In 2010 the updated version, (dubbed the Hot Rod Deluxe III) was equipped with a Celestion G12P-80 speaker. From 1996–2010, the stock speaker is an Eminence Legend 1258 75 Watt (special design) speaker. The stock version of the Hot Rod Deluxe features a 7-Ply 3/4" Birch/Maple Plywood cabinet upholstered in black tolex with silver sparkle speaker grille cloth.įender has also updated the Hot Rod Deluxe periodically. A secondary board provides the base onto which the tube sockets are mounted (although the pair of power tube sockets are mounted directly on the chassis with long leads connecting those to the secondary board).Īt various times, Fender has released special versions or Limited Editions of this amplifier.
The main circuit board contains the majority of the electronic elements and provides the base onto which the potentiometers for the various controls, and the input and output jacks, are mounted. Internally, there are two sets of circuit boards. Unlike vintage Fender tube amplifiers, the Hot Rod Deluxe uses a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) construction rather than Point-to-Point (PTP) construction. The physical appearance of the Hot Rod series is based on the mid-to-late 1950s narrow panel tweed amplifiers with accouterments such as a top mounted, chrome plated chassis and black "chicken head" pointer knobs, but with textured black tolex found on Fender amps from the 1960s onward rather than the tweed covering. The factory bias is 60 mA total for both 6L6s. The power section uses a fixed bias biasing scheme with an adjustable bias potentiometer installed from the factory. However, the rectifier, reverb driver and recovery, and effects loop circuits are solid state. One additional 12AX7 tube is utilized for the phase inverter of the power section. Footswitch and External Speaker jacks are also built in.Īs an all-tube (pre-amp and power sections) combo guitar amplifier, the Hot Rod Deluxe features a pair of 6L6GC beam tetrodes for the power section and two 12AX7 dual triodes for the preamp section.
Other features include a Bass, Middle, and Treble EQ, Master Volume, Presence, Normal/Bright, and spring reverb (solid state for both the driver and the recovery circuits).
The Hot Rod Deluxe is a mono-channel amplifier featuring 3 switchable gain levels: "Clean", "Drive", and "More Drive" selectable on either the control panel or footswitch (if plugged in). It utilizes a single 12-inch Celestion A-Type Speaker. The Hot Rod Deluxe is an all tube combo amp rated at 40 watts.
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