Fender Hot Rod Deluxe - Repair Nightmare

[Cygnus X1]

I think there's a hole in the universe around here.
Like a wormhole!

Grandturk, I have not played or opened up a Blues Jr. but some members around these parts say they are ok.

It might depend whether you're registered Republicrat, Demican, or GreenLiberconstitutionalsocialist.
Or whatever.
:Hiccup:

Oh, and

:burp:

[elicross]

Originally Posted by elicross View Post
but I find it telling that most of them have only begun to voice their distaste for the federal government since around January of this year.

Just what are you tryin to say here?

I'm trying -- and succeeding -- in saying "I find it telling that most of them have only begun to voice their distaste for the federal government since around January of this year."

[Cygnus X1]

Originally Posted by elicross View Post
but I find it telling that most of them have only begun to voice their distaste for the federal government since around January of this year.

Just what are you tryin to say here?

Welcome to the forum.
And try not to step in anything icky in DogPatch.

[guitarjk]

I am not going to get into a Pissing contest but previous to this election there was plenty of complaints ag

[guitarjk]

I am not going to get into a Pissing contest but previous to this election there were plenty of complaints against the party in office at that time. There were all kinds of complaints going on at the time . You could tune in daily to the national news & get your daily supply of Bush Bashing. I was raised by good god fearing parents that were democatic party supporters all of their lives. Along the times of the Jimmy Carter Term my eyes were opened. This is my opinion & a lot of good men have died to give me the right to express these feelings. SO HERE IT IS YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND!!! YOUR TURN!@!!!

[Cygnus X1]

Only the owners of HRDX's have a legitimate right to protest.
All others are just....hmmm.

Well, they are Just.


I only protest when paid by Corporate Giants.
Otherwise I just stay silent, for I have no brain to process it.
That's the story, and I'm sticking to it.

[guitarjk]

I had a Hot Rod Deluxe & manged to keep it going for about 5 yrs. I finally woke up & bought a DRRI. I apologize for getting off topic on this thread but sometimes you sit back an watch until you can't take it anymore. To all, have a good night!

[elicross]

I am not going to get into a Pissing contest but previous to this election there were plenty of complaints against the party in office at that time. There was all kinds of complaints going on at the time by. You could daily tune in to the national news & get your daily supply of Bush Bashing. I was raised by good god fearing parents that were democatic party supporters all of their lives. Along the times of the Jimmy Carter Term my eyes were opened. This is my opinion & a lot of good men have died to give me the right to express these feeelings. SO HERE IT IS YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND!!! YOUR TURN!@!!!

OKAY!@!!!

Thanks for acknowledging that I deserve a turn.

"Previous to the election, there were plenty of complaints" because there was plenty to complain about. Which is why Bush had the lowest job approval rating since they started recording that stuff. Ignored intelligence about a terrorist attack on the U.S. using hijacked planes; lied us into a war with a country that didn't attack us, resulting in the deaths of thousands of U.S. troops, not to mention all the civilians who died on both sides; spied illegally on U.S. citizens; held people in prison for years without trial; tortured people...

...yeah. There was plenty to complain about.

President Obama, on the other hand, hasn't even been in office for seven months. And yet we've got conservatives weeping on national television, wailing "I want my country back!" We've got "tea parties," where conservatives imply that the country is under some illegal foreign occupation that should be overthrown. We've got conservatives calling the current government "tyranny." We've got conservatives demonstrating by hanging Democratic legislators in effigy and displaying tombstones with Democratic legislators' names on them.

All of this, mind you, in about six and a half months since the duly-elected Democratic president and the duly-elected Democratic legislative majority were sworn into office.

So, yeah. Complaints about the federal government have always been around. But they've taken a very different and very disturbing form since President Obama and the Democratic majority took control.

And let's face it -- it's been six months. The new government hasn't even had a chance to make any huge changes to the status quo. So where are these wails of "I want my country back" coming from? Not from what the new government has done, but from what the new government *is*. A Democratic majority led by a relatively young black man.

That's what has people up in arms so early in President Obama's administration.

And since you asked and needed clarification: that's what I'm saying.

[guitarjk]

I am not going to show anymore lack of respect for the content of this thread. I had a Hot Rod Deluxe. I fixed bad solder joints on the tube sockets, I replaced resistors, I modded the overdrive channel & the amp sounded ok. I bought a DRRI & it was the best thing I ever done.

[elicross]

I am not going to show anymore lack of respect for the content of this thread.

I find this decision admirable, but the timing is highly suspect.

[guitarjk]

I am not going to show anymore lack of respect for the content of this thread.



I find this decision admirable, but the timing is highly suspect


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[elicross]

That, my friend, is an excellent reproduction of our most recent posts.

[boobtube21]

Alright, that's enough political spitfire. I realize politics cause people on both sides of the fence to get their panties in a bunch but you know that old saying, "Choose your battles?"

In this case, let us choose them based on NOT ONLY how worth it the "victory" is, but also the fact that:

--You're on a forum dedicated to a love of musical instruments.

--You're posting in a thread about someone's amp problems.

I know, first amendment, you can talk about whatever you want, blah blah blah. But that's what the whammy bar is for, off topic stuff.

Sorry, just getting tired of all the hostility around here lately. A mention of politics here and there is one thing but everytime that happens there's a three-page heated debate about it now. So what if someone disagrees with your views? Do you really think your post is going to change their life???

Someone mentioned in another thread how "the landscape has changed recently", not sure if this is what they were referring to but it sure could have been. Talk about beating a dead horse, I think the horse has been carried off and buried by now, and some of us are just beating the concrete.

[elicross]

You might be surprised to find that I don't think the First Amendment applies here. This is a message board, after all, not the public square.

Having said that...I withheld comment about the Sam Adams quote in TJ's sig until someone in this thread commented on it. I'd go back and find just who it was who commented on it...but we know who that was, don't we, BT?

As for the thread and its topic...it was right around Post #12 that the original poster thanked everyone for their responses and bowed out with the answer he wanted. And that was after the usual number of posts about how he should just get a DRRI, and a few posts about the weather someone was experiencing somewhere.

All of which is to say: The thread was already finished and off-topic before the political discussion started, and you'd be quite surprised at whose post started it.

[boobtube21]

Sigh.

[elicross]

That, my friend, is an excellent reproduction of our most recent posts.

[wingnut1]

I really like the Princeton and the Lux Verb reissues - the Princeton especially. Nice sound with the vibrato and cranked they break up nice.

So, the Blues Jr - same thing as the Hot Rod and the Deville? Built like crap? I was kind of thinking about a Blues Jr and a Princeton. But maybe not anymore (just stick to my Boogie...).

At our local shop that employs three of the best techs in the area, the shop owner has offered to let me work on all the Blues Jrs, Hot Rod Deluxes and Blues Deluxes he gets in as his techs don't want to work on them anymore.

By the way has anyone bought their chia Obamas yet?

[Cygnus X1]

Whoops!
I meant...yeah, people are blinded by the crazy cheap price.

[elicross]

Does everybody know the Chia Obama is a real thing?

http://www.chiaobama.com/

I want one. "Hail to the Ch-Ch-Ch-Chief!" Heh.

DUBYA NEVER GOT HIS OWN CHIA HEAD!

[Kap'n]

That's because it wouldn't hold water.


(it was too easy, I know...)

[phantomman]

LOLOL!

(neither would his daddy's)