It's not a Hot Rod Blues Deville...there's no such thing. It's either a Hot Rod Deville or a Blues Deville. In this case...it's clearly a Hot Rod. And obviously the Vibrolux is going to be better....there's a distinct difference in price. I think the Hot Rods a great gigging/touring/trashing amp...very tough and cleans give you a good base to work from but obviously the vibrolux beats it in every regard. Aside from headroom.
Hey great demo. On fenders site it says you also use the custom vibrolux. Do you variac that amp as well? I am thinking of using the variac while jumping the channels on mine.
Dude, did you say you're running your amp at 65 volts? You're going to fucking strip your cathodes. 90 should be the lowest, 130 the highest. By the way, a variac isn't so much for volume. It's for changing the plate voltage of the tubes to emphasize different order harmonics. You're confusing it with an attentuator.
Great video leroy! I own a 70's Vibrolux as well and I agree they're great amps. It's one of my fav's and always sounds great no matter what you plug into it.
Slash
ryancoleman3 4 months ago
It's not a Hot Rod Blues Deville...there's no such thing. It's either a Hot Rod Deville or a Blues Deville. In this case...it's clearly a Hot Rod. And obviously the Vibrolux is going to be better....there's a distinct difference in price. I think the Hot Rods a great gigging/touring/trashing amp...very tough and cleans give you a good base to work from but obviously the vibrolux beats it in every regard. Aside from headroom.
driftz0r 6 months ago
You play 11's? Cool, I play 12's!!! Standard tuning!!!
TheMichaelCollazo 1 year ago
I'm just glad the toaster and the coffee maker didn't suck all the power from the amps so that we could get a good demo.
guitardaze 1 year ago
Hey great demo. On fenders site it says you also use the custom vibrolux. Do you variac that amp as well? I am thinking of using the variac while jumping the channels on mine.
bluescrusher 1 year ago
Dude, did you say you're running your amp at 65 volts? You're going to fucking strip your cathodes. 90 should be the lowest, 130 the highest. By the way, a variac isn't so much for volume. It's for changing the plate voltage of the tubes to emphasize different order harmonics. You're confusing it with an attentuator.
ILikeJuice 1 year ago
Great video leroy! I own a 70's Vibrolux as well and I agree they're great amps. It's one of my fav's and always sounds great no matter what you plug into it.
wickedmojo 2 years ago
He looks more like Howard Stern to me.
KnockYouOutCold 2 years ago 3
This dude looks like one of the Meat Puppets!
BucksStudent 2 years ago
Love ya Leroy!
blueskies66 2 years ago
nice stuff! How's it going for you?
Jam on my friend
haresgroove 2 years ago
That's some badass gear right there. :)
LietGrimes 2 years ago
nice
Aphex1son 2 years ago