Yeah true. And probably longer to get to the UK! aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Still it'll be worth the waitTakes time for those container ships to sail from Indonesia to California. Fender Rumbles are selling faster than they can make them! A good problem to havePatience Is Required.
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Stop. Your scaring me now. I had to pop in my music shop to day to play on the 200 just to get a RUMBLE FIX!Let's hope those damned Somali pirates don't snatch your shipment!
(Oh and bough another bass by accident ha ha).
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They're in stock on Guitar Center's website. When I was shopping, I set up an "In Stock" notification on Sweetwater, American Musical, and Guitar Center. As soon as one of them had the amp in stock, I got an email. For me, the first one was American Musical, so I got the amp from them. They're not in stock anymore, but one of those three seems to get a stock every week or so.I'm still waiting for my 500 combo. Still on back order. Come one Fender, pull your finger out!
Edit: Oh snap, you're in the UK. Well, set up a bunch of notification emails anyway.
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Question for all you Rumble junkies.
I just purchased a 500 head with a 410 Rumble 410 cabinet v3. It has been in my guitarists studio for 2 weeks now and I have been Jonesing big time to play through it. ( My job keeps getting in the way to jam)
Is this cabinet lined with any sound baffle? If not should it be added for some more punch than the rig already has?
I would check, but I have been stuck on a job for almost 2 weeks and can't play.
I just purchased a 500 head with a 410 Rumble 410 cabinet v3. It has been in my guitarists studio for 2 weeks now and I have been Jonesing big time to play through it. ( My job keeps getting in the way to jam)
Is this cabinet lined with any sound baffle? If not should it be added for some more punch than the rig already has?
I would check, but I have been stuck on a job for almost 2 weeks and can't play.
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I want to clear up some misconceptions some people have about the Fender Rumble four band EQ.
First of all this is not the passive Bandaxall/Fender/Marshall tone stack from tube amp days of yore, so just forget that. The Fender Rumble's front end is a throughly modern active design from day one in 2004.
The original or V1 Rumble 60 and 100 both had an active four band EQ. Wish I could do some handy-dandy charts, but just bear with me.
V1 Rumble 60 & 100: Bass: +/- 15dB at 50 Hz, Low-Mid: +/- 15dB at 330 Hz, High-Mid: +/- 15 dB at 1.6kHz, Treble: +/- 15dB at 8kHz
V2 Rumble 75 & 150: Bass: +/- 15dB at 80 Hz, Low-Mid: +/- 12dB at 400 Hz, High-Mid: +/- 12dB at 1.2kHz, Treble: +/- 15dB at 10kHz
V3 All D-Class Rumbles 40 through 500: Bass: +/- 15dB at 80 Hz, Low-Mid: +/- 12dB at 280 Hz, High-Mid: +/- 12dB at 1.2kHz, Treble: +/- 15dB at 10kHz
Notice the change in the mids from a + or - 15 dB control in V1 to at a slightly less + or - 12 dB in V2 & 3. Also notice the only change in EQ from V2 to V3 is in the low-mids, going from 400 Hz down to 280 Hz.
This is a tremendous amount of tonesculpting flexibility, and just one of the many reasons why the Fender Rumble is such an excellent design.
If anyone has any tone & volume settings that they'd like to share, please do. Mine are here: Invalid Link Removed
First of all this is not the passive Bandaxall/Fender/Marshall tone stack from tube amp days of yore, so just forget that. The Fender Rumble's front end is a throughly modern active design from day one in 2004.
The original or V1 Rumble 60 and 100 both had an active four band EQ. Wish I could do some handy-dandy charts, but just bear with me.
V1 Rumble 60 & 100: Bass: +/- 15dB at 50 Hz, Low-Mid: +/- 15dB at 330 Hz, High-Mid: +/- 15 dB at 1.6kHz, Treble: +/- 15dB at 8kHz
V2 Rumble 75 & 150: Bass: +/- 15dB at 80 Hz, Low-Mid: +/- 12dB at 400 Hz, High-Mid: +/- 12dB at 1.2kHz, Treble: +/- 15dB at 10kHz
V3 All D-Class Rumbles 40 through 500: Bass: +/- 15dB at 80 Hz, Low-Mid: +/- 12dB at 280 Hz, High-Mid: +/- 12dB at 1.2kHz, Treble: +/- 15dB at 10kHz
Notice the change in the mids from a + or - 15 dB control in V1 to at a slightly less + or - 12 dB in V2 & 3. Also notice the only change in EQ from V2 to V3 is in the low-mids, going from 400 Hz down to 280 Hz.
This is a tremendous amount of tonesculpting flexibility, and just one of the many reasons why the Fender Rumble is such an excellent design.
If anyone has any tone & volume settings that they'd like to share, please do. Mine are here: Invalid Link Removed
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Thanks. I've ordered it and paid for it, I'm just waiting for it to come in but it's taking foreverrrrrr.They're in stock on Guitar Center's website. When I was shopping, I set up an "In Stock" notification on Sweetwater, American Musical, and Guitar Center. As soon as one of them had the amp in stock, I got an email. For me, the first one was American Musical, so I got the amp from them. They're not in stock anymore, but one of those three seems to get a stock every week or so.
Edit: Oh snap, you're in the UK. Well, set up a bunch of notification emails anyway.
I set my Rumble 500 as such: Bass at 11:00, Low mid at 1:00, High mid at 2:00, Treble at 12:00. Gain/Volume as appropriate. Through my Carvin BR410 it is THUNDER. Love this amp. I'll post a video from last Friday's show once my singer gets around to emailing it to me.
My band gigged with the amp last Friday. Since I was playing guitar, I can't tell you the exact nuances of the 210 combo, but I can say that it was flipping loud (unmic'd venue), sounded good, and certainly filled the room with bass. We had it as far back on stage as possible as to allow the bass frequencies to develop, of course. Otherwise in an unmic'd venue, you'll turn up the amp too loud because all the bass is being absorbed by your knees. Switching from head + 2 cabs to a single combo sped up the loading/unloading process and created more room on stage, too. Added bonus: a 210 combo is at the perfect height for holding a drink or two or five.
I don't think the amp went above like 3 or 4. There is a bass and guitar switch mid-set and one of them plays with fingers and the other with pick, and both players sounded defined and warm. One of the wonders of the Rumble amp is that you can set, for instance, the overdrive channel to play with fingers, and the clean channel to play with pick. I really like that setup because playing with pick tends to be more even in frequency so I usually want it clean so as to not kill the pick attack, and the overdrive channel adds a little bit of drive which has the added effect of compression, which nulls out some of the variation in dynamics that tends to happen when plucking with fingers, plus it gives a little more grit as to blend in with the band better.
In the end, pre- or post- DI don't bug me too much because around these parts, most sound people mic bass amps.
I don't think the amp went above like 3 or 4. There is a bass and guitar switch mid-set and one of them plays with fingers and the other with pick, and both players sounded defined and warm. One of the wonders of the Rumble amp is that you can set, for instance, the overdrive channel to play with fingers, and the clean channel to play with pick. I really like that setup because playing with pick tends to be more even in frequency so I usually want it clean so as to not kill the pick attack, and the overdrive channel adds a little bit of drive which has the added effect of compression, which nulls out some of the variation in dynamics that tends to happen when plucking with fingers, plus it gives a little more grit as to blend in with the band better.
In the end, pre- or post- DI don't bug me too much because around these parts, most sound people mic bass amps.
Is it sad that I don't install tilt back legs on my amps because of that reason? I don't want the drinks to fall off.
