Fender Blues Deluxe, vs Hot Rod Deluxe.

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

I am looking for a Fender amp, do play some Dan Patlansky / Chris Buck / Philip Sayce style music.

Which Fender will do the job the easiest ?
A Hot Rod Deluxe 1X12 (40W), or the Blues Deluxe 1X12 (40W - tweed version).
Obviously, i will use the odd pedal as well.

Much appreciated.

 

[jeremy]

they are both fine amps. i use a blues deluxe at rehearsals and own a hot rod deluxe. neither would be my first choice, that would be an old pro reverb, but i think both could work well. the hot rod is a touch cleaner, but some of that could be speaker related. both have a good sounding clean channel with full eq and nice reverb. the dirty channels arent my favorite, but they are more usable than some people give em credit for.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

they are both fine amps. i use a blues deluxe at rehearsals and own a hot rod deluxe. neither would be my first choice, that would be an old pro reverb, but i think both could work well. the hot rod is a touch cleaner, but some of that could be speaker related. both have a good sounding clean channel with full eq and nice reverb. the dirty channels arent my favorite, but they are more usable than some people give em credit for.

- thank you

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

they are both fine amps. i use a blues deluxe at rehearsals and own a hot rod deluxe. neither would be my first choice, that would be an old pro reverb, but i think both could work well. the hot rod is a touch cleaner, but some of that could be speaker related. both have a good sounding clean channel with full eq and nice reverb. the dirty channels arent my favorite, but they are more usable than some people give em credit for.

Are the a difference in the in the dirt channel of the Blues Deluxe, compared to the Hot Rod's lower gain channel ?

 

[jeremy]

the voicing is different for sure. i feel like the blues has more low mids, but the hot rod has more bottom, high end is kinda similar. again, some of that could be speaker related

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

the voicing is different for sure. i feel like the blues has more low mids, but the hot rod has more bottom, high end is kinda similar. again, some of that could be speaker related

Great info . . . thank you.

 

[Butch Snyder]

They are both great amps. The Blues Deluxe had an issue with some connections coming loose due to vibrations. I don't remember what the connections were or if Fender resolved those issues. The Hot Rod Deluxe did resolve the issues. I have a Hot Rod Deluxe v4 in tweed. It's my main amp. A few years ago, I bought a 68 RI Princeton Reverb. Got it home and found it didn't sound any better than my HRDv4. I took it back. I have tried a lot of good Fenders and always go back to my HRDv4.