Mind your Headroom with the Fender Hot Rod series

If you step on to stage in almost any music venue in the world, you’re likely to see a Fender Hot Rod standing in the backline. Absolutely synonymous with versatility, there are few tasks the Hot Rod range is not up to.

The primary goal was to produce a simple, two-channel, all-tube amp that had serious headroom for live playing, and served as a great tonal starting point, with a tone that blended seamlessly with whatever pedals one might throw at it.

They achieved this and so much more as the Hot Rod range became an absolute staple the world over, and became solidified as true classics.

Today, the Fender Hot Rod series is on its fourth iteration, which, while keeping the original, iconic characteristics of the series, has been updated to improve the experience of guitarists.

The first of these updates is the use of pine wood, considerably reducing the overall weight of the amp. The overdrive channel has also been updated to include a bit more warmth and mid-range, and the speakers included in this iteration are Celestion A-Type.

Hot Rod Deluxe IV

2-channel fixed bias valve combo with reverb and solid pine cabinet, including a single 12” Celestion A-Type speaker. The Deluxe IV is rated at 40W, with a 3x 12AX7 tube configuration in the pre-amp and 2x 6L6 in the power-amp section.

Hot Rod DeVille IV

2-channel fixed bias valve combo with reverb and solid pine cabinet, including two 12” Celestion A-Type speakers. The DeVille IV is rated at 60W, with a 3x 12AX7 tube configuration in the pre-amp and 2x 6L6 in the power-amp section.

Blues-Junior IV

Single-channel, 15W all-tube valve amp, made of solid pine, weighing in at only 14,3kg. The Blues-Junior IV includes a single 12” Celestion A-Type speaker, and holds five valves, 3x 12AX7’s in the pre-amp, and 2x EL84’s in the power amp section.

Pro-Junior IV

Single-channel, 15W all-tube valve amp, made of solid pine, weighing in at only 9,1kg. The Blues-Junior IV includes a single 10” Jensen P10R speaker, and holds four valves, 2x 12AX7’s in the pre-amp, and 2x EL84’s in the power amp section.

Blues Deluxe

The option for the vintage enthusiast, the Blues Deluxe carries many of the advantages of the Hot Rod Deluxe, but with a slightly warmer tone, and a signature cloth tweed covering and vintage-style knobs. It is a 2-channel fixed bias valve combo including a single 12” Eminance speaker. The Blues Deluxe is rated at 40W, with a 3x 12AX7 tube configuration in the pre-amp and 2x 6L6 in the power-amp section.