Yeah I had zero regrets about buying mine, and I sold it for something like 70% of what I paid for it.
It’s a great little amp, if you know that you will outgrow it the moment you try playing with others going in. For a second amp to throw in a bedroom or something it would be perfect. Inexpensive, good tone, loud enough.
Then again I am an outlier here - I haven’t owned any amp in years myself, glad to be free of them. My studio monitors work better for me as all I care about is recording, which amps are generally useless for (unlike preamps). YMMV.
I use the Roland Mirco Cube and works well for me. Lots of features to help with practicing songs. Can use with headphones (keep roommates happy) and has inputs for playing backing tracks and different amp modeling.
I have the Rumble 100 …it’s light as a feather…and a great practice amp with a little more head room for the bass to come thru clear…The Rumble 25 weighs 21 lbs and the 100 weighs 22 lbs
Hey guys, just briefly reviving this thread due to its relevance.
I currently have an Ampeg BA-110 V2 (40w) and am planning to sell it then replace it with a Fender Rumble 25. Main reason is purely down to taste, I’ve always found my Ampeg sounds boomy/muddy, whereas I’ve recently tested out a Rumble 25 in store and loved the brighter sound. The tone was much more what I’m after.
I still play and practise mainly in a small room in an apartment; not planning on gigging or anything any time soon so the ‘bigger is better’ concept doesn’t fit for me, I dont need excessive low end.
Q1 - by changing to the Rumble, I’ll lose out on the -15dB input/switch, but I have an active Warwick RB so does anyone know whether the Rumble 25 will still handle that signal fine? I ask as I had a cheapish 15w practise amp that absolutely could not handle that
Q2 - haven’t had a chance to try the Rumble 40 but I’m aware that the few extra features over the 25 are actually pretty solid (not just novelty bells & whistles). Is it really that much ‘boomier’? For my situation I don’t want to have to tweak the volume dial by a tiny fraction to avoid blasting walls out
The 40 isn’t going to wake the neighbors, but it will sound better even at lower volumes.
The 40 is where you start getting into bass sized speakers.
IMO, if you can swing it, get the 40, its worth it for the tone alone.
I had one, was my first amp, was great.
Lol? Even the Rumble 25 wakes neighbors in my experience. You can play in small venues with the 40.
It really depends what your house situation is, my side neighbors are no problem. My top and down are. Old house, lots of wood and no concrete. Thank god not the worst isolation unlike some of my friends.
Actually I just hear a kid crying after playing my bassline, tough crowd.
I had the 25. The sound was too thin for my taste. Sold it and got the 40. Much better sound with the 10” speakers. Between the two, I would recommend the 40.
I run an active warwick into a Rumble 40 without issues.
The room I use the rumble in is ballpark 12 x 9 ft with 9 ft ceilings. Its easy to dial in the volume from “rattle the windows” to “the kids are watching TV down the hall”, without resorting to miniscule adjustments.
Its an excellent amp for home use and I dont really see the point of the Rumble 25 other than price.
One alternative I would consider if I was buying now is the Boss Katana bass amp. It sounds more than decent and has a low power setting to limit the volume range.
I have been happy with my Fender Rumble 40 as a practice amp in my small studio/office room. I was also considering a Rumble 25 prior to this purchase. Since the Rumble 40 was on sale at Guitar Center for $50 off, I went with that and I feel that it was a better value as well as a better sound.
You’re convincing me to consider the 40 more. I’ll have to make some time to get back out to a store and try both side by side before comitting. I know people will have different ideas of what’s too quiet or loud, and that it can sound very different in a big open store vs an apartment room with someone living below… but I do see the point of not limiting myself if can help it!
yeah, the 40 is definitly a better choice than the 25. In my opinion the most interesting Rumbles are the 40, 100 and 500. the combinations of power and speaker size that makes the more sense to me, at least.
I’d even skip the 40 and go to the 100 for the 12", yeah.
I wouldn’t worry about the volume. The 40 isn’t going to be that much louder than the 25; much less than twice the potential top end volume, closer to 30% more, and will sound better at low volume.
This won’t be a problem. I have the Rumble 800 head and a 115 cabinet and I can turn it down to where the strings make more noise than what’s coming out of the speaker.
Looking forward to it!