Fender Rumble Club

[SoulReflection]

Hey, my Soul-man! Very good to "see" you. I'm just fine. Sorry for the delay answering. Mrs. Dog & I hosted a a patio/pool party for a few friends & relatives today. I swear I hadda jump in the pool every 15 minutes to keep from getting too hot outside! (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

I currently have a regular weekly jam at the local nursing home that's always fun, except the former guitar playing hostess of this group is now a resident there! And that same group, plus a few more, played a funeral visitation, with some truly excellent playing & vocal harmonies, a couple days ago. Lucky to have such fine musicians in this little rural town, including at least 2 recent state fiddle champions! I usually use my Rumble Studio 40 set to an upright acoustic sound, or whatever else seems appropos. Occasionally, we have a bigger venue and use a PA, for which I take my Rumble 500 combo, with Master set at 9 or 10 o'clock.

What have you been up to? Rumblin' On, I trust.

Happy to hear you are exercising your fingers and, as far as the pool is concerned, your "elbow"!

I'm still up to about the same as usual...plunking the bass a bit with my Rumble 100 set for headphones so as not to upset the Boss and her p-ssy cat ...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Sunce I alternate between taking my Rumble Studio 40 and my Rumble 500 combo, depending on venues, I've learned to keep my cable in my gig bag where gig bag where I always know where to find them.

Each cover has a power cord in its pocket. One has extra mic cables and mics. I normally take two R100s but if I take just one I grab whichever makes sense for the gig.

 

[Giffro]

Since I alternate between taking my Rumble Studio 40 and my Rumble 500 combo, depending on venues, I've learned to keep my cables in my gig bag where I always know where to find them.

ALL my cables (guitar cables, Amp power cables etc etc) go in my gig bags. The front pouch on my amp cover is nice but I would never use it to put lumpy cables inside for fear of pressing against the Rumble Combos front grille and grille cloth possibly damaging the speakers...its not likely, but it is probable that something heavy may shift and press itself against the front cover pouch in transit pushing the contents (leads, cords) into the grille. I use the cover pouch for flat articles like cheat sheets, Rumble manual etc. As always I work on the idea that if something bad is gonna happen it will loll...so all lumpy cabling goes in the gig bags. You can never be careful enough when dealing with your livelihood musical equipment. I have always been overly careful...its my nature...but its generally worked in my favour all these gigging years.

EDIT PS. Some may suggest I have the pouch on the rear of the Rumble but there are too many sockets etc back there, besides I always cart my Rumble 500 and the Rumble 115 Ext Cab face down. I mentioned doing this years ago, especially traveling on bumpy roads, as it duplicates the direction of speaker cone excursion - movement when the cabs are face down...less chance of a speaker cone being damaged by over excursion laying on it's back rendering it useless if you hit a big bump in the road. (If there is no room or its impractical to carry them standing upright I prefer to cart them face down).
Ive always laid my cabs on their fronts to avoid this issue.

 

[Giffro]

In my previous post I mentioned my gig bags...Here's one of my Boss Gig Bags for cables, laptop, pedals etc.
I use a normal zippered carry type bag as well..which usually doubles up for camping loll

 

[G-Dog]

In my previous post I mentioned my gig bags...Here's one of my Boss Gig Bags for cables, laptop, pedals etc.
I use a normal zippered carry type bag as well..which usually doubles up for camping loll

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Cool, Giffy! That is totally technically tactical looking!!

Here's my one-&-only all-in-one 25-year-old gig bag (complete with replacement carabiners for the broken shoulder strap clips). Yeah, it's a bit overstuffed and not-so-cool for others to look at. But, to me, it's completely chock-full of mojo and memories from really rockin' for-pay gigs before retirement to heartfelt labor-o'-love jams since retirement.

Hey, Rumblers! Show us your gig bag(s)!! Feel free to include shameless emotional descriptions, as I did here, ... or not, ... your choice, ... no presh ...

Rumble, & gig, On!​

 

[G-Dog]

Cool, Giffy! That is totally technically tactical looking!!

Here's my one-&-only all-in-one 25-year-old gig bag (complete with replacement carabiners for the broken shoulder strap clips). Yeah, it's a bit overstuffed and not-so-cool for others to look at. But, to me, it's completely chock-full of mojo and memories from really rockin' for-pay gigs before retirement to heartfelt labor-o'-love jams since retirement.

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Hey, Rumblers! Show us your gig bag(s)!! Feel free to include shameless emotional descriptions, as I did here, ... or not, ... your choice, ... no presh ...

Rumble, & gig, On!​

Maybe this makes my gig bag (and me) look a little better?

 

[DWA2469]

Since I alternate between taking my Rumble Studio 40 and my Rumble 500 combo, depending on venues, I've learned to keep my cables in my gig bag where I always know where to find them.

Well of course there is a solution, but my point is it would be nice if the cover had a pocket like other manufactures do

 

[John Stephen]

I use a regular ol' NorthFace backpack, that has lots of compartments and pockets, and it has been very handy for me over the years. The only thing I don't like about it, is that it's all black, and the zipper pull-tabs are all black, so it's hard to find them when it's time to zip it open or closed. The older I get, the worse my vision gets, it's frustrating sometimes. I've thought about painting the zipper pull-tabs with bright colors so I can see them more easily.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

ALL my cables (guitar cables, Amp power cables etc etc) go in my gig bags. The front pouch on my amp cover is nice but I would never use it to put lumpy cables inside for fear of pressing against the Rumble Combos front grille and grille cloth possibly damaging the speakers...its not likely, but it is probable that something heavy may shift and press itself against the front cover pouch in transit pushing the contents (leads, cords) into the grille. I use the cover pouch for flat articles like cheat sheets, Rumble manual etc. As always I work on the idea that if something bad is gonna happen it will loll...so all lumpy cabling goes in the gig bags. You can never be careful enough when dealing with your livelihood musical equipment. I have always been overly careful...its my nature...but its generally worked in my favour all these gigging years.

EDIT PS. Some may suggest I have the pouch on the rear of the Rumble but there are too many sockets etc back there, besides I always cart my Rumble 500 and the Rumble 115 Ext Cab face down. I mentioned doing this years ago, especially traveling on bumpy roads, as it duplicates the direction of speaker cone excursion - movement when the cabs are face down...less chance of a speaker cone being damaged by over excursion laying on it's back rendering it useless if you hit a big bump in the road. (If there is no room or its impractical to carry them standing upright I prefer to cart them face down).
Ive always laid my cabs on their fronts to avoid this issue.

When I bought my R100 covers, I got pockets on the side. I wasn't going to put them on the back or front for the reasons you gave (other than face down vs face up - I don't see how either is better or worse).

 

[Stealth57]

You guys have too much .

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I use a regular ol' NorthFace backpack, that has lots of compartments and pockets, and it has been very handy for me over the years. The only thing I don't like about it, is that it's all black, and the zipper pull-tabs are all black, so it's hard to find them when it's time to zip it open or closed. The older I get, the worse my vision gets, it's frustrating sometimes. I've thought about painting the zipper pull-tabs with bright colors so I can see them more easily.

Since I carry amp cables and spare mics/cables in the Rumble covers, and the pedalboard is its own thing, I got a Hercules bag to carry mic/ipad stand, Hercules 2-bass stand, power conditioner, etc: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...msb001-speaker-and-microphone-stand-combo-bag . Bass cables go in case with bass, pedals-to-amp cables go in pedalboard case.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You guys have too much .

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"Too much is never enough."

 

[Stealth57]

"Too much is never enough."

Spoken like a true T-birder...

 

[MyTimbre]

I am a bass player who has attempted to offset forty years of musical neglect with three intensive years of bass playing. I retired from a demanding career and have now made "struggling musician" my new jam. I've already owned 4 Rumble amps: 40, Studio 40, 100 and 500. I gave the 100 to a bass player in need. I am the new bassist in a jazz+ quartet, playing electric. I recently did a survey of bass rigs and found that my Rumble 500 with a simple foot switch will do everything (and more) than I need at the present time. My current motto is, "practice more instead of buying gear."

 

[SharpCat]

I use a regular ol' NorthFace backpack, that has lots of compartments and pockets, and it has been very handy for me over the years. The only thing I don't like about it, is that it's all black, and the zipper pull-tabs are all black, so it's hard to find them when it's time to zip it open or closed. The older I get, the worse my vision gets, it's frustrating sometimes. I've thought about painting the zipper pull-tabs with bright colors so I can see them more easily.

Do a search on that large online retailer for “colorful zipper pulls”. You can get a huge pile of the nylon string type for like $10. Loop them through the zipper tabs and you’re done. I just grabbed some glow in the dark ones myself.

 

[G-Dog]

I am a bass player who has attempted to offset forty years of musical neglect with three intensive years of bass playing. I retired from a demanding career and have now made "struggling musician" my new jam. I've already owned 4 Rumble amps: 40, Studio 40, 100 and 500. I gave the 100 to a bass player in need. I am the new bassist in a jazz+ quartet, playing electric. I recently did a survey of bass rigs and found that my Rumble 500 with a simple foot switch will do everything (and more) than I need at the present time. My current motto is, "practice more instead of buying gear."

Yo, Timbo! @Timbre, you are now member #1847 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome. Please 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.

That's wonderful, Tim-may! All of it! Musical neglect, intensive bass playing, retired, struggling musician, Rumble collection!, generous!, jazz+, do-everything Rumble 500!, practice more. You've certainly got it all going on!! Good on ya.

BTW, if you ever have any questions about your Rumble Studio 40, please post them in your Rumble LT25, Studio 40 & Stage 800 sub-thread of This Club in order to keep this main Club thread less complicated, OK?

That was a great self introduction, Tim, but I (for one) am still quite curious about your Rumble journeys, in particular. There must some interesting tales there! I feel that you are already fitting right in here, where we all love to ... ... ...

Rumble On!
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[John Stephen]

Do a search on that large online retailer for “colorful zipper pulls”. You can get a huge pile of the nylon string type for like $10. Loop them through the zipper tabs and you’re done. I just grabbed some glow in the dark ones myself.

Holy convenience, Batman! This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I had no clue these things existed. I'd put these right up there with Post-Its as the greatest modern invention. Thanks @SharpCat , I will grab a bundle. Why didn't I know about these???

 

[joeLowB]

. My current motto is, "practice more instead of buying gear."

Oh. Yes.

Best antacid for GAS !

 

[Miles_ONeal]

... My current motto is, "practice more instead of buying gear."

Heresy!

 

[toughluck]

Post in thread 'Fender Rumble Club'

Jan 30, 2023

My R100C covers arrived from Custom Amp Covers. They seem to be well made and fit the amps without being too snug or excessively floppy. The added side pockets are huge; they will easily contain power cords and connecting cables.
They quote shipping from Bulgaria. I’m guessing they bulk ship order lots here, where they get reshipped. The mailing label was generated from Braselton, GA. Postage was paid in DC. The shipment was from Bar Harbor, ME, through Braselton, to here (Austin, TX area), per USPS tracking. Not really puzzling, but you will find things a puzzle.

One amp in cover, one...

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I would contact them and see if the covers are made in Europe. The price quote had included shipping from Bulgaria.

Yep, I found their site yesterday and I'll probably order from them at some point.

So I tried to order from them. I really did. But they don't ship to Poland. They don't ship to anywhere inside EU, they don't even ship to Bulgaria even though they are based there.

They do ship to the three countries on top of the list of countries (United Kingdom, Israel, United States) plus at least Canada. But not Ireland (though North Ireland is of course possible). They don't ship to Bulgaria, but they do ship to North Macedonia just across the border.

So I'm guessing it's some VAT issue and I'm still left hunting for a good dust cover.

For a dust cover, I took a large plastic bag that was used for bulk packaging toilet paper. It's actually quite sturdy (good thickness) and I didn't mind having had to cut open a hole for the handle.