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Fender Rumble Club

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I never really noticed it before, but the Vintage button on my Rumble 500 gives it a significant volume boost when engaged. Is this normal?

I know it's supposed to give it a fatter sound, but didn't realize how much louder it is with it on.

I was running it through some paces to try to figure out why someone else's Rumble 500 I played through seemed louder and it may have been that his Vintage button was engaged and I didn't notice.

You'd think I would have noticed that before now but I just found the tone out of the box was working for me and went with it. I know that's kind of silly but that's me.
 
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jdh3000 said:
I never really noticed it before, but the Vintage button on my Rumble 500 gives it a significant volume boost when engaged. Is this normal?

I know it's supposed to give it a fatter sound, but didn't realize how much louder it is with it on.

I was running it through some paces to try to figure out why someone else's Rumble 500 I played through seemed louder and it may have been that his Vintage button was engaged and I didn't notice.

You'd think I would have noticed that before now but I just found the tone out of the box was working for me and went with it. I know that's kind of silly but that's me.
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To me, it sounds "fuller". I always use VINTAGE. BRIGHT if the room is 'boomy'. Tried CONTOUR-nope.
 
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RedVee said:
I thought that was Freightliners
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MAYFLOWER is a moving company.
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G-Dog said:
:laugh::roflmao: Yes! Yes, indeed, you do, Doc!! And I mistype 'Rumbke' ... Every. Single. Time that I don't tap the suggested 'Rumble' spelling atop my virtual keyboard! Sometimes I catch and correct it. Sometimes I don't. :confused::roflmao::laugh:
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That typo always reminds me of Polish Gołąbki (golumpki). :laugh: My first of three ex's was Ukrainian, conceived in Ukraine, born in the U.S. Her mother made these all the time. Yum!

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jdh3000 said:
I never really noticed it before, but the Vintage button on my Rumble 500 gives it a significant volume boost when engaged. Is this normal?

I know it's supposed to give it a fatter sound, but didn't realize how much louder it is with it on.

I was running it through some paces to try to figure out why someone else's Rumble 500 I played through seemed louder and it may have been that his Vintage button was engaged and I didn't notice.

You'd think I would have noticed that before now but I just found the tone out of the box was working for me and went with it. I know that's kind of silly but that's me.
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It's funny because for the first time in two years, I turned the Vintage button off and tweaked the EQ to my liking (boosted lows and low-mids and slightly attenuated high-mids and treble) and like the tone better. There seems to be significantly more clarity with strong, but less muddy lows. I guess it's always good to explore a bit once in awhile.
 
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jdh3000 said:
I never really noticed it before, but the Vintage button on my Rumble 500 gives it a significant volume boost when engaged. Is this normal?

I know it's supposed to give it a fatter sound, but didn't realize how much louder it is with it on. ... ... ....
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According to the published spec of the Vintage button it's just some compression and a low pass. Perhaps that frequency cleanup gives the perception of more volume. :confused:

Likewise, I read that the bass "boost" on my Bassman is actually a cut in the mids! Strange what tricks acoustics can play. :woot:
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GregT said:
That's why I have always used my 200 instead of my 100. It just puts out a nice layer of bass tone that seems to fill the room. But the 100 still records better with a Shure SM57.
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I like the sound of 2x12s. The one 12 in the R100 sounds v.g. and its slightly smaller size(and weight)saves a little space in the cart I use to schlep all my [stuff] into our gigs. Someday* I'll get a second R100 to daisy chain/alternate.

*prolly never:(
 
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GonePlaid said:
I like the sound of 2x12s. The one 12 in the R100 sounds v.g. and its slightly smaller size(and weight)saves a little space in the cart I use to schlep all my [stuff] into our gigs. Someday* I'll get a second R100 to daisy chain/alternate.

*prolly never:(
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I've daisy chained my 100 to my 200 at an outdoors gig and it did a great job! Two 100s would be great.
 
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