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Fender Rumble Club

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My apologies Rumblers, if this is in the wrong spot! Looking for some Rumble advice. I want to replace my back-breaking Ampeg SVT410-HLF for something that sounds close but lighter. What stack combination, in your opinions, would approximate the HLF sound best: two Rumble 115 v3; two Rumble 112; or two Rumble 210?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Joe
 
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ProdigalBassman said:
My apologies Rumblers, if this is in the wrong spot! Looking for some Rumble advice. I want to replace my back-breaking Ampeg SVT410-HLF for something that sounds close but lighter. What stack combination, in your opinions, would approximate the HLF sound best: two Rumble 115 v3; two Rumble 112; or two Rumble 210?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Joe
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I would suggest you look into the Fender Bassman PRO Series cabs to keep the same basic sound of the Ampeg-410HLF. I know what you mean about the weight of the Ampeg. My Heritage SVT-410HLF is 76 pounds.
 
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Big Hoss said:
It's sad to see Sam Ash passing duds off to customers instead of passing them back to Fender as defects. ... And Sam Ash has a fairly decent reputation, I would think they would want to avoid tainting their reputation by trying to pass off open box items as new.
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On a lot of chain stores like Sam Ash, Guitar Center, etc., the store managers make a lot of these decisions without clear policy from corporate. If the manager is having a bad day -- maybe B-stock is piling up in the back -- he or she might choose to see if they can kill two birds with one stone -- expedite a customer request and get rid of some B-stock. If the manager is feeling particularly harried they might forgo calling the customer to ask if B-stock is OK and instead just tell the lads in the back, "Ship it."

That rarely turns out to be the correct decision.
 
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west al said:
I would suggest you look into the Fender Bassman PRO Series cabs to keep the same basic sound of the Ampeg-410HLF. I know what you mean about the weight of the Ampeg. My Heritage SVT-410HLF is 76 pounds.
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Thanks GSGBASS,
Would that I could afford the Fender Pro series cabs! I got my SVT a year ago used, in absolutely almost new condition, for half the cost of a new one. What I'm looking for is: 1. roughly the same sound (not much into mids, but don't want boomy mud either); 2. lighter weight (at least of individual components i.e two 40lb cabs are much easier than one 80lb cab); 3. higher stack i.e. I'm tired of playing to my ankles! I like TC Electronic's "vertical stacking" approach but there are no TCE cabs anywhere in the greater Kansas City area I could find. I tried the Rumble 410 and was impressed, so was hoping to stack two 115 or 112 or 210 and get roughly the same sound.
Joe
 
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ProdigalBassman said:
Thanks GSGBASS,
Would that I could afford the Fender Pro series cabs! I got my SVT a year ago used, in absolutely almost new condition, for half the cost of a new one. What I'm looking for is: 1. roughly the same sound (not much into mids, but don't want boomy mud either); 2. lighter weight (at least of individual components i.e two 40lb cabs are much easier than one 80lb cab); 3. higher stack i.e. I'm tired of playing to my ankles! I like TC Electronic's "vertical stacking" approach but there are no TCE cabs anywhere in the greater Kansas City area I could find. I tried the Rumble 410 and was impressed, so was hoping to stack two 115 or 112 or 210 and get roughly the same sound.
Joe
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I got ya' man.
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#7,533
Ok..I've had my Rumble 500 combo/115 extension rig for about 4 gigs now and I'm loving it. Man does it have some balls. I'd love some advice on EQing it though. I'm noticing I'm getting copious amounts of great sound from the notes down on the E and A strings, but my D & G sound quite weak comparatively. I'm certainly not an EQ expert and I've kept everything pretty much flat so far, other than gain and volume which are adjusted to fit the room. I have the vintage knob engaged as I dig the sound it provides. The obvious thing seems to be to roll off some bass and add some treble or high-mid, but I'm apprehensive to go too drastic with EQ. Unfortunately I live in an apartment, so the only time I get to fiddle with it and test it is right before gigs.

FWIW I'm playing a Lakland 55-01 with an Audere preamp upgrade. I keep the bass EQ mostly flat too, as the Audere will do a lot with just a little turn of the knobs.
 
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rjd5974 said:
getting copious amounts of great sound from the notes down on the E and A strings, but my D & G sound quite weak comparatively.
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You need to adjust your pickups for even string-to-string balance of volume. Also some stringsets are woefully unbalanced, so I would start there.

Then you might want to take a dip in the Fender Rumble Tone Pool
Fender Rumble Club "TONE POOL" - Google Sheets
 
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Well, been rocking the new 500 combo since Saturday. I think I finally have a winner! No issues, sounds great, I'm a happy camper. Been thinking about the extension, but I've been playing it with my Hartke Hydrive 112. Sounds pretty good IMO. Really fills out. Now I just need to find the matching grill cloth.
 
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My band played the Food Truck Carnival this weekend in New Jersey and it was sure a blast!

The backline was provided by the promoter. Ampeg 810 cabinets.

I just took my Rumble 500 head off of my Rumble 410, plugged in, and had a wall of Rumble sound!

I barely moved the volume knob.

That little head is a monster boy. The sound was incredible!

Bravo Fender for such a versitile little amp.

You can barely see it over my guitarist right shoulder.
 
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