Fender Rumble Club

[friendlybass]

any of you guys gigging 2 of the 112 v3 cabs? Since they're exactly the same price as the 115's I was thinking of acquiring 2 of one or the other. I've tried the 115's and looooooove them, but for obvious weight/size considerations 2 of the 112's would also be righteous since I drive a "non musician optimized" vehicle.

 

[friendlybass]

Sorry to hear it Muddslide, don't get down yet, music will still be here when the finances return! Lots of love for you brother.

 

[Linnin]

any of you guys gigging 2 of the 112 v3 cabs? Since they're exactly the same price as the 115's I was thinking of acquiring 2 of one or the other. I've tried the 115's and looooooove them, but for obvious weight/size considerations 2 of the 112's would also be righteous since I drive a "non musician optimized" vehicle.

@bdplaid has a pair with the Rumble 500 head and also the combo. He loves them.

 

[friendlybass]

@bdplaid has a pair with the Rumble 500 head and also the combo. He loves them.

good to hear! In a perfect world I'd just by a pair of both but my money trees aren't putting down roots quite yet.
I've been leery of them because I haven't had a speaker with 12's I've loved. The one that did it for me was the ever elusive SWR Bigfoot 212. I've seen it and a real sasquatch once apiece (separate incidents unfortunately) but the rumble series hasn't let me down yet so if there was one I'd give a chance it's these.

 

[Linnin]

good to hear! In a perfect world I'd just by a pair of both but my money trees aren't putting down roots quite yet.
I've been leery of them because I haven't had a speaker with 12's I've loved. The one that did it for me was the ever elusive SWR Bigfoot 212. I've seen it and a real sasquatch once apiece (separate incidents unfortunately) but the rumble series hasn't let me down yet so if there was one I'd give a chance it's these.

Here ya go
Fender Rumble 112

 

[Wilton]

Did somebody want some bass?

 

[Scott Truesdell]

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Is this in Dieppe? Ceci est excitant!

I want a Figaro!!
I have sailed a bunch on Farr/Mumm 30 -- not too different.

 

[lowsideonacurve]

I am trying to justify purchasing a V3 210 or 112 to go with the 500 combo. I just don't see a setting where I would *need* it. You Rumblers that have such a rig, you could get by with just the combo 99% of the time, yeah?

My V3 500 combo sits beautifully atop a V3 1-12 cab. I don't actually need the 1-12, because the combo alone is plenty for me, but the 1-12 adds some warmth and fullness without getting boomy. I'm also thinking it would be nice to have another 1-12 and a 500 head for a killer 2-12 stack, so I'm part the way there.

 

[Jonathan Blair]

Here's a question: I have the Rumble 500 V3 Combo, and I'm about to purchase the 210 to go with it. Is there any way to attach the 115 as well? Although I'm set on buying the 210, I'm still kind of wanting a 15" to go along with it. To reiterate, I'd like to have a 210 extension as well as a 115 extending from the combo. Is that possible?

 

[Linnin]

I'd like to have a 210 extension as well as a 115 extending from the combo. Is that possible?

NO, don't do it as you'll drop your ohms down close to 2 and that will cause your amp to meltdown. It will also void your warranty.

 

[Jonathan Blair]

NO, don't do it as you'll drop your ohms down close to 2 and that will cause your amp to meltdown. It will also void your warranty.

Okay -- Thanks Linnin. I wish there was some way to do it, but if it's not possible then that's just the way it is. Oh well!

 

[Bodeanly]

Fender Rumble 410 V3 in the TB classifieds... $300

 

[bdplaid]

@bdplaid has a pair with the Rumble 500 head and also the combo. He loves them.

I've been busy so haven't had a chance to post, but about those 112 cabs... there should be a word stronger than "love."
They get the job done is a way that really can't be beaten. I love the midrange of 15's, but sometimes they can get boomy and othertimes just weird. The rumble 112's have a lot of the midrange bark of a 15, but IME none of the boom.

In gigging with them recently I've pretty much abandoned my combo 500 in favor of the 500 head and either one or two 112's... and you can't believe how well the 112 works by itself for a gig. in any reasonably-volumed band, a single should work fine, but the two 112's add meat to the midrange, and especially, raise the upper speaker where you can actually hear it. Note however that it takes more juice to get the 12's up to the same volume as the 210 - if you like the volume of the 500 combo at about 10 o'clock, expect to put the rumble 500 head's volume around 12 o'clock.

Someone said that Fender recommends placing the 112 on the floor, and I agree. I've had mine in the air about chest high, and it loses all bottom. put in on the floor and it suddenly doubles in volume and quadruples in depth. and still no boom.

and they weigh next to nothing and take up very little space. two in the backseat is an easy thing. try that with a 410.

as for my 500 combo - it's my practice amp now. backup if I ever need one. I've had it in situations where it was as boomy as anything you can imagine, so even though I still like it a lot and am not selling it, the 112 cabs sound so much better...

and an important thing worth noting - I've been playing around with mixing and matching cabs and amps - combinations of rumble 500 head, Rumble 500 combo, GK MB800, MarkBass LM800, GK Neo115-III, Rumble 112. The short of it is that the Rumble amp seems to make up the bulk of the sound we all seem to like, so don't make the mistake of thinking it's all the cab. It's the combination.To use a football analogy, It seems like the Rumble amps gets to you the red zone, but the cabs take you home.

So this weekend gonna stretch out with the two 112s. looking forward to it!

ps: for those following my war with the loud guitar player, he bought a Laney 5W combo. It sounds killer, and the volume came down dramatically. But he's having issues with it, so I'm sure it's back to the Fender this weekend. we'll see how those Rumble 12's work him over...

 

[RedVee]

Here's my newly acquired Rumble 500 V3 flanked by my FSR Jazz and 94 Precision.

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I'm in an apartment so I haven't been able to give it a good shakedown yet. I'm thinking I will take it to rehearsal tonight to break it in. Looking forward to gigging with this beast this weekend!

is that photo to scale? ie is a 5oo that small compared to a bass?

 

[Wilton]

I've been busy so haven't had a chance to post, but about those 112 cabs... there should be a word stronger than "love."
They get the job done is a way that really can't be beaten. I love the midrange of 15's, but sometimes they can get boomy and othertimes just weird. The rumble 112's have a lot of the midrange bark of a 15, but IME none of the boom.

In gigging with them recently I've pretty much abandoned my combo 500 in favor of the 500 head and either one or two 112's... and you can't believe how well the 112 works by itself for a gig. in any reasonably-volumed band, a single should work fine, but the two 112's add meat to the midrange, and especially, raise the upper speaker where you can actually hear it. Note however that it takes more juice to get the 12's up to the same volume as the 210 - if you like the volume of the 500 combo at about 10 o'clock, expect to put the rumble 500 head's volume around 12 o'clock.

Someone said that Fender recommends placing the 112 on the floor, and I agree. I've had mine in the air about chest high, and it loses all bottom. put in on the floor and it suddenly doubles in volume and quadruples in depth. and still no boom.

and they weigh next to nothing and take up very little space. two in the backseat is an easy thing. try that with a 410.

as for my 500 combo - it's my practice amp now. backup if I ever need one. I've had it in situations where it was as boomy as anything you can imagine, so even though I still like it a lot and am not selling it, the 112 cabs sound so much better...

and an important thing worth noting - I've been playing around with mixing and matching cabs and amps - combinations of rumble 500 head, Rumble 500 combo, GK MB800, MarkBass LM800, GK Neo115-III, Rumble 112. The short of it is that the Rumble amp seems to make up the bulk of the sound we all seem to like, so don't make the mistake of thinking it's all the cab. It's the combination.To use a football analogy, It seems like the Rumble amps gets to you the red zone, but the cabs take you home.

So this weekend gonna stretch out with the two 112s. looking forward to it!

ps: for those following my war with the loud guitar player, he bought a Laney 5W combo. It sounds killer, and the volume came down dramatically. But he's having issues with it, so I'm sure it's back to the Fender this weekend. we'll see how those Rumble 12's work him over...

If you have any tips on working with loud guitars throw them my way.

 

[Yahboy]

off topic sharing.

Have try my friend new Aguilar TH350 + Used Rumble V2 112cab. Play with my Cheap Squier bass, those tone is totally take my heart.

 

[Muddslide]

We're all sorry to hear that bit of bad news @Muddslide. We wish you well.

Sorry to hear it Muddslide, don't get down yet, music will still be here when the finances return! Lots of love for you brother.

I had an outburst. Apologies. In fact things may not have been as dire as I thought.

I'll chime in if I get the thing.

Thank you for the kind words. I work hard more than full time. Family has had some reversals over the past few years. I let myself get emotional about it. Tired of struggling.

Dunno what i'd do without this place. Pretty new to this thread, but I'm on TB a lot. Great group of people.

If you have any tips on working with loud guitars throw them my way.

Here is my question: why guitars at all? Even if doing covers, why not horns or keys or electric violin or something?

I dig guitars and play a bit, but I increasingly think it would be cool to see more bands with different, less common instrumentation.

There have been a few drum/bass duos...Morphine was drums, sax, and two-string slide bass. I am sure there are others.

I think it would be interesting to have a no guitars band. I'd like to start or get involved in a project like that.

 

[friendlybass]

I had an outburst. Apologies. In fact things may not have been as dire as I thought.

I'll chime in if I get the thing.

Thank you for the kind words. I work hard more than full time. Family has had some reversals over the past few years. I let myself get emotional about it. Tired of struggling.

Dunno what i'd do without this place. Pretty new to this thread, but I'm on TB a lot. Great group of people.



Here is my question: why guitars at all? Even if doing covers, why not horns or keys or electric violin or something?

I dig guitars and play a bit, but I increasingly think it would be cool to see more bands with different, less common instrumentation.

There have been a few drum/bass duos...Morphine was drums, sax, and two-string slide bass. I am sure there are others.

I think it would be interesting to have a no guitars band. I'd like to start or get involved in a project like that.

Hey man times are tough for everyone. I'm only 21 and im already a down on my luck vet trying to figure out how to pay bills, and breaking down is alright. At least you had your moment on a forum of understanding folks instead of at an already stressed loved one. We're all waiting on gear here for something or another, just keep up hope man, keep the bottom end on life pumping and eventually the set ends and we can all have a beer.

 

[friendlybass]

I've been busy so haven't had a chance to post, but about those 112 cabs... there should be a word stronger than "love."
They get the job done is a way that really can't be beaten. I love the midrange of 15's, but sometimes they can get boomy and othertimes just weird. The rumble 112's have a lot of the midrange bark of a 15, but IME none of the boom.

In gigging with them recently I've pretty much abandoned my combo 500 in favor of the 500 head and either one or two 112's... and you can't believe how well the 112 works by itself for a gig. in any reasonably-volumed band, a single should work fine, but the two 112's add meat to the midrange, and especially, raise the upper speaker where you can actually hear it. Note however that it takes more juice to get the 12's up to the same volume as the 210 - if you like the volume of the 500 combo at about 10 o'clock, expect to put the rumble 500 head's volume around 12 o'clock.

Someone said that Fender recommends placing the 112 on the floor, and I agree. I've had mine in the air about chest high, and it loses all bottom. put in on the floor and it suddenly doubles in volume and quadruples in depth. and still no boom.

and they weigh next to nothing and take up very little space. two in the backseat is an easy thing. try that with a 410.

as for my 500 combo - it's my practice amp now. backup if I ever need one. I've had it in situations where it was as boomy as anything you can imagine, so even though I still like it a lot and am not selling it, the 112 cabs sound so much better...

and an important thing worth noting - I've been playing around with mixing and matching cabs and amps - combinations of rumble 500 head, Rumble 500 combo, GK MB800, MarkBass LM800, GK Neo115-III, Rumble 112. The short of it is that the Rumble amp seems to make up the bulk of the sound we all seem to like, so don't make the mistake of thinking it's all the cab. It's the combination.To use a football analogy, It seems like the Rumble amps gets to you the red zone, but the cabs take you home.

So this weekend gonna stretch out with the two 112s. looking forward to it!

ps: for those following my war with the loud guitar player, he bought a Laney 5W combo. It sounds killer, and the volume came down dramatically. But he's having issues with it, so I'm sure it's back to the Fender this weekend. we'll see how those Rumble 12's work him over...

So what your saying is these cabs are pretty great
I'm glad to hear such a glowing review, a buddy and I gave those 15's a good workout with my v2 350 and it was smooth as hell, I didn't feel any boominess but his v3 500 had a lot more bottom on tap so I can see where that would come from. If the 12's are sonically similar id love to save the size and weight (Sweetwater says like an 8lb difference per cab) so that definitely interests me. Guess Ill have to try before I buy haha

 

[ticol07]

According to seller, he's holding the Rumble 150 for me to pick up Saturday morning. I was yammering on about this a couple pages back...

Gonna try to start haggling at $150--$1 per watt!--he's asking $195. Seems a great deal for an amp he says has 5 hours' playing time on it and 2 years of the warranty left.

A lot of money for me. I am hoping this Rumble will be my ticket back to jamming with other people and gigging again.

Also hope I don't encounter people who will make fun of me over my meager gear. My basses are both heavily modded cheap P copies.

Don't bother with what other say or think.
If you know how to play and how to set your eq, only stupid people will say stupid things to you.
It's always better to be able to play well and produce something interesting with cheap gear than being not so good while using really expensive or oversized gear.