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And help you did...I needed a huge laugh after typing all that text and then GP popped in with one word..YES..and cracked me up..thanks GPI'm here to help.
I like Rumbles because they say Fender on the grill cloth.
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Like @Giffro I struggled with the weight of Peavey iron for many years, even trying their "lighter" offerings like the Firebass heads but they were still just way to heavy. Also tried the TNT combos, even the newer TNT Tour 600 combo which was fine but still heavy and awkward with the tilt back.
The Rumble 500C is half the weight of the Tour 600 and and beats it for volume/tone/headroom...etc. It does everything I want it to do from practice to full stage presence. Like I said before, I don't see needing to buy another amp....ever. It ticks all my boxes.
The Rumble 500C is half the weight of the Tour 600 and and beats it for volume/tone/headroom...etc. It does everything I want it to do from practice to full stage presence. Like I said before, I don't see needing to buy another amp....ever. It ticks all my boxes.
Transporting with the speaker face down also serves to protect from those who simply toss stuff into the gig mobile without thinking….
Here is a question for a scenario that has Not Happened yet, but I want to know - -
I go to a rehearsal space with my R200c for a jam. I don't think the combo is cutting it because of the volume of the other players or the room variables, etc etc. I mention it to somebody and they say "...so why don't you just hook it up to that spare bass cabinet over there?" And it turns out to be a 4-ohm bass cabinet...and I have the extra speaker cable ready to go.
Yes or No? Is this a safe thing to do to my R200c?
I go to a rehearsal space with my R200c for a jam. I don't think the combo is cutting it because of the volume of the other players or the room variables, etc etc. I mention it to somebody and they say "...so why don't you just hook it up to that spare bass cabinet over there?" And it turns out to be a 4-ohm bass cabinet...and I have the extra speaker cable ready to go.
Yes or No? Is this a safe thing to do to my R200c?
I have an unusual question. Firstly, I am trying to record a demo of me playing along with an existing song. I need to do it with no speakers so as not to bother the neighbors in the apartments around me. I was wondering if I had the song going to the aux in on my R500c, would it be heard in the XLR line out signal, so I could send that to my Pc's audio interface, and from there to a track in my Cubase? Kinda weird, I know. Or is there a better way of getting the song onto a track?
Can't you go directly into your interface? I don't know Cubase but, with Reaper, I can split the tracks In Moises then, eliminate the songs bass track and replace it with yours. Use your PC monitors or head/earphones and the neighbors won't be bothered.
That was true with bigger amps. My Rumbles go in last because everything fits best that way.
The R40-or R100-goes in face down at the right rear of the gigmobile; the R200c goes in upright with the grille to the right wall(1 amp at a time), leaving space for 2 basses between the Rumble-and the backup P____ *(which stays in the van behind the right center seat)-and the [stuff] on the left. The left side is where the mic stand, music stand, and duffel full of [stuff] stays. Lightweight tarp then goes over everything to hide from prying eyes(plus the rear window is tinted and there are privacy screens on both sides and the rear window-and NO decals on the van indicating there might be music gear inside). R40 for pic.
*under 'milk' carton
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That humble Rumble 40. I played this week in a 16-piece big band…P-bass with no PA support, and had plenty of volume. Never expected it to be more than a home practice amp!
Early morning gig with the Rumble 800 and Moon fretless. Kenny approved!
Eggzackly! I use mine for occasions where an acoustic upright-which I don't play-would be used. Including a small restaurant lounge we play once a month. Our instrumentation for that gig is guitar, bass, and drums-with vocals. Our drummer never plays loud-sometimes not loud enuff.
Actually, they do. I played with one drummer that looked like he was afraid to hurt the heads.C'mon, drummers like that don't even exist.
