Nice!
I couldn’t help but notice your graphic of the album/lyric on the wall behind that sweet amp. I purchased the same thing for my wife on our anniversary (10,000 Maniacs - “These Are Days”) in our case.
Very cool!
-Kev
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Nice!
I couldn’t help but notice your graphic of the album/lyric on the wall behind that sweet amp. I purchased the same thing for my wife on our anniversary (10,000 Maniacs - “These Are Days”) in our case.
Very cool!
-Kev
Holy Two-fer Tuesday, Blapman! On 2/22/22, too! Both with a Stage 800 and a bear theme, no less! @Yogi Bear, you are now member #1451 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. And @Bruno1111, you are now member #1452 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Please make yourselves at home here for general Rumblings and on your Rumble Club Wiki page, the repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge. But for Rumble modeling discussions please use the Rumble LT25, Studio 40 & Stage 800 sub-thread that you are both already familiar with.
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The vintage button...
It was one of the first things that sold me on Rumbles, but I've found that while it's virtually impossible to get a bad sound out of these amps, I've tended to avoid it because (to me) it can add an artificial vibe. Most of my playing these days has been in the "Americana" or folk genres, which calls for "honesty" (in my estimation). So, with my 200 and 500 heads, I usually have the gain at zero (minimum coloration, maximum clarity) and no buttons engaged. The EQ is flat, except for a low mid bump at times.
Sometimes I do use the contour button... that's almost always when playing outdoors, where acoustics aren't an issue and I want a really round, yet "natural" tone. Just before the pandemic, I subbed for an upright bassist at a folk festival -- we were playing mostly bluegrass -- and another bassist said he was impressed by the upright thing I was getting with an electric bass. I was using a Fender Jazz with old flatwounds, neck pickup only, into a Rumble 500 head into a GK Neo 112II cabinet (tweeter off), and the Rumble was completely flat except for that contour button being engaged.
Anyway...
I love these amps!
Doug, I share your enthusiasm for Rumble amps. In fact I wish I had one of every model! V1s, V2s and V3s! They all have something special about each one. Alas, I'm not that big a collector.
And I, too, play "Americana" music. Some of my jams are with bona fide State Fiddle Champions! And talk about "honesty!" One of 'em asked if I have and/or play upright acoustic bass because there are no electric instruments allowed at the competition! Oh, man! Alas, again, I do not have an upright acoustic bass and can count the times I've attempted to play one on one hand. And, after 2 back surgeries, I would now require a roadie to even transport one.
Oh, well, there went another brush with possible fame and fortune, ... again! Follow me for more exciting stories of my (mostly) musical (near) greatness.
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Very cool! I got this from my wife on our 10th anniversary (Queen - "You're My Best Friend")
My home made unit that makes it possible to connect two 8 ohm speaker cabinets in series.
I am very pleased with it.
I am very pleased with it.
My home made unit that makes it possible to connect two 8 ohm speaker cabinets in series.
I am very pleased with it.
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Is that so you can add more cabs, or something?
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I was showing some newish employees the company jam room (I love this company), and found that in addition to the Ampeg stack and Mesa (something under a cover; I didn't look and don't recall the model), we now have some little Keebler elf sized combo and a Rumble 500! When someone grabbed the drums and someone else grabbed the keys, I grabbed a bass and you can guess which amp I plugged into! I didn't think to get pics. I'll try to do that soon. In addition to jam room use, some of the gear gets used as the back line for our monthly concert series when needed.
Always. Invalid Link Removed . Mostly hardware engineers but other positions as well. They do a lot of cool stuff.
I was perusing the 'book of words' the other day, looking for something else, and found this under BRIGHT: Adds presence(my emphasis)and shimmer(?-me again)in the upper frequencies. Exactly how I've been using it.
Looks cool. I have good friends that live in Round Rock and my son is in Austin. Sadly, my skills don't match any openings. I basically a business application software guy.
Just got the Rumble 800 (not the stage). I traded in my GK MB 210 II.
First impressions - powerful and still articulate but the voicing is definitely different from my GK - sounds a little rounder and fuller to my ears. The frequencies on the EQ are different - Rumble is 80hz for bass as opposed to 60hz on the GK. Mids are pretty close but the treble is 10khz on the Rumble as opposed to 4khz on the GK and that’s my one complaint - I find the treble control
gets bright and harsh quickly on the Rumble. From reading here on the Rumble club I learned that the eq on the Rumble isn’t totally flat at 12 o’clock but I have to lower the treble down to 8pm to achieve a sound I like. From my research most treble controls on bass preamps and amps are in the 4-5khz range so not sure why fender made this choice. Of course I don’t know the Q width or other details of the circuitry but it was my ears that led me to look up the values in the first place. What is interesting to note is that the vintage button shelves off at a much lower frequency - maybe the thinking was if not vintage, give a large bright range. I guess that makes sense - personally I just don’t like those higher frequencies for most situations.
All that ranting aside - I really do like the amp a lot - it sounds big but still articulate and man does it get loud without muddiness. Admittedly my GK did these things well too but it didn’t have any interesting character - raising the ‘boost’ knob to get the signature GK ‘growl’ never made any difference to my ears - just sounded like a second clean gain stage. Also that unit is now $1100 new as opposed to $850 for the Rumble 800 which is 400/800 watts as opposed to 350/500 watts. And last but most importantly the Rumble 800 is 29lbs!!y GK was 41lbs. Honestly that fact alone has made me a fan.
First impressions - powerful and still articulate but the voicing is definitely different from my GK - sounds a little rounder and fuller to my ears. The frequencies on the EQ are different - Rumble is 80hz for bass as opposed to 60hz on the GK. Mids are pretty close but the treble is 10khz on the Rumble as opposed to 4khz on the GK and that’s my one complaint - I find the treble control
gets bright and harsh quickly on the Rumble. From reading here on the Rumble club I learned that the eq on the Rumble isn’t totally flat at 12 o’clock but I have to lower the treble down to 8pm to achieve a sound I like. From my research most treble controls on bass preamps and amps are in the 4-5khz range so not sure why fender made this choice. Of course I don’t know the Q width or other details of the circuitry but it was my ears that led me to look up the values in the first place. What is interesting to note is that the vintage button shelves off at a much lower frequency - maybe the thinking was if not vintage, give a large bright range. I guess that makes sense - personally I just don’t like those higher frequencies for most situations.
All that ranting aside - I really do like the amp a lot - it sounds big but still articulate and man does it get loud without muddiness. Admittedly my GK did these things well too but it didn’t have any interesting character - raising the ‘boost’ knob to get the signature GK ‘growl’ never made any difference to my ears - just sounded like a second clean gain stage. Also that unit is now $1100 new as opposed to $850 for the Rumble 800 which is 400/800 watts as opposed to 350/500 watts. And last but most importantly the Rumble 800 is 29lbs!!y GK was 41lbs. Honestly that fact alone has made me a fan.
Bienvenidos, jr! @jrbass70, you are now member #1590 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.
I believe you're familiar with the Rumble 500 Frequencies Wiki page, where actual flat settings are shown to be approximately 10, 2, 2, 10? Lots of other good info on that page, too.
How's about telling us a bit about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? You'll fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...
Rumble On!
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I've read that the new R800c, with Neo speakers, is a bit brighter than the combos with ceramic ferrite speakers. But I've also read that a lot of Rumblers turn off the high-frequency horn of their ceramic Rumbles, too.
Personally, I've never noticed much difference from the horn with my now 9-year-old R500c. But I also keep my Treble turned fairly low, too. How about the rest of you? Is your Rumble combo too bright, or not?
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IIRC, the manual* for the R112 cab(and I assume for other cabs)says that turning on the tweeter "may cause unwanted distortion". To me, all distortion is unwanted. When I still had the 112(hooked up to my 200c), it did exactly that, so I kept it-and the switch on the 200c-OFF unless I was running the CD player through it/them on a break. YMMV.
* not to be confused with Manuel who plays bass in a salsa band.
Greetings from the North,
I've got two Rumble combos with an additional 115. Neither the Rumble 100 with the 12" or the 200 with the 15" are too bright. Personally I've never been a tweeter user so I never turn them on except for the initial first run where I go "Yuck Fieldy" and turn it off. Otherwise I'm very happy with the sonic ability of my Rumbles.
Rezdog
I've got two Rumble combos with an additional 115. Neither the Rumble 100 with the 12" or the 200 with the 15" are too bright. Personally I've never been a tweeter user so I never turn them on except for the initial first run where I go "Yuck Fieldy" and turn it off. Otherwise I'm very happy with the sonic ability of my Rumbles.
Rezdog
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Hey, holler! Just tell us about your Rumble(s). Photos aren't required, as such, but are encouraged!
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