Thanks appreciate that. Now thinking seriously about replacing my gigging rig but the bigger stuff is not available to try locally. Being GC they only have Markbass, Gallien Krueger, and exactly 1 Ampeg setup for for anything over 100 watts combo or separate.Ah-Ha!You know what that means??? Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club, gen8hawaii! You are member #198
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You might also consider the possibility that the manufacturer used inferior strings to keep your bass at a given price point. After all, which mod are all of us going to make on our basses eventually? That's right. New strings! I put new strings on my Squier SS Jag way before I would have expected necessary. I picked strings (Well, not picked, I only play finger-style.) that I thought would be close to stock. I was so wrong. The basic tone was the same, but the new ones, GHS Boomers, were way louder. I could hear them acoustically at the volume I got used to playing at, so I had to turn my amp up to drown out the acoustic sound of the strings. OK, I play quiet.
I haven't found a favourite setting yet....it always sounds great to me!
I like everything at noon, with both the Vintage and Contour pushed in at the same time.
Also like Bass between 1:00 and 2:00 / Low Mid Noon / Hi Mid 10:00 / Treble Noon.
But honestly can't go wrong on any setting
I like everything at noon, with both the Vintage and Contour pushed in at the same time.
Also like Bass between 1:00 and 2:00 / Low Mid Noon / Hi Mid 10:00 / Treble Noon.
But honestly can't go wrong on any setting
I got my rumble 40 this morning at 10h15 and at 10h30 I was at my uncle's house(he is a drummer)
We played together for almost 4 hours. The rumble 40 sounded GREAT!!!! Every control were Flat or really close to flat and sounded great. I used my uncle's stingray. I normally don't like stingray, but the Rumble helped me appreciate the stingray tone. It was a powerful bass sound.Can't wait to try it with my p-bass and jazz bass tomorrow.
I'll post picture of the amp tomorrow and i'll talk a bit more about my experience with this new amp.
I always likes Ampeg Ba-108 and 110 but this one sounds way better at high volume. I wish the ampeg BA series will improve because the new V3 series has improved a lot....
We played together for almost 4 hours. The rumble 40 sounded GREAT!!!! Every control were Flat or really close to flat and sounded great. I used my uncle's stingray. I normally don't like stingray, but the Rumble helped me appreciate the stingray tone. It was a powerful bass sound.Can't wait to try it with my p-bass and jazz bass tomorrow.
I'll post picture of the amp tomorrow and i'll talk a bit more about my experience with this new amp.
I always likes Ampeg Ba-108 and 110 but this one sounds way better at high volume. I wish the ampeg BA series will improve because the new V3 series has improved a lot....
WOW!! You're saying that you could play with a drummer with this amp?? I have found that mine is louder than I would have expected, but I never thought it would be loud enough to play with a drummer!
I was excited that i forgot to mention a very important detail. The drum was a Roland V-drum. It was not as loud as an acoustic drum.
I mostly wanted to say that the tone was excellent, better than i expected. The bass response was impressive for such a little and low wattage combo. Both my uncle and I were amazed the rumble 40 performance.
If i was playing with a drummer on a regular basis, specially with an acoustic drum, i would go with at least the rumble 100 but probably the 200.
I mostly wanted to say that the tone was excellent, better than i expected. The bass response was impressive for such a little and low wattage combo. Both my uncle and I were amazed the rumble 40 performance.
If i was playing with a drummer on a regular basis, specially with an acoustic drum, i would go with at least the rumble 100 but probably the 200.
The only Rumble I've ever enjoyed up until now, was the old square-cab Rumble/BXR/Rad Bass 25, which I thought was a great practice amp, even for my 5 string basses.
I've been trying to find a super light combo to replace my G-K MB110, and checked out the V3 Rumble 40 and 100. Not bad, but they sounded a little too coloured for my taste. The 40 couldn't hang with the B string the way I wanted, and it sounded a bit constricted. Seemed to need a tweeter, surprisingly. The 100 was better, but it was too loose and tubby in the low mids.
After some thinking, I went back yesterday, and tried the 100 with one or both ports stuffed. Sounded a lot better for what I'm after. Can crank it up a fair amount without it sounding stressed, and there's a nice paper-cone top end that I don't hear from the 40.
At 22lb, the 100 is astonishing for the size and price...
I've been trying to find a super light combo to replace my G-K MB110, and checked out the V3 Rumble 40 and 100. Not bad, but they sounded a little too coloured for my taste. The 40 couldn't hang with the B string the way I wanted, and it sounded a bit constricted. Seemed to need a tweeter, surprisingly. The 100 was better, but it was too loose and tubby in the low mids.
After some thinking, I went back yesterday, and tried the 100 with one or both ports stuffed. Sounded a lot better for what I'm after. Can crank it up a fair amount without it sounding stressed, and there's a nice paper-cone top end that I don't hear from the 40.
At 22lb, the 100 is astonishing for the size and price...
Hi Steve! I lined my Rumble 75 with Sonic Barrier acoustic damping foam from Parts Express with remarkable results. It totally tightened up the bottom end and low mids, giving additional well focused thrust to the overall attack & punch. http://www.parts-express.com/brand/sonic-barrier/494
Kind of an uninspiring review/demo. Probably would have been much better with Garth at the helm!
What thickness did you use?
And did you basically cover the back and sides, top, bottom?
On a V3 Rumble combo I would recommend 1" on the back panel, and 1/2" on the top and sides. Leave the floor naked.
The back panel is the most important and that alone will make the biggest improvment. What you don't want is a dead box, so don't line every panel. Back; top, and one side is also an option. The objective being to greatly reduce or eliminate standing waves and rebounding waves. Ideally the only thing you want coming out of your ports is air. Not sound. You want all the sound to be comming directly from your woofer's cone and tweeter (if you have one), and not out of your ports. One of the crazy good things that using proper acoustic foams do is to uniformly absorb the interior sound waves and in so doing acoustically gives the impression of being a larger cabinet.
I've posted this a bunch of times before, but take a gander http://www.talkbass.com/threads/upgrading-a-fender-rumble-75-combo.1018630/
I have some very expensive Auralux eggcrate foam that I am going to do the back panels of my Rumble 112's with and then 1/2" Sonic Barrier on the top and tweeter side. Floor and port side wall are to remain naked.
For a sealed (non-ported) cabinet, you want to stuff that moderately with a polyester fill such as holofill. Same stuff they use in sleeping bags. Parts Express also sells an acoustic poly-fill.
Oh yeah Derek, I most definiately would!
With it being front slot-ported (copied from SWR Redhead) Back in 1" and top and both sides in 1/2" leave the floor naked. If you can afford a speaker upgrade I'd do that too.
Eminence Deltalite II 2510's are nice http://www.eminence.com/speakers/speaker-detail/?model=DeltaliteII_2510The Rumble 350's are just killer amps. I love the fully parametric/sweepable mids. You can really dial in a sweet tone.
Nothing. Fantastic build quality, super flexible EQ, pre and post switching on the DI, ridiculously compact and very loud for it's size. Once you look at the details, the higher price seems perfectly reasonable compared to the Rumble.
However, there's only two ways a compact amp can go: Slanted towards maximum output/restricted frequency response, or the opposite, an extended, full-range response with relatively low maximum output.
G-K walked a fairly narrow line with the MB110, and with a bit of bass boost, it sounds surprisingly full with a 4-string. The treble response is restricted as well, so that it balances with the tighter low end. Just what most people want and need.
In my case, I was looking for something to use only for very quiet gigs, and only with 5-string basses. Boosting the bass control actually made things worse, because it fattened the E string, making the B string sound weaker in comparison.
I would have been happy to give up a bunch of headroom, if it got me a more extended low end. I actually thought about swapping the driver out, but it turns out that current high-performance 10's won't work in 0.8 cu ft.
I briefly considered making an adapter so I could mount a FaitalPro 8IPR200 in the G-K cab. Duke LeJeune at AudioKinesis was kind enough to help me with porting specs. The result would have been a poor man's version of a powered Arnopol/Greenboy Crazy 8, and it would have sounded awesome.
Unfortunately, 100 watts wouldn't have been enough to drive it the way it deserved, and the cost for the driver alone was going to be well over $200 by the time I imported it.
In the end, I chickened out, and traded down to the Rumble. I may regret it later, but for now, I'm having fun lining the Fender with some polyfill. We'll see where this takes me...
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I was looking for a lightweight living room amp and tried a 40 watt Rumble. I didn't like the Rumbles before and wasn't expecting much but I was impressed with the tone and weight.
I have a been also thinking of upgrading my GK MB115. I have been looking for quite a while. I have played some nice vintage amps and thought about the new Fender, Ampeg and Traynor tube heads. Just haven't been able to pull the trigger. The GK works for where I play now but I will probably run out of head room if I need more juice. I even use my Ampeg B108 with the band sometimes.
I got on the Sweetwater website and this is what I found: (I rounded up the price, instead of $499.99 I just think $500)
Fender Rumble 500 2x10 combo $500 at 36.5 lbs
total $500
Fender Rumble 500 head $400
Fender Rumble 4X10 Cab $400 at 62.5 Lbs
total $800
Tone Hammer 500 head $700
Aguilar 1X12 cab $674 at 45 lbs
total $1,375
Orange Terror 500 $900
Orange 2X10 Cab $929 at 57 lbs
total $1829
Ampeg PF-500 $500
Ampeg PF-2X10 cab $400 at 48 lbs
total $900
Mesa Scout combo 300 watts 1X12 at 51 lbs
total $1,599
I didn't care about the weight of the heads they are all pretty light. I'm also sure I didn't list other possible choices like GK, TC Electronic, Peavy, etc
Tone wise the Fender combo might not be my first choice, but budget and weight make it look like a good choice. You may be hearing from me.
Have to decide if I will regret not buying higher end amp in the future.
I have a been also thinking of upgrading my GK MB115. I have been looking for quite a while. I have played some nice vintage amps and thought about the new Fender, Ampeg and Traynor tube heads. Just haven't been able to pull the trigger. The GK works for where I play now but I will probably run out of head room if I need more juice. I even use my Ampeg B108 with the band sometimes.
I got on the Sweetwater website and this is what I found: (I rounded up the price, instead of $499.99 I just think $500)
Fender Rumble 500 2x10 combo $500 at 36.5 lbs
total $500
Fender Rumble 500 head $400
Fender Rumble 4X10 Cab $400 at 62.5 Lbs
total $800
Tone Hammer 500 head $700
Aguilar 1X12 cab $674 at 45 lbs
total $1,375
Orange Terror 500 $900
Orange 2X10 Cab $929 at 57 lbs
total $1829
Ampeg PF-500 $500
Ampeg PF-2X10 cab $400 at 48 lbs
total $900
Mesa Scout combo 300 watts 1X12 at 51 lbs
total $1,599
I didn't care about the weight of the heads they are all pretty light. I'm also sure I didn't list other possible choices like GK, TC Electronic, Peavy, etc
Tone wise the Fender combo might not be my first choice, but budget and weight make it look like a good choice. You may be hearing from me.
Have to decide if I will regret not buying higher end amp in the future.
I seriously doubt you'd ever regret going Fender Rumble, slobake. The Rumble 500 combo on top of a Rumble 115 cab is also proving to be a great sounding & popular choice at $800.
Fender Rumbles Only Sound Like They Cost A Million Bucks
Fender Rumbles Only Sound Like They Cost A Million Bucks Hey took the V3 100 back for the 500 combo. Not available told me take the 200 home and review it for me until the 500 comes in. God knows when. The good news is the 200 is great. Full range of tone. Heavy tone! Love it. The 15 in. Seems to be much robust than the 12 in the 100. Can't wait for the 500 combo to come in but this is fun making my way through the new Rumble series. Come on Fender catch up with these back orders. We be waitin' to rumble on.
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I'm expecting my Rumble 40 in 2 days and appreciate the fine experiences that this group has had with the series. Will be using it as a practice amp with my new Stagg EUB and with my vintage Kay upright.
