played outside at a party. The bass amp was provided. A Markbass head and an old Carvin 4x10 cabinet. It was loud enough, but it sure wasn't my Rumble. There's been a Rumble 4x10 cabinet for sale locally on Craigslist for a while now. I wish it was the lighter 2x10. If I did more outdoor stuff, I'd get it and the 800 head.
Thanks to G-Dog and others who warned me about using a 300w Ashdown 15" with the Stage 800.
I bit the bullet and bought myself a Rumble 15" - so now I've got a complete Fender stack!
I bit the bullet and bought myself a Rumble 15" - so now I've got a complete Fender stack!
Hi all! New Rumble 500 combo added to a owned Rumble 210 cab.
May I have a number?
So, you want a number, do you? Just any old number? Is that it? Well, @PJ68, you are now member #1500 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.
How's about telling us a bit about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular. Whatever your situation, you're bound to fit right in here, 'cause we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...
Rumble On!
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Thanks to G-Dog and others who warned me about using a 300w Ashdown 15" with the Stage 800.
I bit the bullet and bought myself a Rumble 15" - so now I've got a complete Fender stack!
That's a lovely all Fender stack, there, Keith. And the Fender cab may sound a bit better with the combo, too.
But, since the Rumble 115 is also rated at 300W (per the Summary Info Chart) you will still have the very same overpowering concern as with your other cabinet!
But, of course, you can connect them both and have no overpowering concern! 
The minimum single cab to remove that concern would be the Rumble 210, which has the exact same drivers as your combo.
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I've been eyeballing the Traynor BB115, drooling really, but man there is zero info on the amp on youtube, or anywhere else. So I'm going to go with the Rumble 500. I'm wondering if people are comfortable gigging it alone in medium size clubs, without pa support, is it loud enough? Might get an extension cab, but I'd really just prefer to haul one piece. Any info greatly appreciated. These things are still around a 950 bucks up here, want to make a wise decision.
About 5 years now with my 500c, 80% w/o PA support, everything from small joints, private parties, to medium and large clubs indoor and out. Big stages with PA support and everything in between. 3 different bands (western swing/honky tonk, classic rock/blues and trad-jazz groups). Averaging (covid not withstanding) 50 - 75 gigs/year. I use 100c's for rehearsal, and have an extra 500c laying around because ya never know.
I've never had the master past noon, gain always between 8:30 and 10:30. No pedals, no overdrive, no nothin' and compliments galore from other musicians. I've always wanted a Rumble 210 or 115, because it would look so cool, but, I've never been short on volume or clarity. It's all too easy with the 500c. I did buy a second 500c as a backup, and figured if I ever needed to look cooler I could daisy chain them together and have my 210 anyway. Alas, that hasn't happened yet....BUT IT MIGHT!
So, as you can see, I'm a fanboy.
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I would say it really depends on the type of music you play. I have the 500C and the 210 ext cab. I have gigged the combo alone many times but rarely without PA support. If I have a gig without PA support, I always use the ext cab. I typically use it in a blues/classic rock band, and like you, Id prefer to just carry one cab but I find I am much more satisfied with my sound/tone when I use the 210 ext cab...and it gets the sound up closer to my ear. I have used the combo with a variety of ext cabs...its my "sonic lunchbox"...I can set it on top of just about any 8 ohm cab, and it rocks.
So yeah you can probably get away with it in a medium club without PA, but I personally would want the ext cab or to be in the PA...its a very loud and capable combo
I started with a 200c(I'm not a big fan of 10s). For really small gigs I was using a 2000 Bassman25(yes, I know, it has a 10") 'til it crapped out on a gig. I got it working again by unplugging/replugging it, but I didn't completely trust it so I bought a R40(yes, 10"/18#). The B25 was repaired-still works great-and is used for concert band where I play the string bass parts(I don't play UB). The 200c(15"/34.5#) is overkill for many of the gigs we do, so I added a 100(12"-yay!/22#)to the bunch and it's my go-to these days.
7ender for amps, Gibson for basses.
I envy the [stuff] outta y'all that get PA support. No place we play has a PA and we don't go through ours as the rooms we play-and the older crowd we play for-don't require it. BTW, I use one of my amp stands to 'aim' my sound toward my ears since my knees don't hear very well.
Thanks G-Dog!
I'm an amateur bassist, absolutely not a pro. I play mostly classic rock. Bought the Rumble combo because I like its sound and portability, and I'm sure it will be good for small to medium size gigs (althoughtnot tried yet in a live situation). I already owned the 210 cab, used to play it through a Hartke LH500 head and it sounded pretty good. Tried it with the Rumble combo and... absolutely fantastic sound, even with all pots at 12. Really happy with my purchase.
That's a lovely all Fender stack, there, Keith. And the Fender cab may sound a bit better with the combo, too.
But, since the Rumble 115 is also rated at 300W (per the Summary Info Chart) you will still have the very same overpowering concern as with your other cabinet!
The minimum single cab to remove that concern would be the Rumble 210, which has the exact same drivers as your combo.
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Hi, G-Dog. Before committing to buy the Rumble 115, I did a lot of reading around on the play-off of wattage and impedance and came away convinced that it would be OK. The 115 is 8 ohms so therefore the max output will be 400w. The program of the 115 is 600w but continuous 300w. So my reading suggests the 115 will be able to handle the amp as long as its output is only above 300w periodically and not continuously. So not 400w all the time!
Well, ... er, ... yes. That is exactly the same situation as your other cab. And, as far as program ratings get you, it's true that both your cabs are rated 600W for extremely short-term program excursions (milliseconds) there. [Program ratings are simply double the continuous, or RMS, ratings] Oh, and your combo can send up to 800W program to a single cab! Mixing the rating scales does not mitigate the danger! Please be careful.
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Has anyone owned both the 500 combo and the 800 head with 210 rumble cab? I haven't been able to find a head locally to compare. Wondering the difference in sound. I have theories lol
