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NAD - Rumble 200 Combo

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Congrat!
As a 15 driver fans, Rumble V3 200/150 have sweet smooth warm bass tone which seriously match with Pbass and Jbass.
Good quality, light weight, super silent colling fan, versatile tone, big sound , usable sound with Keyboard, digital drum and Elec. Guitar , Your parent favorite tone from Vintage Button..... blah blah blah.....

Here the rules ........... " Play Fender/Squier Bass , Play with Rumble V3 Combo "
 
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Yahboy said:
Congrat!
As a 15 driver fans, Rumble V3 200/150 have sweet smooth warm bass tone which seriously match with Pbass and Jbass.
Good quality, light weight, super silent colling fan, versatile tone, big sound , usable sound with Keyboard, digital drum and Elec. Guitar , Your parent favorite tone from Vintage Button..... blah blah blah.....

Here the rules ........... " Play Fender/Squier Bass , Play with Rumble V3 Combo "
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I cannot disagree with any of that - I gig a P bass more than anything else, and I thought the 200 with a 15" speaker sounded better with my Ps than the 500 with (2) 10s did... I have some 10" loaded cabs, but do seem to prefer 15s for the most part...
 
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mesaplayer83 said:
I cannot disagree with any of that - I gig a P bass more than anything else, and I thought the 200 with a 15" speaker sounded better with my Ps than the 500 with (2) 10s did... I have some 10" loaded cabs, but do seem to prefer 15s for the most part...
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I totally agree with this. I tend to like a 15" speaker better than 2-10's, especially in the Rumble line. The 15" speaker they use combined with the way the cabinet is designed just really sounds great for what I play. I am not a jazz bassist doing a lot of solo stuff, I tend to like the more classic bass sound that really fills out the bottom end of the band.
 
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Sean Brookes said:
Can I ask you all, would a Rumble 200 be loud enough for rehearsal and gigging? Say with a standard 3-5 piece covers band.
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I use the 200c and a 115 cab for a small cover band (new, dance, and classic rock, and country) and it has been fine. We play mostly small places. Some places the "stage" space is so small that I only bring the combo, put it on a tilt back amp stand, put my pedals underneath, and stand right in front of it. That is all the room I have. But if there is space I bring the extra 115 cab just to get the best sound. We do run all amps through a small PA as well to give the sound guy some control, but there are times he does not have me much in the mix because the amp is doing most of it. When we have played outdoor parties, we use a bigger PA (rented) and run the full mix through the board. For my situation the 200 works great.
 
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Sean Brookes said:
I've been pondering my first bass amp for a while and almost seem set on getting a 500 combo. However, this post has me thinking that a 200 may be suitable enough and even sound better. Can I ask you all, would a Rumble 200 be loud enough for rehearsal and gigging? Say with a standard 3-5 piece covers band.
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It depends on the band itself - for all of my current gigs, yes - but for some in the past, definitely not... Sorry I can't be of more help, but each situation is different...
 
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OldFunBass said:
I totally agree with this. I tend to like a 15" speaker better than 2-10's, especially in the Rumble line. The 15" speaker they use combined with the way the cabinet is designed just really sounds great for what I play. I am not a jazz bassist doing a lot of solo stuff, I tend to like the more classic bass sound that really fills out the bottom end of the band.
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Same here on all of the above, although I really do like my Mesa PH210 cab, and the pair of Acoustic B410 cabs I have... I've had other 10s loaded cabs that I really liked, but most have gone bye-bye...
 
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mesaplayer83 said:
Same here on all of the above, although I really do like my Mesa PH210 cab, and the pair of Acoustic B410 cabs I have... I've had other 10s loaded cabs that I really liked, but most have gone bye-bye...
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True. And I can also say that not all 15's sound good as well. I have heard some 15 cabs through the years that just sound like mud no matter how it is EQ'd. So for both 10's and 15's it all depends on the quality of the design.
 
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Sean Brookes said:
I've been pondering my first bass amp for a while and almost seem set on getting a 500 combo. However, this post has me thinking that a 200 may be suitable enough and even sound better. Can I ask you all, would a Rumble 200 be loud enough for rehearsal and gigging? Say with a standard 3-5 piece covers band.
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I would recommand 500h + 150 Cab x2 .
 

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