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@Gravedigger Dav is rarely here on weekends, but I'm sure he'll be delighted to issue you a spankin' fresh membership number on Monday.
Yes, and Macca played through a silver faced Fender Bassman 100 with 215 bottom loaded with JBL D140's. He could have played through anything he wanted at any price. Yet he chose Fender with good reason.
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Thank You, Sir! Been putting this off for a little while as I've been very much satisfied with the NitroBass, 412 TVX, 115 BVX stack, all USA. But at 61 years of age, reality finally sunk in. A brand new Fender combo with warranty coupled with the 8 ohm BVX BW won! No looking back at this point.Welcome to the Fender Rumble Club @JHandley!
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Hi everyone, I just joined the rumble club, whoo hoo! Got a 200 combo as it seems like the best compromise for both what I want on bass and on hollowbody jazz guitar (it was this or a Roland Cube, and I think the rumble smokes the cube on bass, at least to my untutored ears). Seems like an amazing amount of versatility for the price. I'm wondering if anyone else also uses them on jazz guitar, and if so, which cabs you've found the best? I'm expecting to later add a second cab, I guess either the 210 or 112. I can't imagine thinking I need more bass, so probably oriented to the guitar end. Opinions from anyone else who does this?
At any rate, my cheapo squier short-scale jag with flats is sounding deliciously 1972 now.
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Oh yeah, it will see occasional hammond emulation duty too when the leslie is impractical.
At any rate, my cheapo squier short-scale jag with flats is sounding deliciously 1972 now.
)))Oh yeah, it will see occasional hammond emulation duty too when the leslie is impractical.
Yeah I can see that. I plugged guitar into my 200 for a rhythm guitar audition, initially with my vox vt40+ as preamp, and my mesa 112 lone star openback cab on top. It actually sounded really good, wish that cab wasn't stolen.Hi everyone, I just joined the rumble club, whoo hoo! Got a 200 combo as it seems like the best compromise for both what I want on bass and on hollowbody jazz guitar (it was this or a Roland Cube, and I think the rumble smokes the cube on bass, at least to my untutored ears). Seems like an amazing amount of versatility for the price. I'm wondering if anyone else also uses them on jazz guitar, and if so, which cabs you've found the best? I'm expecting to later add a second cab, I guess either the 210 or 112. I can't imagine thinking I need more bass, so probably oriented to the guitar end. Opinions from anyone else who does this?
At any rate, my cheapo squier short-scale jag with flats is sounding deliciously 1972 now.
Oh yeah, it will see occasional hammond emulation duty too when the leslie is impractical.
The 112 would be your best bet, I just tried mine with a crappy solid state 120w guitar head, and it was pretty punchy. Very directional and bottom heavy though. I plan on using my 112 with my peavey valveking 50II, which is an open back combo. Will report on that later.
The 200 alone gave a solid, but dry Rock guitar tone with the overdrive.
I like the 112 as a bass extension cab, and am hoping it gives me the added oomph of a thiele type cab, under my open back peavey combo. As a guitar amp, the 200 would do better with an open back 112 on top (lay 200 sideways), or a 212 which might have to go beneath. Either way, ultimately the addiction of an actual guitar cab is helpful, but for jazz the bass cabs will probably be fine, unless you want that open not as directional, sort of surround sound you get from an open back guitar cab
Time to get my fender m80 combo back is fast approaching. I have agreed to try guitar in my singers origonal band, and I will need a backup, or can even let him use it while he is still playing guitar.
It is super light weight, the speaker is not the heavy duty one, which keeps the weight down. It actually sounds good for bass with an appropriate cab and the internal speaker unhooked.
I sacrificed a blown super 60head for the repair of this m80 and my swr workingman's 10. The wm10 got stolen, so I better get that m80 back or the super 60 is a total loss. For what I paid for it, and how long ago that was, it hurts a little less because I got it so cheaply. The m80 is sentimental, I bought it when I was 16, new $300. Just about every electronic component in that M80 needed to be replaced, and some of the resistor values were raised to keep it from overheating (which I never had a problem with).
Another thing the m80 came in useful for, acoustic electric/piezo from my petrucci guitar, since the clean is super clean. The swr workingman's 1x10+ was a perfect extension cab with tweeter, but it got stolen along with that amp. The rumble 112 would probably fill that bill too.
It is super light weight, the speaker is not the heavy duty one, which keeps the weight down. It actually sounds good for bass with an appropriate cab and the internal speaker unhooked.
I sacrificed a blown super 60head for the repair of this m80 and my swr workingman's 10. The wm10 got stolen, so I better get that m80 back or the super 60 is a total loss. For what I paid for it, and how long ago that was, it hurts a little less because I got it so cheaply. The m80 is sentimental, I bought it when I was 16, new $300. Just about every electronic component in that M80 needed to be replaced, and some of the resistor values were raised to keep it from overheating (which I never had a problem with).
Another thing the m80 came in useful for, acoustic electric/piezo from my petrucci guitar, since the clean is super clean. The swr workingman's 1x10+ was a perfect extension cab with tweeter, but it got stolen along with that amp. The rumble 112 would probably fill that bill too.
My last 2 acquisitions:
(already a Rumble Club member)
(already a Rumble Club member)
Another recent Rumble convert here. What got me interested - I play in two bands, one of which is basically an occasional 60's/70's/80's cover band that only does a few mostly benefit type gigs a year (my other rock band gigs regularly so not a biggie). The BL has a fully equipped practice room with everything furnished, including a Rumble 100 I use when we (occasionally) practice.
Wasn't too impressed at first, but once I got to messing with the different voicings and the tone controls found that I could easily dial in the kind of tones with my P basses I'd been looking for. Once I got familiar with it I decided I needed one for myself so a couple of weeks ago I pulled the trigger on a brand new Rumble 500 v3. Musicians Friend had a 15% off deal going and I had quite a few Backstage points saved up from a PA sub and some other stuff I'd gotten awhile back. So for $400 delivered (off the list $599 price tag) I couldn't say no.
I've run all my various basses through it (P's, Thunderbirds, Steinberger Spirit, MM Stingray, Danelectro Longhorn) and I'm able to get great tones from all of them with minimal knob fiddling and seems I have more tonal range on the instruments themselves, mixing pickup levels, tone knob settings etc. Much more versatile than I would have expected from a Fender amp being only familiar with older Bassmans etc. Never expected I'd ever buy a Fender amp but this thing sounds great, has a lot of tonal options, and is plenty loud enough for most of the places I play. Easy to haul around too. I like it.
Wasn't too impressed at first, but once I got to messing with the different voicings and the tone controls found that I could easily dial in the kind of tones with my P basses I'd been looking for. Once I got familiar with it I decided I needed one for myself so a couple of weeks ago I pulled the trigger on a brand new Rumble 500 v3. Musicians Friend had a 15% off deal going and I had quite a few Backstage points saved up from a PA sub and some other stuff I'd gotten awhile back. So for $400 delivered (off the list $599 price tag) I couldn't say no.
I've run all my various basses through it (P's, Thunderbirds, Steinberger Spirit, MM Stingray, Danelectro Longhorn) and I'm able to get great tones from all of them with minimal knob fiddling and seems I have more tonal range on the instruments themselves, mixing pickup levels, tone knob settings etc. Much more versatile than I would have expected from a Fender amp being only familiar with older Bassmans etc. Never expected I'd ever buy a Fender amp but this thing sounds great, has a lot of tonal options, and is plenty loud enough for most of the places I play. Easy to haul around too. I like it.
Welcome Rumbler #728! Glad to have you aboard. Now Rumble on!
Welcome Rumbler #729! Now Rumble on!Another recent Rumble convert here. What got me interested - I play in two bands, one of which is basically an occasional 60's/70's/80's cover band that only does a few mostly benefit type gigs a year (my other rock band gigs regularly so not a biggie). The BL has a fully equipped practice room with everything furnished, including a Rumble 100 I use when we (occasionally) practice.
Wasn't too impressed at first, but once I got to messing with the different voicings and the tone controls found that I could easily dial in the kind of tones with my P basses I'd been looking for. Once I got familiar with it I decided I needed one for myself so a couple of weeks ago I pulled the trigger on a brand new Rumble 500 v3. Musicians Friend had a 15% off deal going and I had quite a few Backstage points saved up from a PA sub and some other stuff I'd gotten awhile back. So for $400 delivered (off the list $599 price tag) I couldn't say no.
I've run all my various basses through it (P's, Thunderbirds, Steinberger Spirit, MM Stingray, Danelectro Longhorn) and I'm able to get great tones from all of them with minimal knob fiddling and seems I have more tonal range on the instruments themselves, mixing pickup levels, tone knob settings etc. Much more versatile than I would have expected from a Fender amp being only familiar with older Bassmans etc. Never expected I'd ever buy a Fender amp but this thing sounds great, has a lot of tonal options, and is plenty loud enough for most of the places I play. Easy to haul around too. I like it.
This is a sound sample with my SIRE V7-5 fretless/Rumble 500 pair (pictured above).
Recorded on a handheld TASCAM (remasterised and added reverb).
Recorded on a handheld TASCAM (remasterised and added reverb).
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UPDATE: I did have an awesome gig last weekend with the Rumble 200, no EQ preset button selected and a little adjustment in the 4 bands... DI out to the PA and not even half master volume! I love this rig!
Thanks again to everyone for the help on EQ and the information to confirm that the DI out is post everything
Thanks again to everyone for the help on EQ and the information to confirm that the DI out is post everything
Had yet another great gig with my Rumble 200 last Friday. My band split up about a year and a half ago and I and the rhythm guitarist reformed it a couple of months later with a new lead guitarist and drummer. Last Friday our old guitarist and drummer came out together to see us for the first time since the split. They also brought along the bassist and singer from their new band. Amazingly they stayed all night and we all chatted quite a bit between sets.
Saturday morning. I got separate emails from them both saying how incredible they thought the tone was from the Fender amp I was using and that their bassist wanted to know what model it was. More Rumble converts!
Saturday morning. I got separate emails from them both saying how incredible they thought the tone was from the Fender amp I was using and that their bassist wanted to know what model it was. More Rumble converts!
It is a beautiful thingI got separate emails from them both saying how incredible they thought the tone was from the Fender amp I was using and that their bassist wanted to know what model it was. More Rumble converts!
Picked the 500 combo up today...........loving it so far. Wondering what to do with the sansamp now....seems unnecessary. I left my Jazz alone with the new gear....they seemed to hit it off together
It is. Dump it.
I think I have to agree with Linnin. I've always used a SansAmp. Not sure why-just always have. I left it at home last gig by mistake and thought I'd have to "improvise". Turned the gain up to noon on my 500 head/210 cab; vintage on; bass around 10:00; mids around 1:00; high at noon; horn-off; and never looked back.
Anyone want a used SansAmp?
Anyone want a used SansAmp?
Not heavy enough for a boat anchor....I will pass...but, thanks.
