Your new Hot Rod Deville/Deville 212 delivers the Tone
and Quality that has made Fender
standard in the music industry. The Hot Rod Deville is a
versatile musical instrument that features extensive tone
shaping abilities and virtually unlimited gain. Rated at
60W R.M.S. it includes among its many features, a unique
"More Drive" function adding a potent sonic tool to the
Hot Rod Deville's arsenal of tones.
The Hot Rod Deville/Deville 212:
• All tube preamp and poweramp generate that tone as
only tubes can.
• Three distinct channels: normal, drive and more drive,
for a broad pallet of Fender tones.
A. INPUT 1 - Plug your guitar in here.
B. INPUT 2 - A lower impedance and sensitivity input than
input 1, useful for guitars with active pickups. When
used with passive guitars, it provides a darker tone.
Both inputs are identical if used simultaneously.
C. BRIGHT/NORMAL - Adds top end brightness to the
NORMAL channel only.
D. VOLUME - Adjusts the overall loudness of the
NORMAL channel.
E. MORE DRIVE - When this button is pressed in, DRIVE
channel gain is increased providing more sustain.
F. DRIVE - Adjusts the amount of preamp gain in the
DRIVE channel. Turning this control up will increase
the amount of gain and overdrive. This control works
in conjunction with the MASTER control to set the
overall output loudness while the drive channel is
active.
G. DRIVE CHANNEL INDICATOR -
channel is in use, the LED is illuminated.
indicates "DRIVE", while red indicates "More DRIVE."
H. TREBLE - Adjusts the amount of high frequency boost
or cut in both the NORMAL and DRIVE channels.
NOTE: Like many vintage amplifiers, all tone controls
are pre-distortion and adjusting them determines how
the amplifier will distort.
I. BASS - Adjusts the amount of boost or cut in the low
f requency range in both the normal and DRIVE
channels. Performance Tip: When playing at higher
volume levels, the tube power amp enhances bass
when it is overdriven. It may be necessary to use lower
bass settings when playing at high volume settings.
J. MIDDLE - Adjusts the amount of boost or cut in the
middle frequency range in both the normal and DRIVE
channels.
K. CHANNEL SELECT - When this button is pressed, the
amp switches from the normal channel to the DRIVE
channel.
• Magnetic interf e rence reducing chassis eliminates
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the worldwide
unwanted noise and radio interference.
• Four 10–inch Fender Special Design speakers (Deville),
or two 12–inch Fender Gold Label speakers (Deville
212).
• R o a d - w o rthy and musical components capable of
handling the most demanding performance situations.
• Constructed from hand selected woods, employing
rugged corner joinery for enduring reliability.
• Covered in GENUINE "Tolex
looks.
Please read this manual and get to know your Hot Rod.
Tune-Up, Plug-In and Play-On!
L. MASTER - Adjusts the overall volume of the drive
channel.
M. REVERB - Adjusts the amount of reverb present in both
the NORMAL and DRIVE Channels.
N. PRESENCE - Adjusts the amount of very high
frequencies present in both the NORMAL and DRIVE
Channels.
O. PRE-AMP OUT - This unbalanced jack provides an
output signal from the preamp and is pre-reverb. It
may be used to drive effects units in an effects loop, to
drive additional amplifiers in a multi-amp set up, or as
a preamp send to a mixing console.
P. POWER-AMP IN - This unbalanced jack provides a
return from your effects units and is pre-reverb. This
jack can also be used as a power amp input.
Q. FOOTSWITCH (Included) - Plug-in connection for the
remote footswitch to select between the normal and
drive channels and to select "More DRIVE". Using the
When the DRIVE
footswitch overrides the front panel select buttons.
Yellow
NOTE: Any good quality patch cord will work with the
remote footswitch, however, a speaker grade cord is
preferable to a coax guitar cord.
R. PILOT JEWEL - Illuminates if the Hot Rod Deville is
receiving power. Should this bulb burn out, turn off
and unplug the amplifier, unscrew the red jewel and
replace the lamp with a type T47 bulb.
S. STANDBY SWITCH - Turns the amplifier on and off. In
the Standby position, the amplifier is off. When the
"On/Off" switch (item T) is turned on, power is supplied
to the tube filaments eliminating warm-up time. Using
the standby switch during short breaks versus using
the on/off switch will increase tube life.
T. POWER SWITCH - Turns the AC power On and Off.
When the amplifier is in the off position, the amplifier is
completely shut down.
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