Fender Rumble Club

[G-Dog]

Just got my Rumble 500 v3 today. Still getting it dialed in. Can I join the club? Lots of great info on here.

Just got my Rumble 500 today, as well! About to try it out now.

I would love to join the Rumble club, too! Cheers!

Holy, guacamole, Blapman! It must be two-fer ..., uh, ... mmm ... Friday?!? @Shinbone, you are now member #1828 in the Fender Rumble Club! And, @SouthboundVet, you are now member #1829 in the Fender Rumble Club! Congratulations and welcome to you both. And welcome to TalkBass, as well, Southie.

Please, both of you, put your number 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.

So, how about telling us a bit about yourselves, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? You'll fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...

Rumble On and On!
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[Miles_ONeal]

Which one? Something from More Music?

Yeah, a Sunn atop (IIRC) a big honkin reflex (Acoustic?) cab.

 

[G-Dog]

New Amp day today! It has been a while since I have checked in. But I have been doing a few gigs with two very different bands. After turning 70 and having to schlep my R200cV3, bass, cables, cords, etc (72 lbs, I weighed it) for 1/2 mile up crowded cobble streets (think San Francisco only with big 6-10” cobbles all at 6200’ elev) and only turning the R200c to 1/4 volume, I decided to get me a R40. Fresh out of the box it sounded great. Not quite as full as the 15” R200c but sufficient for live acoustic and moderately amplified acoustic gigs. I will put it into action Friday night.

I feel ya, JP! After my very LOUD country cover band imploded, my Rumble 500 combo became much more than I needed for my mostly acoustic jams & gigs. Of course, it turned down quite nicely with great tone but was, admittedly, a bit more weight than I should be carrying after back surgery!

Luckily, I had been drooling over the modeling Rumbles Stage 800 & Studio 40 combos since they were introduced in early 2018. So, I got the Rumble Studio 40 in March 2019, and have never regretted a moment of it! The 15-ish lb.s less weight, compared to the R500c, is much appreciated. And the multitude of great voices & tones is to die for!

Enjoy, JP! Enjoy!

 

[TooMuchStuff]

Sweet rig! Much less complex here, a couple of djembes, a cajon, and a rainstick.

Thank you! It keeps changing Didn’t have the chance to play a cajon yet, but I do have a cool Djembe - a modern plastic design that has a snare! Show off your rig!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Thank you! It keeps changing Didn’t have the chance to play a cajon yet, but I do have a cool Djembe - a modern plastic design that has a snare! Show off your rig!

I'll have to drag them out of their cases. I will try to remember to do that later.

 

[JPDsma]

Used the new R40 last night. Never went above 1 o’clock on volume, gain 2 o’clock. Great sound

 

[John Stephen]

My experience as well. I use my R40 for lots of gigs and don't have to crank it very much at all.

 

[jbassbob]

Confession time
It was once said here that "once a Rumble club member, always a Rumble club member!" So with that, I confess that I drifted away for a bit. I wanted to save space as our house is rather small, so I sold my 9 year old Rumble 40 to move to a Markbass 801. There was a short honeymoon period of about a year, but the longing for the tone in my head never materialized. I added pedals, but still no dice. Sticking with the eight inch speaker theme, I continued in my quest for "small" and picked up an Acoustic b25c. It had more in the way of EQ adjustments, sounded good in the store and initially I thought I could make it work. Nope, not to knock it for the price, it kept sounding like the box it came in, BACK IT WENT. So, without further ado, I introduce to you, my new RUMBLE 40! The tone in my head is back! Thank you GC for being so understanding and who needs space! I reclaim my number

 

[John Stephen]

Enjoy your new R40, all over again.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Confession time
It was once said here that "once a Rumble club member, always a Rumble club member!" So with that, I confess that I drifted away for a bit. I wanted to save space as our house is rather small, so I sold my 9 year old Rumble 40 to move to a Markbass 801. There was a short honeymoon period of about a year, but the longing for the tone in my head never materialized. I added pedals, but still no dice. Sticking with the eight inch speaker theme, I continued in my quest for "small" and picked up an Acoustic b25c. It had more in the way of EQ adjustments, sounded good in the store and initially I thought I could make it work. Nope, not to knock it for the price, it kept sounding like the box it came in, BACK IT WENT. So, without further ado, I introduce to you, my new RUMBLE 40! The tone in my head is back! Thank you GC for being so understanding and who needs space! I reclaim my number

Welcome home, Bob!

 

[jbassbob]

Enjoy your new R40, all over again.

Definitely enjoying getting reacquainted with an old friend

 

[jbassbob]

Welcome home, Bob!

Thanks Miles, great to be back!

 

[G-Dog]

Confession time
It was once said here that "once a Rumble club member, always a Rumble club member!" So with that, I confess that I drifted away for a bit. I wanted to save space as our house is rather small, so I sold my 9 year old Rumble 40 to move to a Markbass 801. There was a short honeymoon period of about a year, but the longing for the tone in my head never materialized. I added pedals, but still no dice. Sticking with the eight inch speaker theme, I continued in my quest for "small" and picked up an Acoustic b25c. It had more in the way of EQ adjustments, sounded good in the store and initially I thought I could make it work. Nope, not to knock it for the price, it kept sounding like the box it came in, BACK IT WENT. So, without further ado, I introduce to you, my new RUMBLE 40! The tone in my head is back! Thank you GC for being so understanding and who needs space! I reclaim my number

Confession is good for the soul, bob! Say 3 "Hail, Leos" and 2 "Our Rumbles" and you shall be absolved, brother.

But, it's not just a policy, though. That Rumble sound gets into your psyche such that, no matter what excuse you make, nothing else quite measures up!

And in that regard I, too, must confess. Bless me, Rumblers, for I have sinned. It's been too long since my last confession. Yesterday, after fighting a nasty upper respiratory infection for 3 long weeks, I felt too weak to carry my 19 lb. Rumble Studio 40 to a jam at the local "convalescent home". So, I took my 9.9 lb. Vox VX50BA, instead. Some here, and many in the Combo Club, remember my "li'l Foxy Voxy". It's just an 8" speaker, but it's 50 watts, I reasoned. Although it got a very nice Beatle-esque Höfner tone from my semi-hollow body Starcaster, that wasn't what I wanted for this country & gospel jam. Even with the NuTube technology, the built-in compressor & distortion and gain & 4-band EQ, it still didn't have that Rumble sound I carry around in my mind!

" Hail, Leo, full of grace ... ... ... " " Our Rumble, which art in heaven, ... ... ... "

 

[Willie5String]

Sign me up. Here is my tale:

I decided to mod my Rumble, with a goal of keeping the weight down, and it turned into a major rebuild

I added the Basslite S2012, which sounded good, but then decided that since it was ported, I wanted to move the frequency down to 44 Hz, well to accomplish that I ordered 2 3" flared port tubes from Madisound so that I would not experience port chuffing....then to put the tubes in, I had to remove and remake the baffle board to move the speaker up in the enclosure, to do that I had to replace the grille cloth with mesh and reinforce and line the enclosure.

It sounds great, even the low B sounds pretty good, but, I basically rebought the amp doing the "upgrades", probably would have been way better off buying the 200.

 

[jbassbob]

Confession is good for the soul, bob! Say 3 "Hail, Leos" and 2 "Our Rumbles" and you shall be absolved, brother.

But, it's not just a policy, though. That Rumble sound gets into your psyche such that, no matter what excuse you make, nothing else quite measures up!

And in that regard I, too, must confess. Bless me, Rumblers, for I have sinned. It's been too long since my last confession. Yesterday, after fighting a nasty upper respiratory infection for 3 long weeks, I felt too weak to carry my 19 lb. Rumble Studio 40 to a jam at the local "convalescent home". So, I took my 9.9 lb. Vox VX50BA, instead. Some here, and many in the Combo Club, remember my "li'l Foxy Voxy". It's just an 8" speaker, but it's 50 watts, I reasoned. Although it got a very nice Beatle-esque Höfner tone from my semi-hollow body Starcaster, that wasn't what I wanted for this country & gospel jam. Even with the NuTube technology, the built-in compressor & distortion and gain & 4-band EQ, it still didn't have that Rumble sound I carry around in my mind!

" Hail, Leo, full of grace ... ... ... " " Our Rumble, which art in heaven, ... ... ... "

Thank you G-Dog, hope you're feeling better!!

 

[G-Dog]

Sign me up. Here is my tale:

I decided to mod my Rumble [100], with a goal of keeping the weight down, and it turned into a major rebuild

I added the Basslite S2012, which sounded good, but then decided that since it was ported, I wanted to move the frequency down to 44 Hz, well to accomplish that I ordered 2 3" flared port tubes from Madisound so that I would not experience port chuffing....then to put the tubes in, I had to remove and remake the baffle board to move the speaker up in the enclosure, to do that I had to replace the grille cloth with mesh and reinforce and line the enclosure.

It sounds great, even the low B sounds pretty good, but, I basically rebought the amp doing the "upgrades", probably would have been way better off buying the 200.

Wowzer, Willie! @Willie5String, you are now member #1830 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Put that number in your TalkBass Signature for safe keeping. Then make yourself at home here and on your Rumble Club Wiki page, the repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge.

Not being much for modifications, myself, I really enjoyed your thread, "When your Rumble 100 Mod is not well planned". I'm glad it had a happier ending than I feared.

So, how about telling us a bit about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? You'll fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...

Rumble On!
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[Willie5String]

Wowzer, Willie! @Willie5String, you are now member #1830 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Put that number in your TalkBass Signature for safe keeping. Then make yourself at home here and on your Rumble Club Wiki page, the repository of all Rumbling wisdom and knowledge.

Not being much for modifications, myself, I really enjoyed your thread, "When your Rumble 100 Mod is not well planned". I'm glad it had a happier ending than I feared.

So, how about telling us a bit about yourself, such as your bass experience in general and your Rumble journey in particular? You'll fit right in here since we have all kinds. But we all love to ... ... ...

Rumble On!
​

Late 60's been playing since I was 18. Played all styles at some point, last 9 years on a worship team. Was a P guy for a lot of years, now my # 1 is a 1992 J+ 5 string. No real Rumble journey, wanted something light and potable.

 

[G-Dog]

Late 60's been playing since I was 18. Played all styles at some point, last 9 years on a worship team. Was a P guy for a lot of years, now my # 1 is a 1992 J+ 5 string. No real Rumble journey, wanted something light and potable.

If you're like me, sometimes those late '60s seem like yesterday! Don't remember many 5-string basses back then. But now I can't really live without that low B string. But I do just fine without the G-string. BEAD is the way to go for me now.

By "Rumble journey" I just mean how did you come to own yours. Anything from a simple "Buy Now" online to a long search through several brands and models.

I certainly agree that they're very light. But I don't think you can drink them.

 

[Willie5String]

If you're like me, sometimes those late '60s seem like yesterday! Don't remember many 5-string basses back then. But now I can't really live without that low B string. But I do just fine without the G-string. BEAD is the way to go for me now.

By "Rumble journey" I just mean how did you come to own yours. Anything from a simple "Buy Now" online to a long search through several brands and models.

I certainly agree that they're very light. But I don't think you can drink them.

Oh, I have been thinning the herd as the herd has gotten really large. I decided that there were a few instruments that were in the sweet spot to sell to Guitar Center, including an Epiphone Explorer Bass that I had for many years that I could essentially break even on and did not want to hang onto for 6 months until the right buyer came along. Since you can just trade across when selling something there, I decided that I would take a Rumble 40 and some cash. After having it a while, I realized that I wanted something with a little more grunt, so I traded it back to Guitar Center (you have 45 days to do so) and bought the 100. After reading a little about them, as I am a modder at heart, almost everything I own has some imprint of me on it, I got lucky and found a used Basslite S2012 for $65 delivered. That's how this started......

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Late 60's been playing since I was 18. Played all styles at some point, last 9 years on a worship team. Was a P guy for a lot of years, now my # 1 is a 1992 J+ 5 string. No real Rumble journey, wanted something light and potable.

Potable?!? DO NOT DRINK THE RUMBLE!!!