The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of sad things.
I cleared a lot of stuff out to fund decent gear, including my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, in order to gig which sadly has never worked out as i had planned. I start studying in 6 months time so the time has come for me to give up trying to join a band as it isn't likely to happen in that time. So I'm considering the sad decision to "downgrade" the amp, ie sell it on and get something smaller and more "home appropriate". I may still get the chance to solo gig (which would also benefit from a smaller amp) but it seems other than that my gigging potential is gone fir now and I'll be home playing, writing and recording mostly.
So, where to next? The following are currently on my radar, but others may also be interest (yessss it's another "what amp thread"!) if tall have any tips. I liked the clean channel on the HRD, used it with a tube screamer and ds1 for drive, chorus for cleaner strummy moments, reverb to varying degrees. I like to have a nice verb or a loop for it, master volume also (HRD had a volume box in loop). I lean towards the Fender end of things, maybe a little bit Vox but no Marshall
Fender Super Champ XD or X2 - sounds like a lovely clean, then the bonus of seemingly including a Mustang section on channel 2.
Fender Champion 40 - seemingly a solid state version of the super champ above, and can be had for cheaps in my local Crack Generators
Line 6 amplifi - bit more expensive but has the added bonus that it would be allowed on display when i move in with my girlfriend. Not sure i want all digital though, and if i did there may be better
So, what am i missing? I'm not keen on those Bugera things, cheap as they are. No yamaha thr either (don't kill me please)
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If you absolutely need some money and you intend to downgrade your amp to get it, you'll probably only clear about £100 anyway. Do yourself a favour and find another way to lay your hands on it.
But keep the hrdx. It's SUCH a good sounding amp, at any volume, you'd be mad to sell. It's not huge, and is easy to dial in.
And it takes pedals really, really well. Plus, get an ad up and start gigging!
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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The only downgrade if you've got used to good Fender cleans is a PRRI. Assuming you're just talking about size and not cost, in which case it would be an upgrade I suppose.
But you can get them for around £500, they have great cleans, verb and trem and can fit in your wardrobe when not is use.
Just think by the time you've been through various shitty modelling things and cheap fender solid state combos from crack convertors you could have bought one anyway!
I had a Vibro Champ XD for a while, actually that was very nice.
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Nah. I don't dig what the fellers are saying:
Sell it [ahem, to me for about £325]
Fender Excelsior, Blues Jnr? Or go for something like the Roland Cube range, which I really liked for its clean and some of the FX. The 40XL would be neat and plenty loud enough to do small solo gigs, I'd have thunk.
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I like Blue's Junior's. Once you upgrade the valves, speaker, cabinet and apply enough mods to completely change the circuit for something good, they sound.....good.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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Also, I couldn't find a PRRI for less than 750 used when I was looking, which is why I bought a new 68 Custom Princeton for the same amount.
The studying is a work based masters, I'm not a proper student, so basically that's why it signifies the end of my gigging potential because i just wont have the time to commit the work to ut with day job and masters.
Maybe i need to try the super champ to assure myself i can feel the benefit of the hrd, i suppose i would be pushed to get any decent money for it anyways
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You won't find anything that matches the quality of that amp for that price brand new, I thought about flogging my Blues deluxe and downgrading like you. I paid £570, I doubt that I'd get more than £350 for it now. So to me, in case I start gigging again it saves me hunting around.
I would suggest just getting a small home practice amp a THR, a cube or a tiny valve amp. Even a micro terror.