What amp should I get?

Glaw3434

Hey, I have been offered two trades on a hughes and kettner tubemeister18 the first being a usa peavey delta blues and the second being a fender blues deluxe 212, does anyone have any experience with these amps or maybe know which I should go for? I play mostly blues rock and need a good base for pedals, generally I play a strat. any help would be really appreciated thanks

ICBM

The Blues Deville (not a Deluxe if it's a 2x12") is so much better an amp than the Delta Blues it's almost funny - take that one. A lot of people don't seem to want an amp this size and weight any more, but it's a fantastic pedal platform. They (and the similar Hotrod Deville) are used by many world-class touring rock bands because they're so solid-sounding and dependable.

Some people will say the drive channel is no good, but I don't agree - on the Blues, it doesn't have a huge amount of drive but it sounds really good when the amp is turned up a bit. If it's too loud you can easily tame it with a simple volume box in the FX loop.

The Delta Blues is just a Peavey Classic 30 with tremolo and a 15" (or 2x10") speaker. It has all the same problems as the C30 - pretty average build quality, difficult to work on and a tendency to run hot and eat valves.

jpfamps

I concur.

I do like the sound of the Peavey Delta Blues (mind you this could be because I like tremolo!), but the build quality is no where near as good as the Deville.

Used Devilles really look a bit of a bargain, as I expect loud heavy amps are not fashionable. A lot of amp (and weight) for the money.

I would check that the Deville has been converted to 240V mains as they can run a bit hot wired to 230.

Glaw3434

That's great, thanks a lot for the replies guys I meant to say deville haha I'll definitely be going with the Fender, it not having a whole lot of drive is fine for me as I generally use a Paul C Timmy anyway, Cheers

ICBM

jpfamps said:

I would check that the Deville has been converted to 240V mains as they can run a bit hot wired to 230.

It also reduces the volume a tiny bit, not much but every little helps with such a loud amp!

Glaw3434

Ok I will, if it isn't converted is it an easy process to convert it or will it likely be expensive?

ICBM

Very easy, you just need to swap two push-connectors on the PCB.

Glaw3434

ok cool cheers, I'll have it looked over by a tech when I get it so I'll mention that to him