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He price matched to the big chains (without me having to ask) down to £770 and I traded a load of gear I hadn't used for years, so I ended up paying £245 cash.
He will obviously be up on the deal eventually and I would've done better by selling lots of old tat privately over many months, but it still feels like a bargain to me.
It's a hell of an amp for £599 though, and makes Blues Junior prices (£569!!!) seem even sillier than usual.
Maybe it's time to have another go...
Are these close to what model Michael Landau uses? The Hot Rod Deville.
Or are these completely different beasts?
Every single time I've heard one or played through one, it's been buzzy, and REALLY harsh. I've heard ones with Fender, Eminence and Celestion speakers and there just seems to be sooooo much nasty stuff in the 1-2kHz that belts out of these amps.
Now I don't know if it's just me that thinks they are nasty, because aren't they the best selling amp of all time or something daft??
I have nothing to say about the clean channel as such as it just sounded like a clean channel to me.
It's the clean channel I like compared to clean channels on other set ups I've used. Plus how well it works with pedals.
The HRD OD channel is not for me. I even prefer the OD sounds from my Blues Cube Artist (solid state amp). But the HRD wins on the clean sound.
I've played through HRD's quite a few times and that's very much my thoughts on them - I certainly wasn't overly keen on their overdrive channel. What they do quite well though is taking pedals through the clean channel and I think this is their main appeal. They also kick out a fair bit of volume with good headroom and the decent size cabinet gives the 12" speaker a bit more air which means it doesn't sound overly boxy.
It's quite a 'capable' amp to be sure, and I've not played through the latest MkIV version, but I've never really 'got' why it's such big seller and so popular - personally I found it to be a very 'bland/non-descript' type of amp with no real 'character' (but perhaps that's its appeal for use with pedals). Personally I much prefer my Laney VC30 which has a way better sparkly clean and its EL84 British crunch, whilst not earth shattering, is still quite reasonable sounding and suits me better.