Fender Rumble Club

[GregT]

Fender Rumble 500 Frequencies | TalkBass.com
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I had never actually looked at that link until this morning. Being the skeptic I am, I clicked on the link provided by the guy who did the testing at home and how he came to that determination:
Fender Rumble Club
I read some of the responses to the results and it was some interesting reading to say the least.

 

[Flamingo21]

Dank je (...) Fijne dag.
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Nee maar!

 

[BadMonk]

Really didn't want to re-open that can of worms. Just looking for the true flat EQ on the 100 Rumble. As I said, the information from G-Dog is appreciated.

 

[13bass]

I always figured the 10-2-10 or whatever approximations made sense given how the Fender amps are mid scooped already.

 

[GonePlaid]

I always figured the 10-2-10 or whatever approximations made sense given how the Fender amps are mid scooped already.

Left out a -2-.

 

[13bass]

Left out a -2-.

yep, and now I can't fix it

 

[GregT]

Really didn't want to re-open that can of worms. Just looking for the true flat EQ on the 100 Rumble. As I said, the information from G-Dog is appreciated.

What you call a "can of worms" is exactly why I left the Rumble Club for a couple years back then. They used to argue too much for my patience. Thankfully, it's not that way any more around here at all. We all help and encourage each other.

So anyway, I went into my little home studio and checked it out by setting all the tones at 12:00 and then at 10, 2, 2, and 10. Sure enough, the latter is absolutely a more generic/flat tone that matches what my precision actually sounds like naturally. On stage, I like to set the highs about 2:00 also because my TI Flats need the upper boost. I've also been known to kick in the Vintage since the PlaidMan mentioned it. It can really help in some situations.

 

[BadMonk]

Thanks, Greg, for that information. After read G-Dogs post, I too checked the 10, 2, 2, 10. Sounds good to my ear with the 100 Rumble and my Gibson Les Paul Tribute and MIM Mustang.

Glad to hear the rumbles in the Rumble Club have quieted. I have to check in here more often.

 

[Thundar]

What you call a "can of worms" is exactly why I left the Rumble Club for a couple years back then. They used to argue too much for my patience. Thankfully, it's not that way any more around here at all. We all help and encourage each other.

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Truth!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Your member #1275 has changed his username. He used to be instrumentalist and now he's Flamingo21. He still loves his tiny Rumble15 Combo.

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How do we know you're not someone hijacking his coveted number, hmmm? Tell us something only he and we would know, like the DCR of the bass he keeps locked in the vault three stories under the safe room.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Thanks G-Dog. 500 and 100 are similar in frequencies?

EDIT: senior moment re: Treble previously.

Most of the modern Rumbles use the same EQ section, possibly the whole preamp section. I forget which ones don't, but the 100 - 500 do. I think any of the non-programmable 4 knob tone stack variants are the same.

 

[Flamingo21]

So the exceptions would then be the 15 and 25 combos, which have three knob EQ.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Most of the modern Rumbles use the same EQ section, possibly the whole preamp section. I forget which ones don't, but the 100 - 500 do. I think any of the non-programmable 4 knob tone stack variants are the same.

The Studio 40 only has 3 physical EQ knobs (Low, Middle and High), but the Rumble v3 preset has four soft EQ knobs with the original frequency assignments. I no longer have my original 200 or 40 to test against (120 VAC only; sold when I left the States), but I suspect that the Studio 40 using the Rumble v3 preset with the soft EQ knobs set to 10-2-2-10 would sound a LOT like the original 40 set the same way.

 

[Jogobass]

I just wanna mention how happy I am with my Rumble 500 combo. I had a 500 watt head running into a 15 inch Ampeg cab before. I never knew how much of a difference 2x10 speakers and a tweeter made. I can actually hear the bass as it sounds through my interface and headphones. Those transient sounds of the strings hitting the wood on my fretless, I never heard that through my amp with the 15 inch speaker.

 

[G-Dog]

Is this still the case, instru? Still no Rumble yet?

You've been lurking here quite some time, which you're certainly welcome to do, of course. Just let us know if we can help you decide on one.

'Til then, we wish you a safe and enjoyable holidays there, in the lower lands. I'll always remember my visit there fondly.
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Why, thank you for remembering, G-Dog! Indeed it has just happened: I now have a Rumble. V3 15c, so it's kind of a Humble Rumble. See pics.

I traded it for pedals I wasn't using. A really good deal, since I'm surely using the Rumble. Just now I played my fiver over it, and small as it is it didn't blink: a low B sounds like a low B. Pure bass goodness, and so portable! As it happens I didn't have the car the day I got it, and I had to carry it several miles across town. Which was no problem.

I have a question: there's some black textile sorta tape sticking out at the lower right corner. Does anyone know what it is? And what to do about it? It looks like it wants to be folded back inside, but then I'd have to open the whole thing up, and I don't know how to do that. Other than that triviality my preowned Rumble is certainly in top shape and is game for anything.
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Well, there you go, insty! Glad I asked. Nice little R15c! @instrumentalist, you are now member #1275 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. It's good to have you with us officially, at last. I assume you know your way around here and the Rumble Club Wiki page. If not, just ask.

Now is the time when we all ... . . . .

Rumble On!
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How do we know you're not someone hijacking his coveted number, hmmm? Tell us something only he and we would know, like the DCR of the bass he keeps locked in the vault three stories under the safe room.

Good point, Miley! I do try to do some due diligence in such situations, to avoid such embarrassment as having a membership, and all its valuable benefits, purloined!

In this case, it was quite simple to verify Mr. Instru-Flamingo's claim with the previous posts quoted here. Thank you, @Flamingo21, for your courteous announcement. Other name changers usually just leave such Club rosters in error, until it becomes an issue.
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[JakobT]

The Studio 40 only has 3 physical EQ knobs (Low, Middle and High), but the Rumble v3 preset has four soft EQ knobs with the original frequency assignments. I no longer have my original 200 or 40 to test against (120 VAC only; sold when I left the States), but I suspect that the Studio 40 using the Rumble v3 preset with the soft EQ knobs set to 10-2-2-10 would sound a LOT like the original 40 set the same way.

You’d think so, but I for one have been unable to reproduce the sound of the Rumble 40 faithfully using the Rumble v3 preset on my Studio 40 with the same EQ settings.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

You’d think so, but I for one have been unable to reproduce the sound of the Rumble 40 faithfully using the Rumble v3 preset on my Studio 40 with the same EQ settings.

Sigh.

 

[13bass]

Get to play through the house’s Rumble 200 tonight

 

[GregT]

Get to play through the house’s Rumble 200 tonight

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Is that a tuner or an effects pedal of some sort?

 

[13bass]

Is that a tuner or an effects pedal of some sort?

Tuner