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Fender Rumble Club

#16,584
GregT said:
I have a 100 and a 200. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the numbers. The 200 is that much better with a full band. It just is. Even without the extension cabinet. At a lower volume club, the 100 is fine, even excellent. But even then, the 200 is better. I am not discounting the 100. A great amp.
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You can take this straight to the tone bank. @GregT is a seriously professional bass player.
 
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With the 100 vs the 200, I don't think the extra 40 watts is nearly as important as the 15" vs 12" driver (which I believe is not the same driver in the rumble 112 which costs the same as the 100 combo), and the larger box to go with it as well.

I would also.venture as far as to say the power section in the 200 may be more.conservatively rated than what is in the 100. I encountered a 100 in a GC that didn't survive the abuse, it was farting out, but who knows what some tweaker did to it on a loud Saturday wank competition in the showroom prior to my encounter with it.

My answer to the question is, heard? For sure, with the lows rolled off a bit and the mids boosted, but felt and solid, not so much.

Get a 200. They can be picked up used for the same as a new 100
 
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Sid s said:
I recently bought a new Fender Rumble 500 (2x10 combo) from Musician's Friend.
The Master pot produces a lot of scratchy noise when turned.

The box was re-stapled, so I think somebody else returned it to Musician's Friend and they just turned it around and sold it to me as if it was brand new.
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Ugh! I've had similar experiences from Guitar Center so often that I will no longer have anything shipped to my home; I have it shipped to my local GC which is just a 6-minute drive. If the box shows any evidence of tampering, resealing, etc. I politely explain that I paid for NEW gear and this is not that and refuse to accept it. They try to get me to sign a receipt, telling me that I have the 30-day return polity but the simple fact is that once I sign for it, it's MY problem. If I never receive it (I don't sign for it) it's THEIR problem. I'll let you guess which problem gets solved faster and with less hassle.

It upsets me that this sort of customer mistreatment is the norm for this industry.
 
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I have heard from a company that has their products sold on Amazon, of Amazon doing the same thing.. instead of returning the item back to the company for a replacement.. they just turn it around and send it back out and let the buyer deal with it.. that came right from the Tech Dept of the company..
Scott Truesdell said:
Ugh! I've had similar experiences from Guitar Center so often that I will no longer have anything shipped to my home; I have it shipped to my local GC which is just a 6-minute drive. If the box shows any evidence of tampering, resealing, etc. I politely explain that I paid for NEW gear and this is not that and refuse to accept it. They try to get me to sign a receipt, telling me that I have the 30-day return polity but the simple fact is that once I sign for it, it's MY problem. If I never receive it (I don't sign for it) it's THEIR problem. I'll let you guess which problem gets solved faster and with less hassle.

It upsets me that this sort of customer mistreatment is the norm for this industry.
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#16,589
Linnin said:
The BIG sound that comes out of such a small & light box is truly amazing to an old tube boomer like me.
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After A/B'ing the 200 and 500 for about an hour on Saturday at a local music store I left without an amp in hand. I was 85% of the way to getting the 200 but not 100%. The guitar player in my band works there and was really helpful but I just hadn't made up my mind. So I went back this morning and again A/B'ed the two models and in about 10 minutes my mind was made up. The 200 provided much more of the classic tone I want. So card on the table...gimme one. Like a little kid getting his first train set (oh boy oh boy!!) I scurry home and plug it in.
I tried all sorts of settings but found a few that really did it for me. Clean, this amp is amazingly deep and articulate. I have the Rumble 150 combo but it doesn't even come close the tones this 200 provides. With everthing at 12 o'clock it is sweet and, the best word I can find is "honest".
In the store I didn't think I'd like the vintage setting but but when I got it home I found I was wrong. With gain around 10 o'clock it's growly and has balls the size of cantaloupes.....WOW!!
One thing I experienced with this amp that I didn't with the 150 is a dramatic difference between my Fender MIM P with quarter pounders and Squire VM Jazz with Dimarzio Model J's. There was an obvious difference in tone of each with the 150 but nothing like what I'm hearing with the 200. I thought I was hallucinating...I A/B'ed them multiple times and found that my days of ingesting LSD were in fact behind me and I wasn't hallucinating. I don't know what to make of this except that the 200 is a superior amp - in so many ways.
So, given that my initial goal was to find a lighter amp to bring to rehearsal, I'm pretty darn happy with this little jewell!
 
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Oh, and here's my gear...so far....
 

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honeyiscool said:
If you bought a shirt at a show and you're wearing it on top of your shirt that you came to the show in, it's OK.
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Yeah... I won't do that. If I want an event T, I'll pick it up on my way out. Is it vain to not want to be one of the 50% wearing this current event's T?

I prefer to wear the oldest T I own of a particular band because I've been a fan thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis long. During the Dead and Company Show this summer, John Mayer wore an Ice Cream Kid T that was mostly held together by the ink. Yeah... like a 45-year-old T-shirt! Older than Mayer!
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I think in California you can register it with the DMV without getting it smogged!
 
#16,594
Scott Truesdell said:
8:00pm, eh?
I'll be there!



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R.I.P. Dr. Lazarus.
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By grabthar's hammer, he will be avenged!

When they ask at the door who you came to see, Rozen's Bridge needs the check mark more than toxicity. Should be fun, though I am prepared for a light turnout for the early bands. Don't quote me on that, if you know the tiki, parking sucks and getting there early has its advantages.
 

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