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Fender Rumble Club

#9,181
Linnin said:
In that case just snatch up a Rumble 200 combo. It'll give you the tone you want with the volume you need. It'll do you proud! :thumbsup:
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Agree - I love warm, vintage tone and this amp nails that very well as far as I'm concerned. I have the awesome Super Bassman and while the Rumble isn't quite as round and lacks the brutal power of the Super, you can tell they're related...
 
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#9,182
ronaldpdbrandt said:
Tonight was our first gig with my new Fender Rumble 500 combo, in a small club. I had the master volume at about 4 o'clock, and WOW. So much volume, and the tone was beautiful! I just wish I wasn't sick as a dog. But I powered through, and now for some much needed sleep!

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You had the master volume at 4 oclock?!?! That must of been hella loud!!! If we're talking clock face 4.
 
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I've got a Fender Rumble 115 from 2006, it's the heaviest thing I've got. Why are the new ones lighter ?
Is there someone whho's got the same model ?
Except the weight, are the new ones better ?
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#9,188
Lionel Albert said:
I've got a Fender Rumble 115 from 2006, it's the heaviest thing I've got. Why are the new ones lighter ?
Is there someone whho's got the same model ?
Except the weight, are the new ones better ?
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I've owned the older Rumble 115 with the lights, and also the 60. I've also played a fair bit through the V2 versions. All decent amps, nice tone... damn heavy. I currently own a V3 Rumble 200.
The new Rumbles are less than half the weight and.... of course this is purely my opinion.... they sound better.... much better. It's not that the old Rumbles sound bad, they actually sound very good, but the V3 Rumbles sound AMAZING. They also have a much wider variety of tones available. Again, just my opinion, but I think most who have used the newer and older versions would probably agree.
 
#9,190
Just bought myself a rumble 40 a couple months back. I sold my 220w ampeg ba115 so I could buy a smaller amp. I don't play with bands anymore and wanted something I would actually use. My other practice amp is a rogue 30w from when I first started playing bass back in 1999. Open back, ok sound if dialed in right, but needed an upgrade for sure.

The rumble is amazing. I never played one of the older models but these new ones are just awesome. And the weight is a major bonus. I go back and forth to a friends house for small jams and this thing is perfect.

Also, Nate Mendel is a superb bassist. His tones on the fire theft album are still some of my favorite recorded sounds ever. Not too big on newer FF stuff so can't comment on that though.
 
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Lionel Albert said:
On the old ones you can't plug a cabinet.
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Oh! That is correct. Almost all solid state combos were like that until recently. Your V1 Rumble 100 1x15 combo was replaced in 2010 by the V2 Rumble 150 1x15 combo, and then again in 2014 by the current V3 Rumble 200 1x15 combo. Only the Rumble 200 and 500 combos have a powered output jack to accept an 8 ohm extension speaker cabinet.
 
#9,198
Just tried out a 100 and 200 combo at the local GC. They have a used 200 for about 250 bucks (might have to grab that, but it looks a little thrashed…). The 100 is silly light! But, the 200 is extremely light too for an amp that loud. You could still walk into a gig with it in one hand. They both sounded really good, and the 100 would suffice for 90% of what I do, but I think I'll go with the 200 just for that extra bit of headroom and low end girth. I'm a 15" guy from way back, and the 200 sounds "right" to me. I could also see adding another 15" for a tidy little 2x15 stack (I LOVE 2x15 rigs for bigger gigs). I also tried out the new GK MB112. It was nice too, but I thought the Rumbles sounded better, and more "classic". The MB112 reminded me more of my (long gone) Mini CMD121P, while the Rumbles reminded me more of my B100R.
 
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Lionel Albert said:
Hum... I've read a combo can be converted into a cabinet if it has got a loop effects... True ?
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It depends on the actual combo. For the V3 Fender Rumble you need to input your signal through the instrument input jack in order to have any control of volume. If you go into the effects return you'll get full power with no control.
As for turning it into a passive unpowered cabinet, no. If you input a powered signal from another source into the effects return jack you will destroy the combo utterly.
 

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