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Fender Rumble Club

#16,921
I've been playing through the 410 with a 500 head and have been very happy. But, it's way too much for most of the places I play so I just "down-sized" to the 210. It may be my imagination but the 210 seems tighter and punchier than the 410. And I can carry it with one hand! Love it! At some point I'll get a second one for larger gigs to take advantage of the full 500 watts!
 
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New to bass and making music. My first rig....got the Fender Rumble 25 on the recommendation of a wait for it........guitarist! Of course I don't know nuthin bout nuthin but out of all the amps I've had (one) the Fender Rumble is by far the best!

I look forward to a time when I can appreciate and/or need some more power.
 
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DenverontheOne said:
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New to bass and making music. My first rig....got the Fender Rumble 25 on the recommendation of a wait for it........guitarist! Of course I don't know nuthin bout nuthin but out of all the amps I've had (one) the Fender Rumble is by far the best!

I look forward to a time when I can appreciate and/or need some more power.
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Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club @DenverontheOne! :woot: The Fender Rumble 25 is a fine start. Be sure to ask @Gravedigger Dav for a membership number on Monday. :hyper:
 
#16,924
Hello all. I have a Rumble 500 combo. I recently added the Rumble 115 Cab. At times, I get a crack out of the 2x10 when I hit a low note. Sounds like it's clipping. Seems when I hit the low F or open E. Not sure if anyone with this combo had experienced the same thing?
 
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bassman2011 said:
Hello all. I have a Rumble 500 combo. I recently added the Rumble 115 Cab. At times, I get a crack out of the 2x10 when I hit a low note. Sounds like it's clipping. Seems when I hit the low F or open E. Not sure if anyone with this combo had experienced the same thing?
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Haven't heard of that before. Describe "crack". What are your Rumble settings? What bass are you using? What settings?
 
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DenverontheOne said:
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New to bass and making music. My first rig....got the Fender Rumble 25 on the recommendation of a wait for it........guitarist! Of course I don't know nuthin bout nuthin but out of all the amps I've had (one) the Fender Rumble is by far the best!

I look forward to a time when I can appreciate and/or need some more power.
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Welcome Rumbler #714! Glad to have you with us. Rumble On!
 
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DenverontheOne said:
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New to bass and making music. My first rig....got the Fender Rumble 25 on the recommendation of a wait for it........guitarist! Of course I don't know nuthin bout nuthin but out of all the amps I've had (one) the Fender Rumble is by far the best!

I look forward to a time when I can appreciate and/or need some more power.
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Oddly enough, that's how I got my Rumble 500c. My long time friend (and guitarist) bought it for me on the recommendation of a local music store employee he knows. Those guys aren't ALL bad! I was in need of a beefier amp than my puny home practice amp and a little 100-watt thing he owned. I've been thanking him for it ever since. (Well, I did pay for it really. I'd have likely gone Peavey or Carvin myself). But the perspective of a (good) music store guy who can play them all is really valuable. As much as I absolutely LOVE my Rumble, I'm not going to say it's the best amp ever built. If I had unlimited funds, or even made my living playing bass rather than just as a hobby, I might have another opinion. But throw in the price/benefit value equation and it may well be the best amps ever built. I've no doubt the 25 is similar.

(I keep trying to justify buying a 2x10 fender extension, but dammit I just haven't ever NEEDED it yet! And my band is LOUD.)
 
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Blue Dragon said:
(I keep trying to justify buying a 2x10 fender extension, but dammit I just haven't ever NEEDED it yet! And my band is LOUD.)
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You need a Rumble 210. There. Justified. By moving twice as much air, you get better dispersion and the full 500 watts whether you need them or not you will sound better at the very same dB SPL. The visual cool factor of playing a Fender stack will add to your aura of greatness.
 
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Blue Dragon said:
Oddly enough, that's how I got my Rumble 500c. My long time friend (and guitarist) bought it for me on the recommendation of a local music store employee he knows. Those guys aren't ALL bad! I was in need of a beefier amp than my puny home practice amp and a little 100-watt thing he owned. I've been thanking him for it ever since. (Well, I did pay for it really. I'd have likely gone Peavey or Carvin myself). But the perspective of a (good) music store guy who can play them all is really valuable. As much as I absolutely LOVE my Rumble, I'm not going to say it's the best amp ever built. If I had unlimited funds, or even made my living playing bass rather than just as a hobby, I might have another opinion. But throw in the price/benefit value equation and it may well be the best amps ever built. I've no doubt the 25 is similar.

(I keep trying to justify buying a 2x10 fender extension, but dammit I just haven't ever NEEDED it yet! And my band is LOUD.)
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Blue Dragon said:
Oddly enough, that's how I got my Rumble 500c. My long time friend (and guitarist) bought it for me on the recommendation of a local music store employee he knows. Those guys aren't ALL bad! I was in need of a beefier amp than my puny home practice amp and a little 100-watt thing he owned. I've been thanking him for it ever since. (Well, I did pay for it really. I'd have likely gone Peavey or Carvin myself). But the perspective of a (good) music store guy who can play them all is really valuable. As much as I absolutely LOVE my Rumble, I'm not going to say it's the best amp ever built. If I had unlimited funds, or even made my living playing bass rather than just as a hobby, I might have another opinion. But throw in the price/benefit value equation and it may well be the best amps ever built. I've no doubt the 25 is similar.

(I keep trying to justify buying a 2x10 fender extension, but dammit I just haven't ever NEEDED it yet! And my band is LOUD.)
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I'd never claim it to be the best rig ever built, as that is subjective. But after lugging around my big ass Ampeg set up for years, I have no regrets that it is sitting on someone else's stage now. I don't miss it even kind of. For everything the Rumbles pack, up to and including the portability factor...these days they are hard to beat.

We play with a lot of bands, and after the shows the bass players are staring at the Rumbles considering getting their own.

My Ampeg was a power house, a great rig...but I couldn't convince myself to go back to it. It's offered as the house back line at a lot of our venues, but I say no thanks and tote in the Rumbles.
 
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Whiplash71 said:
I'd never claim it to be the best rig ever built, as that is subjective. But after lugging around my big ass Ampeg set up for years, I have no regrets that it is sitting on someone else's stage now. I don't miss it even kind of. For everything the Rumbles pack, up to and including the portability factor...these days they are hard to beat.

We play with a lot of bands, and after the shows the bass players are staring at the Rumbles considering getting their own.

My Ampeg was a power house, a great rig...but I couldn't convince myself to go back to it. It's offered as the house back line at a lot of our venues, but I say no thanks and tote in the Rumbles.
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Ahh, now that's a first hand testimonial of the highest order!
:laugh: Rumbles Rock! :smug:
 
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Hi.
Here I am with a question for any users of the Rumble 350 head:
I bought one second hand here in Germany a couple of months ago and am not sure if it is faulty or not. Even though I mostly like the tone it seems to have at least one flaw. It produces a slight and steady background hissing noise the moment you switch it on. It does that even when the volume is turned down all the way. The noise can not be heard over the headphones output - so I suspect it comes from the power amp section. The hiss is not really loud and can not really be noticed while the band is playing, but it is getting on my nerves whenever I switch the thing on.
I brought the amp to the tech of my local guitar shop, but he could not help. He claims everything is in order and says the noise might be due to the type of construction without a separate pot for the power amp. This does not really convince me, but it is hard to find a qualified Fender specialist here, as they have stopped their local support in Germany - everything supposedly comes via the UK.

Does anybody else experience a similar noise with his Rumble 350?
 
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Doppelbasser said:
Here I am with a question for any users of the Rumble 350 head:
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Doppelbasser said:
It produces a slight and steady background hissing noise the moment you switch it on. It does that even when the volume is turned down all the way. The noise can not be heard over the headphones output - so I suspect it comes from the power amp section. The hiss is not really loud and can not really be noticed while the band is playing,
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I've had my Rumble 350 head since 2012, and mine does not hiss at all. In fact it is the quietest bass amp I've ever owned. That doesn't help you, but it is not unusual for solid state amps to have low level operational noise to include some hiss. So that is normal. Like it or not. It's a good thing you young folks weren't around when everything was tube and ungrounded plugs! Talk about hiss and hum! LOUD too. You don't know what you're missing. ;) :cool: Rumble On! :cool:
 
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bassman2011 said:
I'm using a Fender American Jazz Bass. Also a drop box down a 1/2 step. The crack sounds like a distorted speaker when I hit the low note once in a while. Although the speakers were checked out fine.
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What are your amp settings? All of them. Your Rumble is obviously fine, but you are doing something wrong. You need to find out what that is and stop it.
 
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