Hi,
Tonight I was at the local guitar store & played on the Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 for awhile. While maybe not as popular as the Fender Twin this amp has 2 channels. That means you get the traditional clean Fender channel & a 2nd guitar amp channel that has boosted gain for distortion or crunch. In fact, it has a switch for MORE distortion which goes into over the top sustained distortion if your really crank up the distortion knob. Reverb is standard spring type. The Fender Hot Rod DeVille comes with the cover & a 2-button footswitch.
Now this amp has 60W of matched Groove Tube 6L6 “tube sound” into 2-12″ speakers. It was AMAZINGLY loud. As a person who owns a Marshall 100W Head, angled cab and straight bottom cab, I am qualified to know SOMETHING about loud!!
The Hot Rod DeVille’s speakers are in at an angle not side by side. It makes the speaker box a little less wide but taller. It seems like it had a little better bass than I expected also. Now you can get a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 410 version with 4-10″ speakers as well for about $50 more.
These amps scream vintage sounds from clean to dirty. From solid to crunchy. While this may not be the best amp for some of the ear bleeding sound levels of a live heavy metal band it certainly qualifies as a solid contender in almost every other category even for live gigging. As I said this thing is HORRENDOUSLY loud for 60W.
Since I do have the 100W Marshall stack my interest in this amp is to have an amp suitable for gigging with the boys & yet not as backbreaking as a stack. I have a smaller amp that is great for the house but won’t keep up with gigging. The Fender Hot Rod DeVille can do it all from the house, to the studio to the local bar. Be sure & give it a look.
