Click to expand.Yes. That's a great platform. A lot of working musicians use that amp! With some simple component mods like a 12Au7 in v1, the Fender stock Grove tube 12Ax7 in v2 and a balanced 12At7 in v3 (That's about $25 in preamp tubes. Flexisign Pro Sign Program Software on this page. ) to include Biasing those beautiful American 6L6GC on the hot side (about 75mlv at the test point) and Blam!

Get the guaranteed best price on Tube Combo Guitar Amplifiers like the Fender Hot Rod DeVille 410 III 60W 4x10 Tube Guitar Combo Amp at Musician's Friend. Dec 04, 2009 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe questions. My Hot Rod Deville came from the factory with bleed resistors that. Is there a way to date this amp with the serial number?

For the money. 'One beast of a kick ass amp!' (Even the Drive channel will shine with the harshness being rounded out by the 12Au7 in v1, getting then brighten up again with 12ax7) then smoothed out again with the 12at7 in the phase inverter. (really rounds the harshness out) Both the 12Au7 and the 12At7 have a higher plate voltage than a 12ax7 (even though both produce less volume they push the next preamp tube as if the volume was much higher due to the plate voltages ) in addition to making your volume more manageable and easier to push the amp into preamp overdrive ( if you bias that amp on the hotter side you will get the power tubes to saturate sooner also) 12Au7 and 12At7 are very rich in harmonics. A lot of people try the 12ay7. IMO a sterile tube that has about the same plate voltage as a normal 12Ax7.i dont care for that tube. Feel like soldering and that amp can hang with the best of them.

Another $25 in caps and resistors. A 100k metal film in the slope resistor R12 to tighten up the base and mids (that's Black face value) rework the Phase inverter with 100k metal film and Orange drops coupling caps.at C27 and C24 (Orange Imo are a little brighter and sharper than Malory's) C6.022 orange, C5.1 uf Malory and a 220pf Silver Mica in C7 and C18 with.022uf. Optional is C2 C10 with.047uf (I use Orange here) To get that Drive even smoother: C23 usa a.0047uf Malory & and either a 250 or 220pf Silver Mica.in C11 (the treble cut going to the master) Replace the electrolytic caps with F&T's and the resistors at R78 and 79 if they show discoloration, Do all that and you can leave those stock Eminence Fender speakers in.

(which you can do anyway those 'Em Legends' are not a bad speaker by any means) Do all that. Ala $50 of mods and you're going to really love that amp and have a hard time partying with it.

Feel like soldering and that amp can hang with the best of them. Another $25 in caps and resistors. A 100k metal film in the slope resistor R12 to tighten up the base and mids (that's Black face value) rework the Phase inverter with 100k metal film and Orange drops coupling caps.at C27 and C24 (Orange Imo are a little brighter and sharper than Malory's) C6.022 orange, C5.1 uf Malory and a 220pf Silver Mica in C7 and C18 with.022uf.

Optional is C2 C10 with.047uf (I use Orange here) To get that Drive even smoother: C23 usa a.0047uf Malory & and either a 250 or 220pf Silver Mica.in C11 (the treble cut going to the master) Replace the electrolytic caps with F&T's and the resistors at R78 and 79 if they show discoloration. That's a great platform. A lot of working musicians use that amp! With some simple component mods like a 12Au7 in v1, the Fender stock Grove tube 12Ax7 in v2 and a balanced 12At7 in v3 (That's about $25 in preamp tubes.) to include Biasing those beautiful American 6L6GC on the hot side (about 75mlv at the test point) and Blam! For the money. 'One beast of a kick ass amp!' (Even the Drive channel will shine with the harshness being rounded out by the 12Au7 in v1, getting then brighten up again with 12ax7) then smoothed out again with the 12at7 in the phase inverter.

(really rounds the harshness out) Both the 12Au7 and the 12At7 have a higher plate voltage than a 12ax7 (even though both produce less volume they push the next preamp tube as if the volume was much higher due to the plate voltages ) in addition to making your volume more manageable and easier to push the amp into preamp overdrive ( if you bias that amp on the hotter side you will get the power tubes to saturate sooner also) 12Au7 and 12At7 are very rich in harmonics. A lot of people try the 12ay7. IMO a sterile tube that has about the same plate voltage as a normal 12Ax7.i dont care for that tube. Feel like soldering and that amp can hang with the best of them. Another $25 in caps and resistors. A 100k metal film in the slope resistor R12 to tighten up the base and mids (that's Black face value) rework the Phase inverter with 100k metal film and Orange drops coupling caps.at C27 and C24 (Orange Imo are a little brighter and sharper than Malory's) C6.022 orange, C5.1 uf Malory and a 220pf Silver Mica in C7 and C18 with.022uf. Optional is C2 C10 with.047uf (I use Orange here) To get that Drive even smoother: C23 usa a.0047uf Malory & and either a 250 or 220pf Silver Mica.in C11 (the treble cut going to the master) Replace the electrolytic caps with F&T's and the resistors at R78 and 79 if they show discoloration, Do all that and you can leave those stock Eminence Fender speakers in.

(which you can do anyway those 'Em Legends' are not a bad speaker by any means) Do all that. Ala $50 of mods and you're going to really love that amp and have a hard time partying with it. Click to expand.I repaired electrical motors (single and 3 phase and whatever controls ran them for years) With a little discipline, gaining the basics in amp electronics is easy.

A good place to start is the book 'How to Hot Rod your Fender amp' by Jeffery Falla. Because we are talking the Hot Rod series the internet site called 'The Unofficial Fender Hot Rod Deluxe owners guide' This site has a lot of great mods for the Hot Rod series. My view on these amps and other PCB constructed amps is positive. (Like Peavy Classics and Fender RI's etc) Once you start to work on them and mod them, you realize that most of the negatives cited on the internet are not really true.

Manufacturer Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Period 1990–present Electronics Power 15 Watts Technology Preamp Section: 3 × 12AX7 Power Section: 2 × EL84 Driver: 1 × 12'/8 Ohms Rectifier: Solid State Features Package Combo: 16' × 18' × 9.18' (40.64 × 45.72 × 23.31 cm) Cabinet Material: Wood Covering: Tolex or Diagonal Tweed Grille Brown or silver sparkle grille cloth Weight 31 lbs. (14.06 kg) Speakers Fender Special Design 50 watt Speaker Other Features Reverb, Fat Switch The Blues Junior is a introduced in 1995 by the. It is aimed at achieving the warm, tube-driven tone common in many styles of American and dating back to the 1950s, while remaining both portable and affordable. Fender frequently releases limited editions of the Blues Junior.

All have the same electronic components and specifications but have cosmetic changes and often a different speaker, at varying prices. The Fender Blues Junior is most similar to the Fender Blues Deluxe, which adds a 'drive' channel, an effects loop, and uses 6L6GC output tubes for 40 watts of rated output. The Fender Blues Junior was introduced after the, but has entirely different circuitry other than EL84 output tubes rated at 15 watts. This section does not any.

Unsourced material may be challenged and. (June 2014) () A set of three matched Groove Tubes 12AX7 preamp tubes and two matched Groove Tubes EL84 power tubes, graded according to Fender's specifications, are used in all factory Blues Juniors. The Blues Junior uses a nonadjustable power tube bias (no way to vary the bias point), but it is fairly 'hot' and can accommodate most matched pairs on the market. However, because they 'run hot', a common modification is to add a bias trim to enable adjustments to the idle current when switching tubes. References [ ].