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Fender Rumble Club

#541
I've had my Rumble V3 200 Combo now for about a week. Wow. Love it. I'm not a technical expert on these things, but I can give you my take.

The construction seems solid. It's about half the weight of the Rumble 150 (which I own and love) and has a top-side handle which makes this thing SUPER easy to transport. Slight smaller dimensions (mainly width) than the 150, but all the great sound you want.

As a relatively newer player (less than a year), I am having NO PROBLEM getting the sounds I need out of it for my styles of music (progressive bluegrass, folk, blues, gospel). I haven't tried to push it too hard, but it's sounding great at "5". I used the speaker out to connect with my buddies Bassman 115 Neo and hoooooolly crap, it was rocking. I use Rotosound 88's and a muffle and I was fakin the upright sound perty dern good....

I wish I could offer some more technical feedback, but I can only tell you it sounds great, feels great to port around and when I plug in my Seinheisser headphones, practice is a blast.

Lovin it...
 
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Big Taters said:
I've had my Rumble V3 200 Combo now for about a week. Wow. Love it. I'm not a technical expert on these things, but I can give you my take.

The construction seems solid. It's about half the weight of the Rumble 150 (which I own and love) and has a top-side handle which makes this thing SUPER easy to transport. Slight smaller dimensions (mainly width) than the 150, but all the great sound you want.

As a relatively newer player (less than a year), I am having NO PROBLEM getting the sounds I need out of it for my styles of music (progressive bluegrass, folk, blues, gospel). I haven't tried to push it too hard, but it's sounding great at "5". I used the speaker out to connect with my buddies Bassman 115 Neo and hoooooolly crap, it was rocking. I use Rotosound 88's and a muffle and I was fakin the upright sound perty dern good....

I wish I could offer some more technical feedback, but I can only tell you it sounds great, feels great to port around and when I plug in my Seinheisser headphones, practice is a blast.

Lovin it...
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Thank You for that first hand owner's report & review, Big Taters! If you ever have the need you can run a guitar cable from your 200's effects send/pre-amp out to your 150's effents return/power amp in and run both your Rumbles together for even more Rumblicious Power! :woot:

:D People Can You Feel It? Rumble Love Is Everywhere! :smug:
 
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eudaimonia said:
I have also found that you have to decrease the gain to get a warmer sound out of Rumble v3. Anything above 2 or 3 will make the amp sound "hard" and "digital". To get rid of boominess I am decreasing the bass same way. You cannot get Ampeg like warm vintage bass sound out of these.
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Do you mean you cannot get a tube Ampeg like warm vintage bass sound out of these? Do solid state Ampeg amps (say, the BA series) give you a warm vintage bass sound?

Or are you basically comparing a solid state amp to a tube amp? Just curious, because the new Ampeg BA series is on my shopping list next to the Fender Rumble. I'm trying to decide between the two (and zippo reviews out there on either to help the buying decision).
 
#544
Has anybody ordered a channel switch footswitch for their v3? i just blindly ordered this Ibanez IFS1G *have fingers crossed that it will work


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#546
shame? sorry no. i like all kinds of different equipment. i like the ibanez's form factor a lot better than fender's as far as footswitches actually pedals in general ar not fender's strongest point. and it's my decision about what i buy.. my question is more along the lines of exactly will it work in the v3 40. meaning will the ibanez one change the channel? its an innocent inquiry
 
#547
Linnin said:
Thank You for that first hand owner's report & review, Big Taters! If you ever have the need you can run a guitar cable from your 200's effects send/pre-amp out to your 150's effents return/power amp in and run both your Rumbles together for even more Rumblicious Power! :woot:



You can???

BTW I have the Fender 1 button foot switch and it works fine, but looks different than the one in the MF pic. It is the one in the AMS pic.
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SuperSubSonicRainboom said:
Has anybody ordered a channel switch footswitch for their v3? i just blindly ordered this Ibanez IFS1G *have fingers crossed that it will work
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I ordered a Fender footswitch to go with my Rumble 40. If and when either of them show up at my house, I'll be at the keyboard letting all of you know how it works. The plan is to take my new amp and both of my basses to a theater where I volunteer and set it up to my taste.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!
 
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#552
RedHotFuzz said:
Do you mean you cannot get a tube Ampeg like warm vintage bass sound out of these? Do solid state Ampeg amps (say, the BA series) give you a warm vintage bass sound?

Or are you basically comparing a solid state amp to a tube amp? Just curious, because the new Ampeg BA series is on my shopping list next to the Fender Rumble. I'm trying to decide between the two (and zippo reviews out there on either to help the buying decision).
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I had PF350 before this and I am comparing my 500H to that. I have also had BA15. BA had severe rattling problems and PF died after third use. They both had exellent vintage sound IMO.

I'd go for Ampeg for sound BUT Fender for reliability, and that is nr one for me when looking for a gigging amp. I am sticking with Fender for now, but as I said, it needs some help (fuzz or Sansamp or similar) to sound good. YMMV.
 
#553
eudaimonia said:
I had PF350 before this and I am comparing my 500H to that. I have also had BA15. BA had severe rattling problems and PF died after third use. They both had exellent vintage sound IMO.

I'd go for Ampeg for sound BUT Fender for reliability, and that is nr one for me when looking for a gigging amp. I am sticking with Fender for now, but as I said, it needs some help (fuzz or Sansamp or similar) to sound good. YMMV.
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I always use a Sans Amp, and yes, that should do the job for you
 
#554
For me it seems the problem of Rumble V3 sound is in preamp gain staging. I like the sound best when the gain is at 0. Same thing with the overdrive channel. For my taste there is too much overdrive when you increase the gain. At 0 the sound/overdrive is usable. However, if you want just a little grit, you need to use your guitar volume control to reduce the gain even more.
 
#560
Hey guys, I need some tweeter advice.

I got a Rumble 350 combo off ebay for cheap because one of the speakers was blown. I put 2 Eminence BP102's in it and I dig the sound. My problem is that the tweeter hisses to the point of being unusable. I like the added highs because the speakers are very bassy on their own. Is it possible to swap the tweeter for something less hissy or (more likely) they amp is doing that and any tweeter will amplify the hiss?

Thanks!!

(PS I know at least one guy removed his tweeter and claims better tone but I'm playing flatwounds so every bit of treble helps!)
 

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