fender hot rod deluxe
casper leblanc
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As you might have guessed already I am sorta in the market for a new amp, but I don't really know my shit (proven by the fact that I'm still stuck with a beat up Marshall Valvestate 8080, the typical beginnner and I don't know my shit amp).
So I went to my local guitar shop guy and started to chat away. For what I'm doing, messing around by myself at home, maybe messing with some friends in the future, but not really gigging or anything, he suggested that a fender hot rod deluxe would be a good (tube) amp for me, at a decent price (around 800 $/€). What do you guys think about that? I like a deluxe reverb, cause the reverb is tube driven, unlike the hot rod, but the price is a lot nastier as well (around 1250 $/€ I believe). Remember that prices here are about 30% more expensive than in the US (all sorts of taxes :( ).
So the question is: hot rod deluxe, my kind of amp? I like the sound of Ed and Jeff Buckley, Gomez, that sort of stuff... and I have a Fender Tele, which will have black pickguard when I go pick it up from Bruno's in a few
So I went to my local guitar shop guy and started to chat away. For what I'm doing, messing around by myself at home, maybe messing with some friends in the future, but not really gigging or anything, he suggested that a fender hot rod deluxe would be a good (tube) amp for me, at a decent price (around 800 $/€). What do you guys think about that? I like a deluxe reverb, cause the reverb is tube driven, unlike the hot rod, but the price is a lot nastier as well (around 1250 $/€ I believe). Remember that prices here are about 30% more expensive than in the US (all sorts of taxes :( ).
So the question is: hot rod deluxe, my kind of amp? I like the sound of Ed and Jeff Buckley, Gomez, that sort of stuff... and I have a Fender Tele, which will have black pickguard when I go pick it up from Bruno's in a few
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I have a Hot Rod Deluxe 1x12"... and it's a beautiful thing. Great to use at home but if you live with ppl like my family u cant put it above 2-3 on the volume dial. i use it with my band in the studio and it does an awesome job, holds its own and when those tubes get warm it's awesome.
You've got a Tele which will only make the combination go really well together... for me the best way to find out would be to play it, do u like it's sound? don't go on reputation cos everyone has different tastes... try the Vox and even the Laney tube amps.. i found the Laney AC30 (?? i cant remember if thats the model) to be heaven. but i ended up with the Fender cos i'm gonna be getting a telecaster soon hopefully (it'll fit beautifully methinks). I bought it new here in Oz for a big 1600 bucks (too much).
auditioning two girls tomorrow for vocals... i need to be knocked off my feet with some good singin!
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please don't do that. you'll regret it. it's a piece of shit.
I concur.
I won't. I looked into it and saw that it had all kind of effects pre-installed. That doesn't sound good...
Thanks, good info. I heard about the Peavy classic as well. A classic 30 looked okay. Bruno has hot rod deluxes and peavy classics normally instore... I'm gonna go try some out and, moer importantly, start saving more money....
please don't buy Fender Dyna Touch series amps. You will live to regret it. Possibly the worst series ever invented. Half of them don't work when they get to the store.
Hot Rod Deluxe is a good amp don't bother with the gain channel at all just use the clean and some kind of overdrive pedal. After you recoup from the purchase you might want to swap out the tubes for better ones (EI, Ruby, Electro Harmonix, Phillips etc. http://www.thetubestore.com)
and perhaps swap the speaker, I personally hate the eminence series that fender uses now. Vintage 30 celestions are a good common swap in those amps and there's always webber of course. With these upgrades this amp is a very good one indeed that should serve you well for years to come.
In addendum you may decide you want a british amp tone (AC 30/15) at some point. This can be attained in the Hot Rod deluxe using these http://www.thetubestore.com/yjcd.html adapters from THD called yellow jackets. They allow you to use EL-84's in your 6l6 or EL-34 amp. This is helpful for owners of loud amplifiers in need of an amp with less wattage for use at home or recording as well
I'm not even half way saving (what do guys earn anyway??), but I'll keep the advice in mind, thanks!
europe gets major screwed on the price of all this stuff. we're paying maybe 5/8th what you guys have to. it sucks.
For Belgium you have to add 21% VAT (value added tax, that's on every good) and about 7% shipping, customs duty... so yeah, 5/8 is a pretty good estimation...
Socialism is really a bastard with your paycheck.
Well, not really. They were built to be a completely new amp, not a revisit to the Blackface era. They do take some cues from the tweed era, and then meld them with modern tube tone, sort of a mix between Bassman and Boogie. For some people, they're the perfect amp, but for most people, they're just a great, reliable, affordable workhorse. If you want a tube amp that works every night, and can be easily fixed or replaced mid-tour, the Hot Rods are excellent amps. However, if you're really looking for blackface Fender tone, you need to get an original or reissue Blackface Fender amp.
The Pro Reverb is a bit funky in the modern blackface amps, too, being that it has a "lead" channel that is based on a high-gain curcuit. So really, the Pro Reverb is a very unique animal.
And some people (Paco, I think) mentioned not liking the gain channel on the Hot Rod. Who knows, you might like it. It's a one-trick pony, so if it's not your thing, it's not worth messing with. But it'll work in a pinch, and you might really enjoy it.
yeah but a DS-1 is 25 bucks on Ebay and it's a thousand times clearer and tighter than the onboard overdrive. I see lots of people that use the HRD's and Deville's using DS-1's. We're not talking major bucks here like a Klon or Landgraff.
I'd like to consider that my own private and personal little Abbey Road, thank you very much!
I recently interviewed a Belgian songwriter who had his debut (quite nice) album mastered by Sean Magee in Abbey Road. said it was an awesome experience, being in the studio's where all the classics where made... (his words, not mine)