Hotrod deluxe III handle

If this is a Dog bone handle, then yes I have had the same problem, but my experience occurred in 6 months. I have a Supersonic 22W amp and the amp was bought new. I replaced it with original equipment from Fender's website.

So far its holding up....I hope for a permanent solution. I gig with this amp and it broke after a benefit performance. I was moving it myself, so it was not mishandled.

 

I don't think its the handles; it's the braces that affix the amp handle to the amp. They are tiny and semisharp; they seem to work their way through the dog bone handle. No it isn't right on a virtually new amp of 6 months.

My other vintage handles have never broken in over 20 years. Though I love the Supersonic 22, I gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars because of the construction or build quality ( see the Fender website). I get a rattle from the cage that surrounds the power tubes, simply because the metal cage is too close to the speaker magnet. There are other things too.

 

I'm on my third dogbone handle; that's a rate of one handle every 4 months. I think I will try to retrofit a vintage stitched leather handle WHEN it breaks again. I have started to carry the amp like a baby when I transport it to gigs.

 

If you have a drill and are the diy type, you can just replace it with a quality handle which has an internal metal strap. I did that when I retolexed my HRDX.

 

The handle's got no reinforcement so it's no wonder that it breaks.
There's a brand new HRD III at my local music store - already with a broken handle.
A decent handle with the necessary steel reinforcement doesn't cost even ten dollars, so please, Fender, sort this out; it spoils an otherwise quality product.

 

Same here. I think it's the metal fixing bars that dig and rub as said above. I got an eBay replacement... Leather with the metal inside. Top notch and drops straight in. No drilling. Just measure your holes and length of strap.

 

The handle on my Hot Rod Deville 4x10 broke after 3 days

 

The plastic handle of my 90ies Blues Deluxe is still there with no issues at all (and it got carried by that handle a lot!). Did they switch to a different supplier that uses inferior plastic? Or maybe the metal fixing bars got sharper so they cut thru the plastic? In the latter case a good old file to round those off a bit more could work wonders....

 

Get a set of casters or a dolly. Maybe replace the handle with a Twin Reverb handle.

 

Antique Electronic Supply has a leather replacement handle in various colors that will fit the III series amp

 

Could you please post a link or PM me the one you got? Mine broke after 8 days!!

Many thanks!

 

Wow! that's scary stuff when the handle breaks on a brand new amp.

You're sure no bricks were stacked in the back of the amp? (kiddin')

Same here. no issues ever since.
Quality must have really gone downhill.