I was told buy a guitar shop owner today that the Blues deville and the Hotrod deville are the same circuits.The only difference is that the Blue Deville only uses half the V2 12AX7 for the drive circuit and the HR Deville uses the other half of that valve for it's MORE DRIVE circuit.
If that's the case then the 2 amps should sound the same if you don't use the Hotrods More drive.I just happen to get my hands on both and with all the dials set the same the Blues Deville sounded warmer,more vintage.
The Blues deville is 8 years older and played heaps of gigs and the HR was brand new....could that be the that be the difference or was the guy in the shop full of sh#t
Can anyone enlighten me on that one????
Confused Watto