Fender Hot Rod III Series Setup guide

TRAINING GUIDE

Product Overview
Hot Rod III Series
•Good quality, solid performing gear played by professionals and amateurs alike.
•Loud & proud with no frills.
•Affordable, reliable, loud & proud.
•They respond extremely well to stomp boxes.
•The world standard for gigging guitarists everywhere.
Retooled and Refueled
Subtle Enhancements
Reliability Upgrades
The same great Hot Rod amp…only better!

Product Overview
•From cowboys to punkers, open mic nights to stadiums
•Artists, especially the younger indie bands
•Guitarists who require great no-frills foundational tones for their collection of
stomp boxes
•Fender®fans & tube amp fans on a budget
• Amateur guitarists looking for their first “real” amp
Who is the Customer?

•Bottom end headroom characteristics of 6L6 tubes (HR III, HR III 212, HR III 410)
•Versatile all-12AX7 tube preamp
•Luscious Fender®spring reverb (except Pro Junior™)
•Effects loop
•Easy reading black control panel with front reading text
•Streamlined footswitch
•Graduated volume and treble pot tapers (HR III, HR III 212, HR III 410) "Tighter"
overdrive
Hot Rod III Series Features
Features and Benefits

PART #
NEW MODEL
COSMETIC UPGRADES
ELECTRONIC UPGRADES
OTHER UPGRADES
223-010x-000
Hot Rod DeVille™ 410 III (60 Watt 4x10)
Easier reading black control
panel, new badge, new low-
profile footswitch
Graduated volume and
treble pot tapers
223-000x-000
Hot Rod DeVille™ 212 III (60 Watt 2x12)
Easier reading black control
panel, new badge, new low-
profile footswitch
Graduated volume and
treble pot tapers
Two Celestion G12P-
80 speakers
223-020x-000
Hot Rod Deluxe™ III (40 Watt 1x12)
Easier reading black control
panel, new badge, new low-
profile footswitch
Graduated volume and
treble pot tapers; "tighter"
overdrive
Celestion G12P-80
speaker
223-050x-000
Blues Junior™ III (15 Watt 1x12)
Easier reading black control
panel with front-reading text,
new badge, "dog bone" handle,
LED "jewel" light
“sparkle" mod; rattle
reducing shock absorbers
for EL84 tubes
Fender Special
Design "lightning
bolt" speaker by
Eminence; heavy
duty "set screw"
chicken head knobs
223-030x-000
Pro Junior™ III (15 Watt 1x10)
Easier reading black control
panel with front-reading text,
new badge, "dog bone" handle,
LED "jewel" light
Lower-noise shielding;
rattle reducing shock
absorbers for EL84 tubes
Heavy duty "set
screw" chicken head
knobs
Hot Rod III Series Upgrades
Features and Benefits

Normal
Channel
Volume
Channel
Indicator LED
Drive Channel
Drive Control
Normal
Channel
Bright On/Off More Drive
Channel
On/Off
All Channel EQ
Channel Select
Normal/Drive
Master Volume
Drive Channel
Hot Rod Deville™ III and Deluxe™III
All Channel
Reverb
All Channel
Presence
Control Panels

Hot Rod Deville™ III and Deluxe™III
Preamp Out
Effects Send
Power Amp In
Effects Return
Foot Switch
Control Panels

Amp Volume
Fat Switch
On/Off
Amp EQ
Master Volume
Hot Rod Blues Junior™III and Pro Junior™III
Reverb
Amp Volume Amp Tone
Control Panels
FAT Switch - provides additional preamplifier boost adding warm,
“Fender American Tube” distortion and may be controlled from the
top panel or with the optional footswitch.
TONE - Adjusts the amount of boost or cut in the
upper-middle and high frequency range.

Specifications
Pro Junior™III

Specifications
Blues Junior™III