Hello Everyone!!! I'm new on TB and kind of new at playing bass in a band even if I'm playing music for 30 years +... mostly guitar but also drum and bass. So I've just buy a brand new Fender rumble 500 combo and I have I question when power on without anything plug it's dead quiet but when I power on the built in overdrive I can ear a windy noise is it normal ??? thanks in advance
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Welcome. Not completely clear on the scenario, but likely it’s fine. When there’s nothing plugged in, the amp is picking up a small amount of noise, and turning on the overdrive enables a lot of gain, which amplifies that noise.
If the DRIVE and LEVEL are turn up high, when to you activate the OVERDRIVE, yes it can happen.
When nothing is plugged into the input jack, it is grounded out, to reduce any stray noise. The overdrive push any noise present and introduces some of it's own noise, which is normally not very noticeable.
Well, Go-ool-ly! @Golgo13, you are now member #1871 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome to TalkBass in general and to The Club in particular. 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.
Yeah, Googly, (or is it Duke Togo?) the Overdrive does tend to emphasize any high Gain, volume or EQ settings with their accompanying noise, too. You seem to be describing a "white noise" that can sound like wind or ocean shore waves breaking. If that sound bothers you, try turning down the Drive, Level, Gain, volume, and/or high EQ settings. But, if you think it's excessive even with low to middlin' settings, try some in a store to see if yours is really more so. Then contact your Rumble Club Wiki page if it is too much more.
Meanwhile, how about telling us more 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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Proud member #1866 reporting for doody!Woo hoo, it's two-fer Thursday! @RoxxNard, you are now member #1866 in the Fender Rumble Club. And @friskinator, you are now member #1867 in the Fender Rumble Club. Congratulations and welcome to you both. Please 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.
Yes, Roxx, you most definitely WILL be heard! From great distances, even! That's the stack I've personally roxx'd at a couple of outdoor venues to simply awesome effect!!
And, yes, friski, you too can be heard, just not quite as far away.In an acoustic jam group I alternate bass duties with Rumble Studio 40 and the other bassist uses a Rumble 25, which I find quite comparable for the situation. While the 25 is turned about halfway up, I use mine at about a quarter way up.
Som how about each of you 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!
Lets get ready to RUUUMMBLLLLLLE!!!!!
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I will be heard!
Proud member #1866 reporting for doody!
[Snicker ... Guffaw] You said ... [Snicker]... Doody! 
[Ahem! ... Harrumph!] RocksHard, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to Rock 'N' Roll all night, but you must also party every day! As always, if you are caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
"Hello? Yes, this is the Rumble Club. [Gasp!] He did?!?!?
DISAVOW! DISAVOW!! DISAVOW!!!"
Rumble On!
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Nice clip of the Mission Impossible intro, @G-Dog . One of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I liked the original main guy, Steven Hill, more than Peter Graves, but I digest...er, digress.
This is pretty much the opposite of what I want an amp to do. 
This is pretty much the opposite of what I want an amp to do.
That was just the mic! AND, ... he survived it.
You buy some lesser amps, ... used, and ... ...
Normally I have two of everything (except pedalboard) in my signal chain when I play out. Yesterday I flew without a parachute (only one of everything) because I was tired and running slightly behind (which ended up not mattering). Naturally I had to debug a problem before rehearsal that I'm pretty sure comes down to a cable or right-angle adapter. But messing around with the pedalboard / guitar cable got the noise to stop. Things went flawlessly afterward. So while the extra stuff wasn't needed, I was a bit nervous.
Having a spare cable would have helped me be more sure of the actual problem. I'll debug here at home. But I'll also go back to two of everything for peace of mind.
All that said, I think it was some of my best playing. Almost no clams. The sea gulls were disappointed (or would have been if we had seagulls here).
Having a spare cable would have helped me be more sure of the actual problem. I'll debug here at home. But I'll also go back to two of everything for peace of mind.
All that said, I think it was some of my best playing. Almost no clams. The sea gulls were disappointed (or would have been if we had seagulls here).
I've had a fair bit of playing time with the R100c w/Celestion BN12-300S (4) and my Cort B5 Element w/Dunlop SS Flats.
Running my bass straight in is definitely less harsh in the upper mids than it was with the stock driver and EB Cobalt Flats - I'd say by a couple of order of magnitudes.
Running my bass through my Two Notes Opus into the FX Return, it is very much easier (less EQ tweaking) to get really great tone of all types - a great, beefy, high-quality DI type of tone; a tubey Showman or Bassman type tone; SVT type; B15 type; Marshall Major w/however much OD you want; etc.
I'm still exploring all the almost limitless options, but I love the variety of great tones I can get and it's even lighter with the upgraded driver b/c it's a Neo driver.
If I need to get REALLY loud, I just run the Opus into the Instrument Input instead of the FX Return.
In the past, I've played in situations where I did not have a PA available, but I had 1600W and some killer cabinets - like playing outdoors to 300 people in a big open area, so the R100c obviously wouldn't cut it in a situation like that, but a medium sized club or church even w/o a PA, I think this rig would work fine!
Rumble On, brothers & sisters!
That's what the absent-minded dinner host said when she realized she didn't plan a dessert course...
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I read this later and I just wanted to clarify, I think that most, but not all of the harshness I was hearing in the upper mids of my R100c when I had the Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats on my bass, was from the strings and a smaller part was from the 4 Ohm stock driver.
I know that because listening to some Presets that I had tweaked on my TN Opus that had no Cab Sims, before I got the Rumble and was just playing using Headphones, were missing upper midrange information, because I had EQ it to deal with the harshness of the EB CF's.
So if you are unsure about how some of the newer R100c's with the 4 Ohm driver will sound, as (I think it was Akiyama) said it breaks in fairly cleanly, with only a very slight upper midrange emphasis (paraphrasing), which for a tweeterless combo, a lot of people will actually prefer.
I doubt the average person would even notice it, especially in a live band setting!
If you still have doubts, go listen to one live at a store (not sure if there is a way to tell which of the newer ones have the 4 Ohm driver, if it was mentioned, I missed it).
Apparently, not all of the new ones have the 4 Ohm driver.
Hello all ! i have an other question for you Fender Rumble expert Yesterday i was practising with my band , drummer +1 guitar (playing a fender deville ) we play punk rock garage style. The guitar player play loud but nothing crazy and with my Fender Rumble 500 combo brand new (no extra cab) i was at 7.5/10 on gain and Master volume so pretty high and was barely able to cut true the mix is it normal? i'm pretty new to bass so don't know a lot about bass amp volume power but reading and other member here saying with his Rumble 500 + 4x10 cab he was playing outside for 300 people at volume 1.5/10 i though maybe my amp was broke. Thanks in advance !!!
Yesterday i was practising with my band , drummer +1 guitar (playing a fender deville ) we play punk rock garage style. The guitar player play loud but nothing crazy and with my Fender Rumble 500 combo brand new (no extra cab) i was at 7.5/10 on gain and Master volume so pretty high and was barely able to cut true the mix is it normal? i'm pretty new to bass so don't know a lot about bass amp volume power but reading and other member here saying with his Rumble 500 + 4x10 cab he was playing outside for 300 people at volume 1.5/10 i though maybe my amp was broke. Thanks in advance !!!
Have you tried placing the amp on a table, closer to your ears?Hello all ! i have an other question for you Fender Rumble expert
Maybe. I'd first look at this if You haven't already:Hello all ! i have an other question for you Fender Rumble expert
Secondly, gain (and volume) can depend on a lot of things, for example how hot Your instrument's output level is could make a huge difference.
Also, what ric said above, placing the sound source towards/closer to Your ears could help a ton.
Happy rumbling!
