What do you want for $350?! Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is a guitar amplifier manufactured and sold by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It was introduced in 1996 as part of the "Hot Rod" line of guitar amplifiers and has been in continuous production since. The Hot Rod Deluxe is a modified version of the Fender Blues Deluxe from the earlier Blues line of amplifiers, and has a higher level of gain in its preamplification signal. This model, along with the Hot Rod Deville, were originally designated as F.A.T. ('Fender American Tube') amplifiers but this moniker was dropped in 2002 when production of this series of amps was moved from Corona, CA to Fender's Baja-Ensenada, Mexico manufacturing facility.
The Hot Rod Deluxe is an all tube combo amp rated at 40 watts. It utilizes a single 12-inch Celestion A-Type Speaker. The Hot Rod Deluxe is a mono-channel amplifier featuring 3 switchable gain levels: "Clean", "Drive", and "More Drive" selectable on either the control panel or footswitch (if plugged in). Other features include a Bass, Middle, and Treble EQ, Master Volume, Presence, Normal/Bright, and spring reverb (solid state for both the driver and the recovery circuits). Footswitch and External Speaker jacks are also built in.
As an all-tube (pre-amp and power sections) combo guitar amplifier, the Hot Rod Deluxe features a pair of 6L6GC beam tetrodes for the power section and two 12AX7 dual triodes for the preamp section. One additional 12AX7 tube is utilized for the phase inverter of the power section. However, the rectifier, reverb driver and recovery, and effects loop circuits are solid state. The power section uses a fixed bias biasing scheme with an adjustable bias potentiometer installed from the factory. The factory bias is 60 mA total for both 6L6s.
The physical appearance of the Hot Rod series is based on the mid-to-late 1950s narrow panel tweed amplifiers with accouterments such as a top mounted, chrome plated chassis and black "chicken head" pointer knobs, but with textured black tolex found on Fender amps from the 1960s onward rather than the tweed covering.
Unlike vintage Fender tube amplifiers, the Hot Rod Deluxe uses a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) construction rather than Point-to-Point (PTP) construction. Internally, there are two sets of circuit boards. The main circuit board contains the majority of the electronic elements and provides the base onto which the potentiometers for the various controls, and the input and output jacks, are mounted. A secondary board provides the base onto which the tube sockets are mounted (although the pair of power tube sockets are mounted directly on the chassis with long leads connecting those to the secondary board).
At various times, Fender has released special versions or Limited Editions of this amplifier. The stock version of the Hot Rod Deluxe features a 7-Ply 3/4" Birch/Maple Plywood cabinet upholstered in black tolex with silver sparkle speaker grille cloth.
Fender has also updated the Hot Rod Deluxe periodically. From 1996-2010, the stock speaker is an Eminence Legend 1258 75 Watt (special design) speaker. In 2010 the updated version, (dubbed the Hot Rod Deluxe III) was equipped with a Celestion G12P-80 speaker. In 2018 it was updated again with a Celestion A-Type speaker, pine cabinet, smoother-sounding spring reverb and modified preamp circuitry.
My older HRD is a beast. my tech replaced a tube and re-soldered a couple of things. I use a digi -delay, morley pro II wah with a gain boost, and a BF-3 flanger. With a bit of the amp gain, I can get pretty much any sound I need out of it. From Steely Dan to Jeff Beck and Zepplin, Hendrix, Floyd, etc. For the money you cant beat it!
The bf-3 is so underrated and versatile, I also use a boss dd-8
Fuck me dude, you're good! Great review BTW!
u are awesome just discovered u! and subscribed of course! what pick are u using love your amazing al dimeola pickin!! and is this amp stock...no pedals here??
Chris nyc!!
Thanks so much! I’m using a jazz iii, amp is stock and in need of some TLC, no pedals, no EQ or compression after the recording. Just a little reverb added and that’s it!
thanks..reverb from Hot Rod?? only asking caUSE IM SHOPPING FOR A GOOD FENDER TUBE AMP AND I LOVE VERB! THIS OR A DELUX REVERB OR PRINCETON?? THANKS FOR HELPING ME!@@kingsammyc
The tube change won’t be a huge difference, in the older ones the drive is pretty terrible sounding. Good news it’s loud as hell clean so you can put your drive pedal of choice in front of it and just rely on that for your dirt. Many a band has been started with this baby as the amp for the guitar player ( we used it for bass a time or two as well lol). That “Extra Drive channel” sounds just like mine did!!!
The hot rod deluxe is my favorite Fender amp, WONDERFUL workhorse and GREAT tone!
Totally!
Yes for 350€ used one right?
Love the Pink Panther theme, fantastic and worth watching for that alone!
Hello mate how are you? Haven’t seen you in a long long time!! Cheers dude 👍
Hey buddy, all is well thanks! Hope you’re doing good too
eagles and hendrix was cool man ac/dc too great video i enjoyed it alot
thank you
I just got Fender Hot Rod
I’m using a line 6 pedal
It’s loud
¡Apoteósico!
¡Felicitaciones! Sam.
Yikes bik thinking $1200
Life in the Fast Lane, nice.