This made me SMILE.

WiLL75

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=2232200000

I heard a couple different guitar players play through that amp while doing lights during a concert 10..11 years ago. LOVED the tone. I wonder what the price will be on that when it comes out. So now I gotta make a choice...the blues deluxe or.....

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=2171000010

one way needle

That 2D amp was beautiful.........

WiLL75

one way needle wrote:

That 2D amp was beautiful.........

Yes it is, very. Hopefully they'll have pics of the first amp soon...it's just as yummy.

House53

WiLL75 wrote:

Yes it is, very. Hopefully they'll have pics of the first amp soon...it's just as yummy.

Plus a master volume and onboard reverb. That's a good setup.

My understanding is the blues deluxe was the bassman circuit with those two features added. The originals were pretty nice too.

Pacomc79

WiLL75 wrote:

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=2232200000

I heard a couple different guitar players play through that amp while doing lights during a concert 10..11 years ago. LOVED the tone. I wonder what the price will be on that when it comes out. So now I gotta make a choice...the blues deluxe or.....

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=2171000010

oh man both of those are sweet. A friend had a Tweed deluxe he played with just a little Budda Wah and a compressor, it was awesome.

I love the bassman too especially in lacquered tweed.

I heart Leo Fender.

mccreadyisgod

House53 wrote:

My understanding is the blues deluxe was the bassman circuit with those two features added.

That's what they want you to think. But not quite.

Still, the Blues amps (Blues Deluxe and Blues DeVilles) are great amps, and they sound great with a little gritty overdrive, like a Tubescreamer or Blues Driver. I maintain that their onboard distortion channel is worthless. The 'verb is actually really nice, very lush...

exhausted

mccreadyisgod wrote:

That's what they want you to think. But not quite.

Still, the Blues amps (Blues Deluxe and Blues DeVilles) are great amps, and they sound great with a little gritty overdrive, like a Tubescreamer or Blues Driver. I maintain that their onboard distortion channel is worthless. The 'verb is actually really nice, very lush...

i'll vouch for that as a past owner of a blues deville 4x10. great amp. just too loud for me at the time. the drive channel is extraneous.

Pacomc79

mccreadyisgod wrote:

That's what they want you to think. But not quite.

Still, the Blues amps (Blues Deluxe and Blues DeVilles) are great amps, and they sound great with a little gritty overdrive, like a Tubescreamer or Blues Driver. I maintain that their onboard distortion channel is worthless. The 'verb is actually really nice, very lush...

I

Second this opinion.

The overdrive/dist channel of the Blues/Deluxe/Deville is a slap in the face to overdrives everywhere.

It's a shame they don't have a custom shop version. If it was done right it would be an all in one blues gig machine. I'd have left the OD out of the loop, like they did with the Tone Kings.

What would be even more cool.......That bassman circuit single channel, tube driven reverb with dwell and mix control and then a built in but seperate circuit tube driven tape slap back delay.

The blues deluxe with a Fulldrive 2 in front sounds phenominal, especially with an upgraded speaker.

mccreadyisgod

Pacomc79 wrote:

The overdrive/dist channel of the Blues/Deluxe/Deville is a slap in the face to overdrives everywhere.

It's a shame they don't have a custom shop version. If it was done right it would be an all in one blues gig machine. I'd have left the OD out of the loop, like they did with the Tone Kings.

Hell, what they need to do is put a RC4558P chip in the preamp.

WiLL75

House53 wrote:

Plus a master volume and onboard reverb. That's a good setup.

My understanding is the blues deluxe was the bassman circuit with those two features added. The originals were pretty nice too.

Indeed. I heart Fender, but hate them for giving me GAS all the time. Arg.

WiLL75

Pacomc79 wrote:

oh man both of those are sweet. A friend had a Tweed deluxe he played with just a little Budda Wah and a compressor, it was awesome.

I love the bassman too especially in lacquered tweed.

I heart Leo Fender.

And now I am torn. I forgot about the reverb on the deluxe. mmmm...reverb.