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Just bought a Rumble 100 to use with my MIM P-bass. I think it's the right size for the way I'll be gigging with it: mainly, I'm accompanying the local 50-60 voice community chorus along with piano (and occasionally drums). One outdoor performance for a couple of hundred people, two indoor performances in a local church with maybe 200-250 seats.
Not sure about the indoor as I haven't used the 100, but for the outdoor I think you might find yourself a little short on volume.
that was my personal experience with the 100w , the tone & sound was right , the portability n weight was perfect ... it just wasn't loud enough for my needs ... the 200 combo is 140w without extension but the 15" speaker and extra 40w made a difference at least in my ears ... but i did try the 12" first and gave it a chance ...
I recently bought a Rumble 100 V3 and love it! Perfect for the Bluegrass project I am in right now. Was pondering the idea of adding another Rumble 100V3 and using them together at outdoor gigs. Figure 200W with 2x12's should sound sweet. Is there a way to daisy chain them together? Is that what the AUX in/out jacks are for? Please excuse my ignorance, have never done nor thought of doing anything like this before.
Welcome, and yes you can! There's even a diagram that's been posted several times you can search up. Basically it's FX Send of your master combo to FX Return of your slave.
Unfortunately, for now anyway, I am no longer a member of this club. I loved the sound of my 500C, but the scratchy volume knob was unacceptable to me. I returned mine and tried 3 more in store, and they all had the same issue. The GC associate called Fender to inquire and they claimed to know nothing about, so I got my refund and moved on. If there are issues with a used amp, I can understand and tolerate to an extent. But there's no way I can accept a brand new out of the box amp to have issues- let alone the 4 that I tried.
It's a real shame. I'm sure I'll join again one day, even if just for an at home practice amp, but as for now, I'm rumbleless.
It's a real shame. I'm sure I'll join again one day, even if just for an at home practice amp, but as for now, I'm rumbleless.
Fender has to know about it. It's too common of an issue for them not to know. I'm sure their authorized service centers have had many of them come in. Who knows, might be one of the reasons they dropped the 5-year warranty.
I have not opened mine up yet but the volume control is right next to the fan. Could be dust blowing over and past that pot. Or a bad batch of pots they bought in bulk.
Anyhow, for me it's just easier to roll the volume control back and forth six or seven times before powering up than go through the hassle of packing it up and getting it to a service center and waiting to get it back. No problem since I started doing that. Sometimes I will go ahead and fire it up without rolling the control back and forth just to see if it still does it, and sure enough it does.
I agree with you though. A brand new piece of gear should not have issues. And in this case it's common.
They certainly know. I've had 3 and they all had it to a degree. I just turn the volume knob up and down a few times before powering on and it's then minimal. I'm sure somebody could find a replacement pot that would solve it easily.
Huh... Haven't had that issue with mine. Only had it a couple of months though. Wonder if the ones that do were a certain time frame of production?
I don't know if either of my combos have SPS (scratchy pot syndrome) as they stay at 1/4 for home use and 1/2 for stage. I make the change before turning them on. I guess I don't really want to know but I'll try it when nobody is home. Plenty of headroom for the job at hand.
