Fender Rumble 100 v3 Bass Combo Amplifier

When looking for a home practice amp, I zeroed in on the Fender Rumble line fairly quickly. Even limited to the less-than-ideal testing environment of a Guitar Center, the awesome sound of the Rumble cabs was evident, and the deal was sealed when I picked them up. 22 lbs for a 100W combo amp? Ridiculous! And seriously, it seems even lighter!

I considered the 25 and 40 as well, and indeed I think I would have been quite satisfied with the 40, but in my naivete, I just wanted something that was at least "100 watts", so I got the 100. And in hindsight, even if it is overkill for home practice, I am still glad I chose it. It is still quite small, and so light that transport is a breeze. And so far it has kept up just fine with mid-sized guitar combo amps (Fender, Marshall, etc), so at least in my situation, it is the perfect "rehearsal" amp, which doubles quite nicely as a killer home practice amp!

All my guitar/bass-playing friends have been uniformly impressed with the sound and flat-out amazed when they picked it up.

Have been using the Rumble for 2 years now and am very pleased. I thought I would be limited to tiny venues in gig mode, but have used it successfully with a Stagg EUB in an airport hangar and in a large church hall and country club hall. Of course, the light weight is a real benefit to this 76-year-old bass player who is often "SHERPAing" EUB, amp, tall folding stool, notebook with RealPro, and a music stand in single trips! One of my best purchases; I highly recommend it.

I find this a great all around - multipurpose - combo perfect for small trio gigs, and rehearsal. Easy to get a good sound of right from the start. A "no problem" amp. However, I am on my third now, within a warranty period. Had to change out mine 2 times, when it started to buzz/fizz for no reason. They swapped it out for a new one. No use or worth to repair.

When the "vintage" knob is turned on, it acts as a low mid boost, with a slight compressor sound to it. It starts to mimick 60s Ampeg fliptop amps a bit. Thicker sounding with a small tad of air around it, as if there's some added cab or room sound to it.

Live on a gig, you have to line it out if venue is big enough. However, the Master Volume affects the line out Direct to PA and is quite useless in my opinion. If you have NO monitors on stage, the stage volume is set by the master on this combo. However it affects the volume out to PA too, so it's bad conduct IMHO. Not so minor quibble in my book.

Most lightweight amps has fans in them. This has too low wattage so no fan is needed. Bedroom practice at low levels makes this a charm. The other ones 200W and 500 has built in fan. Ok, this means that this one has absolutely no fan noise at all. Which works a charm.

I play upright as well as fretted and fretless electric. For the gigs I do -- jazz from duo to septet and roots/rock/Americana trio with two guitars -- this amp has been perfect. Great sound spectrum and never a problem with volume, either standalone or through a PA. I just wish all combo makers offered a kick-back type feature so we could keep the amp anchored solidly on the floor for sonic purposes and still be able to hear ourselves on small stages. If you've got 10 feet between you and the amp, no problem.

For basic practice(no drums) works perfect
Nice tones and really like the vintage and overdrive. Not quite loud enough for full band jams, at that point, youd need to back it up through pa.

Great little combo - works in a small room with PA support no problem...or even a medium sized room depending on the band. One of the best small combos out there I'd say.

I've had the amp for about 6 months. I use it for home practice and for occasional small gigs; usually with just acoustic gtr and voice, sometimes with a full band (drummer behind sound shield) with full PA support.

The amp has plenty of power for either of these situations. Tone is rich and warm, not overly deep though. Rather than giving a flat full range response this amp colors the tone enough that all basses sound somewhat the same played through the amp. Fortunately it is a good sound, but still.

Unfortunately the DI out is only post vol, post EQ so getting a clean uncolored signal for the FOH is not possible. Drat.

Great amp for solo practice, rehearsals and as a stage monitor for gigs where you have PA support. Not ideal if you really want to monitor yourself for tone as it pretty much give 100 variations of "warm".