Fender Rumble Club

[Linnin]

My question is, has anyone used the current model Rumble 500 head into a pair of the Rumble 410 cabinets? If so, was the 500 watts enough to push a pair of the Rumble 410s? Were there any adverse effects ro this setup?

Yes! Most notable is @WRM, so check out his posts. Not to steal his thunder, but my favorite story of his is when he was playing his Rumble 500 + Rumble 410x2 rig outside for the first time his hard of hearing father that lived a quarter of a mile away was inside watching television and heard it plainly! He thought his son was having a party.

 

[Steadfast]

Already know how you Rumble freaks will answer....but will give it a ask:

I sold a house and I need: Soundcraft 12 MKT soundboard for my studio....done

But I have GAS and can only get one of the following: Either a Music Man Stingray and/or Bongo (used)---or a Rumble 15 extension cab for my 500C.

What say Ye? I play a Sterling MM SUB 4 and love it--but need a pro bass--and I love MM necks....but a 15 cab might make up for the lower quality bass I have.

 

[bnolsen]

Replace the preamp in your sub4 and add the extension cab. Done and done.

 

[Steadfast]

Replace the preamp in your sub4 and add the extension cab. Done and done.

Suggestions on preamp? I am a newbie. Glad I asked--never thought of that.

 

[munkeyfish]

Suggestions on preamp? I am a newbie. Glad I asked--never thought of that.

I have the same bass. I put the one from SD. the Duncan preamp with the push/pull "slap" countor knob and 1/4 Pickup. love it, huge sound improvement

 

[FirewalZ]

I have the same bass. I put the one from SD. the Duncan preamp with the push/pull "slap" countor knob and 1/4 Pickup. love it, huge sound improvement

I did this with my EBMM Stingray 4...bought it new in 1996, had the "weak G" issue real bad and no fix was working. A couple of years later I replaced the pickup/pre-amp with the SD basslines, still sounded like a Stingray and the "weak G" issue disappeared.

 

[Steadfast]

I have the same bass. I put the one from SD. the Duncan preamp with the push/pull "slap" countor knob and 1/4 Pickup. love it, huge sound improvement

To clarify--are we talking this one:
SD Music Man Active Preamp - 3band 3 knobs STC-3M3 for standard 2-coil Music Man style pickup, and will NOT work properly if combined with a 3-coil Sterling style pickup.

 

[munkeyfish]

To clarify--are we talking this one:
SD Music Man Active Preamp - 3band 3 knobs STC-3M3 for standard 2-coil Music Man style pickup, and will NOT work properly if combined with a 3-coil Sterling style pickup.

3 coil Sterling? No, I'm talking about the MM SUB. One of the newer el cheaper import ones. the sea foam green maple fretboard one to be exact . Yes, 3 knob active.

 

[Steadfast]

3 coil Sterling? No, I'm talking about the MM SUB. One of the newer el cheaper import ones. the sea foam green maple fretboard one to be exact . Yes, 3 knob active.

Gotcha--we have the same bass--except mine is black. So that above would be the correct pre-amp. I was confused because the base comes with only 2 band. What did you mean by the 1/4 pick-up?

 

[munkeyfish]

Gotcha--we have the same bass--except mine is black. So that above would be the correct pre-amp. I was confused because the base comes with only 2 band. What did you mean by the 1/4 pick-up?

Sorry, was typing fast at work.

It is the quarter pounder pickup. Trying to remeber what knobs it has, let me see if I can find a picture and jog my memory . it has been awhile and my buddy has the bass now. he loves it.

 

[munkeyfish]

Found a pic 3 knobs, middle one is stacked. For the life of me, I can't remember which preamp this is.

 

[Linnin]

I have GAS and can only get one of the following: Either a Music Man Stingray and/or Bongo

Oh Hell No! Invalid Link Removed

 

[Steadfast]

^^^^I love it. However--I love that MM tone and neck. Plus I can throw mine against the wall and smash the lead guitarist's teles to bits and keep playing.

 

[Aahzz]

Count me in. I just sold my Ampeg 8x10, simply because after our last gig I had decided enough was enough with lugging that thing around. I ran it with an SVT 4 Pro head (which I kept), which was set up in a big rack and was every bit as heavy as the cabs! No more. I'm simplifying things a bit. It got to the point that I was dreading loading it up and I knew it was time to sell it.

The Ampegs were good to me, but I was ready for something smaller and I wanted to go back to the Fenders as I had all those years ago. I decided to go with the Fender Rumble 500w combo. I chose the combo as I wanted to condense as much as possible. I'm getting lazier or older or both.

What can I say? Not much to complain about for the price. I couldn't be happier with the rig. the tone immediately took me back to my pre-Ampeg days and I haven't stopped messing with it since it came home. I'm already convinced that I got a great rig that will get the job I need done.

Now, my only issue...a 2x10 or 1x15 rumble extension cab? I'm gonna need one or the other for the venues we play. I'm leaning with the 2-10s. I've been reading this thread and see the question come up time and again, so I suppose it is preference. I figure I'll pull the trigger after a few more days of thinking it over.

I love the 115 with my 500c. The 210 combo setup sounds great, but the 15 adds just enough on the low end to really beef up the tone.

 

[ubernator]

3 coil Sterling? No, I'm talking about the MM SUB. One of the newer el cheaper import ones. the sea foam green maple fretboard one to be exact . Yes, 3 knob active.

What Duncan was referring to was the EBMM sterling, which had special switching for series, parallel, single. They were not referring to sterling by music man brand. It should work on any standard stingray style pickup. They came standard on my Warwick FNAs, which have Warwick's MEC version of a stringray pickup. I love that preamp. The slap contour is very useful. Basically it is a bass boost/mid cut, with trim pots inside to adjust the amount of each.

I would put one in my OLP MM2, which also has an MEC stingray style pickup, but I do not want to deal with routing for a battery box, and perhaps the preamp as well (not much room in the cavity), so I am eyeing the stc-2c-bo preamp instead, the 9v fits under the plate where the 3rd knob used to be, and the preamp itself is all one piece with the concentric/stacked bass treble pots. I'm sure it won't be quite as nice as the 3 band with contour, but hopefully it is in the same ballpark.

Ultimately I want that Duncan 3 band slap contour preamp in my sr500 as well, but not sure if it works with a 2 pickup bass with blend control. And hopefully I could get a few bucks for the bartolini mkI preamp that it would be replacing.

And about a stingray or bongo purchase vs a 115, isn't that like asking, McDonalds or Mortons? Huge price difference between those 2 items. Even the cab plus preamp option is significantly less than either of those USA made EBMM.

And to @Linnin , yeah I tried one of the active dimensions, even the MIM, and it really had a stingray type feel to it. They were all Leo Fender's babies anyway, but the dimension is like getting a stingray with a fender logo or headstock. You really can't go wrong with either though. And then there are the G & L L basses too... They would all have been fenders had Leo not gotten sick in the 60s and sold to CBS. Sterling Ball would just be selling strings now.

 

[Buzz E]

but the dimension is like getting a stingray with a fender logo or headstock.

Not even close! Do you even lift, Bro?

 

[ubernator]

Not even close! Do you even lift, Bro?

I don't lift, brah! There were some similarities, the way the back of the neck was finished, the overall character of a humbucker in that sweet spot with a 3 band eq. Was closer to a stingray tone than a fender tone. But maybe I should not have said "just like". It did have a lot in common, and it is obviously Fender's version of a stingray. A fingray. I have owned a stingray classic, stingray 3band and a BFR HH. I'm not saying the construction was quite on par with those, but it also costs much less. And does not offend fender fans like linnin. Can't we all just get along?

 

[munkeyfish]

@ubernator the SUB I have came with an active preamp, so the battery compartment was already there.

To be honest, I'm thinking of doing that again. the bass was bought for less that $200 and the pickup with the preamp was found for less that $200 as well. little elbow grease and under $400, had a hell of gigging machine. My guitar player now has it and is moonlighting as a bassplayer on the side. He loves it and just this past weekend , he painted the headstock to match the body. (got the bass with logo already sanded off)

He got some nitro based paint in a spray can from Reverb and used it. Came out well, not 100% match color wise, but close enough for this worthy beater bass.

 

[Steadfast]

And about a stingray or bongo purchase vs a 115, isn't that like asking, McDonalds or Mortons? Huge price difference between those 2 items. Even the cab plus preamp option is significantly less than either of those USA made EBMM.

..and that is a good point well taken. I would be getting a used bass--but still less. It also isn't the exact cost that the wife counts...it sometimes is the number of items. She doesn't see the difference between a thousand dollar item and a few items under $600. In fact she may see the few items as being more greedy. Kid you not.....

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

I love the 115 with my 500c. The 210 combo setup sounds great, but the 15 adds just enough on the low end to really beef up the tone.

Interesting. I'm using the 2x10 extension and I have to roll the bass back to about 10:30 to avoid being too boomy.