I love the sound of them. I'm just afraid it won't have enough headroom to gig with with just one 8ohm cab. I need this for a gigging amp. I want the head and the 4x10. Will that be enough?
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Who gigs with a Fender Rumble 500??
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I have the rumble 500 combo and it's insanely loud
The thing is deceptively loud, can really cut/sit in a mix.
Are the 2x10 and 1x12 the same size. It seems like all the rumble cabs are different sizes. Weird
I gigged with the Rumble 500 for a while. It has enough headroom and is loud enough. I don't find it clear enough for my needs, however, but my tonal requirements are different from others.
The 2x10" is the same size as the combo and it doesn't really make sense not to match.
I use a 115 and width wise it's a couple inches wider than the 500Combo unless you turn the 115 on its side then its a closer width match to the combo. A lot of guys use the 2x10 cabs especially if using just the 500 head as you can hook a couple of 2x10 cabs into the head which makes for flexibility over a 4x10 cab if you only wish to use one 2x10 cab for smaller gigs.
The guys who own 2x10 and 1x12 cabs will tell you the size differences.
I opted for the 115 cab thinking that the 15" speaker would satisfy my 5 string bass sound reinforcement requirement better than the 2x10 cabs. The 115 suits my combo quite well and I love the added punch of the added cab when required.
Pics show the 115 cab stood upright on top of the combo...and also laid side-on on top of the combo to show the size difference in orientation.
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I've giged the rumble 350, through a Berg HS-410, and it was pretty loud & clean, amd I teally mean loud, recently aquired the Rumble 500 have used it a few times, and ... Yes, you will have enough volume for most gigs, the only variable is going to be your cabinet, the Berg HS-410, is a very efficient cabinet
Sorry, I should’ve been more specific on the cab thing. I started off with an SWR 2x10, traded it for an Aguilar 1x12 and then added another Aguilar. The Rumble sounds pretty great through 12” speakers, to me at least. It was a little muddy/boomy through the SWR. And I agree – the size difference in the Rumble cabs is kind of weird and annoying.
I actually think it’s fairly consistent, and makes complete sense.
The 112 and 210 are the same width as the 500 and 200 combos. This enables both of them to be used as extension cabs for the combos, as well as paired with each other. Since they’ve all been engineered to work well together, there’s no problem with the different speaker sizes.
The odd one out is the 115, which is wider than the others. This is probably because it’s a very popular cab with users of the Bassman heads, so it’s sized to match the width of those heads. They’ve even swapped out the Fender logo from the flat version you find on the other Rumbles, to the fancier version used on the Bassman series. This does mean that users of the 200 combo aren’t getting a matching 115, but hey, you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.
On a related note, I was at a funky jazz festival, all the bassists playing a new looking room carrying Rumble combo, every one sounded like a moving blanket had been thrown over it. Loud. Ok. Mushy not ok. Ymmv.
I just played a Rumble 500 2x10 at a Jam session last night, mostly blues and classic rock. Mostly people playing with Ps, Js and some J5s. I am 100% a bass and amp snob. But I could not deny how well it sat in the mix. Deep, articulate with a nice mid punch. I also found the eq easy to dil in. The amp is definitely voiced and suits blues, classic rock and hard rock very well. As to a more specific answer to your question, it was played on a clean setting all night and was certainly loud and had no PA support. If you add another 2x10 extension you had better play with earplugs. There is enough bottom in the 2x10 that if you like 4x10 and went with a 2x2x10 arrangement you should be happy. If I didn't already have a great lightweight 2x10 rig, I would buy one.
I play indoors and out with the 500 head and 2x10 cab and it's plenty for either application.
I do quite a lot of loud gigs with a Rumble 500 through various Aguilar DB cabs and it is a very loud amp. The tone holds up very well at those louder volumes too. I actually sold a perfectly good TH500 in favor of the Rumble.
You'll have no problem being heard with the 500C alone. It is crazy loud. Adding an extension cab. like this 2X10, vertically stacked will have a much fuller sound and move even more air. You WILL be heard!!
