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Post subject: Hot Rod Deluxe Mods?????
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:50 am
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I have a Hot Rod Deluxe and have been considering a mod kit for it. Has anyone out there done any mods to their amp, and if so which mod did you use and why.
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Post subject: Re: Hot Rod Deluxe Mods?????
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:02 am
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Here's a link for Mods, Repairs and everything HRDlx including its shortcomings. Great site.
http://justinholton.com/hotrod/

Here's how I modded mine. I got it repaired for the last time and put it on Craigs List while it still had some of the warranty left, disclosed all the problems it had to the new owner, then bought an amp that I didn't have to mod to sound great.

Really though, did you try the tube/speaker change or have the bias checked? The bias alone may help. The factory biases these things way too cold IMO and sucks what little tonal character these things have right out of the amp. It tends to sound brittle like an icepick in the forehead.
Also remember if the amp has any warranty left when you mod it, it's gone. Sometimes a modded amp is harder to sell too. A friend of mine modded the snot out of his HRDlx, and I use it from time to time I sit in with his band and he's playing keys. The amp is only slightly better than mine was with a tube change and bias check. Just my opinion, YMMV.

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