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love the sound of a good rungless played in tune.

Not all Toneriders have that, it's an option when you order them. Got one (a Duke) with raised A/D poles in reverse P config in my "Ratlet", it just requires a bit of careful navigating around the sprung foam blocks - nice of them to include those, innit? I was genuinely blown away at how "fancy" it all felt from a packaging point of view for such an inexpensive pickup. Sounds great too! Did you get the regular P or the Duke (overwound)?

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Poor old Eric - he is getting on I suppose.

We should avoid damming someone by association, of course (especially when potentially libellous), but it’s yet more reason to question everything on a vintage guitar. (I’m not suggesting you’re libelling anyone, just don’t want BC problems if tim ha get personal.)

One bit of sage advice if anyone is considering a reverse-P pickup configuration, these Tonerider pickups have raised poles for the A & D strings, so they need to be aligned accordingly. This causes a bit of an issue with the length of the wires connecting the individual pickups.

I played many a gig through one of the earlier Rumbles - not sure whether it was a 2x10 or 1x15 but it was about 100-150W and it had a red light in the port to make the whole thing glow. It was the house amp at a venue in the middle of town where available storage space and parking dictated that most would make do with it rather than bring their own, and in fairness to it, it had the absolute ever-loving kicked out of it for literal years and held up better than I would ever have expected. It never sounded great, but it was identifiably bass and it was loud enough. Having also played through a few loaner Ultrabasses and Lowdowns, I don't think it'd be much of an upgrade. I had a V3 Rumble 500 (2x10) for a while, bought as a "let's see what the fuss is about" kind of experiment. The fuss is legitimate - they're great combos for gigging and I agree with the consensus that they sound much better than the previous models. I sold mine on as, in preference order, I use a small amp head with whatever cab somebody is willing to lend me, or take a lightweight Barefaced cab if I really must; as good as the Rumble was, it was always surplus. I'd happily play through one as provided backline, though, and personally I thought the tone when testing it at home was really quite good. I think clearing the decks and getting one of the smaller V3 models would likely be a worthwhile upgrade. Don't think I've ever played through a Cube for bass. I used one of the guitar versions and found it somewhat underwhelming.. bit better than a 'Spider' but not as good as a 'Vypyr'.. but that's neither here nor there!

Good fun last night if not a bit odd. Our 5th gig and definitely our strongest one so far. None of us have been the ones who've sorted out the sound etc so it's been a steep learning curve. Last night we felt we'd turned a corner. Set up quickly and the mix and sound was much better than previously. It was also our strongest performance as such. It was one of those though where people told us afterwards we were great and loved the set, but didn't really get up and have a wee jig. We enjoyed it nonetheless

I had a Rumble 100 V3 for a while which I used for small gigs. I liked it a lot, and since I sold it, I've regretted it, but I have other nice amps too. I use an older model Rumble with the front facing controls at the rehearsal room during band practice. The amp isn't mine, it's just there to use, but I don't think it's anywhere near as good as my old Rumble V3. Rob

We need to see a photo of the Ray from the OP. I have a 92 StingRay 2eq that is my main bass, but even if it wasn't I'd never sell it.

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But remember that if you were in his position you would no longer be interested in 4s 😊

I've really only used my V3 500 in a gig setting. So I don't know if I'd describe it as "refined". It's certainly not "hifi" in my experience, but that's not the kind of tone I'm after when playing in a band. Solo home use could well be a different kettle of fish. The suggestion of a Roland Cube above is a very good one, and I would consider one for home noodling if that's what you're after. IIRC there's one up for sale on here too. Don't get me wrong, I'd be first in the queue to wave the flag for Rumbles usually, but that's for gigging. They are fantastic for that. It depends what sort of sound you are after.

Yeah absolutely, I worked in instrument retail for 10 years and prior to the current range Fender’s mainstream bass amps were not that well regarded. The V3 Rumbles changed that, not because they are absolutely incredible, but they hit a good sweet spot of looks, performance, weight and price.

Interesting you propose the Roland Pete. I recently bought (another) Yamaha BB from a private seller. To allow me to try it out he put it through his Cube. I'd never played through one before and was quite taken with it. I play quite a bit of Slap and wasn't sure how well the Cube would take it (I was there to test the bass - not the amp!😂) Anyone know how well the Cube rates against the V3 Rumble for Slap? Many thanks for your suggestion Pete 👍