What year is my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe?
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What year is my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe?
Inside your amp’s cabinet is a little sticker, usually to the right of the speaker. It should say “quality assurance” on it and have someone’s handwritten initials and a 2-letter code on the bottom line. The first letter indicates the year it was made, the second letter the month.
What valves are in a Hot Rod Deluxe?
The Fender HotRod Deluxe amplifier (whether the original amp, the MKII, the MKIII or the MKIV) all use: 2 x ECC83 (also called 12AX7) preamp valves.
Is a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe a tube amp?
The Hot Rod Deluxe is an all tube combo amp rated at 40 watts. It utilizes a single 12-inch Celestion A-Type Speaker. The Hot Rod Deluxe is a mono-channel amplifier featuring 3 switchable gain levels: “Clean”, “Drive”, and “More Drive” selectable on either the control panel or footswitch (if plugged in).
How do you date an old Fender amp?
All Fender amplifiers manufactured from 1990 to the present include a date code, printed on the quality assurance (QA) sticker on the back of the amp chassis.
What is the difference between the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III and IV?
The Hot Rod Deluxe Series IV is constructed around a Pine cabinet, which reduces the weight of the Hot Rod Deluxe to 41 pounds – four lighter than the series III. One of the larger drawbacks of previous Hot Rod amplifiers was the speaker selection.
How many watts is a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe?
40-watt
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| Type | Tube |
| Number of Channels | 3 |
| Total Power | 40W |
| Speaker Size | 1 x 12″ Celestion A-Type speaker |
What is the difference between the Hot Rod Deluxe 3 and 4?
Does the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe have an effects loop?
On the control panel, there are sockets for preamp output and power amp input. These can be used as an effects loop, or you can plug the preamp output from one Hot Rod into the power amp input of a second Hot Rod to run both simultaneously.
Is The Hot Rod Deluxe IV a good amp?
The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV is no exception for the excellent cleans that Fender is known for, the sounds came out very rich and even without effects the tone was fantastic. I found that this amp has great versatility with pedals, meaning that you can plug in any pedal you like and it can handle it to excellence.
