Fender has completely revamped the Rumble Series of bass combo amplifiers into lighter and louder designs with more features. The new models are built with lightweight plywood enclosures with certain models featuring removable wooden grille frames, Eminence drivers, and upgraded compression tweeters.
Fender also re-engineered the circuitry to include a three-button voicing palette and a new footswitchable overdrive circuit. Other controls include a 4-band EQ with low and high mids.
Each Rumble unit is named for its power output. The Rumble 15, 25, and 40 all have solid-state power while the Rumble 100, 200, 200 Head, 500, and 500 Head have Class-D power. The stronger combos are also upgraded with Eminence drivers. Separate head unit versions of the 200 and 500 are available as well as a Rumble 4×10 cabinet and a Rumble 1×15 cabinet, rated at 1,000 watts and 600 watts, respectively.
The new Fender Rumble Series will carry retail prices ranging from $119 to $699.
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Pity the Fender Rumble amps are described as “lighter weight” but they fail to give the weight of each amp except the 410 at 62+ lbs. No thanks.
They are really lightweight… The 100 one is like a feather 22 lbs.. the 200: 34.5 lbs.