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Fender Rumble Club

#10,581
Linnin said:
No, FMIC is what is known as a 'closely held' company. It is owned by an assortment of private investors. Mark Fukunaga is a native born Hawaiian American of Japanese ethnicity. He the majority owner of FMIC and is also President of Servco Pacific in Hawaii. He plays guitar and has always loved Fenders. He was a primary investor from the very beginning in 1985 when Bill Schultz took Fender private in a highly leveraged buyout from CBS.

Bill Schultz was Vice President of Yamaha America when CBS hired him away in a last ditch effort to make Fender profitable again. The only way for him to do that was with a free hand without corporate interference from CBS. Taking Fender private and forming FMIC was the only way. Bill Schultz is known as the man that saved Fender. He died on September 21st, 2006.

Andy Mooney is the current CEO of FMIC.
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Ok-how bout this; Dear Mr. Andy Money; :D We (verified owners of the rumble series) would like to express our interest in increasing production, sales, marketing and profit margins by accepting us as a collateral collective unit of loyal rumble owners who can contribute greatly (as already proven) to the already successful rumble series ( thank you). We as proven owners have the power of persuasiveness and word of mouth advertising (the best form) to help increase or reduce sale volume. This is not A threat or blackmailing, just the facts from when new RUMBLE ownership increase from the start of the FENDER RUMBLE CLUB. We sincerely look forward to establishing a dynamic team together and further help make music history. P.S. LINNIN WILL BE OUR SPOKESMAN FOR FURTHER DETAILS IF NECESSARY. [ IM JUST JOKING AROUND WITH NOTHING ELSE TO DO! ] :roflmao:
 
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#10,582
Linnin said:
Oh, I am somewhat well educated in that I have a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and dual minors in Psychology and Philosophy. Small Group Dynamics (such as a band) is my forte. I like the spirituality of subjectivity. I enjoy the holistic midset of the the Tao and it's mysticism. Gestalt is a western psychology that somewhat mimics an eastern mysticism, and it's something I embrace philosophically.

I do, however, enjoy the objective mind of, say, Fender's Principal Engineer Dave Lewis. He makes those crazy fast nearly invisible little electrons go and do amazingly good sounding things at a price I can afford. Therefore I am deeply grateful for his applied scientific knowledge for the betterment of mankind.

It is a beautiful thing. :cool: Rumble On! :cool:
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Our Fender scholar, Linn...!


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#10,589
Good morning bass men. After much research and thought Thursday I purchased a rumble 500!!! Light powerful and love the tone. So much so that yesterday ( Saturday ) I went back and ordered the rumble 2 10 cabinet. Been playing an old fender 300c with a 15 added a 2 10 cab. But this rumble v3 500 is amazing. If accepted into your club I promise to absorb all of your knowledge on the rumble series.
 
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#10,592
Roger Ammons said:
Good morning bass men. After much research and thought Thursday I purchased a rumble 500!!! Light powerful and love the tone. So much so that yesterday ( Saturday ) I went back and ordered the rumble 2 10 cabinet. Been playing an old fender 300c with a 15 added a 2 10 cab. But this rumble v3 500 is amazing. If accepted into your club I promise to absorb all of your knowledge on the rumble series.
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Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club @Roger Ammons :woot: You are member #621 :hyper: :laugh: Rumbles Rock! :smug:
 
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#10,593
jlepre said:
Because he doesn't want to ship it
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i have a 500c with a 210 in classified for a ridiculous low price. But it is local, because when you add shipping, it doesn't work at the asking price.
I live in bay area, so I thought a cal. sale would be easy. But it is still here. Now I am considering shipping but would have to add the cost so the deal not as attractive. I'm sure impressed with the rumble tho!
 
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#10,597
jlepre said:
It's just the best way. If you like the sound of the 500C, it just gives you more of it, and more full.
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And the "more full" is the cabinet coupling effect from identical stacked cabinets. You gain about +3db in SPL by adding another cabinet. You gain more headroom going form 350 watts at 8 ohms to a full 500 watts at 4 ohms, but you also gain across the bass frequency range just by having identical stacked cabinets. It's most evident in the bottom end where the additional oomph =serious pelvic thrust!
 

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