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Post subject: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:01 pm
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I play mainly Yes and Rush, and am currently looking for something loud enough to do small jam sessions with my friends, covering songs by those bands. I'm not looking for the world's LOUDEST amp now. In fact, I'm avoiding playing with excessive volume, as my family thinks I have hearing damage. That's why my family is forcing me to NOT buy the Rumble 350; my brother thinks it'll be overkill for my purposes.

Yup, small room jam sessions, and maybe some small gigs. Many of the places in my neighborhood have PA, so I don't think volume will be an issue. Obviously, jamming with my friends for fun, I won't have a PA. Will the 150 still be sufficient? I really like its tone...

By the way, just out of curiosity, will the Line 6 LD150 be better for my needs?


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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:51 pm
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The Rumble 150 combo will serve your purpose just fine... :)


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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:22 pm
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James Coderre wrote:
The Rumble 150 combo will serve your purpose just fine... :)


+1 Agree With James, the Rumble 150 combo will rock your world, and is plenty loud enough to jam with a band and play small to medium sized bars or churches. I always liked playing bars better. :wink:

I advise you to steer clear of all things Line 6. They had some serious reliability issues and withdrew from the bass market. Anything left 'out there' is either used or old stock that isn't selling. There's a reason for this.

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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:06 pm
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Thanks for the tips guys. I just read that the Line 6 will actually be able to compete with drums and whatnot, whereas I didn't hear anything about that for the Rumble 150. But when I tried it out, the 150 sounded loud enough. ;)

As you can all see, my priorities have changed. I'm in grade 12. In one more year, I'll be off to university, where I'll be so busy that I'll probably never be able to play anything until 3rd or 4th year. Even in my final year of high school, my friends and I will be too busy keeping our marks up and applying for uni to find time to gig, unless we're going to pursue music in the future, which we're not. The most we'll be able to do is small room jams, and the occasional church gig, which has a PA and mics.

So I thought: why spend so much on the Rumble 350, when I can get the 150 for a cheaper price? It fits my needs just fine, and I won't have the time to buy a new amp until AFTER university. I think I'm making the right decision.


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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:35 pm
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I definitely think you're making the right decision & with The Rumble 150 Combo you're also getting an amp with a 5yr Warranty,......Good Luck to you & Rock on!! :)


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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:55 pm
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Great, thanks everyone! I just have a couple of more questions...

On the Talkbass forum, people keep saying that I won't be able to even jam with people using the Rumble 150. Why is this?

Also, the Line 6 LD150 can apparently be used to gig even medium sized gigs. Why haven't I heard the same about the Rumble?


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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:41 pm
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rito wrote:
Great, thanks everyone! I just have a couple of more questions...

On the Talkbass forum, people keep saying that I won't be able to even jam with people using the Rumble 150. Why is this?

Also, the Line 6 LD150 can apparently be used to gig even medium sized gigs. Why haven't I heard the same about the Rumble?


Well to put it bluntly there's a few know it all Bass snobs on TalkBass,.... & some of them don't even know what they're talking about .... the Fender Rumble line doesn't get much love on TalkBass,...... & I don't know why as many of the people commenting on the Rumble don't even own it or may have never played through one...........there's people on Talkbass who have dissed my $2000. SWR Rig,........ I say the hell with them & to each his own.........as an example A lot of people love Ampeg & I'm not a fan of Ampeg....
Read this review by a professional Bassist:
http://en.audiofanzine.com/bass-guitar- ... sters.html
also read reviews & opinions of people here on the Fender Forum who own this amp & you'll see it's worth investing in. :)


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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:29 pm
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James Coderre wrote:

Well to put it bluntly there's a few know it all Bass snobs on TalkBass,.... & some of them don't even know what they're talking about .... the Fender Rumble line doesn't get much love on TalkBass,...... & I don't know why as many of the people commenting on the Rumble don't even own it or may have never played through one...........there's people on Talkbass who have dissed my $2000. SWR Rig,........ I say the hell with them & to each his own.........as an example A lot of people love Ampeg & I'm not a fan of Ampeg....
Read this review by a professional Bassist:
http://en.audiofanzine.com/bass-guitar- ... sters.html
also read reviews & opinions of people here on the Fender Forum who own this amp & you'll see it's worth investing in. :)


Actually, to put it bluntly:

As someone who read BOTH rito's strings over on Talkbass (although I did not post anything there), rito has shucked and jived and continued to adjust his question to (apparently) try to get the answer he wants. Although maybe two people over there said they just aren't fond of the Rumble line, almost everyone else told him that, while the Rumble 150 would be perfectly fine as a practice amp or for going over to a friend's house, the Rumble 350 would be a far FAR better choice for both actual gigging AND practice than the 150 would be. Part of this was in response to rito's saying that his brother had told him that an amp good for gigging (the 350) could not also be good for practice, and the TB guys telling him how wrong his brother was.

As I said, through this process rito has repeatedly changed how he described his needs so that it became very hard to know what he actually wants from the amp.

So, as far as knowing what they are talking about, I doubt there's many here who would argue with what he was actually told over there, and I saw no one over there who behaved anything like what James just described, or, for that matter, as James just behaved.

Rito, If you are going to spread around what other people have told you, be very careful to be accurate about both what they said AND what specific question they were responding to, or it's just stirring up a hornet's nest. :roll:

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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:08 pm
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GEE!.. thanks for setting us all straight,.....it's a no brainer that the Rumble 350 is a better amp,(but it looks like the family is involved with his decision so it looks like it's gonna be the Rumble 150)....Rito wanted to know if the Rumble 150 would cut it,....& I think it would be fine considering he's mainly going to be jamming in a basement for the most part.. & I also don't think I "Behaved " as you say in some ill manner & I'm entitiled to my opinion as we all are,.... Fact is,.. for the most part Talkbass is a fine forum but there have been occaisions in the past where I've read negative Rumble posts & negative posts regarding other amps & effects...(though random) by people who haven't even tried them & I've also seen other posters take these same people to task over their negative comments ............. lighten up..
& Rito.....Not Cool !! Time to grow up.


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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:32 pm
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Well, I thought your post was maybe just a tiny bit vitriolic. :wink:

But, to be fair, you were simply taking rito at his word, while I had read the actual posts. Now is anybody EVER gonna answer my footswitch question?????? :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:51 pm
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Well, I thought your post was maybe just a tiny bit vitriolic.

But, to be fair, you were simply taking rito at his word, while I had read the actual posts. Now is anybody EVER gonna answer my footswitch question??????


No Problem & welcome to the forum :) ,.......I'm am a little pissed though that this kid was changing his story on TalkBass (or something like that)......This is actually a small community & I've seen some guys who post here also post on other sites,.........I'm sure someone will answer your footswitch question,....there's lots of helpful folks on the Fender forum...... I haven't seen your Foot Switch post so I can't say...


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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:05 pm
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He's a kid. :roll:

Footswitch question posted Monday:
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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:31 pm
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Here's my take on this.

Whilst I could have easily gotten away with using the Rumble 150 for my purposes at the moment, I went with the Rumble 350. It was simply because I'd rather have too much power on reserve than not enough, in case I might need it. You do have the option of a volume knob and can turn it down. In fact, I've typically had the knob around 1 because I rehearse and/or record in a room (in my house and home studio) that's essentially a walk in closet and adjoining hallway area. There has been an instance where I've turned up up louder to around 4 or 5 when we auditioned a guitarist in a full rehearsal room situation but I've yet to go higher than this. If I do, then I have the comfort to know I have that option available.

You could possibly convince your family that because the 350 is louder that it doesn't mean that you'll be playing it at full volume. If not, then I think you'll probably be OK with the 150, considering what you're using it for.

As for Talk Bass, I'd take anything that's said over there with a grain of salt. It seems unless you have some sort 2000 watt head with some boutique brand of cabinets, then you're not going to cut it. Personally, I think it's full of a bunch of idiots (not everybody there, but quite a bit) who think they are tone snobs that think they are cool (yeah, you really need that $6000 custom rig playing in your Mom's garage or that crappy local jam night at some shithole bar) and also fall for whatever is the flavor of the month. One time it was Markbass, and who knows what it is these days. I could care less, myself. I'd rather concentrate on making music than take part in a pissing contest.

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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:15 pm
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What Talkbass has is users - 1/4 million members, all just interested in bass - so, it really doesn't matter what kind of fanatic you're looking for, they're there. U.S.A. Peavey fanatics, Sunn fanatics, tube fanatics, folded-horn fanatics, ultra-light fanatics, weird-ass boutique stuff no one has heard of fanatics, whatever - they're there, and no matter how obscure a group you imagine, there's a whole bunch of them there. There's a good sized cadre of Fender Pro fanatics there too, as well as a healthy helping of Fender tube head fanatics. They don't just have a lot of members, but 10's of thousands of regular users. Thus, you're going to get every adamant opinion imaginable.

It also means that there's an enormous wealth of knowledge over there, but, like the rest of the internet, you have to do some serious culling. :wink:

And, yeah, I know the Fender forum is huge too, but the bass part is definitely not the biggest part - unlike in a band. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Would the Rumble 150 be good for me?
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:26 pm
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Well said on both POV's Gentlemen,.......... :) You know back in the Day in the '70's 80's & early 90's you'd buy an amp that did the job (at least I did) & then move on with the task of making music, touring etc........ in 1985 I bought a 150 watt Peavey TNT Combo with 1x15" Black Widow speaker, I toured with it for several years,......& depending on the room it was hit & Miss with regard to the bands sound & the bass being boomy ( we also had a mediocre sound guy) ..... also back in the day young Bassists on a budget didn't have as much of a choice as we do today,....... & in todays market with whats available out there I think many would say that the Peavey 150 Combo wouldn't cut it for rooms that hold 500 or more people,....... the thing is my Peavey 150 did cut it. IMO

I find that in todays market you have a lot of bassists in their 30's, 40's & 50's ( I just turned 49 myself :) ) who could now afford gear they used to lust after when they were young broke guys in touring bands,..... so now I find there's a tendancy to constanly replace gear with better gear..... I find a lot of that happening on TalkBass (& here to to some extent) there's nothing wrong with it ....(just something I've noticed & all the power to guys trying to find that perfect sound)
I have a Bronco40 for practicing & I have 3x SWR Cabinets( Goliath Jr. 2x10, Golight 4x10, Workingpro 4x10 ) a SWR Headlite & Amplite,........ I can get 400 or 800 watts of power depending on what set up I use.....I'm quite happy with my setup & I'll be hanging on to it for a long time,.....I'm a little miffed that I can no longer get a 2nd Headlite as a back up as they've been discontinued but I've already solved this issue as I'm most probably getting a GK MB Fusion 800 later this year that I'll pair up with my SWR Cabinets & I'll go between the 2 heads. & then after that I'll be done for a while....unless something happens to my gear...


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