Fender Rumble Club

[mjmeche]

I'm sure it does help to get the controls higher up for us grumpy old farts

Is this roll call LOL
I put my 500C on top of my 2x8 cab tilted back on an amp stand. I need to get some 5/8"Sq tubing to extend so I can put my 112 in also!
We need a Grumpy Old Farts Club!

 

[Linnin]

We need a Grumpy Old Farts Club!

There is one in the amps & cabs forum, but I refuse to join!

 

[mjmeche]

There is one in the amps & cabs forum, but I refuse to join!

Well I fit the category and probably would fit in real well!!!!!

 

[Shawn Luckman]

There is one in the amps & cabs forum, but I refuse to join!

I need/have to join that club the older I get, the less tolerant of fools I become . Seriously though I enjoy this forum & Linnin's infectious love for all things Fender. Never change Linnin your posts would become boring .

 

[Linnin]

Never change Linnin

Never. [in 1950's American slang = Fat Chance]

your posts would become boring

We can't have that now, can we? {Fat Chance}

 

[John B jr]

What ya got there, John B jr.?

An oblique view of the 40 over the 100 featuring the Blackface logos. I have one of the flat ones screwed into the front of the pedal board to complete the set.

On the board: The chorus and reverb pedals break the signal into stereo but was not wired that way in the picture. If I'm moving the gear soon, I usually don't bother since it's mostly for my entertainment.

 

[Linnin]

I've been using the 'AIR' reverb in my ZOOM B3, and as good as it is, I'd like something better. Studio grade reverbs are a few thousand $$. Any under $200 ideas that sound like $2K+?

 

[John B jr]

Huh...so you stack two combos? Am I understanding this correctly? That's interesting...how do you connect/control them? And how do the 10 and 12 sound together?

Let me start by saying that I don't miss my Markbass combo at all. ...a rant for another time/thread.

I'm certainly not the first one doing this as this is a copy of what another Rumbler wrote up. The beauty of this is that the 100 is a couple inches deeper so all of its controls are accessible with the 40 on top. Otherwise, I would have gotten a pair of 100s. The hook-up is pretty straightforward.

One way is to take two signals from the pedal board and feed each unit in the usual way. The chorus and/or the 'verb can work as a splitter. I also have a stack of rack equipment that does the bi-amp thing with a Lexicon multi-effect > Compressor > EQ > X-over which can go 2 in - 3 out to feed a sub partially shown upper-left. There's no kill like overkill. (thumbed at the bottom just 'cause)

The easier way shown below takes a line out from the 100's effect send and runs right into the 40 input. The blue shrink-wrapped "Livewire" is the same cable with the 90 degree jack at the bottom-left into the R40. The footswitch only activates the 40. It looks like I was pushing some bigger bass on my last gig. We were opening for a touring Metal trio and the bassist was throwing down with two (count 'em, TWO) refrigerators. Anyway, the Rumbles did a fine job in the shadow of the 16 tens.

I'm quite satisfied with the projection when I venture out front during our soundcheck opener - The Peter Gunn theme.

 

[sequel91]

That's what I'm talking 'bout!View attachment 1092291

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How is the Low Blow with the Rumble? I've been considering the Wampler...

 

[John B jr]

I've been using the 'AIR' reverb in my ZOOM B3, and as good as it is, I'd like something better. Studio grade reverbs are a few thousand $$. Any under $200 ideas that sound like $2K+?

I like that MXR M300. Six voices and I use three of them, room, spring and "mod". The pad setting works as an up n down octave. Fun for noodling the Godfather theme. Thicker settings tend to sound more artificial. It uses a TSR cable if you want stereo which is odd but the adapters are readily available. The only other con is power consumption at 250 milliamps; it uses the high current port on my brick or the included wall-wart, no battery. Still it's comparable to the Lexicon rack unit which is a well regarded reverb. $200 new for either.

 

[John B jr]

How is the Low Blow with the Rumble? I've been considering the Wampler...

The notch filter makes that pedal. Between jagged and smooth, you get two flavors with the other toggle switch. Some people regard the Rumbles as "boomy" See also, the Auralex posts. So with the Studio Bass comp and the Wamp used as a clean boost, it tightens everything right up down to the low B. For those who may not know, the notch filter cuts highs and lows leaving the voice in the foreground.

My other pedals don't really like it running wild though. Higher gain is noisy. Not that you'd hear it while playing but I'm not very tolerant when it comes to static or hum. Brian has a new model out now. It is very well built in terms of knobs and switches etc. with a strong chassis though you have to unscrew four screws to swap the battery. It came with one already installed. Nice.

 

[FenderB]

I personally like it. You will find that a lot of amp manufacturers design their combo amps in this way, and it's a design decision that makes sense to me. For one thing, most amps are positioned on the floor, rather than a stand. In that case, the controls are easier to see than if they had mounted horizontally in the front, as with the previous generation of Rumbles. Making them recessed protects the controls from bumps and breakage during transport.

Hey Jakob. I wouldn't want them on the front face either, I was wondering why they put them in the back instead of up front but in the same orientation.

 

[BassPilot]

You'll get the front end EQ of the 200 direct into the power section of the 150. The master volume of the 200 controls the whole shebang. Try it and see if you haven't already.

I'm out of town until next week but I'll try it when I get back and report back then.

Thanks Linnin!

Dave

 

[Brio]

112 cab showed up today and I'm amazed at how good it sounds. I'm running a TC rh450 through it and its noticably clearer than my pf210he. Its heavier than I expected but still lighter than the pf. It will make for an excellent portable rig. Very happy Rumbler here.

 

[basslust]

This one's for you Linnin! Happy Fender Friday to all! I've never posted my rig before but actually have it all set up at home today and figured I'd show it off along with the new Jazz. It's the Classic Series 60's Jazz -- my first Jazz -- and I'm loving it! You can see the Rumble 500 in the back (yes, I left the stickers on) on top of two Rumble v2 112s (yes, I have the logos removed.) Lastly, the cable is the Fender California Series

 

[keto]

Played a R500 head thru some ancient old PV cab at an audition for a punk/metal thing tonight, great sounding amp!

 

[JakobT]

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Hey Jakob. I wouldn't want them on the front face either, I was wondering why they put them in the back instead of up front but in the same orientation.

That's easy. This type of combo - the Rumble series included - is basically an amp head stood on its end inside the cab. If you look at the back of the combo, you'll see how far down it extends. The simple reason is that there's room for it at the back of the cab, but not in front, since most of the room in front is taken up by the speaker. Of course, it's possible to design it so that the electronics are at the back of the cab and the controls are in front, but it's more complex (and probably therefore more expensive) to do. My guess is that this design makes it easier to use the same basic design for both the heads and the combos, thereby keeping the Rumbles both affordable and awesome at the same time.

 

[JACink]

Has anyone actually removed the head from a combo?

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Is The Rumble Club accepting new members? Recently got a Rumble 500 and a 210, really sounds nice. What's also nice is a product that lives up to the 'hype'.

Indeed we are. Welcome Rumbler #741. Is that a 500 combo, or a head? Rumble on!

 

[DerekW]

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