The tube amps I build house SpeakOns.
yeah.. but my amps were made by Fender and another company!
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yeah.. but my amps were made by Fender and another company!
If they get hot while you're playing at volume, stop.
16 gauge is awfully light for 500 watts ...but Planet Waves has a good reputation for quality just like its parent company D'Addario.
Planet Waves Classic Series Cables - 5'
Indeed! After your first set feel them. If they are too hot to hold, STOP!
Warm is OK, but not ideal. 12 gauge ProCo's are what you need. They remain totally room temp at power.
This is true. I used two 112s for over a year. It was a really good setup. However, I've decided to go a different direction in my musical life. Currently selling the cabs on eBay, actually.
I've been doing a lot of shows on bass lately, whereas I mostly played bass as a hobby and was a regularly gigging guitarist for the past few years of my life. Now I'm regularly gigging both, and I just need different things. All my Rumble gear was fine when other people were playing mostly through them at full gig/rehearsal volume, but now that I'm the one playing them, I'm starting to be a little pickier about my setup.
Mainly, the sound is great, but intelligibility has been a bit of a problem. The drummer I play bass with, she's not exactly super loud, but she's not quiet either. I am having to turn my amp up more than I would like, and I still can't hear myself as well as I would like.
It's all about form factor for me, too. I have a studio space on 2nd floor. See, the 112 isn't quite tall enough as a single cab to get any real use out of it, so to play my bass anywhere, I need both. Taking it up and down the stairs is very annoying because the 112s are just shaped such that I can't carry two at once up a flight of stairs. I also have a Rumble 500 combo (210) that I've been carrying to most gigs but I've always wished that I could have a cab under it so that I can hear myself better. So the solution to both my problems seems to be to sell my 112 and buy the 210 cab. I can use the 210 at home and then when gigging, use it with my combo.
But then I thought about it. That's a BIG setup. Surely I can't fit both 210s in my car with two Vox amps and five guitars. Even if I could, I don't want to. So I've decided to go back to mini heads and tall & skinny 210 cabs. Even though the TC K210 cabs are heavier than Fender 210 cabs, they're a lot smaller, and I think I want to minimize size more than weight at this point. I can stack two of them when I want more height. They're also well priced and look good. As for a head, I could have gotten the Rumble 500 head, but I found a TC BH550 for the same price as a Rumble 500 head and I always wished the Rumble head had a pre/post XLR out. Plus, the TC is attractive to me because it can eliminate my pedalboard for a lot of gigs. So I now have two TC K210 cabs and two heads (an Aguilar TH500 and a TC BH550) that I can mix and match to my heart's desires.
I really loved my Rumble cabs and the Rumble 500 combo served me very well for two years, but it was just not what I needed right now. I'm not giving up my Rumble membership card, though. Rumble 40 is still at home. It's the best practice amp in the world according to me. I'm selling my combo to one of my friends, probably, for a very good price. I want that thing to stay in the family.
You will always be well thought of @honeyiscool, your positive contributions to the Fender Rumble Club and this thread are well appreciated. You will always be Fender Rumble Club Member #208
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Haha, thanks! I'm not going anywhere. I love my Rumble 40, too. I've heard that people make "upgrades" on it with dowels and speaker changes, but honestly, it sounds great at home and even makes a pretty good emergency guitar amp with the drive circuit and the guitar-friendly 1x10" cabinet. Part of me thinks that of all the Rumble combos I've tried (40, 200, 500, some V2), it's actually the most musical sounding to my ears.
I think Rumbles are amazing and I hope they continue to keep it going with other models and further innovations. I'm not sure there's any better combination of vintage tone, good looks, and attractive price out there, but that doesn't mean they couldn't do other things with it. For instance, if they make a tweeter-less sealed cab, I'd be back in a hurry.
I think Rumbles are amazing and I hope they continue to keep it going with other models and further innovations. I'm not sure there's any better combination of vintage tone, good looks, and attractive price out there, but that doesn't mean they couldn't do other things with it. For instance, if they make a tweeter-less sealed cab, I'd be back in a hurry.
You just said a marketing mouthful right there. Fender Rumbles are the very best selling bass amps world wide. F.M.I.C. are not about to stop making them, and they are only going to get better.
'K so do you like the 210's of your 350 combo? Oh, and congrats on your Rumble 500 score!
I do, but I find the cabinet itself a tad boomy unless I roll the bass off to about 11:00, I was going to add some damping to it.
I do prefer a punchier sound, tend to play mostly in the hard rock to old metal side of music.
The Rumble 210 cabinet sounds like your huckleberry. Already backlined with acoustic treatment and better quality drivers. Hard to say no.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
My next upgrade was going to be the 500 combo anyway, but couldn't turn down the price I got on the head, although it may be a wash if I buy the cabinet new. But no hurry to buy, the 350 is rocking and crazy great sounding.
That's the amp that put Fender Rumbles on the professional bass amp map. Both the Fender Rumble 350 210 combo and the Fender Rumble 350 head and Rumble 410 4ohm cabinet. The V2 4ohm Rumble 410 cabinet was so popular that many buyers took the Fender Bass Amplification badging off as they were embarrassed to be seen playing a Rumble. It outsold all 410 cabinets from all other manufacturers combined!
Fender Rumbles Are The Bass Amps that Shouldn't Exist, But They do! And they keep getting better.
Yes, exactly so. Out with the old and in with the new. Nothing is more purely new & fresh than Fender Rumbles. Yet 'Vintage' tone is available with the push of a single button. Take your pick.Are you saying Rumbles make purists nervous ?
Those are the ones I got. Totally agree with Scott though, I shouldn't skimp on cables seeing as though they are the least expensive part of the rig. Again, will upgrade for sure.
@All ...... Got to ask what I hope isn't a silly question though. Since the Head has two speaker outs, neither is actually pumping 500 watts are they ? Or is there no difference if it was a daisy chain deal ?
You can daisy chain if you want, but I think it is better to go from each output to each cabinet. Can I prove it's better? No. I just think it's better. Whether or not you actually get more clean even power to each cabinet that way just makes sense to me. Science may say otherwise, but i don't care.
A 210 cab would be suitable whichever way you go, 500 head or combo.
Holy Moly! Good Common Freakin'Sense! Science optional.
