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Whoa!
Nice. I've got a SCR-DI, have the SGT-DI on my to-be-bought list for a while, but other stuff keeps preempting. Soon...
Being a non-fan of 'Pegs, I'll go with cheating, but tweetchie zone.Hmmm, is this cheating? Or is this the best of two worlds?
This is a new phrase to me. A search just shows some tourist railroad. No doubt I’ll feel dumb hearing the answer, but please explain?
Tweetchie zone is where ya float yer boat.
Yes...it actually IS Cheap Trick's best songIMO, of course! I could listen to it daily! But Im a huge CT fan. ... ... ..., now back to our usual Rumbling...
Tweetchie zone. My favorite CT song(cover)is "Ain't That A Shame": CT's typical "noise" behind Robin's almost soft vocals is an amazing dichotomy.
So, you admit to ignoring GonePlaid all these years?!??
Well, to each their own, ... ... or whatevers.
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Huh. Pleading no contest and throwing myself on the mercy of the Dog.
Fellow Rumblers - hoping for a bit of assistance here. I have a Stage 800 that I use almost exclusively with my G&L L-2000 or Kiloton, although sometimes with one of my Yamaha basses. Regardless of the amp model I use, I can't seem to get a clean tone from the amp, especially with my G&L's (yes, they are aggressive sounding basses). I'm thinking I may have a blown speaker. What's the easiest way to check? Visually, they look fine. Any help us appreciated.
The easiest way to check is to play a few different pure tones through the combo
Go here:
www.szynalski.com
As for a blown speaker, play the same tones, but gently press down on one speaker (then repeat for the other), to prevent it from moving. Don't push too hard, just enough to mute it.
Go here:
Online Tone Generator - generate pure tones of any frequency
www.szynalski.com
As for a blown speaker, play the same tones, but gently press down on one speaker (then repeat for the other), to prevent it from moving. Don't push too hard, just enough to mute it.
If the voice coil is damaged, the speaker may make a "crunchy" sound when the cone is manually pushed in gently. Or, it may not move at all, or hardly at all when you attempt to push the cone in gently.
Has it been this way since it was new or did something change recently?
I'm wondering if it's a manufacturing defect like the one I dealt with or if something possibly broke along the way.
It's pretty much always been like this. One of the cones came dented, but I was told when I bought it that it didn't affect sound. After some checking as described above, I'm thinking I just am not getting along with the Rumble tone. I want something cleaner. Don't know if different speakers would help or if I need to change brands (thinking Markbass).
The Rumble Club WIKI may have a suggestion-or two-to cure your situation. They don't EQ the same as other amps; putting a sock-or something-in a port; adding batting in the cab; whatever.
Rumbles aren't gonna sound like other amps unless that's how you 'set' them. I prefer the "baked in" sound of 7ender amps to anything else I've played through, which includes 3 different size/type 'Pegs, a GK, some PVs, a MarkBass, etc.
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I'll go through the Wiki again. Perhaps I'll find something to help me out that I've overlooked previously. I have added some batting to the cab, worked the EQ, etc., but just can't seem to get a tone I am comfortable with. Not articulate or clean enough for my liking. I've had this amp for several years now.
Interesting. I'd describe the sound of my Rumble 500 as very clean. Cleaner than either my Orange Terror or Ampeg PF-800. In fact, that's why it's become my rig of choice.
