Fender Rumble Club

[Gravedigger Dav]

3 and 4 "units" or o'clock? I'm assuming units.
Heh I still don't understand how can someone play outdoors at Gain 4 and Master 3. Were your bandmates playing acoustic? In more seriousness I'm guessing the music you play is a very soft genre?
I've only played live indoors at small venues and my Gain is always at 12 o'clock and the Master has to be at 3 o'clock for me and the drummer to hear the bass. We play Hardrock. Still I think I'm the one here at the Rumble Club who has to play the Rumble500 with the highest Master/Gain. Even in the rehearsal room I have to keep the Gain at 12 o'clock and the Master goes down to 12 o'clock also. (But I know my bandmates play loud as hell...).

Also, I play the combo alone, but if you have an additional cab than it's all different!

No additional cab, and yes, units so used 9 o'clock and 10 o'clock if you like. Not soft music; Classic rock.
I'm curious as to why you have to turn up that loud. Last gig I played, was semi-indoors (patio with two walls and a roof) with drummer and two guitars. The house sound system was a problem, so we had no monitors and no instruments in FOH. I think I had the gain up to about 5. I was told by audience members to turn down because I was overpowering the band.

 

[Linnin]

Shout It Out Loud! I Rumble, And I'm Proud!

 

[GregT]

That's what the Ignore button is for.

I just used the ignore button for the first time because I finally just got tired of reading one person's constant rude remarks (not in this thread or club), but I can still see his/her posts. I thought the ignore button would make his/her posts invisible to me. If it doesn't do that, what does it do?

Edit: I just went back and checked again and he/she is gone. Invisible. Thank you!

 

[ubernator]

Takes a little while, first you see them, then you see them with a red headline that says you are ignoring posts by this user. Then they finally disappear, but if you cross paths with them again you get a new link at the bottom of the page, show ignored content.

I just used the ignore button for the first time because I finally just got tired of reading one person's constant rude remarks (not in this thread or club), but I can still see his/her posts. I thought the ignore button would make his/her posts invisible to me. If it doesn't do that, what does it do?

Edit: I just went back and checked again and he/she is gone. Invisible. Thank you!

 

[Scott Truesdell]

As far as internet forums go, Fender Rumble Club is about the most mellow, least aggressive, most helpful out there... regardless of subject. I've seen knitting forums more cut-throat than this. So nice to have like a sanctuary -- a safe room.

 

[rodl2005]

Those knitting needles are deadly! As is a ball of yarn used (in)correctly

 

[ubernator]

I'm not safe anywhere...

 

[lexiharringtonmusic]

I love my Rumble 30 but having problems with the fuzzy sound it's making and completely blurring my playing. Could I further describe my issue and ask for advice on this thread, or should I start a new thread with the question?
New here, sorry

 

[MovingPitchers]

I love my Rumble 30 but having problems with the fuzzy sound it's making and completely blurring my playing. Could I further describe my issue and ask for advice on this thread, or should I start a new thread with the question?
New here, sorry

Welcome, fellow Rumbler! Hope you'll receive invaluable knowledge of the art and talent that is the bass guitar while on this forum.

To answer your question (or not), you will have to be more specific with your question. Does it make that fuzzy sound when you turn the knobs or plugging in/out the 1/4" cable? What do you do that causes it to be fuzzy?

 

[Linnin]

I love my Rumble 30 but having problems with the fuzzy sound it's making and completely blurring my playing. Could I further describe my issue and ask for advice on this thread, or should I start a new thread with the question?
New here, sorry

Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, Lexi! You are member #475
This is the right place to get all your Rumble questions answered. If your overdrive is off, your output should be clean & clear. So you may very well have a blown woofer. When you plug in your headphones is the sound distorted?

 

[MovingPitchers]

Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, Lexi! You are member #475
This is the right place to get all your Rumble questions answered. If your overdrive is off, your output should be clean & clear. So you may very well have a blown woofer. When you plug in your headphones is the sound distorted?

Yep. Linnin knows all that is about Fender Rumble amps. Hail the king!

 

[lexiharringtonmusic]

Welcome, fellow Rumbler! Hope you'll receive invaluable knowledge of the art and talent that is the bass guitar while on this forum.

To answer your question (or not), you will have to be more specific with your question. Does it make that fuzzy sound when you turn the knobs or plugging in/out the 1/4" cable? What do you do that causes it to be fuzzy?

Wow thank you for the warm welcome!
Well basically when my cables are untanglied it makes a loud buzzing sound from the amp, and on my bass it's completely fuzzy sounding. Another time, the latest time this happened, my headstock hit the wall as I was plugging in and same thing happened. When i turn the volume knob on the amp down, the buzzing from the amp stops but I have no volume. I turn the volume knob back up and try adjusting my bass volume knob along with the amp volume knob and the fuzziness changes a little but never stops being fuzzy. Does this make sense? Thank you so much for trying to help me

 

[lexiharringtonmusic]

Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, Lexi! You are member #475
This is the right place to get all your Rumble questions answered. If your overdrive is off, your output should be clean & clear. So you may very well have a blown woofer. When you plug in your headphones is the sound distorted?

I think my last reply should have gone to you, my bad

 

[MovingPitchers]

Wow thank you for the warm welcome!
Well basically when my cables are untanglied it makes a loud buzzing sound from the amp, and on my bass it's completely fuzzy sounding. Another time, the latest time this happened, my headstock hit the wall as I was plugging in and same thing happened. When i turn the volume knob on the amp down, the buzzing from the amp stops but I have no volume. I turn the volume knob back up and try adjusting my bass volume knob along with the amp volume knob and the fuzziness changes a little but never stops being fuzzy. Does this make sense? Thank you so much for trying to help me

That's weird. Could be poor wiring inside the amp itself. I wouldn't conclude it to be woofer being faulty just yet. If the wiring is bad in any amp, then it's gonna suck.

 

[lexiharringtonmusic]

That's weird. Could be poor wiring inside the amp itself. I wouldn't conclude it to be woofer being faulty just yet. If the wiring is bad in any amp, then it's gonna suck.

Turning off the overdrive helped a lot, it got rid of the fuzziness, but it sounds very spacey and not clear. So I think it could be the wiring in my amp. Would I need to buy a new amp or could a repair fix it?

 

[Linnin]

@lexiharringtonmusic use a process of elimination. How long have you had your Rumble 30 and just when did the distortion start?

 

[rodl2005]

Elimination. ...Yes. Try a different bass, lead, etc 1st. If it's still funky sounding then look at the amp.

 

[Linnin]

just in case you don't have one
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[Linnin]

Turning off the overdrive helped a lot, it got rid of the fuzziness, but it sounds very spacey and not clear. So I think it could be the wiring in my amp. Would I need to buy a new amp or could a repair fix it?

First put all your tone controls straight up and down at high noon for 0 cut/boost. With absolutely nothing plugged in set your volume at high noon also. What do you hear? Some small amount of operational noise is normal, but ground hum and or hiss is not. Plug in your headphones. What do you hear?

Now set your bass controls wide open. Plug your best cable into your bass first and then into your amp. No pedals or tuner. Just Bass -> Cable -> Amp. With out playing anything, what do you hear?

 

[jventimusic]

Hello, first time poster here.

Got my Fender 500 Combo last week. It's everything I hoped for. Played 2 gigs over the weekend, gain at noon and master at 9:00, plenty loud. Had a jam session on Sunday and tried out the overdrive. Set it for drive and level both at noon. Clicked it on and it was FULL BOARD overdrive levels cranked. Got scared, turned it off, finished the jam no problem.
The next day at band practice, had gain at noon and master at about 11:00. Pretty damn loud. Running a Hofner bass through a compressor pedal with very minor level boost. Now when I play certain notes, it sounds like a speaker is blown. Took the front off and everything is visually fine. It's hard to tell exactly where the noise is coming from. Tried kicking on the overdrive and it wasn't working at all. I'm wondering if it's possible I blew a speaker, or if it's just the overdrive malfunctioning, or if something else is wrong.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this?