Fromel Supreme Mod Kit for Fender Hot Rod Deluxe

The Hot Rod Deluxe is the best selling tube amp of all time, it sounds good and is pretty reliable, other than a couple common problems. After these mods your amp will sound fantastic and be more reliable. The classic Fender tone is released through these changes. The flabby bottom darkness is gone, what you get is full warm classic tone with nice top end sparkle.

Additionally, the recap kit upgrades every tone-critical electrolytic cap in the circuit with high quality F&T and Nichicon electrolytic caps. All the capacitors in this kit were specially chosen for great tone, reliability, and accurate fit in your Hot Rod Deluxe.

Included in these kits are all the components necessary to to get your amp in top shape and the detailed instructions to make the changes easy. If you have a basic understanding of electronics and soldering skills you can do these mods in a couple of hours. The kits available are the Complete, Recap, and Supreme kits. The Supreme Kit includes both the Complete kit and the Recap kit.

This Mod kit works on all Hot Rod Deluxe, Hot Rod Deluxe III & Hot Rod Deluxe George Benson Models 

The Complete Kit includes:

Tone Stack - Get rid of that farty bottom, honky mids, and lack of clarity. High Quality WIMA Box Caps with corrected values for the Bass and Mid Cap and corrected value for the slope resistor.  What about the Treble cap? replace the cheap ceramic cap with a high quality Silver Mica cap. The result is an amp that sounds huge and warm with nice top end sparkle, not dark and buried in
the mix.

Twin Mod - Fix the mids on the amp and get rid of that flabby bottom. This mod enables you to take all the mids out of the tone allowing more flexibility and versatility. This is accomplished with just a short jumper wire but the result is far better control of your tone.

Brightness - Like to play at low volumes but find the amp too dark? The brightness mod adds sparkle to your tone at low volumes. As you turn your amp up the brightness mod loses its effect so the amp never sounds brittle at high volumes.

Power Stiffening - Doubles the capacitance in the first filter stage, this reduces hum and increases reserve power for solid bass and better transience for incisive picking,This mod gives the amp the extra torque it needs to push through strong when you are playing hard. This also takes some stress off the output transformer increasing its life span.

Lead Master Volume - Ever wonder why
this amp gets extremely loud after you turn it up past 2. Fender uses a
linear taper pot for the Master Volume when it should be an audio taper.
This mod gives you usable control of the drive channel so you can get
good tone without playing at stadium volume.

Power Resistors- Many problems with the
Hot Rod Deluxe, especially the older ones are from the power resistors
that control switching. Two new power resistors installed properly will
avoid many problems down the road.

Plate Load Resistors - Replace all the plate
load resistors with 1% 1/2 Metal Film resistors. This amp can develop a
loud crackle/static that is caused by the plate load resistors. This mod
fixes or prevents this problem and also upgrades the resistors for
reliability and reduced hiss.

Reverb Mod - Why does the reverb in this amp
become a complete wash after turning it up past 3 especially at low
volumes? This mod makes the reverb more controllable, fuller, and more
natural. This is an easy mod that is nothing more than clipping one wire
but the result is amazing.

Global Master Volume Mod - Now included in both the Complete and Supreme mod kits is our Global Master Volume Mod. This mod allows the master volume to work on both the cleanchannel and the drive channel. You can now dial in your tone on the clean channel and dial down the master volume for more versatility at home, in the studio or on stage.

Switchcraft Input Jack - Your input jacks are soldered directly to the circuit board, apply some tension when the amp is plugged in and you could cause major damage to the circuit board in the amp. This mod gets rid of the wimpy plastic input jacks and replaces them with high quality metal switchcraft jacks
that are panel mounted and NOT directly soldered to the circuit board.
Included is a shoulder washer and isolation washer so the input jacks do
not ground directly to the chassis and prevents ground loops. The jacks
come with high quality, Teflon Coated, Silver Plated Solid Copper Core
wire. The solder I use is Silver bearing. This is the same quality you
will find in high end boutique amplifiers costing thousands of dollars.
Newer Hot Rod Deluxe amps have a better quality Neutrik input jack which
are much better and  we do not recommend changing them as it can stress the PCB.

Proper Lead Dress - Take a look inside a boutique tube amp and you will see all the wires carefully twisted and placed for greatest reduction in oscillation and noise. The Hot Rod Deluxe has all the internal wires zip tied together. I give clear instructions on dressing the leads inside the amp for optimal
performance, this results in lower noise and less chance for
oscillation. 

The Recap Kit includes

Replacements for all of the power filter and cathode bypass caps with high quality F&T and Nichicon caps.  Older Hot Rods that are made in the USA are all getting due to have their filter caps replaced and many of the current Hot Rods made in Mexico are known to have leaky filter caps. The recap kit rectifies these issues.

Your purchased kit may not match the photo, we use only the highest audio quality parts and upgrade the parts used in the kits often for the best quality!