Fender Rumble Club

[Scott Truesdell]

well, sometimes looking at the audience, I think they are in outer space.
Good point on that, though. More justification can't hurt.

If'n you don't want to lug around an unused extra cab, get anything that can lift the combo up off the floor a bit -- Linnin's piano bench, a milk crate, whatever. I built a mahogany box out of a drawer taken from David Crosby's schooner "Maya" (The "Wooden Ship") during a remodel. That box doubles as a carrying crate for cables, sheet music, etc. I'm an inveterate tinkerer.

 

[Linnin]

Linnin's piano bench

+1

 

[nico485]

If'n you don't want to lug around an unused extra cab, get anything that can lift the combo up off the floor a bit -- Linnin's piano bench, a milk crate, whatever. I built a mahogany box out of a drawer taken from David Crosby's schooner "Maya" (The "Wooden Ship") during a remodel. That box doubles as a carrying crate for cables, sheet music, etc. I'm an inveterate tinkerer.

I had briefly thought it'd be cool to make a carrying crate/box/amp stand that looked just like a cab, faux speaker grill and everything. So you'd have the look of a stack, the amp closer to your ear, but a light empty box to carry stuff in to and from playing. But I thought it was silly of me to just want a full stack look. Guess I'm not the only one haha.

 

[Scott Truesdell]

I thought it was silly of me to just want a full stack look. Guess I'm not the only one haha.

Nah, man. You're good.

 

[DerekW]

I had briefly thought it'd be cool to make a carrying crate/box/amp stand that looked just like a cab, faux speaker grill and everything. So you'd have the look of a stack, the amp closer to your ear, but a light empty box to carry stuff in to and from playing. But I thought it was silly of me to just want a full stack look. Guess I'm not the only one haha.

 

[DerekW]

Haha! I was looking for that pic as you posted, lol.

 

[munkeyfish]

Anyone using the 210 ans 410 cab together? Or combo and 410? Got any pics?

 

[GregT]

Tonight I am off to co-host the open-mic night over in Branson, Missouri. I have been bringing my 100 lately again and saving the 200 for larger gigs. If I had the 40, it'd do the job just fine, because I never turn the 100 up that much. Never a problem being heard. I am still running the low-mid, hi-mid, and treble knobs up pretty high. Really liking how that makes it so I can hear the bass notes more clearly in a jam situation. It also gives my Precision a little bit of an attitude that I am liking a lot.

 

[btmpancake]

How do you like the 210 with the 200c? Do you just set them up normally so the 15 has to be on top, or put the combo on its side and the 210 sideways on top? (That's how I ran mine with the little ampeg micro 210 before I sold it).

I am hoping a way presents itself for me to get a 210. With the snazzy silver grille's, I would be able to get over my weirdness of the 15 being on top.

I take it it balances OK sound wise and 100w is enough to get the 210 moving?

A day late and a dollar short; The r200c and the r210 are perfect matchup both in size and cosmetics. I put the r200c on top to reach the controls, also the handle on the 200c is on top and the r210 cab handles are on the sides. Stacking vertical this way the controls are about chest high. As far as sound is concerned using different size drivers (speakers) I did decouple the cabs using (2) auralex gramma isolation pads though. It's hard to describe tone but IMO the 115 in the 200c on the top seemed to be a hair slower and saturated (or filled the lower notes better. the r210 cab was sitting directly on the floor for floor coupling and seemed to have more ''punch'' or faster- they got there quick and didn't stand around to shake hands. As far as 100 watts going to the 210- I am surprised by how efficient it uses those watts. NOTE: I did double up the iso pads together and not sure if it made difference or not, I didn't do the a/b test but I ''JUST LOVED WHAT I HEARD''.

 

[btmpancake]

A day late and a dollar short; The r200c and the r210 are perfect matchup both in size and cosmetics. I put the r200c on top to reach the controls, also the handle on the 200c is on top and the r210 cab handles are on the sides. Stacking vertical this way the controls are about chest high. As far as sound is concerned using different size drivers (speakers) I did decouple the cabs using (2) auralex gramma isolation pads though. It's hard to describe tone but IMO the 115 in the 200c on the top seemed to be a hair slower and saturated (or filled the lower notes better. the r210 cab was sitting directly on the floor for floor coupling and seemed to have more ''punch'' or faster- they got there quick and didn't stand around to shake hands. As far as 100 watts going to the 210- I am surprised by how efficient it uses those watts. NOTE: I did double up the iso pads together and not sure if it made difference or not, I didn't do the a/b test but I ''JUST LOVED WHAT I HEARD''.

And I don't believe that matching speaker size stuff either.

 

[nico485]

Ok, bear with me here while I spitball ideas.

I've got the R40, and I love it. Use it everyday to practice. And at least a couple times a week for acoustic jams. I'm selling my 100 because it didn't cut it in band practice. And I purchased a vintage Acoustic head and a cheap peavey 115. Sounds great btw! But the speaker is 8ohm and the amp can handle 2ohm load.

I was wondering if I could do the mod @eric_B did to his 100 to my 40. I have an 8ohm 200w eminence I would stick in there. Allowing me to use it as a second cab to my 115.

My question is, if I didn't plan to use the amp seperate, could I just put a speaker jack in the back and leave the speaker wired to amp and jack? I would only be using the amp either as combo or as a cab(with no power to amp) or would this cause issues? I'm not keen on having the external loop when I want to use it just as a combo.

My only reason for this would be to pull more load from my amp and give me an extra speaker. And possibly be able to use just the 10" speaker if I wanted a smaller setup at times. I know it'd be best to just buy another cab, but I already have the amp and the extra speaker. And who doesn't like to tinker right?

 

[btmpancake]

Ok, bear with me here while I spitball ideas.

I've got the R40, and I love it. Use it everyday to practice. And at least a couple times a week for acoustic jams. I'm selling my 100 because it didn't cut it in band practice. And I purchased a vintage Acoustic head and a cheap peavey 115. Sounds great btw! But the speaker is 8ohm and the amp can handle 2ohm load.

I was wondering if I could do the mod @eric_B did to his 100 to my 40. I have an 8ohm 200w eminence I would stick in there. Allowing me to use it as a second cab to my 115.

My question is, if I didn't plan to use the amp seperate, could I just put a speaker jack in the back and leave the speaker wired to amp and jack? I would only be using the amp either as combo or as a cab(with no power to amp) or would this cause issues? I'm not keen on having the external loop when I want to use it just as a combo.

My only reason for this would be to pull more load from my amp and give me an extra speaker. And possibly be able to use just the 10" speaker if I wanted a smaller setup at times. I know it'd be best to just buy another cab, but I already have the amp and the extra speaker. And who doesn't like to tinker right?

I'm also a tinkerer, I think also adding a ''hot'' ext jack would be awesome on the r40 alone and a fx loop also. But the ohmmage? IDK?

 

[nico485]

I'm also a tinkerer, I think also adding a ''hot'' ext jack would be awesome on the r40 alone and a fx loop also. But the ohmmage? IDK?

Fx loop would've been great from factory. But I guess we can't have everything lol.

For my needs the 8 ohm would be good. But I wouldn't run the amp and an ext speaker hooked up. I was mainly concerned about having the amp and a speaker jack wired to the speaker . I'm not too knowledgable on that stuff. I'm sure I'll leave it alone but it would be fun to play around with.

 

[btmpancake]

Fx loop would've been great from factory. But I guess we can't have everything lol.

For my needs the 8 ohm would be good. But I wouldn't run the amp and an ext speaker hooked up. I was mainly concerned about having the amp and a speaker jack wired to the speaker . I'm not too knowledgable on that stuff. I'm sure I'll leave it alone but it would be fun to play around with.

If you do the mod please let us know if it was successful. Maybe a a/b switch could work to isolate the amp?

 

[nico485]

If you do the mod please let us know if it was successful. Maybe a a/b switch could work to isolate the amp?

Will do. Probably do a lot more research before I try anything though.

 

[Tandark]

I had briefly thought it'd be cool to make a carrying crate/box/amp stand that looked just like a cab, faux speaker grill and everything. So you'd have the look of a stack, the amp closer to your ear, but a light empty box to carry stuff in to and from playing. But I thought it was silly of me to just want a full stack look. Guess I'm not the only one haha.

Modified flight case? Safe transportation for your Rumble and stack it on top of it in battle conditions?
Although ruins the weight factor!

 

[slap2much]

Ok, bear with me here while I spitball ideas.

I've got the R40, and I love it. Use it everyday to practice. And at least a couple times a week for acoustic jams. I'm selling my 100 because it didn't cut it in band practice. And I purchased a vintage Acoustic head and a cheap peavey 115. Sounds great btw! But the speaker is 8ohm and the amp can handle 2ohm load.

I was wondering if I could do the mod @eric_B did to his 100 to my 40. I have an 8ohm 200w eminence I would stick in there. Allowing me to use it as a second cab to my 115.

My question is, if I didn't plan to use the amp seperate, could I just put a speaker jack in the back and leave the speaker wired to amp and jack? I would only be using the amp either as combo or as a cab(with no power to amp) or would this cause issues? I'm not keen on having the external loop when I want to use it just as a combo.

My only reason for this would be to pull more load from my amp and give me an extra speaker. And possibly be able to use just the 10" speaker if I wanted a smaller setup at times. I know it'd be best to just buy another cab, but I already have the amp and the extra speaker. And who doesn't like to tinker right?

You do need to wire the jack so that the speaker isn't connected to 2 different amps at once -- even if one of them is off this can do some damage. Jacks that cut the connection to the internal speaker when you plug a cable into them are readily available though.

 

[nico485]

You do need to wire the jack so that the speaker isn't connected to 2 different amps at once -- even if one of them is off this can do some damage. Jacks that cut the connection to the internal speaker when you plug a cable into them are readily available though.

Thank you. I wasn't sure about that. I've seen where people use the jacks that disconnect the internal speaker from combos to just use the amp with an external cab, I guess wired in reverse it would disconnect the amp allowing the speaker to be used with an external amp.

 

[lowplaces]

Probably going to go with the 500 combo but I have a question.

The 4 ×10 cab specs thing is bugging me. The cab is a 500 watt cab, but the two 10's in the combo handle 350 watts. So the 10's in the cab are different specs/model than the ones in the combo as far as individual power handling ?

The 2x10 cab is rated 700 watts.

What gives ?

 

[mobax]

I picked up a Rumble 500 Combo about six weeks ago to use for practice at home. I have to say that I like this amp over my main rig (Eden WT550/Epifani cabinets). It sounds great for finger, thumb and pick styles. I am thinking about buying the 210 cabinet to add to the combo. I had heard that the Rumble amps are junk but in my experience, these are great little amps at a good price.