Will a hot rod deluxe work well with humbuckers?

[Redfox777]

Or is it just an amp for single coil guitars? Last night, it seems, I narrowed down my amp choices to a HRD or HRDeville (with help from yall). Some of the reviews say that it can be a bit farty with humbuckers.

[jackpotjewell]

I have a Hot Rod Deluxe, and I usually play w/ single coils, but I haven't run into any problems w/ using humbuckers either. Just remember, the HR deluxe sounds nothing like a deluxe reverb, and the deville sounds nothing like a twin. I would put their sounds closer to a bassman, without the tube rectifier. Kind of a darker sounding amp. Mine takes pedals really well. It sounds decent on its own, but running into an extension cab, and it sounds really nice. Good amps for the money.

[drmanbear]

I agree. Good amps for the money. I had a chance to play live through a Deville for about a year or two. I was using an SG and it sounded pretty good. The only knock I have against them is that I don't remember the EQ controls being very responsive. You had to turn knobs quite a bit to make much of a difference. But again, they're pretty nice amps.

[Faber]

It will work just fine with HBs. But the HRD's reaaly do shine more with fender style instruments/sc's

[Grueller]

the blues deville is much nicer, IMO... more toneful. I say this because it reacts well to anything you throw at it, whereas the hot rods seem a little choosey

[usa83strat]

yes it will work well with hummies. try pluggin into input two if it gets farty, also turn the bass down a bit for hummies, it will still be there just not so boomie

[usa83strat]

 

Originally posted by innobidova the blues deville is much nicer, IMO... more toneful. I say this because it reacts well to anything you throw at it, whereas the hot rods seem a little choosey

 

 

the blues deville and hot rod is the same amp the hot rod just has an extra gain stage for the "more drive"