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Thanks for buying a Fender Rumble series bass amplifier. Fender bass
amplifiers are legendary for providing thick, natural and balanced tone
that sits fat in your live or studio mix. Rumble amps are designed by
and for bass players, and we take great pride in putting full-featured,
easy-to-operate amps of the highest quality in the hands of working
and aspiring musicians everywhere.
The Rumble family can take you from home rehearsal all the way to the
1,000-seat concert and beyond. Wherever your musical path takes you,
Rumble bass amps help get you there!
Please visit the individual product page at
www.fender.com/series/
rumble
for full warranty details and instructions on how to get your
amplifier serviced under warranty in U.S.A. and Canada; see your
Fender distributor for warranty details in other countries.
Register your Rumble online at start.fender.com.
CONTROL PANEL
A. INPUT
: Plug your passive or active bass in here. If your bass is too
hot and causes unwanted distortion, try turning down the GAIN
control.
B. GAIN
: Adjusts incoming signal level, optimizing preamp signal
level for a variety of basses. GAIN control also a
ff
ects distortion/
compression level when VINTAGE and OVERDRIVE are in use.
C. BRIGHT
: Adds presence and shimmer in to upper frequencies.
CONTOUR
: Mid-frequency cut, combined with low- and high-
frequency boosts that o
ff
er pleasingly rich tone, useful for slap and
low-volume playing, or in combination with OVERDRIVE.
VINTAGE
: Creates a dark tone rich with harmonics and some natu-
ral compression.
D. DRIVE
: Controls the amount of harmonically rich preamp distor-
tion when OVERDRIVE circuit is enabled.
E. OVERDRIVE:
Engages OVERDRIVE circuit and corresponding con-
trols.
F. LEVEL
: Controls OVERDRIVE volume when OVERDRIVE circuit is
engaged, and balances volume levels between clean and overdrive
tones.
G. FOUR-BAND EQUALIZATION:
Adjusts overall tone.
H. MASTER
: Controls overall volume. Rumble amps are equipped with
Fender's Delta-Comp™ limiter; setting MASTER higher or playing
more aggressively will result in more compression and sustain.
I. POWER INDICATOR
: Illuminates when amp is on.
REAR PANEL
J. POWER SWITCH
: Press to "ON" position to turn unit on.
Press to "OFF" position to turn unit off.
K. IEC POWER CORD SOCKET:
Connect included power
cord to a grounded A/C electrical outlet in accordance
with voltage and frequency ratings speci
fi
ed on rear
panel of ampli
fi
er.
L. PARALLEL SPEAKER OUTPUTS (HEAD ONLY)
: Connect speaker
cabinets here. Power rating of external cabinets should meet
or exceed rating listed on ampli
fi
er. MINIMUM impedance of all
connected speaker cabinets is 4
Ω
. The following list shows some
acceptable parallel speaker cabinet combinations:
SPEAKER COMBINATIONS
TOTAL IMPEDANCE
4Ω
4Ω
8Ω
8Ω
8Ω
+
8Ω
4Ω
8Ω
+
16Ω
5
.
33Ω
8Ω
+
16Ω
+
16Ω
4Ω
16Ω
+
16Ω
8Ω
16Ω
+
16Ω
+
16Ω
+
16Ω
4Ω
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Rumble 500/200 ampli
fi
ers include a digital power
ampli
fi
er that operates in bridge mode. Both the tip (+) and sleeve (–)
have voltage present, so never ground either the tip (+) or sleeve (–) of the
speaker cable. Always make connections with the power turned o
ff
, and
use care when making connections with cables that have non-insulated
(bare metal) type plugs. Using speaker cables with insulated bodies is
preferred, but not required.
INPUT POWER
V Hz
______W
______W
PARALLEL
SPEAKER
OUTPUTS
4
Ω
min. TOTAL
EQUALIZATION
OVERDRIVE
CONTOUR
VINTAGE
BRIGHT
GAIN
DRIVE
LEVEL
BASS
LOW MID
HIGH MID
TREBLE
MASTER
GAIN
INPUT
DRIVE
LEVEL
BASS
LOW MID
HIGH MID
TREBLE
MASTER
EQUALIZATION
OVERDRIVE
CONTOUR
VINTAGE
BRIGHT
POWER
ON
OFF
EN
GL
ISH
RUMBLE™ 500
∙
200
∙
100
∙
40
Insulation
( + )
( - )
