So today I come home and walk into my room to find a brand new Fender Delux Hot Rod III sitting in the middle of my floor.

But I have an issue, I don't know what all of the knobs MEAN! I know the controll the sound, I know volume and Bass, but not much else, help?
The knobs and buttons are, in order;
normal bright-button
volume-knob
more drive-button
drive-knob
treble-knob
bass-knob
middle-knob
channel select-button
master-knob
reverb-knob
presence-knob
and also, there was a little foot switch that came with the amp, and it has channel select an drive/more drive.
I know I should probobly already know this, but I don't, so please help!

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III

It's hard to explain in a post how the controls work and what they do.Basically the master volume controls the volume of the entire amp and both channels at once.The volume controls on each channel control only the volume of that channel.NOTE:If you have your master volume turned down low and the volume of the channel turned up high the sound will become distorted.I'm not familiar with that model amp but the drive knobs act as a modified volume knob and add more "Crunch" to the sound.The treble and bass tone controls are self explainitory.The presence control is an enhancement knob for the tone circuit too,a lot of people can't even notice that it makes a difference.Reverb is basically an echo -like sound that gives the illusion of being in a large hall and the sound is bouncing off the walls.

Your best bet is to go to your local music store and see if they have an owners manual for that model or if they can order it for you.A lot of companies print their complete owners manuals and have them available at their website-Vox does this for all its amps.If you poked around the Fender site you may find it does too.

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trwells, this is the manual for a Hot Rod Delux. The controls should be similar, hope this helps.

http://support.fender.com/manuals/guita ... manual.pdf

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Thanks guys! I'm sorry I have to ask some pretty stupid questions, I should know all of this, but I've never taken a lesson, and I just got an electric.

Thanks!
Tessa♥♥♥

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III

Your Folks will probably keep you right far as the volume knob's concerned , cool amp Tessa congrats, you'll get the hang of it in no time, enjoy

Here's an online link to the Hot Rod Deluxe's owner/operator manual......

http://support.fender.com/manuals/guita ... manual.pdf

HTH

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Someone must have been a good girl. Congrats on a nice amp and enjoy

Thanks, Again!
Thanks oxfan, that's a great idea, bahaha, I never thought of that.
You guys are the greatest!

Thanks,
Tessa♥♥♥

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III

haha, me? overly critical of myself? never! (sarcasm, if you didn't catch it.)
thank you guys for all the help, maybe here pretty quick, I'll get another video done, and better this time (:
I needsa re-record All I Can Do Is Write About It, and then record it with my tele, (:

Thanks A Million!
Tessa♥

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III

That is a nice little amp you have there. All Tube...Should make for some killer sounds. Someone has already sent you some information on the controls and operation of the amp. Now you get to play around with it and find your tone with it. I envey you, again congrats.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

You young kids that are showing a serious Desire to learn and play music are giving us older players a lot to smile about. Congrats on the new amp.
----Danny,

trwells, I am sure you know this already; but that is a real quality piece of equipment you got there. Anybody here would love to have it and you will never outgrow it.

I figure I have a clue about this because my folks got me a 1966 Blackface Deluxe Reverb new. It cost $237.00. I have played it ever since.

thanks. and yeah, i found his reciept for it, it was almost $1,000 before the christmas cut.

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III