Fender Blues DeVille
Model/Circuit Number:
Years of Production: 1993-1997
Era:
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Chrome top facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-12
Knobs: Black Pointer
Schematics
Faceplate:
- Front: Power Sw, Standby Sw, Pilot Lamp, Power Amp In, Preamp Out, Foot Switch, Presense, Reverb, Master Vol, Mid, Bass, Treb, Drive LED, Drive, Drive Sw, Vol, Bright Sw, In 2, In 1
- Rear: None
Cabinet:
- Dimensions:
- Hardware:
- Handle: Brown Plastic Handle
- Feet: Chrome Glides
- Corners: None
Tolex/Tweed:
Grill Cloth:
Logo: Cabinet mounted, Script
Weight: 62 lbs
Speaker:
- Size: 2 x 12 or 4 x 10
- Impedance: 4 ohms or 2 ohms
- Model: Eminance(For more info, check out the Jensen Replacement Speakers)
Effects: Reverb
Watts: 60 watts
Tubes:
- Pre amp: 12AX7
- Power: 2 x 5881
- Bias: Fixed
- Rectifier: Solid State
Comments:
great amp……..i have a 1996 year, had no trouble with it….all original.
I’m having trouble with the dive channel i have a 93, and I read some were about something being wrong with the tube cap’s or something like that. I’m hoping it’s only a bad tube.
HI Berol, what is your amp doing/ not doing?
Hi did they ever make a DeVille with one twelve?
My friend has a tweed combo but it doesn’t day blues deluxe just blues DeVille……it’s made in California……sounds amazing….
The picture is a 410, not a 212
The amp was available as either a 2×12 or 4×10. I have updated the specs for the speaker configuration.
I have a reissue, for harmonica… it honks if turned up past 2…what can I do?
Try changing to different numbered tubes ,my harp player experimented with different tubes & his amp did the same as yours until he removed 1 of 2 power tubes so he cut the power in half & turn up the amp
How do u date the amps.fender blues deville T-059149 ?
Just look inside where the quality assurance sticker is and at the end you will see 2 letters. First one is the year and second one is the month of manufacturing
A=1990 A=January
B=1991 B=February
C=1992 C=March
D=1993 D=April
E=1994 E=May
F=1995 F=June
G=1996 G=July
H=1997 H=August
I=1998 I=September
K=1999 K=October
L=2000 L=November
M=December
So for example my Blues Deville shows EB so it’s a 1994 made in February. This system works for all Fender amps made from 1990-2000
yeah man I am not sure either…my Serial Number is LO T-083… i have surmised that the T may stand for “Tweed” but other than that…
I bought a tweed Fender Blues Deville 212 Reissue at a music shop in Putnam CT last year. The ID plate in the upper left corner in back doesn’t say “212”, just Blues Deville Reissue, but it has 2×12’s, all blue, no label speakers. Also has a diamond 60 in the lower left corner of the plate. The serial number block is worn off so no SN. But I can’t find any information on it anywhere. I can send photos if it would help. Very loud very Fender tone. Everything looks and sounds right, but I can’t find anything about it. appreciate your help.
Peter Lange
Putnam CT
plange@snet.net
860-428-0454
Good concept, however, with built-in expiration date.
Better cooling makes the amp much more durable … 😉
Ha ha, Feierabend, so that’s the concept! How to cool better? Mine developed an intermittent loss of sound that I could influence by tapping or moving one of the smaller tubes, then stopped working altogether. Now in the shop.
Kevin McCracken, about not being able to go above 2 for harmonica, try replacing 12AX7 with 12AY7 which has less gain.
Capacitors, relays and ICs will no longer withstand the 80-90 degrees in the case. For this reason, unnecessarily broken amplifiers end up on my workbench again and again. A louvre above lowers the temperature to a moderate 50-60 degrees and the amps play forever.
Louver? Where and how?
Blues deVille 4×10, #8-422334 (reissue). Year? Thanks
Louver? Where and how?