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Fender Rumble Club

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A little sorta update. I usually use my Ibanez AGB200 semi-hollow bass>R40 for the community concert band. But just for gits and shiggles, I took the Thunderbird to the Tuesday night rehearsal. It's a bit of a PIMA due to its size along with the other [stuff] I hafta schlep into the hall but dang was it worth it. 'Course now I gotta do it every week but it sounded so rich and full. And the R40 is plenty for the application. It's gotten to the point that I don't even need the R200c anymore, but I know I can't get what it's worth selling it so I'll keep it here in case I do have a need for it. Plus it was my first(Rumble, that is)and has served me well.
 
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I took my 10-year-old Rumble 500 combo to a background music jam this evening not expecting any cash remuneration. It was a civic organization in a quite new, very nice covered public basketball court with good lights, ceiling fans, wi-fi and lotsa folding tables & chairs included, but no walls! It was raining, so very humid, but not too hot. I was told it was gonna have a flag retirement ceremony (?), or something. The guitarist/singer who invited me said we would "pro'lly play for a half hour/forty-five minutes and then they'd have their ceremony/business meeting for an hour, or so, then we'd play another half hour/forty-five minutes."

There was no ceremony/meeting! Just some kinda community food truck dinner gathering of families with kids. We played for 2-1/2 hours waiting for the ceremony/meeting. Then took a 20 minute break, and played another hour before they started folding up the tables & chairs! I still dunno who/what organization sponsored it! But we 3 musos split a very hefty pile o' tips!!! Yeah! We'll do it again next time they call!

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G-Dog said:
I took my 10-year-old Rumble 500 combo to a background music jam this evening not expecting any cash remuneration. It was a civic organization in a quite new, very nice covered public basketball court with good lights, ceiling fans, wi-fi and lotsa folding tables & chairs included, but no walls! It was raining, so very humid, but not too hot. I was told it was gonna have a flag retirement ceremony (?), or something. The guitarist/singer who invited me said we would "pro'lly play for a half hour/forty-five minutes and then they'd have their ceremony/business meeting for an hour, or so, then we'd play another half hour/forty-five minutes."

There was no ceremony/meeting! Just some kinda community food truck dinner gathering of families with kids. We played for 2-1/2 hours waiting for the ceremony/meeting. Then took a 20 minute break, and played another hour before they started folding up the tables & chairs! I still dunno who/what organization sponsored it! But we 3 musos split a very hefty pile o' tips!!! Yeah! We'll do it again next time they call!

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Very cool! What did y’all play (in general)?
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Very cool! What did y’all play (in general)?
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We played mostly traditional country, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Sr., coupla Garth Brooks, etc. I didn't know all the songs very well, nor did the drummer, but it was the guitarist's show and we did whatever he said. He's a gung ho, but very polite, young 30-something with a lot to learn and the drummer & I are ol' timers who've been there, done that. We made him look good! 😉
 
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G-Dog said:
We played mostly traditional country, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Sr., coupla Garth Brooks, etc. I didn't know all the songs very well, nor did the drummer, but it was the guitarist's show and we did whatever he said. He's a gung ho, but very polite, young 30-something with a lot to learn and the drummer & I are ol' timers who've been there, done that. We made him look good! 😉
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Isn't that what the rhythm section's s'posed to do? ;) :smug:
 
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G-Dog said:
I took my 10-year-old Rumble 500 combo to a background music jam this evening not expecting any cash remuneration. It was a civic organization in a quite new, very nice covered public basketball court with good lights, ceiling fans, wi-fi and lotsa folding tables & chairs included, but no walls! It was raining, so very humid, but not too hot. I was told it was gonna have a flag retirement ceremony (?), or something. The guitarist/singer who invited me said we would "pro'lly play for a half hour/forty-five minutes and then they'd have their ceremony/business meeting for an hour, or so, then we'd play another half hour/forty-five minutes."

There was no ceremony/meeting! Just some kinda community food truck dinner gathering of families with kids. We played for 2-1/2 hours waiting for the ceremony/meeting. Then took a 20 minute break, and played another hour before they started folding up the tables & chairs! I still dunno who/what organization sponsored it! But we 3 musos split a very hefty pile o' tips!!! Yeah! We'll do it again next time they call!

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G-Dog said:
I took my 10-year-old Rumble 500 combo to a background music jam this evening not expecting any cash remuneration. It was a civic organization in a quite new, very nice covered public basketball court with good lights, ceiling fans, wi-fi and lotsa folding tables & chairs included, but no walls! It was raining, so very humid, but not too hot. I was told it was gonna have a flag retirement ceremony (?), or something. The guitarist/singer who invited me said we would "pro'lly play for a half hour/forty-five minutes and then they'd have their ceremony/business meeting for an hour, or so, then we'd play another half hour/forty-five minutes."

There was no ceremony/meeting! Just some kinda community food truck dinner gathering of families with kids. We played for 2-1/2 hours waiting for the ceremony/meeting. Then took a 20 minute break, and played another hour before they started folding up the tables & chairs! I still dunno who/what organization sponsored it! But we 3 musos split a very hefty pile o' tips!!! Yeah! We'll do it again next time they call!

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I never saw that bass before (or noticed it was your avatar) - nice! I’m a recent convert to short scale, got a Guild Starfire for Xmas (limited choices for lefties :(). My 12-lb. Jazz was killing my back!
 
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seadragon said:
I never saw that bass before (or noticed it was your avatar) - nice! I’m a recent convert to short scale, got a Guild Starfire for Xmas (limited choices for lefties :(). My 12-lb. Jazz was killing my back!
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I get lotsa compliments on my Starcaster bass. Most like the looks, but some even like the sound. It's a Fender Modern Player series but not a RE-issue from the '70s like the Starcaster guitar, or the '60s like the Coronado guitar & bass, but a 2013 first issue semi-hollow body, it's not nearly as lightweight! Although a semi-hollow body, it's not nearly as lightweight as my Gretsch G5442BDC Electromatic.
 
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Btone said:
Not a new mod, I know - but I'm very happy with it. Gives the stack a '60s vibe I like. New metal logo. Frames made in my workshop. Rumble 500 + 210 cab. Can change back to original grills whenever I'm in the mood. Best of all: It sounds so MUCH better this way..

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That was a look that could have actually happened. In '63-'64 Fender was transitioning from the Brown & Cream Face styles to the Black Face styles and back then, Leo wasted nothing and used whatever stocks that were on hand to finish out the amps.

The flat metal logo and wheat grill cloth were used on the Brown and Cream Face amps. If that's what they had lying around, that's what they would have used.

Other amp manufacturers have done the same thing, including one of my other favorites, Ashdown.
 
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Btone said:
Not a new mod, I know - but I'm very happy with it. Gives the stack a '60s vibe I like. ... .... Best of all: It sounds so MUCH better this way..

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MadJack said:
That was a look that could have actually happened. In '63-'64 Fender was transitioning from the Brown & Cream Face styles to the Black Face styles and back then, Leo wasted nothing and used whatever stocks that were on hand to finish out the amps. ... ...
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Yep, it happened back then, like this '65 British Racing Green amp.

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G-Dog said:
Yep, it happened back then, like this '65 British Racing Green amp.

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I am a bit of a Princeton aficionado. I even built one of my own!

That one is the current Princeton Reverb Re-Issues (PRRI), Factory Special Request (FSR). I forget which retailer issued that particular combination, but they did usually come with a different speaker, from the stock Fender ceramic speaker. The PRRI is a staple all tube amp, built with an identical circuit as the original, but built on a more contemporary high quality PCB. The '64 Custom Princeton Reverb is a hand wired version with a better Jensen 10" speaker with a slightly more refined tone. The '68 Custom is a "dirtier" PRRI with a couple changes to overdrive easier and a Celestion speaker to aid with the overdriven tone. The Tonemaster Princeton Reverb is a modern digital version, that you could say is the epitome of current digital amps.

The final version of Princeton amps is the '62 Chris Stapleton Edition, which is a hand wired copy of the '62 6G2 Brownface Princeton, with a 12" Jensen speaker. Unbeknownst to me, when I was building my own 6G2, Fender was building this one. I too was looking at building mine with a 12" speaker, but I built mine with a Weber Alnico 12A125S speaker. It is an incredible sounding and playing amp.

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The 6G2 was an revamped version of the Tweed Tremolux. I usually like to pair it with my Vox AC15C1X, an idea I got from Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes.

Now if only I could play guitar as well as I've progressed with bass!
 
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