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Topic: Fender Tube Amp |
Bud Harger
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Belton, Texas by way of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 6:49 am |
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Does anybody know anything about the Fender DeVille 212 tube amp?
A friend of mine inherited the it. What's it worth? Any info at all will help me.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 7:38 am
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| On Reverb.com it seems like the price varies from $450 to $1,000. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 8:00 am
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A buddy of mine here in TX has a Blues DeVille. He's a lead guitarist and says it's a great guitar amp, 60 watts and loud as hell.
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 10:15 am
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| I see the very plentiful Hotrod Devilles running about $400 - $550 on Craigslist. The tweed covered Blues Deville goes maybe $100 more. |
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 10:47 am
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IMO the DeVille series are some of the best Fenders in 40 years or maybe more. Only drawback is their pc boards are brittle and will crack in extremely cold weather and therefore aren't roadworthy unless you carry them in a roadcase.
I have a 4 x 10 that screams on guitar. Too much for most venues though. I use the smaller Blues Junior for lead these days and the tweed version for steel. Only fifteen watts but they sound great, and plenty of power.
You can replace the baffle board with cabinet grade birch and have a good tube guy go thru it and make it even better.
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Ben Waligoske
From:
Denver, CO
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 12:19 pm
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Yep, not bad amps but they are PCB and tend to be geared a little bit more towards 6-string work. However, I've backlined everything in that line from a Blues Junior to a 4x10 DeVille and with some careful tweaking and a decent PA, any of these will work for steel as well. The values posted above are pretty much accurate, for one in good condition.
Also of note is that the very early DeVille's and Deluxes (I think) were still USA/California made, and after a couple years were outsourced to the Mexico Fender factory. There's not really much of a premium on the USA-made ones, but worth knowing... |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 12:59 pm
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I've owned the HR Deville 4x10 and 1x12 which were for 6 string...I've used a back line 2x12 for pedal steel and while not my favorite,once eq'd it was surprisingly good...
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2017 11:35 am
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This series are some of the better sounding later Fender amps. I found them pretty steel friendly on quieter gigs. Biggest drawback are the plastic input jacks soldered directly onto the PC boards. Failure waiting to happen.
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2017 5:09 pm
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The "made in USA" models are excellent...great sound & reliable. The "Made in Mexico" models are problematic; something about the circuit boards being cheap, expanding too quickly & too much from heat, and breaking solder joints. Happened to mine & my buddy's amp...had to re-solder the tube sockets every 4 or 4 gigs.
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 1:31 am
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I own a USA / 1998 HR Deville, 2x12. I have owned it since 2000. Never had a single failure, other than a tube now and then . I did a cap job on it maybe 2 years along with all new tubes. I used this amp non stop , two gigs each week for about 10 or 12 years. It's currently sitting idle waiting for the "call".
yes it has some things about it that probably could become an issue, PC bd, plastic input jacks and such, I have never had an issue with mine. When I changed the caps, I did it from the component side of the PC bd, pig tailed the new caps to the short cut lead lengths of the old caps. To remove the PC bd it's basically a full disassembly of the amp to remove the PC bd from within.
Speaking from 1st hand experience, if you have ever removed the PC bd from an HR Deluxe or HR Deville for servicing, ONCE is enough ! Thats a life lesson that does not need to be repeated.
It's basically the same amp as the Blues Deville with the exception of the HR series Overdrive circuit. 60 watts, 2-6L6 power amp , puts it right at a sweet spot for headroom on medium to larger sized gigs with the Steel. For the electrics it's a no brainer. Now, just a heads-up, I do not use the overdrive circuit, I use external pedals for that. The tone with the stock emmi speakers leans towards the bright side with very controllable mids.
I have always said that if the USA gets invaded by outside forces and the law becomes such that we can only own ONE amp, the HR Deville would be it.
It's a great double duty amp and it solves that headroom issue with the HR Deluxe 40 watt amps, also excellent amps.
Oh yeah, it's heavy ! ( 55 pounds or so )
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