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Fender Rumble Club

#11,364
Linnin said:
Thanks everyone for the promotion! :thumbsup: I guess owning F.M.I.C. is a lot better than being an uncompensated non-employee, but hey, I did get non-employee of the year! :hyper: I did not get a preferred parking spot. My non-pay was doubled from Zero to 2 x 0! ;)
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You got a non-employee raise??? How come I didn't? Maybe I should buy some more Fender Gear.
I did skip buying any Fender Gear for almost 3 months. They called to ask if I was okay.
 
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99Z3 said:
I am kinda sorta dealing with the same thing. But at least he is getting a lil better..
On another note, I hit the like button because I liked the fact that your amp stayed right with the geetar player.. but didn't like the fact that he was so dang loud..
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The 500c can do better than keep up. I had the gain at 10:00 and the master just below that, vintage button on, drive off and EQ flat all the way across. Still some head room there:thumbsup:. I made a point not to turn up, didn't want to encourage him. With the amp just behind me on the floor, it was projecting out from under me, so even though I didn't always hear myself over the guitar, everybody else said they could. That guy was just way to loud for the room.
Just a shame too, because the drummer was pretty good, he actually followed me to keep the groove, best I've locked in with a drummer in some time.

Hope you get your guitar player under control, if I where going to continue playing with those guys, I'd try some recordings to show how loud he is compared to everybody else.
 
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Gravedigger Dav said:
... Maybe I should buy some more Fender Gear.
I did skip buying any Fender Gear for almost 3 months. They called to ask if I was okay.
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I got awakened by paramedics pounding on my door hollering, "Guitar Center called and said there might be a dead person here!"

I'm just waiting for the Memorial Day 15%-off coupon... :D
 
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Michael B said:
Will the Rumble 500c qualify for the sale? Is it a while supplies last kind of thing?

Used or new?
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New.
Guitar Center has a few major sales every year. Look for them around Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Christmas. Among many marked-down items, they usually have a 15%-off coupon for any one non-sale item. There are some exceptions (Fender Custom Shop gear comes to mind) but a regular new v3 Rumble 500 combo should be good for $90.00 off the regular $599.99 price ($509.99 + tax.)

You should at least be on their mailing list to make sure you get wind of the sale.

It's supposed to be for one item only, but around Christmas I used the coupon that was mailed to me as part of the USPS-mailed sale booklet AND a few days later I used the coupon I printed out from the email they sent me. Nobody even batted an eyelash. I bought the 200 combo and the 115 cabinet about a month apart and got the 15% off each.

I am up front with the store managers: I tell them I NEVER buy stuff over $100 unless it's on sale. They are OK with that. I told the manager at my local GC that I was waiting to buy a Bassman 500 hybrid head until I got the 15%-off coupon. He said, "OK. Our next big sales event is Memorial Day. See ya then!" I get the feeling that if you told the manager that it was your intention to buy at 15%-off during the sale, they have enough discretion to mark it down 15% any day, if you ask politely. I know that there is a dedicated function on their POS software for "Manager's Discount" or something of that nature.
 
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lowsideonacurve said:
The 500c can do better than keep up. I had the gain at 10:00 and the master just below that, vintage button on, drive off and EQ flat all the way across. Still some head room there:thumbsup:. I made a point not to turn up, didn't want to encourage him. With the amp just behind me on the floor, it was projecting out from under me, so even though I didn't always hear myself over the guitar, everybody else said they could. That guy was just way to loud for the room.
Just a shame too, because the drummer was pretty good, he actually followed me to keep the groove, best I've locked in with a drummer in some time.

Hope you get your guitar player under control, if I where going to continue playing with those guys, I'd try some recordings to show how loud he is compared to everybody else.
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I got an inexpensive kick back stand so the sound doesn't blow past me under my knees. It serves a couple of purposes. I can point it up where I can hear it and it decouples the amp from the stage.
 
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Gravedigger Dav said:
I got an inexpensive kick back stand so the sound doesn't blow past me under my knees. It serves a couple of purposes. I can point it up where I can here it and it decouples the amp from the stage.
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I could have brought my 1-12 cab to get it up off the floor and give him the full 500 watts, but it was just a meet and greet to see if there was any potential. I also have a foam pad for decoupling.
 
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lowsideonacurve said:
I could have brought my 1-12 cab to get it up off the floor and give him the full 500 watts, but it was just a meet and greet to see if there was any potential. I also have a foam pad for decoupling.
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I keep thinking I want either a 1x15 or a 2x10, but I can't justify it because it is plenty load as is. Should I need more, I can always go FOH. (But it would look so cool) (But I don't want to spend the money).
 
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