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Big Hoss
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Okay, one thing for Rumble V3 combo owners to consider. With my music room / office, due to severe space constraints, my instruments are wall hung. Due to the height of the Rumble 500 combo + 210 cab, that straight cable coming out of the top of the amp was always bumping into my instrument stored overhead as I pulled it down to play... Even with just the 500 combo, I was always worried I was going to bump into that input and snap it clean off in the jack... Just a bad layout...
Well, I went ahead and ordered a couple of straight to right angle cables and boy did it ever fix the problem! Sorry about the lousy pic, I was in a hurry, and was trying to take a pic of the conductive coating I am doing a shielding job with... But you can see, with the right angle plug, that cable / plug end comes up and over, completely out of the way of the top of the amp. I now have plenty of room with no worries about breaking things off because they are in the way and people can be clumsy sometimes...
Well, I went ahead and ordered a couple of straight to right angle cables and boy did it ever fix the problem! Sorry about the lousy pic, I was in a hurry, and was trying to take a pic of the conductive coating I am doing a shielding job with... But you can see, with the right angle plug, that cable / plug end comes up and over, completely out of the way of the top of the amp. I now have plenty of room with no worries about breaking things off because they are in the way and people can be clumsy sometimes...
Also a good idea if laying the amp on the side for 200 users like me wanting the 15 below the 10s, plug coming out right at ankle or shin height. I use a 6ft straight to angled between my pitch black and the amp, normally would have the angled at the pedal side, but might start putting it on the amp side just in case. Also good to use angles on p bass, less chance of it catching something and cracking the pickguard. I do have sone extra livewires like that, but tend to use my planet waves straights because they are better cables. I miss my wireless!
Big Hoss
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You got a pic of that configuration? I can't wrap my head around what you are describing!
Do you have a Rumble 200 combo that you lay sideways and then put a 2110 cab on top of it?
I honestly am giving SERIOUS thought to getting rid of my straights and going with angles. Somewhat wondering if I should have gone with right angle jacks on both ends...
Sorry no pic, but yes, 200 on side with either 110 or 210 on top. Even if I took a pic I don't think iPhone let's you upload to websites, and no computer right now.
One thing people don't seem to know about shielded cables is they really are designed to go in one direction, but only higher ended cables are marked as such. This has to do with the direction of the sheild braid. So sometimes you have to sacrafice optimal tone in order to have the angled plug at the correct end... So maybe angled at both ends would be the way to go. Unfortunately, angled plugs don't work on some guitars, telecasters for instance. And the difference in sound between going in the right or wrong direction is usually pretty subtle anyway. Hence I didn't even know about it until I was 30 and in a studio and saw a cable that had the signal flow direction marked, and the engineer explained it. And I had live sound and recording arts educations too, and was never taught that, or maybe was absent that day, but it wasn't on any test lol.
One thing people don't seem to know about shielded cables is they really are designed to go in one direction, but only higher ended cables are marked as such. This has to do with the direction of the sheild braid. So sometimes you have to sacrafice optimal tone in order to have the angled plug at the correct end... So maybe angled at both ends would be the way to go. Unfortunately, angled plugs don't work on some guitars, telecasters for instance. And the difference in sound between going in the right or wrong direction is usually pretty subtle anyway. Hence I didn't even know about it until I was 30 and in a studio and saw a cable that had the signal flow direction marked, and the engineer explained it. And I had live sound and recording arts educations too, and was never taught that, or maybe was absent that day, but it wasn't on any test lol.
Not trying to be offensive here, but that is 100% absolute myth with zero scientific basis. That is a marketing scheme designed to make people think that X company with the arrows on their cables knows more about cable than anyone else.
WE worked up Mississippi Queen the other nite and just for fun I turned the overdrive on and bam Felix Peppelardi"s bass tone on that tune. I liked it and so did the band mates, I plan on using it on that track live. You work with it and you'll find the right amount to give you a nice tube like overdrive.
I have no problem getting a very nice warm tube vibe from the overdrive on my V2 Rumbles. Indeed I can absolutely nail Jack Bruce's natural tube distortion on 'Sunshine of Your Love', and also the Big Muff he used on Frank Zappa's 'Apostrophe'. Right along with points in between. The V3 overdrive is even better as many attest.
Just collect my Vdrum drumstick & OP-TD1C from GC. Got a New Bassman 500 head at showroom, time rush, i dint try it, just look few guy play with it. Sound great & loud enough. The price is twice compare with Rumble 500 head.
Will try it another day.
Will try it another day.
I recently bought a Rumble 200. Loved it so much, but sometimes it is just going to be bigger than I need. Today, I picked up a Rumble 100 for those occasions. I like the 22 pounds. I would upload a picture of them together, but I think everyone knows what they look like.
Rumble v3 x2
I wanted to add that I am not the only one who is not getting update notifications for this thread. Not sure why that is.
Rumble v3 x2
I wanted to add that I am not the only one who is not getting update notifications for this thread. Not sure why that is.
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Really curious what you had your EQ set at, shape buttons, and so forth.
This has happened to me before, and I'm nearly positive that it's because I didn't visit the thread using the link in my e-mail or in alerts section, both of which only happen once unless you are actually in the thread at the moment. Maybe there's something in the preferences that can be changed that might help?
It actually makes sense though, it was a major legit producer too. And I have seen it on at least 3 cable companies, not just brand x. Monster (higher end, the one with the arrows), planet waves (one end marked "sheilded end") and ripcords (guitar end and amp end). I'm sure other brands of high end cables do this as well.
Like I said it is a subtle difference, more of a thing you will encounter in a recording studio than a live environment, and hence not an "issue" with the majority of
Cables and users. I don't even bother to test and mark my cables for that, and always forget which end the "sheilded" end of my planet waves should go, so I dont bother with it in real world applications. I didn't buy the planet waves cables, the planet waves rep let me keep them after doing sound for Joe satriani at their private ballroom event at NAMM one year, also scored a couple of satch straps and shirts, which I also still use. That was mark bissonettes last show with satch, at least at that time, and the first time I saw markbass amps, almost 10 years ago. Come to think about it, the cables are still working great.
There you go...your own "non-directional" cables are working out great. So are mine. And producers and musicians are not always up on science and are often just as susceptible to deceptive marketing as anyone else. Look at all the musicians who endorse high-dollar AC cables despite there being scientific proof that they make no difference. So when I get presented with something like this cable direction business, I look for scientific evidence one way or the other, and I haven't seen it. I'll believe it if it withstands peer-reviewed science, but I haven't seen any that says it's legit.
My waves cables are not "non directional" though, they are marked for shielded end.
Why is the ampeg guy on the rumble forum? Haha did ya get a rumble? Don't worry I won't tell the other ampeg guys.
If you may remember I was on the forums back in nov considering between micro-vr, rumble200 (head) or gk mb200. Rumble ended up winning due to the overdrive, overall good tone and volume, and 5 yr warranty. Also had to get the combo version because one of my swr 10's turned out to be half gone after only 15 years. As much as I am not a 15 guy, the rumble combo actually sounded good (not enough $$ to spring for 500, was a stretch enough to go from head to combo, but I had no choice).
Wound up mixing it with svt mc210-e, double blasphemy I know, but it sounds great.
Opinions are like .....
I don't care, does not bother me
Why is the ampeg guy on the rumble forum? Haha did ya get a rumble? Don't worry I won't tell the other ampeg guys.
If you may remember I was on the forums back in nov considering between micro-vr, rumble200 (head) or gk mb200. Rumble ended up winning due to the overdrive, overall good tone and volume, and 5 yr warranty. Also had to get the combo version because one of my swr 10's turned out to be half gone after only 15 years. As much as I am not a 15 guy, the rumble combo actually sounded good (not enough $$ to spring for 500, was a stretch enough to go from head to combo, but I had no choice).
Wound up mixing it with svt mc210-e, double blasphemy I know, but it sounds great.
Opinions are like .....
I don't care, does not bother me
Sounds like the v2 distortion/blend control is similar to the boss odb3 bass overdrive, which is actually more like a fuzz/distortion when the gain is turned up past 2 or 3 (1-10 not clock!). I found the only way to get a good classic svt style overdrive was to blend it all to od and start with gain all the way down. Is that how you do it on the v2 as well? I hated that pedal for years until I figured it out, got it when it first came out almost 20 years ago, still rarely use it though, could always dial that tone on my swr350 and acoustic 600 just with gain and eq. It's even easier on the v3. Next experiment if I ever get a chance to, is to see if I can get get enough grit with gain and eq, and use the overdrive for a heavier distortion, now that I dug my fender led footswith out of my broken super 60 head in storage. But the damn drummer quit so now I am not getting the chance to. Not an option at home
Just added photo verification. 
I just agreed a price on a little practice amp for home use.
A 2nd hand Rumble 15, a v2 I believe. I pick it up in the morning - yay.
Almost too shy to post; getting Rumble envy reading about you guys' amps.
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Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, RedVee!I just agreed a price on a little practice amp for home use.
A 2nd hand Rumble 15, a v2 I believe. I pick it up in the morning - yay.
Almost too shy to post; getting Rumble envy reading about you guys' amps.
You are member #419 
Rumble On!
Great thanks!Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, RedVee!
