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Fender Announces New Hot Rod III Series Amps

The Hot Rod III series features upgrades based on player feedback, including improved speakers, enhanced circuits and revised cosmetic appointments


Scottsdale, AZ (Sept. 9, 2010) – Fender releases the new Hot Rod III series amplifiers, featuring several upgrades based on player feedback, including improved speakers, enhanced circuits and revised cosmetic appointments. The new Hot Rod III series includes the Hot Rod Deville 410 III, Hot Rod Deville 212 III, Hot Rod Deluxe, Blues Junior III and Pro Junior III amps.

All Hot Rod III series amps include easier-to-read black control panels, new badges, “dog bone” handles, heavy-duty chicken-head knobs and LED jewel lights. Additionally, the Hot Rod DeVille and Deluxe amps feature graduated volume and treble pot tapers, and include new low-profile “pedalboard friendly” footswitches.

Here's what Fender has to say about the new amps:
The Hot Rod DeVille 410 III is a 60-watt combo with a classic 4x10” speaker configuration borrowed from the legendary Super Reverb and ’59 Bassman amps, offering the low-end headroom characteristic of 6L6 tubes, a versatile all-12AX7 tube preamp and an effects loop. It produces amazing clean and overdriven tones and luscious spring reverb, and is able to power an additional speaker cabinet thanks to its 8-ohm extension speaker output. The Hot Rod DeVille 212 III shares the same circuit, output and features as its 410 counterpart, with the exception of its classic 2x12” speaker configuration borrowed from the legendary Twin Reverb amp, courtesy of two 12” Celestion G12P-80 speakers. MSRP $1199.99 (410), $1159.99 (212)

The ever-popular Hot Rod Deluxe is a 40-watt single 12” combo—the standard for gigging guitarists worldwide—and features a 12” Celestion G12P-80 speaker and new “tighter” overdrive circuit. Players wanting to add a little more output, fullness and stage coverage can add a matching 112 extension enclosure. $959.99

The Blues Junior III is a 15-watt warm-toned, longtime favorite—the perfect grab-and-go tube amp for stage and studio. It is known for the fat mid tones characteristic of EL-84 output tubes, warm 12AX7 preamp tube overdrive, real spring reverb, simple control layout, footswitchable FAT boost, external speaker capability, and is powered by a highly-sensitive Fender Special Design 12” “lightning bolt” speaker by Eminence®. It now includes front-reading text on the control panel and new “sparkle” circuit mod, and rattle-reducing shock absorbers for the EL-84 tubes. MSRP $699.99

The Pro Junior III is a simple, uncluttered 15-watt tone machine and delivers the fat mid tones characteristic of EL-84 output tubes, driven by a dual-12AX7 tube preamp and a 10” Fender Special Design speaker with vintage cone. Additional features include unique clean-to-drive volume control, lower-noise shielding, rattle-reducing shock absorbers for the EL-84 output tubes and external speaker capability. MSRP $549.99

For more information:
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Source: Press Release

     

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Blake
on 10/08/2010 		I owned the previous version of the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (40 watts) for 10 years and recently traded it for a new Hot Rod III with a 5-year warranty. These amps are the deal-of-the-century! A great sound (especially on the clean channel), a reasonable size and weight, tons of volume (I have gigged with it many times) and very reliable. The III models offers several small improvements but the most significant is that the overdrive is improved considerably. For me, this amp offers oustanding value for the money.
4xu3q
on 09/13/2010 		Got it. My bad.
mike williams
on 09/13/2010 		@ '$'- I think they meant that the amp is $959, not the cab.
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on 09/13/2010 		Players wanting to add a little more output, fullness and stage coverage can add a matching 112 extension enclosure. $959.99. A 1x12. $959.99.
CA_Dan
on 09/13/2010 		I wonder how many of the Blues Jr revisions were based on the popular "bill m" mods on all the guitar and amp forums.
Jonny7
on 09/12/2010 		I own a 1995 Tweed Blues Jr. which still has the original Eminence speaker. It has seen alot of action over the years and I love it. I have AB'ed it with a few of the new MIM Blues Jr. and mine just kills the new ones for tone. Maybe the New III models will sound better. On the other hand, my MIM Emerald HR Deluxe with a Vintage 30 sounds great when dialed just right.
Spanky
on 09/10/2010 		Heard the Deluxe and is much improved on the high gain side. But to be honest the celestion speaker is not the best. It is better than the stock eminence of previous models but the g12p-80 is just a cheaper version of the g12t-75. If wanting a wide variety of sound, I still like the Vintage 30. and thank god for the new volume pots... you can actually tell a difference in 1 and 2 now!!
Gearhund
on 09/10/2010 		Hmm. It took 25 years for Fender to replace the linear taper master volume pot with a proper audio taper pot.
frodo hendrix
on 09/10/2010 		glad to see they fixed the 'from whisper-to-ear bleeding' volume pot on the Hot Rod Deluxe.
john
on 09/10/2010 		I'd like to see a review on the Blues Jr. Hopefully with the new upgrades Fender has gotten rid of the 'cardboard box' sound of this amp.



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