Fender Hot Rod DeVille 4x10 Combo

My amp is dated 2000,and it's very veratile,I've played everything with it,evry time excellent sound. I play psichedelic rock,and covers:beatles,pink floyd,radiohead,rolling stones..A (very)clean channel,overdrive and a more drive channel with a switch pedal;send and return in and out,a great reverb(regulable only with a knob,maybe a pedal should be more comfortable).Three simple equalization knobs very influent,and a useful knob for presence,and a little switch on the left for the brillant sound I always use.Two tubes + 3 on pre.

Great sound ,four speakers, very spacey sound and powerful above all,the volume knob is up to 12,I use it at 3 and is a bomb,even at open stage.I use a strato and a tele.the distorted channel is very fat and vintage,it gives you a lot of bass frequences so you must pay attention on the regulation.I play a lot,and I could test it in a lot of situations,and it never let me down.

Is very strong,I've used it for four years very often,I've never changed the tubes. It just make a strange noise rarely,in my opinion because I connected a bass to it and maybe a speaker could be a little damaged,but nothing bad.

no problems No contacts so far.I don't remember but maybe ther's a lifetime warranty.

If it were stolen or lost or distructed I'd buy it again,I love his warm sound and dynamic;you can hear every detail of your way of playing.I had a marshall jcm 900,and I improved incredibly my sound buying it. I have tryed a vox ac30(grat,in fact I would use with)several marshall head+cab,laney..It is one of the best,and has nothing to envy to a head+cab.

4*10 Fender
60 watt
2 channels (clean , crunch and more gain switch)

I use it with a Fender Jaguar with single coil ( I say this cause there are also Jaguar with humbuckers ). What can I say... TERRIFIC! The clean channel is warm and warm and warm, the overdrive channel with major gain is veru useful for noise rock, alternative rock and a lot of "fake-new" genres. This is very LOUD, you can use it on stage as well. It kicks youuuuu. I use it with a big muff PI Usa, ts9 , boss ge-7 and a korg ax1500 for delay and rerverb. It sounds incredible. It puts sugar on every sound, :> to cool. Buy it.

Perfect for every stile of rock, not for metal

This amp offers more than any fender tube amp out there with 2 OD channels and one clean. The EQ is a MASTER for all channels with a presence control. I love the 410 configuration. Also, offers a PLUSH fender reverb. Also comes with a external speaker jack, foot switch and cover. The amp is 60 watts of tube power, very loud.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE FENDER AMP !

Ok, this is the second HOT ROD 410 i've owned. I've come full circle on fender amp buying (i'm tired...). I've tried and bought most of the fender tube amps, thinking the Super Reverb or TWIN or Concert Reverb would be the ultimate. so, after all that experience, i decided to go back to the HOT ROD 410, since it has the warmest tone and offers the most. This amp is a BRAND NEW 2005. PLEASE PLEASE would some one explain why this amp sounds better than my 2002 Hot Rod 410. The older one's OD channels (red/yellow) just didn't thrill me, but the OD on this new amp is amazing. I don't understand why.....It has the same fender speakers and the same GROOVE TUBES 2x(6L6B) and 3x12AX7. This amp's OD sounds better than the old one, less brittle. WHY I HAVE NO CLUE (same guitar). The clean and reverb have always been my favorite with this amp, but this OD really adds. I love the amp and plan on keeping it. The amp does have great head room on the clean, works great with OD pedals. THIS IS A VERY LOUD AMP and shakes the house at level 4. ANOTHER thingy i've notice is the VOLUME CONTROL on this amp. The older amp i had (410 hot rod), the volume would JUMP UP when turning it up from no volume to some low volume. I didn't like this because in some cases for quiet evening jaming in the basement it would be too loud. With this new one, the volume doesn't JUMP, so another added BONUS. Hmmmm, maybe i lucked out or FENDER finally pulled their heads out and read the reviews on harmony central. I know if i made amps, i'd read all the reviews, DUH !

THIS ONE IS TOO NEW. MY OLDER ONE NEVER DIED. I TOOK IT ALL OVER THE STATE, BAR TO BAR with no problems.

DON't KNOW

Been playen 15 yrs and have had more guitar equipment than you could imagine and !!! i'm tired of it. I can't believe how obsessed we become with tone, FUN THOUGH, HEHEHEHEH. If this amp was stolen, I would buy another. I love the amp because it offers quite a bit for the BUCK$. what do i hate about the amp ??? NOTHING REALLY. I did compare it to a lot of TUBE AMPS i've had over the years. I'm a BLUES/VINTAGE ROCK guy. I think this amp covers that type of music with flying colors. I also love playing this amp on a quiet evening in my basement strumming some beautiful pink floyd chords (BREATHE for example). I personally don't think there's a better fender amp out there. I have really gotten carried away with equipment, I want it to stop with my all time favorite sound, an AMERICAN FENDER STRAT and the HOT ROD 410.

FENDER HOT ROD DEVILE 4 x 10 (2004)

2 Real channels Clean & drive (theres also a more drive option)
speaker output jack (i saw a cab for this on ebay, but you really will not need this unless you wanna lose ur hearing.

All valve

footswitch

master reverb

The thing about this amp is it doesn't have enough features for you to use it without FX. It is however a great base for you to build your sound on.

I use fender vintage reissue Telecasters and play quite heavy alt. rock (kinda pumpkins siamese dream stuff)with punky influences.

The clean channel is excellent- it rings like a bell - no complaints there.

The crunch channel is good if you wanna play country rock/ blues / retro stuff. Not so good for real hi gain.

The more gain switch just thickens up your sound a bit- which can be useful when you need an extra boost but its not controlable so usually doesnt do a lot. I found the distortion on this amp to polite and very unfocused on the lower strings, so i bought a russian big muff for ?37 new off gak.co.uk - problem solved, it now has all the balls you need & fills the sound perfectly.

THIS AMP IS SERIOUSLY FUCKING LOUD - with this amp and a good distortion pedal you will not be beaten in volume by ANYBODY. If you're wanting an amp for private practice or pub gigs, go for the 2 speaker version, I played a gig with that and its also great .

The reverb is OK but a bit harsh & trebbley when u whack it up full.

Interestingly this amp doesnt work to well with my E Bow.

Stick it on the crunch channel with the gain half way & ur guitar volume rolled back & got that plunky blues sound you've heard on all ur old records.

This is a versatile amp, its a great foundation that can handle anything you want to build on it.

My amp has been very unreliable.

A week after I bought it a preamp tube went. Although the stock tubes are groovetubes, they are the shittest tubes that company produce & cheap & nasty- get the gold series installed & the deville will sound noticabley better.

The sound on mine started cutting out, kinda like when ur input jack goes, eventually it got unbearable- 60% of the time when practicing there was no sound & it would pop on & off & make horrible fuzzy interference. I took it to a guy to fix who had to take it to bits- who said these amps are notoriously unreliable. Anyway it turned out that there were aprox 15 problems with the amp (all of which were sorted)ranging from a busted input to broken ribbon cables, busted valve plate, a transformer that given time would have burnt through the PCB etc. etc. That cost me ?250 to get fixed and was about 8 hours solid work. BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU BUY THIS AMP.

However since then, this amp has been fine.

Rubbish- you have to wait ages , so you end up going to an independant person (this voids your warranty, but if you have a gig that evening what can you do?)

Its had its problems, but its still a good amp, it makes you sound different to every other marshall player.

Looks really cool.
Sounds great vintage or modern, likes all pickups i played through it from vintage twangy tele singles, to the powerful humbuckers on the flying V i used for the last recording.
Very heavy so watch out & get the singer to give you a hand moving it.
This is loud enough for ANY situation.
Pretty good value for money when compared to anything else.

If it were stolen Id either get one of these or a Mesa Stilleto.

This amp was made in 1999 I think. It has your basic 4 tone controls two channels clean and dirty with an extra gain switch on the dirty channel which is footswitchable.

I used this amp mostly for its clean channel. In my opinion the clean on this amp is the best that I have heard. Its warm, and the reverb is the best. It is the perfect amp for someone who plans on using overdrive/ or dist stompboxes and other effects and wants a great clean sound. For this I don't think that it can be beat. I played a lot of shows, many of which I didn't mic. On three the volume is lounder than anyone could ever need, and had plenty of headroom left over.
I used this amp mostly with a les paul and the dirtty channel in my opinion is single coil only. I could never get a good sound from it rather it was a little overdrive to heavy, it just sounded awful, and believe me I spent a lot of time tweaking. I simply couldn't find a single lick, riff, solo or any other use for my les paul using this channel. However I did like the sould of a strat on the dirty channel (single coils of course)
This amp is also very portable compared to lugging a stack around, in fact this was much louder than a 50 watt marshall jcm 900. that I owned.

The most reliable piece of equipment I ever played. I did a lot of touring, practicing and evertything else with this amp. Owned it for almost 4 years and never once had a single problem, in fact I never ever changed the tubes.

never needed to

675
perfect for the stombox guitarist, best clean channel ever, super loud, reliable

This is a followup review, I just thought there are some things that people need to consider when looking at this amp that I've discovered in the past year of ownership.

When I first got this amp I was really impressed with the warmness of the clean channel. But now that I've been using it for a while and have gigged with it several times, I have noticed a few gripes. I primarily use an American Fat Strat Texas Special, so don't think it's the guitar that lacks character when I explain this: The tone is powerful and warm. But no matter how much I jockey with the tone controls, I can't seem to get a whole lot of definition out of this amp at high volumes. Everything turns kinda muddy. The best I can do is turn the treb/mid/bass knobs down to lower settings and engage the bright switch. Then I can get the overall volume up a little louder without everthing becoming blurry. All of this is not problem if you mic your amp and keep the volume restrained...but then what were you thinking buying a 4x10 monster? You could have gotten by with a lounge amp.

It might be that the Tex-Mex pickups on my strat are too high output for the amp. The amp has a lot of power, and when combined with a higher output s/c's, it's possible that this is what is messing up the levels. I've used normal strats on this amp and they have a little bit clearer tone, with more definition. And my Texas Special strat has INCREDIBLE tone on other amps. So it probably is just a matter of too much juice without enough equalizing. Rolling down the guitar's volume knob some helps A LOT. Replacing the tubes with something better than stock would probably fix most of this, but I'm sure there would be other trade-offs involved in doing that.

One of the speakers is starting to fuzz too. High bass levels (which is what happens when you up the volume) cause a lot of unwanted noise. The bass is blurry and overpowering anyway no matter what and that mucks up the tone. Combined with the speaker flaw, it kills off the amp's pleasing characteristics quite quickly.

The drive channels are still incredible...probably the best Fender has ever achieved.

I bought my Fender Deville 410 in November of 2004. Im not sure when it was made. Im just too lazy to look and see. If youve already looked at these amps, then you know the features. If not, then just read some of the reviews below.

The only reason Im giving this category a 9 is the lack of footswitchable reverb and simple tube biasing. But most Fenders dont have that anyways. If you really want reverb versatility, add on a Electro Harmonix holy grail reverb to your setup. (note: the built in reverb does sound really great)

This amp is great by itself, but i would recommend some different pedals such as compression, echo or tremelo to get some different sounds from it.

The sound and power of this amp are enough to fill large auditoriums and theatres (I have several times before) but you may want to mic it for a more dispersed range across the audience.

I use this amp with my PRS Santana SE. It has some pretty awesome open- coil humbuckers. (read my review on this guitar for more info on it) 99% of the time, im playing hard emo/post punk with a lot of full power chords. Thats where this amp excels in my opinon, which is just blazing away on distorted power chords and riffs.

It suits my needs and my very picky tone requirements flawlessly. The clean tones are full and luscious. The distorted sounds are great too with that awesome tube midrange growl, and sparkling highs. This amp absolutely shimmers with stock distortion. I felt that the sound needed a little more umph and bottom end, so i bought a DOD Death Metal stompbox. It seems like this pedal was meant for this amp. Another review on that pedal and the others I use with this amp (Line 6 Tonecore Constrictor compressor and Echo Park delay, and DOD Supra Distortion and Ice Box chorus) will be added.

If you really want the best rock sound out of this amp, i would recommend a pair of Groove Tube distortion rated 6L6 power tubes as well as

The reason Im giving this amp's sound less than perfect is the slight lack of enough bottom end for me on the drive channel. I would rate the sound at about 9.5

This particular model I have had no trouble with so far(even though with its cousin, the deluxe 112, i did. thats why i got this one). It even works well with other power tubes such as a pair of Svetlana 5881's. although since I havent the tools to bias it properly yet, I could use them only for a few minutes.

The Deville is very reliable. This is the only amp i use live. I dont need a backup, even though I am going to buy another one to stack on top of it:). Yes, its that good of an amp.

I havent dealt with Fender directly, just authorized technicians (for another amp) so I cant really say.

Ive been playing for about 6 years, so I know my stuff pretty well. I dont have to worry about it being lost or stolen because I love this amp too much to let either of those happen. I absolutely love this amp. Its the greatest thing thats ever happened to me. The only other amp I would want more than this one would be a Fender Bassman 59 reissue. Because of this amp, I will never buy any other amp than Fender ever again!

I tried this next to some Peavey tube amp when i was about to muy it, and the peavey just sucked compared to this one. You wont find much better quality better than this unless you get a lot more expensive.

Purchased New in '04 not sure when amp was made.

3 channels - clean, drive, and more drive
bright switch
4 band EQ - Bass, Middle, Treble, Presence
Fender Long tank spring reverb
effects loop
fotswithchable channels (switch included)
3 12AX7 Preamp tubes
2 6L6 Poweramp tubes
4 10" special design eminence speakers
60 Watts output power

The only improvement I would like to see is seperarte 4 band EQ for clean and drive channels.

First let me say that I have been playing for over 20 years, I am quite the "tonemeister" and I play styles from Jazz to Blues to melodic hard Rock. And the DeVille can cover all of those bases for me. This amp sounds fantastic it is warm with oodles of those sweet tube harmonics and is very touch sensitive. Over the years I have learned alot of tricks to get good sounds out of your tube amp so for those who may not be as fimiliar with tube amps as I am I will share a few of them here.

#1) TUBES TUBES TUBES!!!!!
There is ALOT of variation in sounds between the different brands of tubes out there so you must experiment with different ones and LISTEN to get the sound you want. For me it has always seemed EASIER to get good distorted sounds than a really pleasing authentic clean Jazz tone. For preamp tubes (IMHO) the Electro Harmonix 12AX7EH is one of the best current production 12AX7 tubes availible and I have tried most of what is out there. Some other good 12AX7's are the JJ Teslas, the GTECC83 and GT12ax7M, RUBY 12ax7A and Sovtek 12ax7LPS. Or you can go NOS but the 12AX7EH is working out well for me and they are pretty consistent.

For 6L6 tubes I have settled on the GT6l6C. Many people may not realize that this tube is essentially the same tube as the highly rated Ruby Tubes 6L6GCSTR. They are made in the same factory and althogh there are some minor diferences between them they are VERY similar and sound similar. And they both get an EXCELLENT jazz tone AND SMOOTH overdrive tones. FAT 6L6 midrange great harmonics and the highs are pleasantly restrained not harsh. IMHO if you like to play jazz the two afformentioned tubes are the way to go. Some others.....

SED 6l6 ... Open sound deep bass aggressive and bright top great for SRV type sounds, country, acoustic guitars.
"S" Svetlana 6l6.... fat midrange goodoverdrive not as much bass as SED but more balanced
EH6L6GC...Clean players will really like it good all around tube.
JJTesla.... Good smooth overdrive tones TERRIBLE brittle jazz tone.

Oh yeah< and hardness rating 7 (GT scale) is the most versatile to my ears. Althogh if you only play rock than you could go down much lower say 4, just rember that your amp will break up sooner the lower you go. Keep in mind too low or too high and you begin to loose tone. I bias my DeVille by ear a little hot.

Set up right, the clean tones out of this amp can make you cry tears of joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have had this amp about 1 year now and no problems... I have other Fender amps that I have had much longer and in general they are very rliable.

I have a good local amp tech. fenders have a great 5 year warranty if you ever need it.

I was blessed with an outstanding musical ear and that has helped me in my quest for great tone. I hope this Info will help somebody just remember to experiment and LISTEN. Remember an average guitar through a great amp can sound real good but a $2,500.00 guitar through a crappy amp will still probably sound crappy.

I play various hollow jazz boxes and HSS and HH Fralin equipped Strats through my Deville and play out live. I usually don't use alot of effects but I have...radial tonebone classic distortion,Guyatone cs3 compressor,ibnez cs9 chorus, ibanez fl9 flanger, Buddah wah, line6 delay modeler, holy grail reverb, boss Giga Delay, Boss DS1 with keely mod, Chandler tube overdrive, univibe.

May the force be with you!!!!!!!!!!

3 Channels--Clean, Drive, More Drive (more like a boost)
4 Tone Controls--Treble, Middle, Bass, Presence
Bright switch for the Clean Channel
Spring Reverb
Effects loop
3 12AX7 preamp tubes
2 6L6 output tubes
4x10" speakers
60watt output
2 switch, 3 function footswitch

I believe its a '03 or '04 model. I personally like that there are reletively few nobs, because it is much more easy to operate than say a 3 channel Marshall that has different controls for each channel.

I play a general mix of styles, but for the most part I play Classic Rock and various styles of Blues. I play a '96 Gibson Les Paul Standard with some type of Seymour Duncan pickup in the bridge (I bought it used and never looked at the pickup model), and I basically plug straight in and use no effects currently.

Ok, I was looking for an all tube amp that had classic tube tone and was plenty loud for gigs. For that this amp does quite nicely. For the most part this amp has been great to me; it does great for some classic rock tones and its very good for early (cleaner) blues tones with a hint of cut such as Albert King and Peter Green (when in Fleetwood Mac), and I am in love with the spring reverb on this unit. If I were to get a new amp, I would want to take the reverb tank off of this amp and use it as a stand-alone reverb unit, becuase it definitely is more lush and resonant than digital imitation.

On the whole the amp has a punchy sound, and is pretty touch sensitive. The Clean channel is basically perfect--it gets plenty loud but stays smooth and clear, and when cranked at about 10 or above it sounds like very smooth and musical distortion drive with plenty of bass, but without actually distorting at all.

The Drive channel I've had some mixed sucess--with my bridge pickup, it sounds very harsh on the treble strings and has the sound of the fuzz of the speaker cone being pushed (similar to the raw sound of Muddy Waters), which doesnt work for me for the most part unless the tone on my guitar is rolled down. That I believe is the fault of the pickup, but I havent really played with any other guitars through it so I dont know for sure. On the neck though it sings--it has a bass heavy sound and the treble strings are very smooth sounding and not harsh at all. With the More Gain on, that harshness on the bridge becomes much harsher, unless the tone is rolled off, and then is usuable. On my neck pickup on More Gain the sound does get a little muddy.

There are only a couple of problems I've had. First, I get some pretty bad feedback when the amp has a decent amount of gain on (say, master volume at around 5 and gain at near 7), which gets much worse with reverb on. It is also more prone to feedback on my neck pickup. This could be a wiring fault on the guitar I believe, so bear with me. I also had one bad incident where I did smell a burning smell when I had switched to More Gain while at my usual maximum setting (vol 4-5, gain 7 as mentioned before). After playing at that setting for like 3-4 minutes in the middle of band practice the smell came, so I turned it off imidiatedly and didnt play it for a couple weeks. I believe I might have blown an output tube, so to be safe I replaced them both and it was working fine again. That could of been caused by the tubes being old being I bought the amp used. Once I replaced them it worked fine, but I am still very cautious not to over heat my tubes now. But the inherent feedback issue is still there. There is also some ringing background noise I believe only on my bridge pickup, which I believe is a wiring problem (it sounds like a 60-cycle hum of a single coil). All of these issues I will have looked at when I get my guitar serviced and my amp checked up, so these problems may just be case specific.

Overall, this amp is pretty versitile, good for classic rock and electric blues, and most likely jazz, punk, surf, and alt-rock as well. Metal not so much. For harder rock (high gain in other words) this might not suit you as well either because the drive is more of the natural distortion of the speakers, but this can be remedied by the effect pedal of your choice. If you are looking for high gain most likely any Fender amp is not your choice because of its open back cabinets, as opposed to the closed back cabs of Marshalls or Mesas and whatnot. This causes a different bass response and relfects the sounds coming from the back of the speaker back outward towar

The amp is build pretty solid. I've carried it from practice to practice, and have bumped it against things, and it still plays fine. I believe it is dependable, besides the aformentioned burning smell incident, which I dont really count personally. It certainly is better than my previous amp, my little Dean GA40R, which blew its speaker twice (once at a gig). But be warned, its heavy as hell, and it has no wheels, but I wouldnt put on wheels because I like to sit on my amp when playing sometimes.

I am giving this amp the benefit of the doubt because I believe that the issues I've had with it are most likely caused by my guitar, and also because none of the other reviews have similar problems.

I never had OFFICIAL contact with Fender about the amp problems (I dont have the warrentee for repairs). When I blew the output tube I just went over to the local Sam Ash, bought two new 6L6's, pluged them in and played again. I will look into a full checkup soon.

I have been playing for little over 2 years (although most people couldnt tell), yet I am very picky about my sounds and I am definitely aleady starting my Tone Search, because I want the sounds people can remember me by. So far I have owned this amp for about 6 months and it more or less suits my needs. For its price (especially the price I paid) it is very useful--you definitely get more bang for your buck here than with the big names like Marshall. If It were lost or stolen, I would replace it for the same price, unless I wanted to get a much more expensive one, such as the Fender Twin Amp or the THD Flexi-50 (which is $1600 just for the head). But most likely I would get this again.

For the most part I did give the benefit of the doubt, because I do believe it is a good product besides my slight misfortunes, which may just be caused by my guitar, and because of its low price but good value. This is a definite improvement in tone over any solid-state amp.

I play a classic rock/jazz style with this amp and my Epiphone dot studio, This amp is PERFECT for the specific sound I want.

The only problem I have is that when I step on the foot switch to switch from clean to distortion it makes a loud pop(this only happens when I step on the switch, if I switch it from the amp itself by pushing the button, that doesnt happen.), I don't know if its just mine or if thats what they do. It isn't that much of a problem since I have another distortion pedal, but for the people who don't it might be an issue?

Other then that, this amp has everything I will ever need. I LOVE IT.

Like I said, I am using an Epiphone Dot Studio with this amp, and it has a great classic rock/jazz sound. So it fits my music style very well. There is no bad feed back like most amps, I can crank this and theres next to no sound unless I'm playing the guitar. The clean channel NEVER gets distorted. The default distortion is pretty good compared to most amps with built in distortion.

I havent had it very long, but I feel this amp is very reliable since It shows no sign of breaking. I was told the amp never broke down when I bought it from Guitar Center in Manchester, Connecticut.

I havent dealt with them.

I have been playing for about five years, I have useed al my friends amps and guitars, and honestly, this is the best I've ever played. If it were stolen or lost I would get a new one without a doubt. I lvoe its clean channel. I reccomend this to anyone who wants to start off playing shows, its perfect.