Fender Rumble Club

[EdO.]

D**n you Linnin. Why are you forcing me to get 2 210 cabs. I was perfectly happy with my 410 cab but now you have me doubting myself. Please tell me you're BSing us.

Two 210's IMO are a lot easier to schlep around than a 410. Before I bought my 500 and 210 extension cab I looked at a lot of 410 cabs on Craigslist that I could have gotten a whole lot cheaper than what I bought, saw a couple of Peavey 410's like new for $150 i.e. To me it was worth it just for the utility of two smaller cabs versus one bigger heavier one. As always YMMV.

 

[Ser Phalanges]

Looks like I'm several years late. I just bought a Rumble 100 V1, it will be here on the 30th. I bought it because I was borrowing the same amp from one of my guitar players and I really liked the tone and Low Mid/High Mid controls. 75 bucks plus shipping seems like a pretty great deal. I'm using my Sterling Sub Ray 4 and the punchiness between that bass and that amp is just insane. It's perfect.

 

[crucislancer]

Two 210's IMO are a lot easier to schlep around than a 410. Before I bought my 500 and 210 extension cab I looked at a lot of 410 cabs on Craigslist that I could have gotten a whole lot cheaper than what I bought, saw a couple of Peavey 410's like new for $150 i.e. To me it was worth it just for the utility of two smaller cabs versus one bigger heavier one. As always YMMV.

That was a lot of my thinking as well. The 500 combo and 210 cab have served me very well since I got them 2 years ago. There isn’t much need for anything else.

 

[Linnin]

Looks like I'm several years late. I just bought a Rumble 100 V1, it will be here on the 30th. I bought it because I was borrowing the same amp from one of my guitar players and I really liked the tone and Low Mid/High Mid controls. 75 bucks plus shipping seems like a pretty great deal. I'm using my Sterling Sub Ray 4 and the punchiness between that bass and that amp is just insane. It's perfect.

Welcome to TalkBass and also to the Fender Rumble Club @Ser Phalanges Yes Sir, the original Fender Rumble combos were fabulous when they were first released 14 years ago in 2003, and they are still great today!

 

[G-Dog]

Hey man. Good to see you're here too. I changed to a Rumble 500C as well. The toughest, best sounding Combo, bar none!

Changed!? Who said he changed? I've been a Bassman-man much longer than I've been a Rumbler and still enjoy both!

Can I help it if more of my needs lean more toward the light-to-carry Rumble 500 combo type than the still-quite-light-but-bulkier Bassman 500 + 115 cab type? Except for those few joyous times when I take them both!!

I prefer to use the right tool for the job. And, for me, as a non-pro musician, that's more often the Rumble than the Bassman. But it's a very nice decision to have to make. I mean, either one is really the right choice for any gig.

 

[Linnin]

I am planning a military funeral for myself and I've been casket shopping! I think I like this one best. $2000 What do you think? Dignified, right?

 

[mikecd1]

Hey, I'm not jumping ship, but am selling one of my Rumble 210 V3 cabs with an MDB cover, but keeping my 40,112 cab and 500. Just hardly need to use two cabs together and can use the 112 if I need two. Blame Fender for making such awesome amps and cabs that kick ultra-butt. In the ad I offered free membership in the Rumble club so I hope that is a selling point!
For Sale - Fender Rumble 210 V3 2x10 Bass Cabinet with MDB Cover

 

[ubernator]

You only get the coupling effect with stacked identical cabinets/drivers. So you would forfeit that bit of sonic goodness. Your dispersion would also decline somewhat and your mids would beam more. All the same reasons vertically stacked 10's are acoustically superior to the 4x4 arrangement of the 410 cabinet. 4x4 is best for Jeeps and pickup trucks.

Somehow I think the diagonal speaker placement would lessen the beaming compared to a 410 since the speakers are not directly side by side. But I could be wrong about that.

If the cabinets were pushed together side by side on the floor, would you effectively get more low end with that positioning, as one would with PA subwoofers? I recall seeing a video demonstration by sound company that suggested using a pair of QSC KSubs side by side centrally to the audience with a DJ setup to achieve a coupling effect.

Yes it would add more lows due to the floor coupling effect. If you were playing on the concrete floor of a warehouse, or perhaps hard wood floor dance hall, without PA subs, it would help carry the low end, but the speakers are not high enough off the ground to disperse the mids and highs as well. But that does not always work well on a hollow high stage. Avoid playing venues on high stages with no PA support, the only way to get that thumping low that the crowd can feel, will be super overpowering and boomy on stage. Or you will be heard in the low mids, but not exactly "felt".

 

[hubberjub]

After I failed to put together a deal on a Mesa D-800, I came to my senses and realized I didn't need to spend that much on a first amp and bought a new Rumble 500 combo. It should be here on Tuesday. The demos sound good, so I'm looking forward to joining this fabled club. That is, if you allow beginners.

 

[Linnin]

After I failed to put together a deal on a Mesa D-800, I came to my senses and realized I didn't need to spend that much on a first amp and bought a new Rumble 500 combo. It should be here on Tuesday. The demos sound good, so I'm looking forward to joining this fabled club. That is, if you allow beginners.

Everyone is welcome here @hubberjub

 

[John B jr]

I am planning a military funeral for myself and I've been casket shopping! I think I like this one best. $2000 What do you think? Dignified, right?
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So long as it comes with the rest of the package, I don't see why not. My old man's military funeral stands with my wedding, my kids' births and that one night in (redacted) as unforgettable. At minimum, Linnin, you're a bass hero.

I didn't find out about John B Sr's heroics until his funeral. Purple Hearts are participation awards compared to the foolishly brave stuff it takes to get a Silver Star.

 

[Linnin]

At minimum, Linnin, you're a bass hero.

Thank You Thank You. I am not a decorated combat hero. I joined near the end of Viet Nam and served in a tactical nuclear missile battalion in West Germany and fought the 'Cold War' against the Soviet Union. If I earned any medals at all, it would have to be for heroic drinking.

 

[JACink]

Here is a medal that you would definitely deserve @Linnin

 

[John B jr]

Thank You Thank You. I am not a decorated combat hero. I joined near the end of Viet Nam and served in a tactical nuclear missile battalion in West Germany and fought the 'Cold War' against the Soviet Union. If I earned any medals at all, it would have to be for heroic drinking.

After the Gulf war, I read Norman Schwarzkopf's book, It Doesn't Take a Hero and I quote, "The Army is a hard drinking bunch." Senior was no exception. He was also deployed in SE Asia twice and had a trio of three-year tours of Germany. Augsburg, (where I was born) Stuttgart and finally Mannheim. I have a lot of "brat" stories. He was mostly in a Signal Battalion but Towards the end, he had one of the plumb jobs, buying $700 hammers or whatever.

 

[ubernator]

My dad got lucky, posted to a base in Germany during Vietnam as a corpsman. Lost a great uncle in WWII, my grandpa was in WWII, but he too got lucky, he got to set up the poker games for the brass in Hawaii. But not to say that Hawaii was not smack dab in the middle of the theater of the pacific war.

And I got lucky for there not being any need to reinstate the draft. But had I not found rock and roll, I probably would have tried to be a fighter pilot like every other preteen in the 80s after watching iron eagle and top gun, and living next to a marine corps air station.

 

[mjmeche]

ok so anyone ever compare the v2 to v3? I have 2x8 and 112 v2's

 

[pudgychef]

After I failed to put together a deal on a Mesa D-800, I came to my senses and realized I didn't need to spend that much on a first amp and bought a new Rumble 500 combo. It should be here on Tuesday. The demos sound good, so I'm looking forward to joining this fabled club. That is, if you allow beginners.

that Rumble 500 is a heck of a first amp in its own right...
everything I have ever done, from 10-10,000, could have been done on one (PA support, ext cab as needed

 

[ubernator]

ok so anyone ever compare the v2 to v3? I have 2x8 and 112 v2's

We are still waiting for the V3 2x8 to come out. I don't think that is going to happen.

I think the V3 hits harder in the lows, but that is just a combination of almost 3 yr old showroom memories when I was first testing a rumble 200 combo and there was a v2 112 I plugged into it, and it seemed to be quieter than the combo, and certainly quieter than the swr 110 cab. The v3 112 is like the perfect match for the 200, it is well balanced where the v2 didn't output as much as the combo, and the fact that the v3 is a larger cabinet.

Not exactly science, sorry. The v3 is really good though

 

[Linnin]

ok so anyone ever compare the v2 to v3? I have 2x8 and 112 v2's

Yes. The V2 Rumble Neos that you have are in their own element and are great performers akin to the old (but very heavy) AlNiCo magnets.
The ceramic-ferrite driven woofers of the V3's have their own sonic personalities. I am liking the lower sensitivity allowing you to drive them a bit harder while they gleefully soak up the watts. I like the sound of an amp that is driven hard to the ragged edge without being overdriven.

 

[ubernator]

Yes. The V2 Rumble Neos that you have are in their own element and are great performers akin to the old (but very heavy) AlNiCo magnets.
The ceramic-ferrite driven woofers of the V3's have their own sonic personalities. I am liking the lower sensitivity allowing you to drive them a bit harder while they gleefully soak up the watts. I like the sound of an amp that is driven hard to the ragged edge without being overdriven.

Referring to the v2 as the lower sensitivity I assume?