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wavdoctor

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Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« on: August 26, 2010, 10:36:07 AM »
I recently traded my mesa boogie 22 watt for a friends Fender Blues Deluxe. I went to the fender site and according to them the serial tag should say "Fender Blues Deluxe" and then under that it should read "Reissue" But mine just says Fender Blues Deluxe. Does anyone have this model that could confirm this? I dont know the age but it looks fairly new..Also came with an anvil case.I havent been able to ask him much as he is with medical issues.  

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Tim Halligan

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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2010, 11:23:50 AM »
Harry,

I've got one.

Mine doesn't say Re-issue either.

I bought mine new in the early 90's from memory.

It's 2 channel, tweed - but not the "honey blonde covered in polyurethane" tweed...it's more yellow...all of the knobs go to 12, and it has a bright switch and a channel select switch. It's 40 or 45 watts from memory. Mine is a 1 x12", but there was a 4 x 10" version also.

This amp - with the addition of a "more gain" switch, and a change to black tolex - was also sold as the Hot Rod as far as I can tell.

Hope this helps.


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Tim
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2010, 12:44:07 PM »
Tim Halligan wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 08:23

Harry,

I've got one.

Mine doesn't say Re-issue either.

I bought mine new in the early 90's from memory.

It's 2 channel, tweed - but not the "honey blonde covered in polyurethane" tweed...it's more yellow...all of the knobs go to 12, and it has a bright switch and a channel select switch. It's 40 or 45 watts from memory. Mine is a 1 x12", but there was a 4 x 10" version also.

This amp - with the addition of a "more gain" switch, and a change to black tolex - was also sold as the Hot Rod as far as I can tell.



This is all correct except that the 4x10 version was called a "Blues Deville" IIRC. The Deville also came in a 2x12 format.

I owned several of these in the 90s. Just to sound as cliche as possible, I will add that the later "hot rod" versions never sounded as good to my ears as the original versions...

Not an incredible sounding amp, but definitely usable assuming the player has his sh*t together. One could do far worse than a Blues Deluxe...

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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2010, 01:15:48 PM »
zakco wrote on Fri, 27 August 2010 00:44


This is all correct except that the 4x10 version was called a "Blues Deville" IIRC. The Deville also came in a 2x12 format.




Yep.

You're right.

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Tim
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010, 03:13:38 PM »
I've got one of those, and the "metal" facing (where the knobs are) pitted and rusted pretty quickly.

My 30-50 year old Fenders show no signs of that...
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2010, 06:27:08 PM »
I thought the Deville & Deluxe were different amps altogether, not just differing speaker configurations.
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2010, 07:58:03 PM »
jetbase wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 17:27

I thought the Deville & Deluxe were different amps altogether, not just differing speaker configurations.
The Deville has a beefed-up mains TX; HT is 470V instead of 420, power is ca. 60W instead of 40. All the rest is the same.
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2010, 08:00:38 PM »
wavdoctor wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 09:36

I recently traded my mesa boogie 22 watt for a friends Fender Blues Deluxe. I went to the fender site and according to them the serial tag should say "Fender Blues Deluxe" and then under that it should read "Reissue" But mine just says Fender Blues Deluxe. Does anyone have this model that could confirm this? I dont know the age but it looks fairly new..Also came with an anvil case.I havent been able to ask him much as he is with medical issues.  

Thanks All..

Harry
The Blues Deluxe is not a reissue, it a relatively new model designed in the 1990's.
The Deluxe reverb is a reissue amp.
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2010, 08:03:56 PM »
compasspnt wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 14:13

I've got one of those, and the "metal" facing (where the knobs are) pitted and rusted pretty quickly.

My 30-50 year old Fenders show no signs of that...

I have the same problem. In addition, mine is part of a MOTS set, with matching Stratocaster. The white MOTS finish is slowly turning to a shitty yellow.
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2010, 10:39:10 PM »
Geoff Emerick de Fake wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 20:00

 The Blues Deluxe is not a reissue, it a relatively new model designed in the 1990's.



actually, it is a reissue. crazy as it seems, fender reissued the ahem, "vintage," 90's version recently.  they had stopped making the blues deluxe when they added the extra 3rd gain stage and it became the "hot rod" deluxe. whatever.

imo, the early 90's tweed "blues deluxe" can be a decent amp if...  you only use the clean channel (the gain channel blows dead donkeys), ditch the cheap tubes, and turn the bass knob to zero and/or change the speaker.  it can actually do the tweed bassman thing fairly well.  

fwiw, for a cheap pcb/pressed wood amp, mine lived in the trunk of my harp player's car for years and it is still kickin'...  

of course now it is, ahem, "vintage,"  maybe i should take better care of it...
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2010, 07:19:07 AM »
Thanks VD. According to the Fender website, the current tweed Blues Deluxe and Deville are listed as Reissue.
That means that wavdoctors Blues Deluxe is an original from the 90's or early naughts.
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Re: Fender Blues Deluxe Amp Questions
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2010, 10:54:39 AM »



compasspnt wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 21:13

I've got one of those, and the "metal" facing (where the knobs are) pitted and rusted pretty quickly.

My 30-50 year old Fenders show no signs of that...




Same here, but it comes with a price - those old amp chassis are cadmium plated.  You wouldn't get away with that today (as a manufacturer, that is).

Well, I do not use them for frying eggs, so I guess its ok.


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