Why I love the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. 

I bought a very clean USA HRD last summer. I love the cleans, nice Fender glassy tones with a more mids than the blackfaces. It stands up to any Fender amp I’ve played. And I know I’m not supposed to like the OD channel, but as long as you don’t get crazy with it you can get some really good tones by using the volume knob. Thanks for making this video, HRD love is always a good thing! ✌🏻

Love the line "If you don't sound good through a Hot Rod Deluxe..." great comments thanks for sharing!

I have one as well. Bought mine in the mid 2000s also. I downsized from a 1965 Fender Bandmaster head and 2x10 cab. Best amp decision I ever made. Fantastic tone, loud enough for live shows, and durable as hell. Mine has been on tour and has had the sh!t kicked out of it many times and it still keeps on ticking. The best part is it's portable enough to just throw in a cab at the end of the night after a show. It's crazy the mileage i've got out of this amp. Never had a single issue with it.

Great playing and showcase of an amp you’ve rejuvenated my love for!

Thank you for this great video, Gabriel! I own the hot rod IV and I use it together with the extension cabinet in my alternative-metal band. Killersounds!!! Don't know why people say its not possible to play harder tones with fender amps?! Ok, I use pedals, but everything sounds awesome if you love tones which can breathe.

Nice playing my man! Just bought one today! My dream amp for sure!! Thanks for sharing :)

Nice playing man, so good to see a demo video with sweet tunes

Tripping around and came across you brother cause of the Dead! Got say you really inspire me to play more! You rock man, glad to follow you 🙏 keep er going 😊 cheers 🍻 👏 from Canada

Sounds great. Warning to all the newbies. If you're looking for these be very wary of early models with the chrome control covers on craigslist. We used to say, how do you know if a hot rod deluxe has a problem? When its on craigslist. The early models had thin circuit board material, the USA manufactured ones the thinnest. This leads to amp vibrations rattling solder joints loose, and 2 big resistors going bad. These resistors control channel switching. What happens is after a an hour or so at the gig, problems start. That amp you tried out for 15 minutes that sounded great now may not have any sound at all, or make popping noise, or not be fully functional when it come time to hit that more switch. Just something to be aware of when buying an otherwise great amp.

That’s some really nice playing with the ES… I really enjoyed it. Like you, the HRD was my first ever tube amp. Still have it to this day, with a few others. I usually switch from it to a modded AC 15c1

Thanks for introducing the Hot Rod Deluxe to us GB!

I’ve had mine for 4 years now and love it . I use the revv 3 pedal with it. Nice glasses btw

This is the perfect vanilla amp. perfect for wanting to creat your own tones instead of relying on the amp itself. I have one and wouldn’t trade it for anything else

Really enjoyed your playing, fantastic!

Man, there’s NO denying that tube tone. Modelers cannot do that like that, period.

Nice take on "Help Is On The Way"! Took me like 3 listens! I'm like "where do i know that from???" Nice video. Always liked the Hot Rod Deluxe!

Great demo! You're absolutely right if you don't sound good through a Hot Rod Deluxe you're probably not going to sound good through anything. I love my old beat up 2002 USA hrd. Its been all over the country and has taken a beating and paid for itself many times over, it looks awful but sounds golden.. I also love my new version IV hdr it sounds a little thinner but maybe the speaker hasn't broken in yet. I hope it holds up and is as trouble-free as my old one has been.

volume on 7 hits the magic spot with these amps

Agree! Hot Rod Deluxe amps are literally everywhere! 🤘🤠🤘

Great demo!! Tomo is such a great guy, I'm sure you have enjoyed studying with him.

I have my since 2009, its an incredible amp!

The second I saw your posters I knew I liked you

Beautiful playing and great Sounding Amp ❤🎸👍

new sub, i look forward to hearing your story. you just popped up on my feed and the Jerry love is what got me initially. great vibes, all the best and i wish you continued success

Great clean tones without the distortion nice play in man

Great vid!! Have you tried the 68 twin? I've played on one briefly and I never touched the hot rod because I had been told it didn't have very good cleans. You disproved that conclusively. Sounds beautiful and I particularly love the Jag with the p90's.

Surprised me when you played “Help on the Way”. Sounds great

I own and use a Hot Rod Deville ML and to be honest, I prefer it to the 65 RI twin reverb I had before. The hot rods are incredible amps. It's a massive sounding amp.

You had me sold at "I'm gonna find another you". Going to scoop a first version in about an hour.

Haha, I love the volumes on 1 and 2. My dad has one from '98 and on 4 or up gets the neighbours complaining - not a bedroom amp

Got a gen 1 fender hrd for free from a co worker because it didn't work. I changed the filter caps and new preamp tubes and it worked just fine. Now I am waiting for my fromel mod kit to come in so it can really open the amp up. Great playing!

I made the mistake of getting a Tiny Terror Micro 1x12 combo for my first amp... love the rock dirt from it but when I go clean- I get too much of a deep bass sound. However, I did pickup a Katana II 100 (a year later) and for a non-tube I am extremely satisfied with the cleans.

I liked that Help on The Way at 3:35!

Yes great sound without boutique pricing achieved by robotic assembly rather than hand wired I guess. I also found that I like the hot rods even more by switching out the preamp tube lineup ( all 12ax7) in favor of the 59 Bassman preamp tube lineup. Fortunately, they come equipped with better speakers today.

Single coils sound really cool in that amp!!...

Your playing sounds amazing bro, wish to play like you u one day

I love the Hot Rod Deluxe, and I also love the Bassbreaker 15 which I own own and it is wonderful with pedals, especially my Rat 2. I care more how an amp takes pedals than how much gain it has. If you get your gain from pedals, you can essentially use a number of distortion pedals at a gig and it's like having many different amps. I know players who own Boogies and Soldanos that have tons of gain on tap and cost as much as a small car, and they still use pedals for gain. So why not just get an amp that cost a tenth of a boutique amp and use it as a pedal platform? For quality tone and durability it's hard to beat a Fender, especially a Hot Rod Deluxe when you consider the channel switching ability.

Great playing!

this was also my first real amp. upgraded from a line6 spider 3 as well

This is a great video thanks for all of the info!!! Were you recording the audio with the sm7b for these?

Amazing sound! I was just picking up a hot rod deluxe IV from GC but they gave me the wrong deluxe apparently it was just the first version. What is your concise opinion on the 4th version?

Hi Gabriel, thanks for the wonderful demo ! I am purchasing mine, what is your setting for the "slow dancing" clean ?

I've had mine for a year and love it

My son and I both have a HRD Texas Red amp with the Fromel upgrade. I also had to replace the power transformer in mine. Went with a 60 watt Hammond transformer. These hybrid amps overheat from the factory. Upgrade takes care of that and much better caps.

Love your playing, what's the name of that second piece you play with the humbucker clean?

Bro, love the tones you get in here! Can you please share the eq that you use? I found the Tomo eq (that work wonders in his hands) a bit too toppy for my taste and loved yours :)

Is there any chance you remember what settings you used for that fantastic 'Slow Dancing Clean' tone? It is really beautiful.

Excellent, beautiful clean

You are an excellent player!

Fantastic!

Lovely stuff :)

Great demo! What pickups do you have in that strat?

Nice playing thanks 🇬🇧🇬🇧

Have you ever tried a Friedman be od pedal with the amp? Thanks!

Youre sound is awesome. Love to hear clean humbucker sound. Very nice playing too. I had a vs 2 and later 3. Sold them for devilles but they are to heavy for me now. So Iḿ in for the version 4 . But in he demos of the 4 these amps lack clean headroom in my opinion. Humbuckers doesn stay clean. Does anyone know if this is true?

Very nice mate.

Hey men, nice video :) but how buzzy or hum do you get from this amp? I’m really really considering it but I just don’t want something that can’t take my Boss GT 100 and then every single time breaks if I add a bit I overdrive...

I just got a New one....the overdrive is Amazing

great sound buddy, your amp has a celestion type A speaker? and groove tubes?

3:30 Oh, snap! The world ruling rig!!!!

sounds great and nice playing , Im about to buy a home practice and recording amp so my question is "hot rod deluxe or princeton reverb" ,,i know you have both and you use pedals as well so , which one do you suggest for home practice and recording ?

Sounds great! What volume were you running the HRD at while recording this?

I’ve played amps 4 times the price and still love mine. I think the overdrive channel sounds as good as anything if you stay away from the more drive feature. You just have to learn how to dial it in, use you guitars volume and tone knobs, and have good picking dynamics. Keep in mind I’m a classic rock and blues player, the overdrive probably would sound awful if you were going for heavier stuff.

THANKS, GABRIEL!

Man, nice sounds

I just bought one.. Great tone

I spot Bassbreaker down there,which you prefer the most? Bassbreaker or Hot rod?

Very nice amps

Sweet tone! You kept the stock speaker? I'm trying to decide between the standard model, or a Limited edition that has a Celestion Vintage 30.

How to you compare this amp sound wise to the bassbreaker you have on the floor? The bass breaker has a pretty mean rock tone of a drive channel

Hi, beautiful, great playing. Tell me what you think about the ox box, I am very confused between the ox and the waza. Thanks

I know those are great for clean tones... do you recommend them for Metal as well ?

hey bro , could u tell me wich scales have u used at 3:30 ? really enjoyed the jam u made with them!

Very nice playing, your style reminds me of wes or kenny burrell.

Have you tried comparing hotrod deluxe vs 65 deluxe reverb reissue. Trying to decide between the two. If so which one did you like better. Awesome video bty!

Enjoyed your playing I see a Bassbreaker back there What do you think of it as a low watt alternative to the HRD?

Hey what mic are you using on the amp? Sounds great in the recordings. It looks like a Shure?

Ok, so Hot Rod Deluxe vs that Fender Bassbreaker in the background... Go....

I would like to hear The HRD with the vertex steel string, any video?

Great tone. Do you have the amp settings for "slow dancing in a burning room?"

Round about the 5 minute mark, what was that progression from? Sound awesome and familiar!

Gets a like just for the Grateful Dead song, "Help On The Way".

Great video. I actually have a chance to get one of these for $450, now I might have to do it

This vs that bass breaker, which do you recommended ? Great player

What guitar is that? It’s giving off serious billy gibbons pearly gates vibes

any good home settings for humbuckers? I like to set amp clean and use pedals for everything

Have you tried a tube screamer with it I'm not familiar with the effects pedal you use I actually use a pod through a tube amp

u are great what 335 is that? wonderful player

Nice playing! What year is the Strat?

do you recommend this for bedroom use?

I will try it out I need a new AMP, the last one did not survive when my guitar over head smashed into it with all the violence I could bring up, I really need a new one to smash and a new guitar too, I need a recommendation for guitar got a really heavy body and thick neck you can grab nice.

Which Fender hot rod Deluxe is this?

Hi. Does it have good low-volume sound with the attenuator ? I want to buy a deluxe hotrod for apartment use. Thank you

A moving love letter!

Love the amp - my second tube amp. The playing is fantastic. What’s the first demo song? Thanks!

Those glasses are killer, what are they?

Oh you have bassbreaker too, how do you compare hot rod to bassbreaker?

can you play it at low volumes for at home? or is it too much power ?

Is there problems with the hot rod deluxe II ? I believe it’s version 2. It’s from 2005

what settings did you use to get the Slow Dancing Clean sound?