Fender Rumble Club

[J.Nuno]

Really hot output bass perhaps?

Squier VM-Jazz but it's the same with my P-bass clone.

Good Lord! That has to louder than hell on Sunday, but yes setting the master at 75% or 3 o'clock is a good thing and then add gain as needed. Obviously you need a lot!

Also 75% or 3 o'clock on the master volume is most likely 100% of all the clean continuous 500 watts your Rumble has to offer plus peaking at 700+ watts banging off the limiter. You need to add a cab for additional SPL.

Yes that's what I thought. Truth be said the PA/Monitor system was awful so the band has to rely on the Rumble alone to hear me onstage. Still from my settings to Gravediggers' there's a HUGE difference and people told him to turn it down
In the rehearsal room I REFUSE to go further than 12 o'clock but the truth is that with a caveman drummer and 2 half stacks 4x12 guitars if I move away from my combo I barely hear myself... But getting the extra cab here would just make things worse, they have to turn down not me turning up

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.

Well I'm guessing you guys play at a comfortable volume while we must be playing at ridiculous volumes. The guitars insist that their amps are not micked so they are probably playing to loud anyway.

 

[Linnin]

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?

Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, jventimusic You are member #476
If you blew a speaker or two it would sound like it on all notes. If the overdrive isn't working there's your culprit. Exchange for another new Rumble. You've got to understand gain structure and that gain is just that GAIN. It is not a channel volume!
Here's some reading for ya: Fender Rumble Talk Links

 

[Linnin]

Who wants to write a Rumble Talk on proper use of the GAIN control; proper gain structure to include unity gain, and how gain effects and interacts with both the overdrive and all the various voicings?

 

[eric_B]

Who wants to write a Rumble Talk on proper use of the GAIN control; proper gain structure to include unity gain, and how gain effects and interacts with both the overdrive and all the various voicings?

Great idea. Maybe it also would be cool to share (tone) settings to get certain types of sound.

 

[Linnin]

Great idea. Maybe it also would be cool to share (tone) settings to get certain types of sound.

Go for it!

 

[Linnin]

Another thing we could do collectively is to use the phrase "tone pool" as in here is a setting for the tone pool. That way you could search for the word pool and come up all the submitted tone settings. Separate tone setting threads have been started before and just fizzled out.

 

[eric_B]

Another thing we could do collectively is to use the phrase "tone pool" as in here is a setting for the tone pool. That way you could search for the word pool and come up all the submitted tone settings. Separate tone setting threads have been started before and just fizzled out.

We could give it a try though.
If it doesn't work then your idea is a good alternative.
The problem with this thread is that it's getting so long it takes a long time to search for specific info.

 

[Big Hoss]

Had an interesting experience with my Rumble 500 combo last night...

It would appear that some Racoons have managed to find a loose board in my attic siding, and have tried taking up residence in my attic.

After spending a couple of hours scratching on the ceiling, putting a radio to loud talk radio, and stinking up the attic with bowls of vinegar, nothing was working. The fuzzy beasts were above my bedroom ticking off my wife and myself...

Drag the Rumble stack in, power up, turn up, start doing slow scales. Basically hit the open E string, let it ring until the house shaking goes down a bit, then hit the E on the first fret, the ceiling fan, door knobs, paintings on the wall, everything is shaking like there is a freaking earthquake going on in the bedroom.

By the time I got to the 12th fret, as the vibration was going down, I heard scrambling and banging on the other side of the house, looked out of the music room window, and sure enough, an adult raccoon and her 3 juviniles were seen making haste to get out of my attic before sundown...

So yes boys and girls, a Rumble 500 combo CAN be used for pest control!

 

[dakink]

That's awesome, Big Hoss!!!

 

[J.Nuno]

So, instead of a baseball bat under the bed or a gun under the pillow one should keep a Rumble500 in the bedroom, if robbers come inside the house just scare the living crap out of them with some low Es!

 

[Big Hoss]

So, instead of a baseball bat under the bed or a gun under the pillow one should keep a Rumble500 in the bedroom, if robbers come inside the house just scare the living crap out of them with some low Es!

Assuming you don't have a 5 or 6 stringer, why not?

A lot less messy than the results of say a 12ga....

 

[lexiharringtonmusic]

Thank you for all the help. I figured out that I *think* it's my cables. That's what I'm gonna tackle first and see if there's improvement.

What's freaking me out is when I play certain frets, particularly 5th fret on my low string, there's this booming scary like circuitry electricity sound coming from the back of my room.. I have noo idea what that means.

 

[Linnin]

a Rumble 500 combo CAN be used for pest control!

So what are the best pest control tone settings?

 

[DerekW]

I find humans, as well as critters, run screaming when I start playing... Even if I'm not plugged in.

 

[DerekW]

Thank you for all the help. I figured out that I *think* it's my cables. That's what I'm gonna tackle first and see if there's improvement.

What's freaking me out is when I play certain frets, particularly 5th fret on my low string, there's this booming scary like circuitry electricity sound coming from the back of my room.. I have noo idea what that means.

Active or passive bass?

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Had an interesting experience with my Rumble 500 combo last night...

It would appear that some Racoons have managed to find a loose board in my attic siding, and have tried taking up residence in my attic.

After spending a couple of hours scratching on the ceiling, putting a radio to loud talk radio, and stinking up the attic with bowls of vinegar, nothing was working. The fuzzy beasts were above my bedroom ticking off my wife and myself...

Drag the Rumble stack in, power up, turn up, start doing slow scales. Basically hit the open E string, let it ring until the house shaking goes down a bit, then hit the E on the first fret, the ceiling fan, door knobs, paintings on the wall, everything is shaking like there is a freaking earthquake going on in the bedroom.

By the time I got to the 12th fret, as the vibration was going down, I heard scrambling and banging on the other side of the house, looked out of the music room window, and sure enough, an adult raccoon and her 3 juviniles were seen making haste to get out of my attic before sundown...

So yes boys and girls, a Rumble 500 combo CAN be used for pest control!

You gotta share the settings, please.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Thank you for all the help. I figured out that I *think* it's my cables. That's what I'm gonna tackle first and see if there's improvement.

What's freaking me out is when I play certain frets, particularly 5th fret on my low string, there's this booming scary like circuitry electricity sound coming from the back of my room.. I have noo idea what that means.

It is the acoustics of your room. You are hitting a resonate frequency.

 

[lexiharringtonmusic]

Active or passive bass?

Passive

 

[lexiharringtonmusic]

It is the acoustics of your room. You are hitting a resonate frequency.

What would be the solution? I'm moving soon and not sure what to look out for

 

[DerekW]

So what are the best pest control tone settings?

Everything on 11.