Sheesh, zee, that's a chunk of love. I know you like it, but ya gotta admit that hauling it up or down stairs is no fun. LEaving it at the practice site is no biggie though. Enjoy!
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The Combo Club
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Sheesh, zee, that's a chunk of love. I know you like it, but ya gotta admit that hauling it up or down stairs is no fun. LEaving it at the practice site is no biggie though. Enjoy!
You got it, Count. Keep us posted if you come into a bag 'o money and some free time!
I think it weighed well over 100 lbs.
The Rumble Club has a ton of info on this. I believe they even have their own Wiki for it, or something.
Thanks for the plug, instro-man!
Actually, the Rumble Club Wiki page coves ALL Rumbles, starting with the 300-watt all-tube Fender Custom Shop head and cabs (including sub!) produced way back last century in the '90s, all the way up to this year's LT25 budget bass modeler and the 2-ohm stable Rumble 800 HD head powerhouse! Anyone who owns a Rumble, or is considering one, should check out the Wiki to find out all the options available and what they can do.
And anyone who owns a combo, or is considering one, should check out the Combo Club Wiki to see just a sample of the fun this club has to offer.
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Took seeing a MB Jeff Berlin in person to grasp just how physically deep an amp it is.
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I leave the "Fat Tube" setting alone, pretty much, save for unity gain. Select the neck pup on the semi-hollowbody and it's blues city. It's probably my most complimented tone (both pickups).
Just to be a weisenheimer, what do you need a BA108 for? Looking to drown out a troupe of belly dancers and their finger cymbals?
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Deep? You mean shape-wise? Yes it's nearly perfectly a cube. In my home, the thing is affectionately known as "the dice".
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Makes my heart happy to see old Peaveys still cranking.
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Gonna say my last sighting of one of these "in the wild" is Last Century.
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My Rumble 800 got some airtime this morning:
I’ve decided that for me, the Rumble is super-efficient. Everything I typically want/need in a single 40lb box I just drop and connect a/c. Great when I feel a little lazy. I can even pre-program patches for specific gear combos. What a dream amp.
I’ve decided that for me, the Rumble is super-efficient. Everything I typically want/need in a single 40lb box I just drop and connect a/c. Great when I feel a little lazy. I can even pre-program patches for specific gear combos. What a dream amp.
Luckily for me I dont gig anymore and the house is all one level.
Such amps are quite an incentive to buy one-level houses.
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and beyond, soz, couldn't resist
I remember your homemade V1 Rumble Studio 60 prototype, Ghosty. Man, those were the days, huh?
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Nice to see your evolution to the Rumble Stage 800 and all it's versatility.
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I owned a classic amp in the late 60's which would classify as a Combo but also a separate head and cab, even though it really was classed as a combo. It was an Aussie made Goldentone 60watt BassMaster valve (tube) amp.
The head which was attached to a baseboard of its own, was then attached to the cab with 2 latches either side of the cab (if you look carefully at the left side of the pic you can see the 2 left-side latches). The cab was an unusual design where the head slotted into the top of the cab and was clipped down. When transporting, the head was turned upside-down on its base board and clamped again by the same 4 latches (2 on either side), so in effect the head was inside the cab and from the outside it just looked like a cab with no head. It did make it heavy to carry as you were picking up the entire cab with the head inside lol The head had a carry handle on both top and bottom, the bottom handle being attached to it's baseboard so when the head was turned upside-down and clipped to the cab you could carry the entire rig by it's "bottom" handle.
The speakers were 2 Rola 12" drivers. Easy to replace the speakers...just remove the head and the cab entry was though the top where the head sat, so you could reach down with both hands and unscrew the speakers from the front baffle board and replace them with ease if needed. From memory the speaker cable at the rear of the head plugged into the socket at the rear of the cab. The power cable was at the rear of the head too. When transporting, those cables sat inside the cab when the head was reversed and clipped.
It was a two piece unit as such but ran as a one piece unit when fitted together, just like a combo these days.
If you look carefully you can just see the seam along the leading front edge which is the baseboard the head is attached to..also at back left rear in the pic. An example of a very early flexible combo type amp.
The head which was attached to a baseboard of its own, was then attached to the cab with 2 latches either side of the cab (if you look carefully at the left side of the pic you can see the 2 left-side latches). The cab was an unusual design where the head slotted into the top of the cab and was clipped down. When transporting, the head was turned upside-down on its base board and clamped again by the same 4 latches (2 on either side), so in effect the head was inside the cab and from the outside it just looked like a cab with no head. It did make it heavy to carry as you were picking up the entire cab with the head inside lol The head had a carry handle on both top and bottom, the bottom handle being attached to it's baseboard so when the head was turned upside-down and clipped to the cab you could carry the entire rig by it's "bottom" handle.
The speakers were 2 Rola 12" drivers. Easy to replace the speakers...just remove the head and the cab entry was though the top where the head sat, so you could reach down with both hands and unscrew the speakers from the front baffle board and replace them with ease if needed. From memory the speaker cable at the rear of the head plugged into the socket at the rear of the cab. The power cable was at the rear of the head too. When transporting, those cables sat inside the cab when the head was reversed and clipped.
It was a two piece unit as such but ran as a one piece unit when fitted together, just like a combo these days.
If you look carefully you can just see the seam along the leading front edge which is the baseboard the head is attached to..also at back left rear in the pic. An example of a very early flexible combo type amp.
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