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Topic: Blues Deville versus Hot Rod |
Chuck Martin
From:
Clifton, Virginia
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Posted 7 May 2002 10:37 am |
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I recently acquired a Blues Deville with 4-10s and was curious as to what the difference is between this amp and a Hot Rod Deville (power, tone)?
Thanks, Chuck |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 7 May 2002 1:02 pm
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| As far as I know, they have both 60 watts. The Hot Rod Deville has like an extra boost switch (labeled "More Drive") on the high gain channel, which might appeal mostly to rock guitarists. So far I have only played guitar through a Blues Deville and found it VERY loud, even at low settings, and kind of aggressive. I have played steel on a rehearsal through a Hot Rod Deluxe (the 40 watt version) and with some adjustments on the tone controls, got a very pleasing sound. |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 7 May 2002 8:24 pm
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| The Blues Deville had half of a 12AX7 preamp tube unused. The Hot Rod takes advantage of this and adds more distortion on the drive channel. There are suttle improvements in the channel switching network as well. The Deville and Deluxe were prone to false channel switching. This was a result of two 5 watt resistors in the + and - sixteen VDC supply circuits. They tended to overheat and cause a loss of supply voltage to the Op amps that did the channel switching control voltage for the switching relays. |
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Fred Murphy
From:
Indianapolis, In. USA
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Posted 8 May 2002 6:12 am
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| I bought a new Deville and kept it about 4 hours before taking it back. Absolutely the worst sounding amp I have ever bought. It might be alright for those who want to play lead guitar with distortion all the time, but for straight, good sounding lead guitar I thought it was terrible. And forget about playing steel through it, and over priced on top of that. |
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Chuck Martin
From:
Clifton, Virginia
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Posted 8 May 2002 5:18 pm
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| Thanks for your replies guys. Ken, is there a mod kit for the Blues Deville to fix the channel switch problem you mentioned? |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 8 May 2002 6:43 pm
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| It a real common problem. Just remove the two 5 watt resistors (they are to close to the circuit board) and replace with two new ones, allow some air space between the circuit board and the resistors. You will want to remove all the old solder, clean the board good with denatured alcohol and flow in some fresh solder. Add a little silcone "bubble" under the edge of the resistors to stabalize them. The problem was not the design, but just the placement of the resistors. |
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John Russell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 8 May 2002 7:36 pm
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We've been discussing the Hot Rod series amps for steel lately. I've had great results with new HR Deluxe. It's 40 watts with a 12" speaker. On the front end of it I use a Boss GE7 equalizer and a Boss DM2 delay pedal. That plus the great Fender reverb equals a great tone for lead guitar or steel.
--JR |
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 10 May 2002 11:01 am
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I use the DeVille 4x10 for steel and lap steel. It has a lot of headroom for sure. The tone isn't the best for steel, but there is a lot of headroom (ie. loud!). I got it originally as an 'appeasment' from the local store after my Peavey Nashville 1000 went back to the factory 3 times for failures on stage! (about 1.5 years ago). I was in need of a replacement cause I was not impressed with the Peavey at the time. I think I'll sell it and get something a little more appropriate. Still looking. However, it is a good guitar amp, just too heavy.
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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"We can't afford to let Nature run wild" - govt. offical - Alaska
www.seldomfed.com
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