Adding markings handy. I should do that. Thanks.
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You could also use this Sharp(ie)Cat mod for the buttons.
Otherwise almost impossible to see which is pressed specially in low light environments.
Today's the day! Fender Rumble 500 still in the box!
Congratulations! Enjoy! Now it's time to bet that 115 extension cab.
I was looking at those. I had one a long time ago with my 200. Two 10s and a 15 would be pretty great and so would the second 2x10 cabinet. But, in reality, the two 10s will probably be perfect with their coupling effect. I'm mostly just a fill in bass player.
I have the 500c and, mostly, love it. I wish I had gotten the extension cab right way ... not for volume, but tone.
You could also use this Sharp(ie)Cat mod for the buttons.
Actually, Rumbler #797, @Flippy, suggested the painted or taped buttons as indicators 7 years ago (which is a few years before Sharpie joined TB). It's linked on the Rumble Club Wiki page in the Modifications section.
Who needs AI when we have @G-Dog 
I dunno if I want my amp to wiggle like that though.
In that situation, I'd start with the settings I like on my 500 and tweak from there.
In my situation, I run flat EQ (10/2/2/10), no buttons pushed, and use my pedalboard which does most of my tone shaping. Tweak eq and buttons to fit the room.
I can dig it. When I use daisychained R100s, it's usually for tone, not volume.
Gets the booties shakin!I dunno if I want my amp to wiggle like that though.
... neither, after hemming and hawing for a year + over how I wanted to proceed, I picked up a Mesa 115 cab and a Bass 800-D amp, both at a good deal.The 500c was not giving me the low end that I wanted, and at points was not giving me the clear note articulation I wanted. (My target tones are Flabba Holt, Dusty Hill, and as an FX pedal platform). I am not above user error. But I wish, when I picked up the 500c 2+ years ago, I would have listened to the folks telling me a whole new world of tone was opened up by the extension cab (I would have gone 210 btw). But the delay gave me an opportunity to get very curious about the Mesa 115 hype, and I zigged when I planned to zag. I still have the 500c, and when funds allow still plan to get that 210.
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Its hard to beat!
So, I finally took the Rumble 500 out of the box, and it seems a little taller than what I was expecting. I wasn't really going to get the extension cabinet except this one came up locally for super cheap and I couldn't resist. Excellent condition other than the missing the Fender Logo. I haven't even plugged it into the amp yet.
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You made the right choice. Congrats.
Plug that thing in and let it whooooomp!
