Fender Rumble 115 Cabinet V3

Bought the fender 115 because it is only 17 kilo. I'm using it with a Warwick LWA1000 head.

I've used three different instruments so far:

* fender jazz with flat wound strings.

* a friends active bass

* upright bass (kontrabass) with
shadow sh950 pickups
fishman bp100
with and without the fishman pro-eq preamp

For electric bass my band mate and I were quite happy with the sound when playing with fingers. Playing with a pick and distorted it did not have the punch of a 410. But we think that is just the fast attack nature of the 4x10 compared to the 1x15.

The upright bass with the sh950 worked excellently both with and without the pre-amp over the Warwick head. I was not happy with the fishman sound. Apparently that is an impedance issue with the warwick that I was not clever enough to solve.

So 5 star sound for Stand-up, 4,5 for finger playing, and 4 for metal distorted sound.

I play in one band with upright bass and another indie punk original band, so it seems like a good compromise for me!

This cab is the lightest I've ever encountered in my life. It's got the perfect size for carrying by yourself.
It is not cumbersome in any way what so ever.
I would highly recommend this cab if you're lugging your gear around a lot. This will save you on all the future tears you will have because of crippling back pain in years to come.
It's Fender, it's reliable, it sounds great for punching out the low ends.
If you want a absolutely brilliant cab with a really affordable price range, look no further.

So far I had some good recordings when miking this cab, but when I first took the front cover off I noticed a crease on the speaker cone, and also slightly misshapen, also marks round the edge showing something had hit it, probably in manufacture. It doesn't seem to effect it, and I'm hoping its not a weak point that would get worse and then start to effect its sound. The cab is light and easy to move. I think I'm just unlucky with this one.