Plug in a Fender Precision. Does the Rumble work? Yes. Now Plug in a Fender Jazz. Does the Rumble work? Yes. Now plug in your bass. Does the Rumble work? No. It's your bass.
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Linnin, I get bass one 0 one. But as I mentioned I plugged in a Fender Dimension at the first store and a Deluxe jazz at the second store, and both worked. At the first store after we couldn't get the Rumble to work, I plugged my bass into a used Aguilar Ag500 and it worked with the same cable. Three days later plugged into my Shutttle 9.0 and it worked. I get your point, but it works with my amp as well as an Aguilar Ag500. It more than likely is the bass, but what can it be. The bass isn't going anywhere. Just seems weird.
Simmer down "Oz", he is asking for help. If you get any more prickly we are gonna start calling you "B-String" or "San Diego Harry"
By the way, Mister Fender, this is a Fender Zone
Thundar, That is a pic of a Mexican Zone Bass. The American Deluxe Zone is a totally different animal. Electronic configuration and pick ups are different. The American is made of walnut, alder and a third wood I can't remember. The American Deluxe also cost three times as much.
Hmmm. Did you by chance try the bass again since then or even right after trying the other basses that worked? Been times I've done that and it was something simple, like the cord wasn't all the way in, or maybe over looked a master volume or something. If you can, try again and see if you get same results.
Thanks munkeyfish. I played a gig with it 3 nights before and 3 nights after. Tried 2 different cables in the store as the first cable was a planet waves, and some of those had problems so we tried again using a Fender cable. The first store, the same bass and cable worked when I plugged into an Aguilar Ag500 right after trying the Rumble. It probably is something stupid and simple, but I thought I tried everything.
Yeah, it must have been something simple missed. Maybe a volume knob or gain turned downed. Volume on the bass, etc.
I bought one of those used last year. The old school tone was *perfect* for my surf band. It was the older model with the silver speaker cone, made in Taiwan (not the slightly more recent kickback model made in Mexico). I don't know the range of years that these combos were manufactured, but I saw that model listed in a Fender Japan catalog from 1990.
Unfortunately the Bassman 60 wasn't loud enough to compete with my band's meathead guitarist and his Twin Reverb. He always placed it in a corner, at head level. As the night went on, he'd keep turning up. Yuck.
Two Bassman 60s with an A/B splitter might have met the need. I wound up ending the volume war by getting an Ampeg Heritage 8x10, and driving it with a Tone Hammer 350. But that rig still never sounded as good as the Bassman 60. (Edit: IMHO, YMMV, etc.)
Here's my new baby: a Rumble 500 combo. I think I'll give that loud guitarist a call just for old times sake.
Not the greatest photo, but you've all seen what a Rumble 500 looks like. The little guy is a Rumble 25.
The Rumble 500 was definitely overkill for my new band at rehearsal last week. I don't think the master ever went over 9 o'clock. But it's better to have too much amp than too little. If I hadn't read so many reviews here, I never would have believed a 2x10 was enough.
It's every bit as bassy as people say, particularly since my P-bass is strung with Deep' Talking Bass flats. For the first time in my life, I have a use for playing towards the bridge. I'll also be experimenting with rolling off the bass and low mids. I did get the Auralex Gramma to help prevent resonance, but I think the general bassiness is just a characteristic of the amp.
(Edit: And that's no problem at all, at all. My tone ideal is Aston Barrett. A bit too much bass is a high class problem.)
Not the greatest photo, but you've all seen what a Rumble 500 looks like. The little guy is a Rumble 25.
The Rumble 500 was definitely overkill for my new band at rehearsal last week. I don't think the master ever went over 9 o'clock. But it's better to have too much amp than too little. If I hadn't read so many reviews here, I never would have believed a 2x10 was enough.
It's every bit as bassy as people say, particularly since my P-bass is strung with Deep' Talking Bass flats. For the first time in my life, I have a use for playing towards the bridge. I'll also be experimenting with rolling off the bass and low mids. I did get the Auralex Gramma to help prevent resonance, but I think the general bassiness is just a characteristic of the amp.
(Edit: And that's no problem at all, at all. My tone ideal is Aston Barrett. A bit too much bass is a high class problem.)
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I don't know, the trouble shooting kind of indicates that the Rumble pre-amp is seeing something it doesn't like or it's not seeing the signal from the pickups. I don't know the logic of the input circuits, I've not spent the time to dig into tthe Class D's technology either. See if the bass works with the non class D rumble, like the 15. It's an interesting problem, I'd love to take a closer look at it, theoretically wise .
I have the newer Rumble 40 I use at home. Love the tone of these amps.
I have the newer Rumble 40 I use at home. Love the tone of these amps.
I swore I thought there was a train passing by just a minute ago, but then I realized my bass was on my leg and I was tapping my foot. That darn Rumble 100.
It's buried underneath my homemade pedal board and my new classic vibe P. Love it!
Took my Rumble 500C on the road this past weekend wit my new Sire V7
Yes, and it's a closer match than I had at first thought. I am always impressed by just how deep the Eminence neo 12's can go. They sound pretty good together even at low personal practice volume. You can actually feel the difference in power and headroom going from 140 watts to the full 200. In adding the 112 there is a readily apparent 3+dB boost in SPL at the very same volume settings. Plus moving more air with greater overall dispersion. I can see where adding the V3 112 would be a good sonic match. Still if size; weight, and OCD cabinet matching aren't concerns, I'd opt for the V3 115.
As a future (not so distant, I hope...) Rumbler, I find this very encouraging.
My budget being as tight as it is right now, I might invest in two 112v3 cabs first to see how they fare with my MB200 before going all out with the Rumble 500v3.
Only the diminutive Rumble 15 is a sealed enclosure, all other Rumbles are front ported bass reflex designs. @Gee Phil, are you a Rumble Club member? I can't remember.
