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Topic: Hot Rod Deluxe or Deluxe Reverb? |
Jerry Roller
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Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2010 8:25 am |
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I have been using a Deluxe Reverb some and have seen Hot Rod Deluxe mentioned and would like to know what the difference is in these two models. Can anyone enlighten me please?
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 13 Sep 2010 9:35 am
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Totally dissimilar amps. 18 watts vs. 40, 6V6's vs 6L6, switchable channels. Only thing in common is single 12".
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2010 10:45 am
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Hot Rod would be about twice the power. Deluxe Reverb is a better amp.
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2010 10:55 am Please close
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Thanks for the information. OK to close.
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2010 10:55 am
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My deluxe has much warmer tone than my Hot Rod Deluxe. The Hot Rod has a pretty neat distortion capability also. For me it's the Deluxe hands down if you can live with the limited power. Put a beefier speaker in the deluxe and you can get more DB's out of it also.
About half way down this page is a pedal steel recorded with a hot rod deluxe "Deep Water":
http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Licks/Licks.html
Here's another effort with the deluxe reverb reissue:
http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Deluxe%20Reverb/Deluxe%20Reverb.html
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Ron Davis
From:
Lake Arrowhead, California... We're a mile high. ;)
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Posted 13 Sep 2010 3:43 pm
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Hot Rod is more of a rock/blues guitar amp, although it does get some good clean tones. I have one & I like it.
Nice reverb & tube tone.
It has channel switching for clean, crunch & a higher gain. Not made as well as the older Fender amps, in that it's the circuit board type & the input jacks are cheesey & plastic.
All in all it's a nice amp, but I think I'd prefer a regular Deluxe.
;^)
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2010 6:01 pm
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Jerry, you couldn't get any better tone than you had in Tulsa this year. When you find something that works, don't fix it. 
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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David Guido
From:
Saratoga ,California, USA
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Posted 14 Sep 2010 5:36 pm
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I am new to the forum and PSG's in general but just purchased a Fender Blues-Deluxe - resissue w/ tweed design for my 6-string semi hollow body.
Sweet souding tube amp w/ single 12" speaker. 40w.
I am thinking I can use this when I get my first PSG.
Would that be reasonable to assume? |
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James Gennrich
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 14 Sep 2010 8:38 pm
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| I have using a Blues Deluxe Ressiue for about 6 months and the amp does a good job. The stock speaker didn't handle the PSG at louder jobs, so i made a speaker change. I installed a C12K 8 ohm Jensen. 100 watt speaker. Now it as loud as my Nashville 112 with a JBL K120 4 ohm. Having both solid state and tube amps, i still like the warm tube amp sound for my Zum steel. |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 15 Sep 2010 6:26 am
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I'm also using a Blues Deluxe reissue, and like James have run out of headroom on occasion. However, I'm absolutley blown away by the tone. I have several solid state amps and still prefer the Blues deluxe for its' midrange EQ. I did some experimentation and realized the Emminence 12" Fender special design speaker has alot to do with what I like about it. I'd like to get more power but I hesitate to change that speaker.
James - Did you notice a tone change when you went to the Jensen? |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 15 Sep 2010 7:39 am
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| That 12" Eminence is an excellent steel guitar speaker. JBL like. |
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James Gennrich
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 15 Sep 2010 11:18 am
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| To answer Jim's question about tone change. The Jensen has a lot more clean head room,and the bass responce is better. I accutally cut the bass back too 7. I was very supprised at how much clean power the Blues Deluxe has with a better speaker. The 40 watts of tube power can handle all the jobs i have used it on inside or outside. Jim |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 15 Sep 2010 6:59 pm
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I put a K120 into my Blues Deluxe Reissue and it turned a great guitar amp with no headroom for steel into a great amp for ujust about anything.
The JBL has a 9dB sensitivity edge on the Eminence 12", in addition to which the Eminence begins to compress the signal way early in its power curve, which helps make guitars "sing" but rabs the amp of headroom, so besides being a MUCH cleaner speaker the amp at "2" with the JBL is essentially as loud as it was wide open with the Eminence, only cleaner if you want it (but not if you don't).
Can you tell that I'm grinnin' as I write about this amp and speaker combo? |
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