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The flip cabs from the PF line are slightly smaller as well... is that really a deal breaker?
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New Ampeg Rocket 500 watt vs Fender Rumble 500
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The PF flip cabs are smaller than the bottoms as well. The PF 115 and 210 are only 21 inches wide? what's your point? One inch makes it a deal breaker? Really?
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My point is the original PF cabs didn't match the extensions either. Why a problem now?
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I bought the 112 first day it hit the shelves. It's so awesome that I sold my 7 pro and a 212, and I bought the 210. It'll be here Saturday.
The ampeg will be full, and big. That the "ampeg sound"...huge. warm, and full.
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There are/were no extension cabs for the portaflex line. Only portaflex cabs. You either go with the fliptop ones, or the ported ones. They aren't combos, and there are no extensions.
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The new PF line has extension cabs. Not the old. (though the 100 watt version in the 90's did as well.)
Neither of these are fliptop design.
https://ampeg.com/products/portaflex/pf-115lf/
https://ampeg.com/products/portaflex/pf-410hlf/
How much Yamaha - DNA has been transferred to this new Rocket Bass amps? Those old Yamaha bass combos are super. Many are still working
I’m sure that some of these are just decorating the living room and end tables have to match exactly according to my wife.
I think the next step for Ampeg is to come out with a RB-212, preferably with around 400w standalone, a mid driver, and with a pullout handle and wheels for the ultimate in convenience.
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Those aren't extension cabs. Those are ported hard top alternative options to the sealed "fliptop" design. They were never marketed as extension cabinets. Just alternate design. The only one ever meant to be an extension was the 112. Although, it's also marketed as a standalone, hard top, ported 112 cabinet.
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I have the PF115 flip and the 115 'extension' cab, and they work GREAT together. So because marketing and and a port? Gimmie a break.
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"Gimme a break?"
They're two seperate stand alone cabinet options. They aren't extensions. They aren't combos. The heads and cabs are not a unit, that you would then have to then "extend." You pick whatever head you want, whatever cabs you want, and plug it in. Just like anything else. What's wrong with you?
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Is there a difference between cabs and extension cabs? I thought they were the same thing.
As long as you stack the wider one on the bottom for a slight pyramid shape instead of on top of the smaller one fur an upside down triangular stack, it shouldn't be too bad. Not as nice as matching sizes of course, but workable. Surprised they haven't come out with matching dimension extension cabs on it yet though. They very specifically put extension cab connections on both their 115 and their 210 Rockets.
If it matters to you, the Rumble 500 is made in Indonesia, the Ampeg made in China, which has made it a no-go for me. (Not that I need a combo of that size at the moment.)
Based on reviews I picked up a Rumble 40 for practice. Later I traded it for a Rumble 100 for rehearsal but, being a brand name snob, I thought I'd replace the practice Rumble 40 for an Ampeg BA110 to get that snobby Ampeg logo in my family room practice space. With the reviews in mind, I was actually willing to trade the logo for tone (given that this was, after all, just a practice amp) but I was surprised to find that the Ampeg was actually a much better tonal match for my flat wound Cort A4 with it's active Bart pickups than the Fenders. While there is no guarantee that I will get the same tone from a larger Ampeg it's now likely I will trade my Rumble 100 in on a 1x15 Ampeg BA115. The moral of the story ... reviews are a good base for making decisions but, due to the variables, they can lead one down a dead end. Maybe buy both an Ampeg and a Fender, try them out and return the one that you don't like? Just sayn'.
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Any cabinet added to a combo is an extension. Just because it wasn't made SPECIFICALLY for a combo doesn't mean it's not an extension.
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