Fender Hot Rod Deville ML review demo 

The purpose of this amplifier is not to distort the tone but to keep it clean on both channels! Everything else is done with pedals. the gain of the pedal plays the role of a preamp and the gain of the amp master volume.

I own a ... '93, I think ... Blues Deluxe, and it sounds fabulous (I bought it brand new). The overdrive is a bit bright, but the normal channel pushed, is incredible. Looks like a computer inside, but sounds great both clean and slightly overdriven.

I own one of these.. believe me, it sounds so so good man. Les Paul and Strat, both incredible. Only problem is the loudness and the weight. (“Problems”) its an awesome pedal taker

The Hot Rod series is superb, and this one is certainly no exception. Wonderful work Mr Landau, as always!

Great playing and great demo of a really gorgeous amp...pure tone machine!! I love it. Thanks to Guitarist as always :-)

My 90s Hot Rod DeVille is really heavy.I still love the sound tho, with a Fender Strat....heavenly.Had ta buy a Blues Jr for practice and such.

Granted this guy has some serious chops but this amp sounds insanely good without any pedals. I know a lot is in the hands of the artist but damn!

I use tele, strat, tele Cabronita (with fidelitrons) and Gretsch6120 (with filtertrons) through this amp and it gives out the best in every guitar! I only use a compressor to even out and boost a little when I plug in my 6120 because that guitar don't have highgain pickups, but otherwise this amp is just pure gold! It's fantastic to have two clean channels so I can get the same sound just a little louder by just a foottouch and by foottouching once more I have a super boost without coloring the sound. For homepractise i've got made a "volumbox" (Volumepedal in a box with turningnobb) I put that in the effectsloop and can get the "break-up-sound" at low volume. I have to admit that I adore this amp!! Heavy? yes, but that is not a big issue for me

I love this freaking amp so amazing it literally has my favorite fender tone to it has rverything I want in a fender amp would love to own one would be a nice addition to the family im loving my vox right now would be nice to have a fender amp of this quality

I think more of A Twin Sound with the ability to drive a little with out killing the front row

No pedals... pure tone!

that SG with the Fender amp sound killer :)

Sounds really nice. I see that with humbuckers, the amp breaks up kinda quickly (around 4). Would getting more efficient speakers increase the headroom?

I wish that they made this version of the amp years ago. I bought a 212 DeVille new in 2001, never use the drive channel at all. Just keep the amp clean and use pedals for the drive sounds. Had thought about trading in my old DeVille for this but there's no need to do so, I doubt that there's much of a difference in the clean sounds between them.

Great review!

Sounds great!

Great amps.....

YEAH!!!

Running the volume where I run it at in live setting in what appears to be a small space. Wow, It must have been deafening when turned up to break up. Great playing and demo, I just feel sorry for your ears ;)

I love fender stuff but the issue is how much does it weigh ? This qualifies as a boutique amp that you can get for a reasonable price.. I'm intrigued ...😊

I don't know where he's playing this at. I have this exact amp and I can't turn the volume up over 2. At 3 my foundation would crumble. This amp is extremely loud

is this the guy from that pedal show?

Great playing! When you crank up the amp, I couldn't help but squint in sympathy, freaky loud amp lol.

Greetings fellow tone junkies. I am actually considering this amp, but not too keen for the "openess" for some applications. Has anyone tried this amp with an EQ pedal for tightening/focusing the low end just a tad?

I THINK WITH ANY AMP YOU NEED A CLEAN SOUND AND THEN BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A FATTER TONE WITH PEDALS OR STAGE GAIN IN THE AMP.

Were you using any pedals in this demo or was it all amp and guitar

I think for a 212 amp 54lbs is nice

big fan of fender amps love the cleans, but to my ear they've never been able to get a good overdrive sound I just think it sounds too fizzy its not a tight overdrive sound if that makes sense to anyone, does anyone feel this way or is it just me

The ML seems great with single coils but I'm not sure it's perfect for HBs. I'm considering this amp or a Bogner Goldfinger and at this moment I'm leaning to the GF.

It would be additionally cool if two volume knobs worked ala Marshall: right and normal with "jumper" option to boot!

oh i hear a dumble thingy going on, them techs have been peeking under he hood! :) For shame! :)

Does anyone know where I can find footage of live concerts where a Hot Rod DeVille is in use? I appreciate it :D

No talk about what is inside… build quality… no negatives? Every amp has something… this is an ad for fender

How does it work for Jazz?

I DON'T HEAR A FAT SMOOTH CREAMY LEAD SOUND FROM THIS AMP.

Talking part was great.

the regular hot rod deluxe is super garbage...