Blues Deluxe vs. Hotrod Deluxe

nosuch · April 6th, 2008, 06:46 PM

Please forgive me that stupid question:
despite the obvious cosmetics and more gain: what is the difference?

Colt W. Knight · April 6th, 2008, 06:55 PM

I like the Blues Deluxe better. More of a bright, crisper, cleaner sound.
Plus its prettier.

Middleman · April 6th, 2008, 07:13 PM

Comparison is here

http://studentweb.eku.edu/justin_hol...ml#bluesdeluxe

Dacious · April 6th, 2008, 09:47 PM

They're not far apart. My bandmate has a BD and I don't like it much, but it's better than the HRDs I've heard. Reverb is solid state. If you keep the tone controls reaonable and the revern lowish it sounds OK.

Interestingly plugging the preamp out into a PA works pretty good - certainly no worse than the amp itself, fairly quiet.

Blues Hurler · April 6th, 2008, 09:58 PM

Blues dlx has less gain. THat's really about it.

April 6th, 2008, 06:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
nosuch Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cologne Age: 41 Posts: 389	Blues Deluxe vs. Hotrod Deluxe Please forgive me that stupid question: despite the obvious cosmetics and more gain: what is the difference? __________________ "Kunst ist schön, macht aber viel Arbeit." (Karl Valentin)

April 6th, 2008, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dacious Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Godzone Posts: 2,623 35 Photos	They're not far apart. My bandmate has a BD and I don't like it much, but it's better than the HRDs I've heard. Reverb is solid state. If you keep the tone controls reaonable and the revern lowish it sounds OK. Interestingly plugging the preamp out into a PA works pretty good - certainly no worse than the amp itself, fairly quiet. __________________ My other Telecaster is a Thinline The Tele Bible, Ch 1, v 10 Love thy Telecaster, covet not thy neighbour's Strat!

April 6th, 2008, 09:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
Blues Hurler Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 656 6 Photos	Blues dlx has less gain. THat's really about it. __________________ The blues ain't about theory, they's about therapy.

April 6th, 2008, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Colt W. Knight Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia Age: 24 Posts: 2,372	I like the Blues Deluxe better. More of a bright, crisper, cleaner sound. Plus its prettier.

April 6th, 2008, 07:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Middleman TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MV, CA Posts: 71	Comparison is here http://studentweb.eku.edu/justin_hol...ml#bluesdeluxe