Members bluesrock70's Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 This guy in my area is selling an older Blues Deluxe for $250.00 and a newer Hotrod Deluxe for $350.00. I'm asking anyone in here that owns or tried either amp to see which would be the best buy. I'm suppose to go by there tomorrow and try them out. Thanks........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gosu Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 Is the Blues a single 12" speaker? The HotRod Deluxe is definitely a nice amp but I suspect the Blues Deluxe will sound better overall.. I would just go out and try them both. I had a HotRod Deluxe for awhile and found that it had very nice cleans but the OD was pretty bad until I switched out the tubes. Bought a Peavey C30 to replace the HRD, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leopardstar Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 i've only tried the blues deluxe, and it did kick butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 This guy in my area is selling an older Blues Deluxe for $250.00 and a newer Hotrod Deluxe for $350.00. I'm asking anyone in here that owns or tried either amp to see which would be the best buy. I'm suppose to go by there tomorrow and try them out. Thanks........ Depends on what you are playing. If it is jazz/dirty jazz and Strat blues stuff, the Blues Deluxe will be ok. If it is rock oriented, I'd definitely staty away from both of them. You'd have to use pedals to try and get a nice crunchy main tone, and that's not a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 Depends on what you are playing. If it is jazz/dirty jazz and Strat blues stuff, the Blues Deluxe will be ok. If it is rock oriented, I'd definitely staty away from both of them. You'd have to use pedals to try and get a nice crunchy main tone, and that's not a lot of fun. the part about these amps that i don't like is that they don't make a sound until they're too loud for playing at home. nothing wrong with pedals. its a matter of finding the right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 I would jump at that deal on the Blues Deluxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 the part about these amps that i don't like is that they don't make a sound until they're too loud for playing at home. nothing wrong with pedals. its a matter of finding the right one.Man, I've tried some of the recognized holy-graile models and they aren't the same thing as a well designed front end working with the power section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesrock70's Posted October 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 Both have 12" speakers, wanted more for old country and some gospal stuff. Will be using mainly clean. I have my Marshall DSL for rock and blues stuff. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 Both have 12" speakers, wanted more for old country and some gospal stuff. Will be using mainly clean. I have my Marshall DSL for rock and blues stuff. Thanks again. I think the Blues Deluxe would be a pretty decent choice for the money for that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheStand Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 This guy in my area is selling an older Blues Deluxe for $250.00 and a newer Hotrod Deluxe for $350.00. I'm asking anyone in here that owns or tried either amp to see which would be the best buy. I'm suppose to go by there tomorrow and try them out. Thanks........ The Blues Deluxe will cost you a lot more to service and re-tube. I read about this last year on one of the Hotrod Modding sites, which explains the technical details and how they fixed the annoyances of the Blues vs. the Hotrod. That decided it for me to get the Hotrod instead of the Blues. I don't think there is a real tone difference in these amps, at least not based on electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesrock70's Posted October 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 The Blues Deluxe will cost you a lot more to service and re-tube.I read about this last year on one of the Hotrod Modding sites, which explains the technical details and how they fixed the annoyances of the Blues vs. the Hotrod. That decided it for me to get the Hotrod instead of the Blues.I don't think there is a real tone difference in these amps, at least not based on electronics. I'll keep that in mind, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikeSF Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 if it is the original BD made in USA from the '90's, that is a good amp. i'd prefer it over a MIM HRD for sure. neither has great sounding overdrive, so you need pedals for your dirty sound, but the clean on the original BD is sweet!good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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