Duke, looked over your Facebook page last night. Wow, you folks have some history and the chops to back it up! Have you ever played in SW Wisconsin/NE Iowa? Again, you sound familiar and I'm wondering if it's because I caught a show at some point.
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The Combo Club
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Duke, looked over your Facebook page last night. Wow, you folks have some history and the chops to back it up! Have you ever played in SW Wisconsin/NE Iowa? Again, you sound familiar and I'm wondering if it's because I caught a show at some point.
Welcome aboard, Moody Tuner! You're member #64. Great example of a rig built around a fine combo amp.
Requesting a club number too please iagtrplyr
Fender Rumble 500 Combo V3 (plus 115 cab) and a Fender Rumble 75 V2
Fender Rumble 500 Combo V3 (plus 115 cab) and a Fender Rumble 75 V2
Giffro, my bass-playing compadre, you are the Combo Club's 65th member. Congrats! My guess is you do a lot of rumbling in your house, eh?
Why thank you sire..you are a champion.
Lol yeppp..I need to recork my window frames.
I'll buy the wife a tub of window putty..that will give her something to do while i'm rumbling. Will make a good test while i'm playing and shes trying to stop the windows rattling..lol
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A man after my own heart. I did the exact same thing this afternoon, bothering the Mrs. for two hours in the afternoon. Hey, someone had to fire up the new Rumble 100 in a small room with the Vintage button active!
Great time to ask for a number! Playing is mostly a hobby for me now, but even when it wasn't I always rocked a combo! Anyway, here is a pic of my Peavey Max 115. Can I have number 66!
Doc, it's my pleasure to grant you your request; you are now known far and wide as #66! Tell your combo-loving buddies that numbers are at their lowest price ever. I'd love to reach 100 soon.
Nice combo amp, BTW. That reminds me to bring up my stand from the basement. Gonna experiment tomorrow.
Proud owner of rumble 15 (v2), and a rumble 40 (v3). Use the 40 as a DI.
Have used the 15 as a monitor.
Have used the 15 as a monitor.
Looks like we started playing bass at about the same time SR. I pestered my father when I was 13 (1964) to buy me this beat up old second hand bass guitar at a pawn brokers shop. It was a P style copy and from what I remember I think it was hand made by some enterprising craftsman. It played great to me at 13 and thats all I was interested in. After a couple years, and I think by the time I was 16, my school mate repainted it a mustard colour and added designs to the body with his oil hand painted hippie grapevines and butterflies in bright colours all over it. It looked great.I don't know if you were referring to me but, I started playing bass in 1964. Leo and I went to two different schools together.
I again hassled Dad for a better amp and he bought me a second hand old Goldentone 60watt amp/cab. The amp was a separate head and cab type design where the head was designed and mounted to a wooden "plate" and attached by clipping to either side of the cab with latches like the same type of catches on guitar cases. The head would flip upside down and hang upside down into the 2x12" speaker cab for transport. It was almost a combo amp in that regard. I found a pic (below) on the net of a similar one. You can see the latches on the side of the cab if you look closely.
Its great to know we old bass players are still at it and with much better gear than we had back in the early days.
Some history of the early tube (valve) combo amps made in Australia is shown here...
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The brand name is 'On.Stage'. That's what it says on it anyway. I got it from a music store in Canada. If you want to know which one let me know.
I didn't put that much time in because, in the early '70's, I chose to get a day job, get married, a mortgage and have kids...something I have never regretted.
The '60's were exciting. You had the surf music, the British Invasion, Blues, Psychedelic, Soul and others. I chose Soul which, at the end of the '60's, was like the others...in a state of flux.
I moved on but, did not keep up with the changes in music and the advancements offered by the internet. So, a few months ago, in semi-retirement with some time to spare, I joined TB. I am amazed at the changes over the past 50 years...these too are exciting times!
You're member #67, Drgonzonm. I invite you to send in a pic so we can all view your Rumble heritage. Right now though I'm taking all comers as we strive to reach 100 members before the clock strikes July. (Yeah, I've moved the limit from this weekend to the end of June...I caved)
That's cool you've used the Rumble 15 as a monitor. I could see that.
My parents bought my first bass in '61 or '62. It was a P copy from Japan. Couldn't afford an amp, but managed to hook it up to their Admiral console stereo (when they weren't around)...sounded pretty good and the record player was convenient for picking up and dropping the needle while learning songs. Good thing I didn't break the needle or sewing would have been the least of my worries (Walking the Dog)!
My first amp was actually a combo. A National, open back guitar amp. Sounded like crap, but I didn't know any better...just thought it was under-powered! Thinking about it, I was lucky I didn't give up completely. After all, we were just getting used to those rotary dial telephones and party-lines
. Today, we are just a few clicks away from learning everything good (and bad) about every bass and amp.
What's up with that bullet lamp, in the upper left of your pic, pointing at the ceiling?
Is that another "down under" thing?
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Great story, Giffro. I love reading about people's first encounters with their equipment. That pic was cool too. I wonder what something like that would now cost? Of course, it'd weigh 5 lbs and run Class D! I agree with you, it's wonderful to hear about our elder statesmen of the bass still rocking it out.
My parents bought my first bass in '61 or '62. It was a P copy from Japan. Couldn't afford an amp, but managed to hook it up to their Admiral console stereo (when they weren't around)...sounded pretty good and the record player was convenient for picking up and dropping the needle while learning songs. Good thing I didn't break the needle or sewing would have been the least of my worries (Walking the Dog)!
My first amp was actually a combo. A National, open back guitar amp. Sounded like crap, but I didn't know any better...just thought it was under-powered! Thinking about it, I was lucky I didn't give up completely. After all, we were just getting used to those rotary dial telephones and party-lines
SoulReflection, you're bringing back all those neat memories of a bygone time. Rotary phones...wow! I'm imagining that Admiral console getting cranked up to the tunes of...let me guess...The Dave Clark Five? No, Beach Boys, right?
