Fender Rumble Club

[RL5]

I know this has been discussed before, but having trouble finding the info I'm looking for.

I'll be playing a gig in about 2 weeks in a room that is exceptionally boomy. I find that socks (tube or otherwise) don't fit and stay well in the ports. What other type of fill have people used? BTW, I haven't tried adding any batting or insulation to the cabinet. I believe my Stage has some already, but unsure if more is needed. Thanks in advance.

 

[G-Dog]

I know this has been discussed before, but having trouble finding the info I'm looking for.

I'll be playing a gig in about 2 weeks in a room that is exceptionally boomy. I find that socks (tube or otherwise) don't fit and stay well in the ports. What other type of fill have people used? BTW, I haven't tried adding any batting or insulation to the cabinet. I believe my Stage has some already, but unsure if more is needed. Thanks in advance.

Yes, RL, I certainly believe your Rumble Stage 800 combo has the same acoustic lining as the 200 & 500 combos do. Why, even the Rumble Studio 40 has some lining! But, the regular Rumble 40, or 100, has none.

Acoustic treatment and fill on your Rumble Club Wiki page:

A. Rumble Talks - Tone - Acoustic Treatment - Cab Sim Circuitry - Daisy Chaining

2. Rumble Modifications - Acoustic Fill For Cab - The JakobT Mod --- The iagtrplyr Mod

- Acoustic Fill for Combo - The Astrosonic Mod
- Acoustic Lining for Rumble 500 Combo - The Love45 Mod​

iii. Rumble Mods - Speaker Replacements - Acoustic Fill (See Section Above) May Improve Your Sound Cheaper Than A New Speaker!​

I hope this helps.
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[DrBnz]

Question on Rumble Grill cloth: A local gent was selling his Rumble 200 for a great price. So I "HAD TO" get it. It goes so nicely with my 500. Everything works great, the only issue is the grill cloth is stretched out in spots. Looks like it had been stored on its back and something sat on the cloth for a long time. So it bothers me, but I really don't wanna attempt to replace it (yet). I was wondering if there are any other home remedies I might try first. I thought of a couple, but they may make it worse too.

1) I'm thinking there's a lot of synthetic material here and it may not like heat (as in an IRON). But maybe if I hit it with hot air from a hair drier.
2) If that doesn't work. Spray it lightly with water.... getting just the affected parts wet...... rapid dry it with the hair drier

Any thoughts??? Or experiences with attempted repairs?

 

[bassicmike]

I know this has been discussed before, but having trouble finding the info I'm looking for.

I'll be playing a gig in about 2 weeks in a room that is exceptionally boomy. I find that socks (tube or otherwise) don't fit and stay well in the ports. What other type of fill have people used? BTW, I haven't tried adding any batting or insulation to the cabinet. I believe my Stage has some already, but unsure if more is needed. Thanks in advance.

RL5, I did the mod as described in this thread:

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nad-fender-rumble-v3-100.1093478/

Added polyfill lining, added the posts, and with the leftover polyfill I stuffed the ports.

Tremendous, easy mod and completely reversible.

Tightened up the sound very nicely. No more low end boom.

EDIT: oops, seems you have an 800. Anyway, I stuffed the ports of the 100 with polyfill and it''s held in place ever since.

 

[G-Dog]

Question on Rumble Grill cloth: A local gent was selling his Rumble 200 for a great price. So I "HAD TO" get it. It goes so nicely with my 500. Everything works great, the only issue is the grill cloth is stretched out in spots. Looks like it had been stored on its back and something sat on the cloth for a long time. So it bothers me, but I really don't wanna attempt to replace it (yet). I was wondering if there are any other home remedies I might try first. I thought of a couple, but they may make it worse too.

1) I'm thinking there's a lot of synthetic material here and it may not like heat (as in an IRON). But maybe if I hit it with hot air from a hair drier.
2) If that doesn't work. Spray it lightly with water.... getting just the affected parts wet...... rapid dry it with the hair drier

Any thoughts??? Or experiences with attempted repairs?

Hmmm, ... ... That's a real head scratcher to me, Rumbler #1741. I don't recall this being discussed here before.

Have you looked at possibly just tightening up the cloth on the frame? Or, maybe oppositely, even unstapling the cloth enough to "manipulate" the stretched part out (or possibly add lesser stretch around it to smooth it out).

Otherwise, your two contingent approaches look pretty reasonable to me. I might suggest using distilled water in the #2 approach, though, just to keep any dissolved minerals from interfering further. Also, unstaple enough material to keep from spraying the speaker cone! Another thought is to roll the dampened fabric up before drying to induce some flattening, at least in one direction. Then, perhaps, repeat with a roll in the perpendicular direction.

Good luck! Please advise your progress.
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[GonePlaid]

Hmmm, ... ... That's a real head scratcher to me, Rumbler #1741. I don't recall this being discussed here before.

Have you looked at possibly just tightening up the cloth on the frame? Or, maybe oppositely, even unstapling the cloth enough to "manipulate" the stretched part out (or possibly add lesser stretch around it to smooth it out).

Otherwise, your two contingent approaches look pretty reasonable to me. I might suggest using distilled water in the #2 approach, though, just to keep any dissolved minerals from interfering further. Also, unstaple enough material to keep from spraying the speaker cone! Another thought is to roll the dampened fabric up before drying to induce some flattening, at least in one direction. Then, perhaps, repeat with a roll in the perpendicular direction.

Good luck! Please advise your progress.
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Simpler method: don't look.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Question on Rumble Grill cloth: A local gent was selling his Rumble 200 for a great price. So I "HAD TO" get it. It goes so nicely with my 500. Everything works great, the only issue is the grill cloth is stretched out in spots. Looks like it had been stored on its back and something sat on the cloth for a long time. So it bothers me, but I really don't wanna attempt to replace it (yet). I was wondering if there are any other home remedies I might try first. I thought of a couple, but they may make it worse too.
1) I'm thinking there's a lot of synthetic material here and it may not like heat (as in an IRON). But maybe if I hit it with hot air from a hair drier.
2) If that doesn't work. Spray it lightly with water.... getting just the affected parts wet...... rapid dry it with the hair drier

Any thoughts??? Or experiences with attempted repairs?

For plastic-based cloth like this, no water, just apply heat. Go easy, back off if it’s getting really hot to the touch. Water & heat would be for tweed, cane-based, etc. grills.
I only tried thiosonce, years ago, but it was based on advice in an amp builders’ forum.

 

[SteveAG]

Question on Rumble Grill cloth: A local gent was selling his Rumble 200 for a great price. So I "HAD TO" get it. It goes so nicely with my 500. Everything works great, the only issue is the grill cloth is stretched out in spots. Looks like it had been stored on its back and something sat on the cloth for a long time. So it bothers me, but I really don't wanna attempt to replace it (yet). I was wondering if there are any other home remedies I might try first. I thought of a couple, but they may make it worse too.

1) I'm thinking there's a lot of synthetic material here and it may not like heat (as in an IRON). But maybe if I hit it with hot air from a hair drier.
2) If that doesn't work. Spray it lightly with water.... getting just the affected parts wet...... rapid dry it with the hair drier

Any thoughts??? Or experiences with attempted repairs?

 

[SteveAG]

Not sure about cost - but, does Zender sell replacement grill cloth assemblies? Not much there - but they still would probably charge a lot for one.

 

[stingray69]

Not sure about cost - but, does Zender sell replacement grill cloth assemblies? Not much there - but they still would probably charge a lot for one.

Other places sell such things - here one such site. Don't know if it's a perfect match, but at least it's in the same 7ender family.

Here's another site too.

If they don't match, you'd have to replace both grill cloths I suppose.

You'll definitely need a staple remover/puller (and a staple gun to attach the replacement cloth), because 7ender uses literally about 80-100 staples all around the edges to secure the grill cloth.

 

[DrBnz]

Yahtzee..... that actually worked. So I used a heat gun just cause I'd bought one last year and need to justify the expense by using it every blue moon. But I'm positive the wife hair drier would've done the trick as well. The grill comes off (velcro) and I just kept the heat moving while constantly checking my progress. I had my hand on the backside of the material so I could gauge how hot it got. It started to shrink almost right away. Not a problem.... just keep the heat moving.

 

[RL5]

Yahtzee..... that actually worked. So I used a heat gun just cause I'd bought one last year and need to justify the expense by using it every blue moon. But I'm positive the wife hair drier would've done the trick as well. The grill comes off (velcro) and I just kept the heat moving while constantly checking my progress. I had my hand on the backside of the material so I could gauge how hot it got. It started to shrink almost right away. Not a problem.... just keep the heat moving.
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Well done! (Well, lukewarm, anyway. Maybe medium-rare?)

 

[SteveAG]

Yahtzee..... that actually worked. So I used a heat gun just cause I'd bought one last year and need to justify the expense by using it every blue moon. But I'm positive the wife hair drier would've done the trick as well. The grill comes off (velcro) and I just kept the heat moving while constantly checking my progress. I had my hand on the backside of the material so I could gauge how hot it got. It started to shrink almost right away. Not a problem.... just keep the heat moving.
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Great work!

 

[G-Dog]

Question on Rumble Grill cloth: ... ... the grill cloth is stretched out in spots. Looks like it had been stored on its back and something sat on the cloth for a long time. ... ...
1) I'm thinking there's a lot of synthetic material here and it may not like heat (as in an IRON). But maybe if I hit it with hot air from a hair drier.
2) If that doesn't work. Spray it lightly with water.... getting just the affected parts wet...... rapid dry it with the hair drier

Any thoughts??? Or experiences with attempted repairs?

For plastic-based cloth like this, no water, just apply heat. Go easy, back off if it’s getting really hot to the touch. Water & heat would be for tweed, cane-based, etc. grills.
I only tried this once, years ago, but it was based on advice in an amp builders’ forum.

Yahtzee..... that actually worked. So I used a heat gun just cause I'd bought one last year and need to justify the expense by using it every blue moon. But I'm positive the wife hair drier would've done the trick as well. The grill comes off (velcro) and I just kept the heat moving while constantly checking my progress. I had my hand on the backside of the material so I could gauge how hot it got. It started to shrink almost right away. Not a problem.... just keep the heat moving.

OutSTANDING! Thanks for sharing, Doc! And thanks to Miley for his expert advice! I love it when a new problem gets fixed so quickly.
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[G-Dog]

Question on Rumble Grill cloth: ... ... the grill cloth is stretched out in spots. Looks like it had been stored on its back and something sat on the cloth for a long time. ... ...
1) I'm thinking there's a lot of synthetic material here and it may not like heat (as in an IRON). But maybe if I hit it with hot air from a hair drier.
2) If that doesn't work. Spray it lightly with water.... getting just the affected parts wet...... rapid dry it with the hair drier

Any thoughts??? Or experiences with attempted repairs?
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For plastic-based cloth like this, no water, just apply heat. Go easy, back off if it’s getting really hot to the touch. Water & heat would be for tweed, cane-based, etc. grills.
I only tried this once, years ago, but it was based on advice in an amp builders’ forum.

Yahtzee..... that actually worked. So I used a heat gun just cause I'd bought one last year and need to justify the expense by using it every blue moon. But I'm positive the wife hair drier would've done the trick as well. The grill comes off (velcro) and I just kept the heat moving while constantly checking my progress. I had my hand on the backside of the material so I could gauge how hot it got. It started to shrink almost right away. Not a problem.... just keep the heat moving.
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OutSTANDING! Thanks for sharing, Doc! And thanks to Miley for his expert advice! I love it when a new problem gets fixed so quickly.
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Attention: Rumble Club Wiki Edit Alert!

Thank you, @DrBnz and @Miles_ONeal, for cooperating & sharing How to Shrink Stretched Out Grill Cloth. This tip has been linked on the Rumble Club Wiki page near the top of the Rumble Modifications section, right above Steam Crow's '50s Style Rumble link. This is a great addition to the Rumble Wiki in general, and the advancement of Rumbles in particular!

Thanks, Doc, for asking and sharing. Thanks, Miley, for your technical expertise and for your continuing support of our great community.

Rumble On!​

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[Miles_ONeal]

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Attention: Rumble Club Wiki Edit Alert!

Thank you, @DrBnz and @Miles_ONeal, for cooperating & sharing How to Shrink Stretched Out Grill Cloth. This tip has been linked on the Rumble Club Wiki page near the top of the Rumble Modifications section, right above Steam Crow's '50s Style Rumble link. This is a great addition to the Rumble Wiki in general, and the advancement of Rumbles in particular!

Thanks, Doc, for asking and sharing. Thanks, Miley, for your technical expertise and for your continuing support of our great community.

Rumble On!​

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I was planning to do that once I got home (now), but you beat me to it! Thank you for your ever-loving stewarding if this ship.

 

[man of blood]

Question about a Rumble 40. Sorry if this has been asked before!

I usually play using the PHONES out jack, all sounds great. If I plug something into the AUX IN jack to play along with other music, the audio seems to cut down to mono for each source- like my bass comes through one ear of my headphones, the AUX IN source comes through the other

Can anyone say if this is normal behavior? This aux cable that I'm using is suspect... found it balled up in a drawer and it seems finicky. I'm wondering if it would be worth buying a new aux cable to try to fix the above behavior, or if it's working as intended. =/

 

[SharpCat]

Question about a Rumble 40. Sorry if this has been asked before!

I usually play using the PHONES out jack, all sounds great. If I plug something into the AUX IN jack to play along with other music, the audio seems to cut down to mono for each source- like my bass comes through one ear of my headphones, the AUX IN source comes through the other

Can anyone say if this is normal behavior? This aux cable that I'm using is suspect... found it balled up in a drawer and it seems finicky. I'm wondering if it would be worth buying a new aux cable to try to fix the above behavior, or if it's working as intended. =/

No, not normal. If you look at the block diagram, the stereo aux in goes thru to the phones as stereo, but is summed into mono for the main speaker.
https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/fender-rumble-club/#31-fender-rumble-v3-block-diagrams

 

[man of blood]

Thank Cat!

Sounds like it’s worth trying a new aux cable.

 

[Meghans Dad]

Thank Cat!

Sounds like it’s worth trying a new aux cable.

Is your aux cable a TRS (stereo) cable?