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I'm a little disappointed By Fenders "Warranty" program. Our Rumbles have a 5 year warranty, mine has some problems. I assumed that any local Fender dealer that also had a repair shop could do the repairs, but it has to be an "authorized" Fender repair shop. I called Fender, and the closest ones to me are 30 - 60 miles away! A bit inconvenient.....
Not quite as inconvenient as us getting a one year warranty on exactly the same product. But I do get your point.
60 miles away, fiddlesticks! My Rumble 100 had to be shipped to Sweden. Count your blessings.
Yes sir, but no Sweedish bikini team here60 miles away, fiddlesticks! My Rumble 100 had to be shipped to Sweden. Count your blessings.
My standard greeting to visitors of the Hoosier Heartland: Welcome to Indiana, home of corn fed womens!
Yes sir, but no Sweedish bikini team here
My standard greeting to visitors of the Hoosier Heartland: Welcome to Indiana, home of corn fed womens!
Corn fed = good breeding stock. lol
We feed our women guitar players, mostly.Yes sir, but no Sweedish bikini team here
My standard greeting to visitors of the Hoosier Heartland: Welcome to Indiana, home of corn fed womens!
I think Fender just wants to ensure competent techs are doing the work. The also want to control the flow of Fender parts to avoid counterfeiters and scammers. But, it is a slight hassle. In the Fort Worth/Dallas area, 30 miles isn't even all the way across town.
I agree. Carvin won't even Authorize anyone in the US, but they have overseas distributors with repair authority. That, I think is a bit overboard, but it does ensure quality repair and hopefully treatment of customers.
^^^haha I meant good treatment of customers. They all get treatment. And the really bad customers get "The Treatment."
The life of any creative person is always one of inconvenience, so suck it up buttercup.
Practiced with the new band again last night - I remain blown away by how good the 500 combo sounds, and keeps up perfectly. It's amazingly awesome that my whole gig rig can go in one trip, and I even have one hand free - cables/pedals/mic/power in the backpack on my back, bass in the gig bag over my shoulder, and amp in one hand.....
Instead of trees use cannabis and bamboo fiber to make the cardboard. Fender knows all about magic glue.
You have made me suitably jealous already! I have the 100, but I think the 500c is going to be my next bass amp.
P.S. does anyone know of a way I could turn my Rumble 100 sideways, and turn it into a 112???
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Instead of trees use cannabis and bamboo fiber to make the cardboard. Fender knows all about magic glue.
I've never had a leak in my house that would ruin cardboard....oops, already had 2 of them in the past year. Water is such a PITA.
This may have been covered earlier somewhere in this thread, but I have yet to find it.
I'm looking at either a Rumble 200 combo and a 210 cab or a Rumble 500 combo with a 115 cab. I've played both combos at the store and like them both but I'm wondering if it's worth the extra money to get the 500 and a cab instead of a 200 and the cab. I typically only play at a small church and in my bedroom but might play small club gigs in the future. Is it really worth the extra $$ for 300 more watts of headroom and would there be any difference in tone between the two rigs above?
I'm looking at either a Rumble 200 combo and a 210 cab or a Rumble 500 combo with a 115 cab. I've played both combos at the store and like them both but I'm wondering if it's worth the extra money to get the 500 and a cab instead of a 200 and the cab. I typically only play at a small church and in my bedroom but might play small club gigs in the future. Is it really worth the extra $$ for 300 more watts of headroom and would there be any difference in tone between the two rigs above?
I own the 500 Combo and play post hardcore--it is extremely loud and gets the job done. I play sax in a classic rock band where the bassist plays a 200 combo--it gets the job done with plenty of volume in medium sized venues. The 200 is enough unless you play extremely loud stuff--like post hardcore.
Tone should be similar as you would be pushing 2x10 and 1x15 with either. I think the 200 would be plenty. The 500 might be overkill for you. I got a 100 for bedroom practice, but it was too much, so I went back to the 25 for that. The 100 is now reserved for acoustic gigs. My 500 with the 2x10 extension is plenty for anything. For the average dive bar gig with a trio, I'm running both gain and volume at about 9 with my G&L SB-2. If I switch to one of my Fenders, I have to crank up a bit because the G&L pickups are much hotter.
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