Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Reference And Owner's Manual page 6

HOT ROD DELUXE TOP PANEL FUNCTIONS
INPUTS
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A
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 pro-
vides 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.
VOLUME
6 7
2
5 8
4 9 4
3 10 3
2 11 2
1 12
NORMAL MORE
DRIVE
BRIGHT
C C
D
B B E
G. TWO COLOR DRIVE CHANNEL INDICATOR -
When the DRIVE channel is in use, the LED is
illuminated. Yellow indicates "Drive", while red indi-
cates "More Drive".
H. TREBLE - Adjusts the amount of high frequency
boost or cut in both the NORMAL and DRIVE chan-
nels. 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 frequency 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.
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DRIVE TREBLE
6 7 6 7
5 8 5 8
9 4 9
10 3 10
11 2 11
1 12 1 12
F G H
BASS MIDDLE
6 7 6 7
5 8 5 8
4 9 4 9
3 10 3 10
2 11 2 11
1 12 1 12
CHANNEL
SELECT
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J K
MASTER
6 7
5 8
4
3
2
1 12
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