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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:54 am
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The HRDlx doesn't do Metal well anyway. If you do a search on other forums like www.thefenderforum.com you'll see the amp has quite a few reliability issues. Mine was horrible. The amp is designed to be landfill in 10 years or less. If it lasts longer, you either don't play it or you're really lucky.

The DRRI would suit your needs perfectly. It takes pedal really, has two real channels with separate EQ, has a birch cabinet instead of pressboard, has a great speaker, the tube sockets are chassis mounted, has incredible reverb and tremolo and the amp will last a long time. If you only plan on leaving the amp in one spot and playing it once in a while the HRDlx might be fine.

For the money, the DRRI will hold its value better too. The HDRlx are a dime a dozen on the used market. I like the Egnater Rebel 20 better than either of the mentioned amps YMMV

There are so many great choices for amps. Why not get something nice and professionally made to boot?


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:07 pm
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I think that some of them are terrible and some of them are good. Its all to do with the, "Luck of the draw" with those amps.

For a valve amp around the same price, its worth having a look at Peavey, Egnator, or some of the other fenders. The deluxe reverb is very simular but its handwired and its got no gain. Get a overdrive/distortion pedal for one and your on to a win.
Actually the Deluxe Reverb is pcb , not hand wired.I am assuming by handwired you mean point to point.


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:24 pm
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budglo wrote:
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I think that some of them are terrible and some of them are good. Its all to do with the, "Luck of the draw" with those amps.

For a valve amp around the same price, its worth having a look at Peavey, Egnator, or some of the other fenders. The deluxe reverb is very simular but its handwired and its got no gain. Get a overdrive/distortion pedal for one and your on to a win.
Actually the Deluxe Reverb is pcb , not hand wired.I am assuming by handwired you mean point to point.


Only the tube sockets are hand wired to the PCB. If you mean the 57 Deluxe 5e3 Reissue, then that is hand wired.

These amps are not technically built point to point. Point to point uses no boards at all. The components are actually soldered to each other with no phenolic or glass epoxy board used to mount components. Old Supro, Silvertone, Valco and other amps are true PTP. A couple of boutique amp builders use traditional point to point too.


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:32 pm
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I love Fender, however I am extremely disappointed in the HRD. First the reverb quit, sort of, then works then quits. It is noisy. It doesn't use a linear pot so it is as loud as it gets at 4. The power light just quit. Warranty won't replace that. It picks up radio or tv stations all of the time. Any pedal I use increases the noise factor by 10. And now my Fender Strat blackie won't play AT ALL. (I thought it wwas the amp) I am hoping that the amp didn't blow something. I am going to assume that the solder on the strat jack is bad. Other wise I am going to be so pissed. (I tried playing my Blackie through my BOSS Micro BR and nothing. I tried another electric in the BOSS and it worked fine. (same cable)

I bought this in Feb so it is still under warranty, but I would never recommend one. I mean if there are so many people complaining bout it, why would you?
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:38 pm
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Actually the volume pot IS a linear taper pot. That's why it goes from 0 to full blast by the time you hit 3 or 4. It actually needs an Audio Taper pot.

Nobody ever listens to me. LOL :roll:


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:56 pm
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Thanks for the clarification. I was thing not linear versus logarithmic or whatever log I was thinking.


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I guess it must be hit or miss but I have a friend who gigs every week with a HRDLX and has never had a problem in over two years of steady use. He loves it and it sounds great.


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:15 pm
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For every person you can find that loves it and had no trouble, you can find a person who's had nothing but trouble with it. It's the luck of the draw. It's well documented. Go to www.thefenderforum.com and search HRDlx. It's an eye opener.


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I suspect that it may be a problem with a particular plant or something. Luck of the draw. Just took it to a shop but he wasn't open and his phone number is disconnected. Only auth. fender guy in town. I hope that it is just a holiday thing or I am going to have to ship it out to the lower 48 some where.
Just keeps getting better. I am more concerned about my blackie though.


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On the Blackie, just take out the two screws that hold the jack plate onto the body and take a look if the wire is off the jack, strip a little off and re-solder it. It's not hard. When you screw the plate back on, just snug the screws, don't over tighten them.

Are you sure it's just not your guitar cord?

The HRDlx is a construction design that sounds good. I believe they are all made in the same plant in Mexico.


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:35 pm
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You know, for 699 you can get a descent used Fender amp like a super reverb or deluxe reverb silverface.Built alot better.You can shop around for new too.Just because GC says 899 is a great deal on a deluxe reverb doesnt mean you cant get it cheaper.I would be willing to bet someone will have them for 30 percent off for Christmas.The drri and egnater amps are worth the extra money .


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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:51 pm
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Way back, Fender only had a one year warranty on their amps, you know why? Because that's all you needed. I never had to use my warranties on any of my Silverface amps. Never.

I used the 5 year warranty more than a few times on my HRDlx and once on my GDec that Fender replaced. I think the profit margin is so high on this stuff that they can afford to fix anything that goes wrong and still come out ahead. I know it's not because it's made so well.


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