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check any local stores to see if any carry the ibanez talman tmb30. I test drove a tmb100 for a while at a small store here and really liked it a LOT.
Shame on you! You suggest that someone try something else other than a fender in a fender group.. really! 
Okay, so, does anyone have any experience with taking apart Rumble combos? I've got a 4x12 cab around that I'd like to fire up but have no amp head, was thinking of maybe frankensteining my Rumble 30 into a head to use with the cab. It's alright so far but the one 10' speaker can't keep it nice sounding past about 1 o'clock on the volume dial so the extra headroom would be great.
Any ideas/suggestions/instructions?
Woody
Any ideas/suggestions/instructions?
Woody
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Exactly what I did for my VM fretless, got a great deal, had time to try it out, and it was a keeper. Had a friend of mine who is a bass genius set it up, swap out the hardware and electronics and put in Fender Custom Shop 60's. It was fine out of the box, but since I had all the components lying around.... why not. Great sounding and playing bass.
More Rumble goodness came in today, the 500 head I ordered last Sunday. Did a side by side comparison with my 500 combo using my 1-12 cab and while the tone and volume where nearly identical, the head and 1-12 sounded a bit more focused, (for lack of a better term) I know now that my suspicions were dead on, I will be needing another 1-12
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Gotta Love Fender Rumble 112's!
Something tells me this is a guitar cabinet, not a bass cabinet.
Note that being 16ohms, you would actually lose power, since your amp is likely running at 8ohms, your 30w would turn to 15-20w at 16.
Not exactly sure what you are trying to accomplish, if it is bass at band volume, it will probably not cut enough mustard.
Did a little googling, it appears you are sitting on a possible vintage gem of a guitar cabinet that might be worth a little cash depending on which speakers are in it. It would be better to try to sell it, and you might damage the speakers trying to push low end through it anyway. Probably wouldn't kill it with a rumble 30 at 16 ohms, but really not worth the hassle of taking apart a decent practice amp, making its 10" speaker useless (you can't run both without risking amp shutdown/overheat) etc...
You probably have enough used sale value in both those pieces to get yourself a rumble 200 or used 500.
Rumble 700.More Rumble goodness came in today, the 500 head I ordered last Sunday. Did a side by side comparison with my 500 combo using my 1-12 cab and while the tone and volume where nearly identical, the head and 1-12 sounded a bit more focused, (for lack of a better term) I know now that my suspicions were dead on, I will be needing another 1-12[/URLm
Put 112/500 on top of 500c, fx send of head to return on combo, voila.
Or is the combo on the block when the 2nd 112 arrives?
And tell me about that bass.
Yeeup.. protect that cab.. sell it and find you a real bass cab.. or.. keep that cab if you also play guitar! But either way, don't ruin that guitar cab!
So would Pete Townsend. Nothing wrong with liking vintage gear. Apparently that was a hiwatt spinoff brand. Might be worth a couple/few hundred pounds in the UK that might fund a rumble 200 combo.
Maybe maybe not, but a 16ohm 412 is not a likely candidate for a bass cab if so. And all the results I saw on goggle were very guitar ish.
Is there a watt rating on it? Perhaps a picture would help.
And remember a valuable vintage screwdriver will not be as good as a cheap hammer, when you are driving nails.
