Whats the difference between the Hot Rod Deluxe and Deville?
I once heard someone say, “the Deville is just a Deluxe with more speakers.” Not totally true, but closer to the truth than you probably think. In fact, the Deluxe and Deville are so similar that Fender uses the exact same printed circuit board (PCB) for both models. The Deville’s preamp, reverb, effects loop, and phase inverter are all exactly the same as the Deluxe’s. So any Deluxe mods done to any of these parts can also be done to the Deville. On first glance even the poweramp has a truly uncanny resemblence, though it’s actually slightly different. The main difference between these amps is the power supply, which handles 50 more volts than the Deluxe’s power supply. This change dictates almost every other anomaly of the Deville. Naturally, the power transformer is a different model, as one of the secondaries must put out the higher voltage. The filter circuit has more caps to handle the higher voltage, and a few bleeder resistors are employed to help drain residual voltage once th
