Fender Rumble Club

[GregT]

True story:

I have had my 93 Korean Fender Precision for sale on craigslist locally for quite a while. $300. It is a truly amazing bass! So a guy was interested and I said I would have today off. He said he'd be available. I drove an hour to meet with him. He did what we all do; he tried to talk me down. As he should. I said I would sell it for $275, but we would take off the Thomastik flats then and there, and he could have the brand new set of strings off my new American Precision. I put TI flats on my new bass the day I bought it. I then went on to explain the value of the strings. I let him know that I had played the bass on stage many, many times and would tonight without hesitation. I mentioned TalkBass. It was his first bass. The bass was relicked the honest way; years of being played. He then agreed to my full price and handed me three $100 bills. I know he got a great bass at an honest price. We shook hands.

Now for the punchline to my ramble: After our friendly exchange and making the deal he asked me if I could recommend a good amp.................!!

 

[Shooz]

I use the 40 at church and use the line out to the pa. I mainly just use the 40 as a monitor plenty loud. I have the 500 combo that would be overkill. I agree with Linnin keep the 40 and get the 200 if you feel you need more. My piano player would have a cow if I brought something bigger and louder.

I have both the 40 and the 200, I think you will be super happy. Also, if you find you need more power, pick up a cab to pair with your 200. I have a 112 cab and love it, others have the 210 or 115, I've yet to hear anyone say anything negative about any one of those combinations. Enjoy and rumble on!

 

[Calexo]

Hi the Club ! So happy to be part of it, with my 200 combo. Thanks for this so usefull club

But I have one question : I can't manage to have a clean sound on my E-string... It always seems a bit overdriven, even with no overdrive on the Amp, and with any style (Bright , Vintage or Contour)...
Does any one have an idea what can cause that ?

Thanks !

 

[skotsour]

Could your pickup(s) be angled too close to your E string?

 

[Scott Truesdell]

I can't manage to have a clean sound on my E-string... It always seems a bit overdriven, even with no overdrive on the Amp, and with any style (Bright , Vintage or Contour)...
Does any one have an idea what can cause that ?

Thanks !

Raise your amplifier off the floor 10 cm or more. Or use an acoustic isolating pad like Auralex Gramma.

 

[Solar]

Raise your amplifier off the floor 10 cm or more. Or use an acoustic isolating pad like Auralex Gramma.

That was my problem too. Sounds like it's peaking.. I'll try this.

 

[Scott Truesdell]

My amps are in my living room and if I hear some peaking or rattling or buzzing I can always trace it to some glassware on shelves or glass doors on display cabinet or the location of the speakers. I now have my R500 on a 20 cm stand and no more peaking, but I still shake knick-knacks on the shelves. What's a guy to do, right?

 

[Linnin]

Hi the Club ! So happy to be part of it, with my 200 combo. Thanks for this so usefull club

But I have one question : I can't manage to have a clean sound on my E-string... It always seems a bit overdriven, even with no overdrive on the Amp, and with any style (Bright , Vintage or Contour)...
Does any one have an idea what can cause that ?

Thanks !

Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, @Calexo! You are member #585 As others have said, try lowering your pickup(s) on your E-string side. Rumble On!

 

[hotbass57*123]

That's reason enough! If they would let me play in a church, I'd bring the Holy Spirit and turn everyone into Quakers & Shakers!

That's awesome!!!

 

[btmpancake]

My amps are in my living room and if I hear some peaking or rattling or buzzing I can always trace it to some glassware on shelves or glass doors on display cabinet or the location of the speakers. I now have my R500 on a 20 cm stand and no more peaking, but I still shake knick-knacks on the shelves. What's a guy to do, right?

I feel ya scotty,just last nite the drummer of all people complain that I was making his hi-hats & snares vibrate! I told him to open his hats up some & tighten his snares;1st time I've had the 200c @ half volume @ practice.cry-baby drummer was right but it felt so good.

 

[Linnin]

just last nite the drummer of all people complain that I was making his hi-hats & snares vibrate!

Poor Puss-Puss!

 

[btmpancake]

Poor Puss-Puss!

yeah,he loved my rumble 40,but now;no more sore fingers.

 

[Lync]

It's hard to figure out rattles at home. If you push an amp to playing volume things buzz, vibrate and..fall off walls. "Had to be a bad picture hanger." is what I told my wife.

 

[Clark Westfield]

Rumble 500 head question:

When switching basses between songs and I need more volume from a not as hot as the previous bass, do you raise the gain knob or master volume?

I tried both ways and the sound is close.

What do you do?

 

[Linnin]

Rumble 500 head question:

When switching basses between songs and I need more volume from a not as hot as the previous bass, do you raise the gain knob or master volume?

I tried both ways and the sound is close.

What do you do?

You should up the gain to match the input signal of your hotter bass.

 

[Mattrill]

You should up the gain to match the input signal of your hotter bass.

Hey Linnin,

I'm thinking of getting another Cab to go with my 210 and 500watt head. I like the sound of the 115 but I am not sure whether you can put those two together? If so what cables do I need to join them?

Thanks as always

 

[JakobT]

You should up the gain to match the input signal of your hotter bass.

This confuses me. I freely admit that I've never really understood the whole gain structure thing, so I have to ask: I thought that the gain knob set the strength of the input signal, and that the higher the gain, the stronger the signal. If the bass has a hot output, doesn't that mean that the gain should be decreased to compensate for the increased signal strength of the bass, as opposed to a bass with a weaker output? Or have I got it bass-ackwards?

 

[hotbass57*123]

Hey Linnin,

I'm thinking of getting another Cab to go with my 210 and 500watt head. I like the sound of the 115 but I am not sure whether you can put those two together? If so what cables do I need to join them?

Thanks as always

I have my 500c on top of a 1x15. It's a match made in heaven. You just need a quarter inch speaker cable.

 

[Michael B]

This confuses me. I freely admit that I've never really understood the whole gain structure thing, so I have to ask: I thought that the gain knob set the strength of the input signal, and that the higher the gain, the stronger the signal. If the bass has a hot output, doesn't that mean that the gain should be decreased to compensate for the increased signal strength of the bass, as opposed to a bass with a weaker output? Or have I got it bass-ackwards?

I believe the idea is to set (lower) the gain to the hottest bass so that you never get in position where you are over powering your input. If you set it to match the lower oitput bass then you would be too high when switching to the higher output bass. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. It would be ideal if your basses had a similar output of course. Perhaps turn one down so they match? I am totally guessing here. I currently only have one bass. I got rid of my active squier partly because I didn't like the seemingly lower output and i have to get rid of one piece of gear to get another. Hope that is correct and helps in some way. Eagerly await more experienced opinion here.

 

[DerekW]

This confuses me. I freely admit that I've never really understood the whole gain structure thing, so I have to ask: I thought that the gain knob set the strength of the input signal, and that the higher the gain, the stronger the signal. If the bass has a hot output, doesn't that mean that the gain should be decreased to compensate for the increased signal strength of the bass, as opposed to a bass with a weaker output? Or have I got it bass-ackwards?

I read Linnen's post twice to figure out what he meant, lol.

What he's saying is on the lower output bass, up the gain to match the volume of the higher output bass.


So, turn up the gain, is the short answer.