I have a Rumble 800 2x10 combo and got it used. The speakers are a bit ragged, checking to see if anyone has replaced theirs, and what you ended up with?
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Hi there 
Glad I found y'all. I've been running my Applause AE-40 (yes, I do plan to get a 'real' bass but that's a story for another day) thru a Fender Backstage guitar amp and it's time to up my game. I'll have a new Rumble 100 soon and would appreciate advice/hints/tips/caveats n such...got any? Thanks, all
Glad I found y'all. I've been running my Applause AE-40 (yes, I do plan to get a 'real' bass but that's a story for another day) thru a Fender Backstage guitar amp and it's time to up my game. I'll have a new Rumble 100 soon and would appreciate advice/hints/tips/caveats n such...got any? Thanks, all 
Check out to Rumble Club Wiki for things like the following.Hi there
How to set the tone controls flat as a starting point (hint - not where you think). Make sure the power cord is all the way in; if the amp thinks there’s any sort of bad power connection it refuses to work. They’re great amps out of tge box, but potentially even better with some batting or foam inside.
Avast ye lubbers! We gots to double up now! 
Oi, D. @D.A.R.K., you are now member #1791 in the Fender Rumble Club.
G'day, MsB. @MsBhamster, you are now member #1792 in the Fender Rumble Club.
Congratulations and welcome, to you both. Please put your numbers in your TalkBass Signature for safe keeping. Then make yourselves at home here and on your Rumble Club Wiki page, the repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge.
@D.A.R.K., check out the Rumble Speaker Replacements sub-section of your Rumble Wiki page, for a start. There have been others, but these are the most significant I've come across. Yours are the first Rumble Neo speakers I've heard of needing replacement! You can always call Eminence and ask for their recommendations. They can't legally sell the actual OEM model they make for FMIC, but they should be able to get close. Only a Fender Authorized Service Center can get you the actual OEMs.
@MsBhamster, we've recently learned that there are 2 "batches" of Rumble 100 combos currently being made! There is the original 10-year-old "batch" without a Pre/Post button near the XLR Out, and a new 2-year-old "batch" with a Pre/Post button near the XLR Out! Which do you have? The Master (volume) control is in different places on the 2 "batches", which affects chaining the R100 with other amps. Otherwise, your your Rumble Club Wiki page has lots of hints & tips for you? Any particular questions you have?
Both of you, how about telling us a bit about yourselves, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? You'll both fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...
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Oi, D. @D.A.R.K., you are now member #1791 in the Fender Rumble Club.
G'day, MsB. @MsBhamster, you are now member #1792 in the Fender Rumble Club.
Congratulations and welcome, to you both. Please put your numbers in your TalkBass Signature for safe keeping. Then make yourselves at home here and on your Rumble Club Wiki page, the repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge.
@D.A.R.K., check out the Rumble Speaker Replacements sub-section of your Rumble Wiki page, for a start. There have been others, but these are the most significant I've come across. Yours are the first Rumble Neo speakers I've heard of needing replacement! You can always call Eminence and ask for their recommendations. They can't legally sell the actual OEM model they make for FMIC, but they should be able to get close. Only a Fender Authorized Service Center can get you the actual OEMs.
@MsBhamster, we've recently learned that there are 2 "batches" of Rumble 100 combos currently being made! There is the original 10-year-old "batch" without a Pre/Post button near the XLR Out, and a new 2-year-old "batch" with a Pre/Post button near the XLR Out! Which do you have? The Master (volume) control is in different places on the 2 "batches", which affects chaining the R100 with other amps. Otherwise, your your Rumble Club Wiki page has lots of hints & tips for you? Any particular questions you have?
Both of you, how about telling us a bit about yourselves, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? You'll both fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...
Rumble On!
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It's been about a week of playing through my new Rumble 100 (V3 with Pre/Post). The more I play through it the more impressed I am with the tone, power and light weight.
Fender must have done something right. After more than 40 years of playing through so many different configurations of amps/cabs/combos Fender was never one that appealed to me.
Until now.
Fender must have done something right. After more than 40 years of playing through so many different configurations of amps/cabs/combos Fender was never one that appealed to me.
Until now.
"Both of you, how about telling us a bit about yourselves, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? You'll both fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ..."
Thanks for the link! TB search is just as bad as when I joined 23 years ago. Or maybe I'm just as bad at searching as ever.
Been touring and playing shows professionally since 88. Have had a very successful career as a live mix engineer. I worked in recording studios my whole adult life as well. My back is toast (waiting for operations) so the Rumbles are out of necessity. I had expensive rigs by top brands, but liquidated them so I could have beaters that can be left in the car or rehearsal space etc. (I bought a cab and two combos for half what I sold my single head and 2 cabs for, used). The Rumble works fine with my instruments so far, I play odd ball stuff with non standard string gages and tunings. I stack a lot of sonics using 4 parallel paths and looping, so there can be some heavy transients which the Rumble input stage handles really well. It does ask a lot of the speakers though, so running the extension 2x10 is better than the combo alone, by far.
Thanks for the link! TB search is just as bad as when I joined 23 years ago. Or maybe I'm just as bad at searching as ever.
Been touring and playing shows professionally since 88. Have had a very successful career as a live mix engineer. I worked in recording studios my whole adult life as well. My back is toast (waiting for operations) so the Rumbles are out of necessity. I had expensive rigs by top brands, but liquidated them so I could have beaters that can be left in the car or rehearsal space etc. (I bought a cab and two combos for half what I sold my single head and 2 cabs for, used). The Rumble works fine with my instruments so far, I play odd ball stuff with non standard string gages and tunings. I stack a lot of sonics using 4 parallel paths and looping, so there can be some heavy transients which the Rumble input stage handles really well. It does ask a lot of the speakers though, so running the extension 2x10 is better than the combo alone, by far.
Does that mean the sound of the combo makes you think the speakers are a bit ragged or the speakers actually look a bit ragged?
If it's the first, then the distortion (or whatever you're hearing) "could possibly be" coming from something else in the amp.
If it's the second, I'm not sure what that means unless the cones are creased or the drivers are coming apart.
I'd suggest you talk to Fender about having it checked out or trade the whole thing in on a new unit.
I mean I think the previous owner(s) may have pushed it a lot. Cones travel correctly without issue, amp section is fine. Could be that these are cheap amps- that's not a dis, it's just a fact. Higher quality components cost more. I don't think shipping it around or trading in (unless for something higher quality) makes any sense. Would be good to know about replacement drivers or upgrades for the sake of the knowledge at least. This query has informed me that adding some damping material internally can be good with these, and I may give that a try.
My only real complaint about my Rumble 500 is the volume control. I have yet to play a stage where I need to set it louder than about 1.5. Anyone come up with a way to modify it so it isn’t necessary to leave it so low? Is there a replacement pot that you can install ?
Whoa, lazar! By "1.5" do you mean about 1:30 clock time? That's pretty high volume for my R500c!
I usually keep the volume on my bass set low with that high a Master on my R500c. That way the headroom is right at my fingertips if I need a little boost!
I think you mean between "0" (as in off) up to a little less than 2, like a typically marked volume control?
I think I know what you mean...mine seems like there is a lot of volume boost at the very beginning of the rotation. Mine goes from off, and then just barely at 1 for practicing, where even set to "2" its already quite loud. Whereas the rest of the rotation of the volume knob isn't as linear.
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As in once you get past a certain point, it's so loud that you can't hear your neighbors knocking on your door, yelling for you to turn it down?
It sounds, well, ok. Not great. Gonna try damping the interior a bit.
So what’s the story with the low price and weight of the Rumble V3 100 vs. the 200?
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Rumble 40 $230, 18 pounds
Rumble 100 $330, 22 pounds
Rumble 200 $571, 34.5 pounds
Rumble 500 $650, 36.5 pounds
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That’s a huge jump in price and weight between the 100 and 200. Is there some major difference between the 100 and 200 designs that drives those numbers? Jumping from a 12 to a 15 shouldn’t cost that much and the 200 only drives 140W into the 15 according to the Fender specs.
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Rumble 40 $230, 18 pounds
Rumble 100 $330, 22 pounds
Rumble 200 $571, 34.5 pounds
Rumble 500 $650, 36.5 pounds
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That’s a huge jump in price and weight between the 100 and 200. Is there some major difference between the 100 and 200 designs that drives those numbers? Jumping from a 12 to a 15 shouldn’t cost that much and the 200 only drives 140W into the 15 according to the Fender specs.
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I bought the 800 watt 210 because of the weight. It weighs 29 pounds and I will not need more power than it supplies. The retail is $849 but I paid $725 for mine. I am delighted with it and my Rumble 100 that I use for upright. I did spend more for the Rumble 800 but I certainly got a lot more for my $$.
The 800/210 has neo speakers and an ICE power module. Those two items account for the reduced weight and increased price but also greatly increase the value of the amp for my purposes.
The 200 has a 15" (vs 12") speaker, and hence a larger, sturdier cabinet. The 200 also adds a horn with on/off switch and capability to use an extra speaker). It also has interior bracing and foam lining so the cab is tuned better than the 100. (I haven't opened a 200, but the latter is what I have read from others here.)
Miles gives the major feature differences of the R100 & R200c within the Rumble line.
But I say, check out how it compares to the closet competition! (Both 100 & 200 combos) See my, admittedly dated, comparison chart here stacking the Ampeg Rocket Bass versus the Rumbles.
100w 1x12":
- The Rumble costs $100 less today (not on chart, but I just now checked)
- The Rumble weighs 3.9 lb.s less.
- The Rumble is less bulky.
- The Rumble costs $20 more today.
- The Rumble has 40 watts more, standalone.
- The Rumble weighs 0.5 lb.s more.
- The Rumble is slightly less bulky.
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Been having a blast running my Applause AEB thru my new Rumble 100...mine doesn't not have the pre-post button...oh well, one less thing to worry aboutThanks for the padding tip, Miles
