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You are member #517 Rumble Forth! 
I just ordered DR Fat Beams for my Jazz V. Still curious about your Pressurewounds also. If you posted about the results elsewhere, please let me know so I can read it.I restrung my Jazz with GHS Pressurewounds yesterday. Today while my neighbors were at work I broke out my Rumble 350 head and twin 112 neos. I'm still smiling four hours later.
I haven't written a review yet, but I'll post a link when I do. Fat Beams also have a variation on a compression wind of the wrap wire, and are the stringset for slap. Pressurewounds are darker with a deeper low mid growl, and a thicker overall tonal texture. Fat Beams have an intense high mid snarl and are very bright. They are also more flexible due to their round core.
I think by the time you are done with finding and swapping out a speaker, you'll have spent more money and time and have an inferior (or at least unpredictable) sound than if you had sold the old cab and bought a Rumble 15. or even a used Rumble 15. I'm a tinkerer, builder and tweaker, and even so, I'd buy a new rumble 15 rather than trying to mod the old one. It's just too unpredictable. buy one from GC and if you don't like it, return it.
This is true. A brand new Rumble 115 cabinet is $300 and contains the exact same woofer as the Rumble 200 combo. The Eminence Legend CB-158 woofer is $135.
On roundwound nickel strings:
Dislike DR strings. never had a DR B string that didn't break at the tuner when putting it on a small tuning peg. DR customer service is great, but why go through that? and too damned bright. but they last awhile, no denying it.
D'Addario and GHS are cheaper and to my ear sounds better. More midrange. I like Ernie Ball too, but they don't last as long.
DRs are bright beyond belief, but want a brighter string? Try the JustStrings house brand bulk string. The nickel strings are so bright I thought they were steel. They come as 6 single strings and you can choose your own gauges. Love that because I like a medium set but with a 110 E. I bought them and they have so much high end they sound scooped. perfect for the modern sound. which, unfortunately, is not my sound. I didn't care for them on my P's, but bet they would kill on a Jazz. But I like them better than much DR.
Ever tried the rotosound round nickel strings? have a lot of pop. really good strings.
And the pressurewounds are really awesome strings. I'm surprised more people don't use them. Definitely brighter than flats, sound like a roundwound when first installed, and if you have never played a flat, the smoothness of the string is a lot of fun, especially when soloing.
Next on my radar are the Ernie Ball cobalt flats; they're supposed to be like bright flats, so we'll see.
But in the end, I've found nothing to beat DAddario XLs, for price and performance.
good luck!
Gluvhand - sorry, it's kind of an inside joke from something over a year ago. It was addressed to Linnin because he was involved with it. I should have PM'd that to him rather than keep the entire board wondering about it. The main point of that post was to see if anyone had a similar problem to mine. Sorry for the distraction.
Blooz
Not at all. I know there's been back and forth between the camps. I'm not on either side and find all the "rah-rah" childish. Plenty of room for both without resorting to what amounts to " your brand sucks, maaaaaan!". Moving on.
Thanks for your replies.
In fact as my other cab is almost the same volume as the Rumble 200 one, I was thinking of getting the same speaker than in the Rumble 200. You see ?
If volume and tuning are good, the cabs should sound almost the same, no ?
I was just thinking on a cheap alternative
Buying the Rumble wasn't scheduled, I had to replace my dead amp. And prices are higher right there in Europe.I don't really need the extension speaker now, just projecting for outdoor gigs when sun will come back in a few monthes.
Playing with my new Rumble, I got better tones from the overdive (I was aiming for just that touch of grit/dirt) by lowering the gain. It sounds nice
The eq is nice too. Seems to be well voiced to push the mids when needed or reduce the bass in a boomy room.
I don't know what to think of the Vintage setting. It sounds nice with the bass knob reduced a bit. Have to try it in a band setting to know how I like it.
What sounds strange is that the phone output has a strong Cab Sim. When I say strong, I mean it sounds way more scooped than what I hear from the speaker. Not a problem, just need some eq adjustment when playing with headphones.
As I couldn't test the DI, and as I see on the schematic in the instruction book that there's a Cab sim before the DI too, do you know if it is as strongly voiced ?
On the schematic I can see too that there's a built in HPF which is great.
I just learned about the Rumble 112 cabs. How well do they work with low watt heads?
I'm thinking about using one with a vintage Silvertone 1466 SS which is about 80watts or so.
I'm thinking about using one with a vintage Silvertone 1466 SS which is about 80watts or so.
There's nothing like being able to audition a cab before sinking money into it. can't do that by adding a speaker to something it wasn't designed for. might work, might not. might sounds like what you want, might not. either way, if you mod it, you have to live with the mod.
Hey guys, I'm new to this site so I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place.. I need some advice. I've been considering picking up a Fender Rumble 500 combo for a while. This would be for gigging - mostly smallish to medium size venues.. Is the Rumble 500 alone suitable for gigging? Is it loud enough? Thanks in advance!
It is more than loud enough, the tone is amazing. I use one with 2 guitars and a loud drummer. I haven't played anywhere it is not enough. When I bought mine, I compared the Ampeg and Markbass combos and picked the Rumble because of its tone.
More than. and on the off chance it isn't, you can attach an extension cab. It get extra-super-double-dog-dare loud then.
They'll work just fine. They're not as efficient as a neodymium woofer. Since you're using a low wattage head you're not going after volume, but rather tone. You'll just have to try one to see if it has the tone you like.
