Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue

$529.00

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Fender’s modern take on their classic vintage designs with the look of a 50’s combo but a circuit and features that make it a much more modern amp. Blues Deluxe’s are perhaps the best bang-for-the-buck all-tube 1X12 combo’s made and, along with the Hot Rod Deluxe, are the world’s best selling tube amps. This version has a much cooler vibe than the standard black cover with silver and black grill cloth, with its 50’s vintage tweed covering, wheat grill cloth, and vintage chrome panel with chicken-beak control knobs. Released in 1993, the Blues series was an immediate hit, covering the demand for a versatile, all-tube combo, at a reasonable price. It’s hard to imagine reissue of a ’93 model but after its initial release, sales trailed the similar “Hot Rod Deluxe” it was dropped from the catalog to keep in step with current trends. Later in the 00’s, the public was again looking for a more traditional tone, rather than screaming high gain; the Blues Deluxe is reborn. It’s basic description is a reinterpretation of original 50’s tweed Deluxe, and it does a good job of covering that ground, but with modern features such as channel switching and reverb (footswitchable by the way), and a master volume to allow breakup at lower volume. Features include 40 watts via a pair of 6L6’s with 3 12AX7’s in the preamp, special design 12″ Eminence speaker, selectable Normal and Drive channels, independent gain and master volume controls on the Drive channel, Bright switch for the Normal channel, effects loop, tube-driven reverb, and lightweight construction as just 45 lbs. This amp has seen very little use and never roaded. With a new one going for $769 it’s a sweet buy on a barely broken in model at just $529. I think I have a Fender footswitch for it that I can throw in.

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