Yes, that was precisely my deduction, especially after seeing the posted video about setting all your knobs at 12 and using other techniques to vary tone.
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I never said they looked all that great, just that they were a Fender knob for a short while.So, vintage fugly?
BTW, the shafts on the pots are the smaller metric 6mm D shaped shafts , as opposed to the 1/4 inch shfts on vintage Fender amps.
Here's a witch hat knob from one of my Fender remake amps on m R40:
I almost ran out of thread on the set screw.
There is more to the gain control than matching the pickup to the preamp. It’s specifically designed to work with the Overdrive and Vintage circuits - these deliver increased dynamic compression with higher gain settings.
I tried the wider witch hats on one of my Rumbles and they were too wide to fit side by side. The link below shows narrower knobs that are push-on and fit nicely.
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It’s a matter of taste, aesthetically speaking. I find that the settings are much easier to see on a darkened stage with the standard knobs than with black knobs on a black panel, let alone the «witch hat» knobs, which need an indicator line on the back panel for the numbers to make sense.So, vintage fugly?
Thanks for that. It doesn't quite look right with the panel's finish. Back to the drawing board
Hey all. Just checking in to see if i can join the club? I got my Fender Rumble 500 and love it! Great sound, plenty of boogie and nice & light!! Only thing i changed was the handle. 1/2 from AliExpress (the bling) & the other 1/2 from my deceased BXR (black). Cheers.
Hey all. Just checking in to see if i can join the club? I got my Fender Rumble 500 and love it! Great sound, plenty of boogie and nice & light!! Only thing i changed was the handle. 1/2 from AliExpress (the bling) & the other 1/2 from my deceased BXR (black). Cheers.
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Howdy doody, Hazey! @Hazeyboy94, you are now member #1609 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. 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.
Hey, Haze, 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, including at least a half dozen other kiwis! But we all love to ... ... ...
Rumble On!
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Not much to tell really. Owned a bass guitar for years, it sat in the closet for years, had random lessons on & off for years & just jumping back on the horse. I thought 50 years young would be a great time to fully commit to playing/learning and although my playing is very limited so far (taking lessons on BassBuzz & Bass tuition Books) i have 2 good buddies from our school days who i've started a band with (even though I'm in New Zealand, the guitarist is in Sydney Australia & the drummer is in Western Australia!) So, even though we are thousands of miles away from each other, we're learning to collaborate online. Something new to all 3 of us. Only bummer, the other 2 are both established players, so they're always waiting on the bass player for his part!!! Hahahahaha.
My Rumble journey basically started when i sold one of my Fender BXR's (The other is deceased in my shed) I bought an Ampeg RB-112 and just didn't gel with it & then "Boom!" a Fender Rumble 500 came up cheap, in "as new" condition and i preferred the twin 10" speaker sound over the single 12". Bought the Rumble, happy as Larry & the rest is history.
Thanks for letting me join the club and i look forward to reading, chatting and being part of the team!
Rumble On!
Good on ya, Hazey, baby! Glad to have you on the Rumble Team. Keep the chatting going.
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I used the Overdrive circuit as a mute, and never used any of the voicing buttons, so missed that completely. Now I know.
It's easy to miss - and gain structure on the Rumble series is also one of the most misunderstood aspects of the design. This is why the Fender Rumble Talks on the Wiki are so useful.I used the Overdrive circuit as a mute, and never used any of the voicing buttons, so missed that completely. Now I know.
Do these replacements, as well as the originals, just pull on/off? Don't want to break anything by forcing it.
Do these replacements, as well as the originals, just pull on/off? Don't want to break anything by forcing it.
They do. They're just press fit on the D-shaft.
I have pretty hot pickups on my main bass (G&L L-2000), and I can get a really punchy sound, very reminiscent of a tube amp I once had, just by setting the gain at 2 or 3 o'clock, and the master volume at 10 o'clock. It's a little different sounding than the overdrive circuit. Warmer maybe?I used the Overdrive circuit as a mute, and never used any of the voicing buttons, so missed that completely. Now I know.
One of the most important things about the knobs is that they move and actually do something. I've had my 200c since November 2015. I set the EQ similar to how I set my 1963 Bassman. Terrible. So I started 'twiddling'(can we say that here?). Still wasn't really getting the tones I wanted. Then I found the Wiki. Set it up basically 'flat' (10-2-2-10). Ah! Now we're getting there. I use those as my 'default' and twiddle as needed for different rooms.
IME, CONTOUR is useless(I don't 'slappa-da-bass'), VINTAGE gives it a fatness I like for what we do, BRIGHT acts as PRESENCE for boomy rooms. I use the same basic settings on all 3 of my Rumbles(40, 100, 200c). The settings I dial in on my Bassman 25 are totally different.
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I have a Rumble 100 that I have figured out how to get sounds I like. I am thinking of getting the 500 and have some questions. Can I expect the preamp and EQ sections of the two amps to be identical? Will the tone of the amp be similar but just louder? I’m sure the different type of speakers will change the sound.
My hope is that I would have the same tone with just more headroom.
My hope is that I would have the same tone with just more headroom.
