Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Guitar Amp Combo

Hi there, today I'll be giving my interpretation of the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with black tolex. It's a great Fender amp that has 40 watts tube power with treble, middle, bass and presence EQ and 2 channel switching capability from the clean channel to the drive channel with a virtual 3rd "more drive" channel via onboard buttons or the included footswitch. I think the clean channel could be cleaner as when you hit 5 it's in the typical tube overdrive mode and the distortion channel gives you screaming over the top grunge anyway so in my humble opinion the clean channel is really not that at all. Ships with 3 red label Fender Groove Tube 12AX7s and 2 blue label Groove Tube 6L6s. I used an Electro Harmonix 12AX7WA in the preamp stage that has slightly lower output and that cleans it a bit up to 7 with no volume loss (the amp goes to 12 Spinal Tap fans). I also used a 12AU7 and it is even more clean but the volume gets affected by that choice. The reverb is also good sounding but not the best I've heard and has a short decay. In any case if you want a full tube Fender amp, these can be had for a good price used and go for about $700 new making it reasonably affordable for the masses. Still a great choice for blues or Rock.