Fender Deville 2x12 vs 4x10?

abstract · June 14th, 2008, 06:32 PM

What is the difference in sound between the 2x12 and the 4x10 models of the Fender Deville amps? Could you describe it? Also, does the tweed version have much of a different sound? thanks

eugenedunn · June 14th, 2008, 06:56 PM

Please specify Hot Rod DeVilles or Blues Devilles...... reissues or originals....

If you can manage the weight and loudness, I can recommend the Tweed Blues DeVille. I gigged with that one for about 10 years. Never really had any trouble with it. Because it had the 60 watts through a 4x10 cabinet, it had a lots of clean headroom for most situations.

I put in lower gain preamp tubes in V1 (5751) and ran it very clean. The drive channel is lame, as it is in both the Hot Rod and Blues series. Use a pedal for overdrive. The original Blues DeVille was a fixed bias machine. It had no bias pot in it. The Hot Rod series didn't come in the tweed, but they had an extra extra gain stage.... which I thought was still lame.

Others might disagree though.

e-merlin · June 14th, 2008, 07:03 PM

I had a Blues DeVille once. Once...

Honestly it wasn't a bad amp. The clean channel was typical Fender clean. The drive channel wasn't worth the time it took to switch it. If I hadn't got it cheap as a project, it wouldn't have been my thing. I'm more into Peaveys. I eventually sold it.

JayFreddy · June 15th, 2008, 05:41 AM

I once owned a 410 HRD too. When I first got it, I compared it with two other 410 HRD's and two 212 HRD's in the store. I liked the 410 better. It sounded a little more alive, more raw, more whatever... It just fit what I wanted better.

I know another guy who swears by the 212's, that's what he likes. I think the 212's are a bit darker. Almost like a Twin, but without the headroom...

I liked the tones I could get from my 410 HRD, but after seeing lots of them with recurring problems at my local repair shop, I sold it before it could start acting up...

I was happy with mine, but at that price level, I found I prefer Peaveys too.

June 14th, 2008, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
abstract TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pasadena CA Posts: 24	Fender Deville 2x12 vs 4x10? What is the difference in sound between the 2x12 and the 4x10 models of the Fender Deville amps? Could you describe it? Also, does the tweed version have much of a different sound? thanks

June 14th, 2008, 06:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
eugenedunn Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 55 Posts: 706 36 Photos	Please specify Hot Rod DeVilles or Blues Devilles...... reissues or originals.... If you can manage the weight and loudness, I can recommend the Tweed Blues DeVille. I gigged with that one for about 10 years. Never really had any trouble with it. Because it had the 60 watts through a 4x10 cabinet, it had a lots of clean headroom for most situations. I put in lower gain preamp tubes in V1 (5751) and ran it very clean. The drive channel is lame, as it is in both the Hot Rod and Blues series. Use a pedal for overdrive. The original Blues DeVille was a fixed bias machine. It had no bias pot in it. The Hot Rod series didn't come in the tweed, but they had an extra extra gain stage.... which I thought was still lame. Others might disagree though. __________________ Ono Boy says "good n' swampy....."

June 15th, 2008, 05:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
JayFreddy Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dallas TX USA Age: 43 Posts: 893 2 Photos	I once owned a 410 HRD too. When I first got it, I compared it with two other 410 HRD's and two 212 HRD's in the store. I liked the 410 better. It sounded a little more alive, more raw, more whatever... It just fit what I wanted better. I know another guy who swears by the 212's, that's what he likes. I think the 212's are a bit darker. Almost like a Twin, but without the headroom... I liked the tones I could get from my 410 HRD, but after seeing lots of them with recurring problems at my local repair shop, I sold it before it could start acting up... I was happy with mine, but at that price level, I found I prefer Peaveys too.