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This ‘69 Princeton Reverb was at an independent music store. Didn’t break the bank. It looks as if it was just set aside for years. Really dusty. Had a replacement speaker, which I’ve replaced. It was all original except the power cord, speaker and 2 tubes. 5 of 7 tubes were original RCAs with ‘67 & ‘68 date codes. Has all nos RCAs in it now. I sent the chassis off and had it serviced. Cleaned all the dust bunnies out of the cabinet & cleaned the tolex. Just finished reassembling it and am getting acquainted with it. I had briefly posted pics of it in the “ask the experts” when I was looking for a tech. Apologies if you’ve seen it before. But this time it’s functional. Sorry for the crummy phone pics. Any love for the PR?

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Ah, the noble Fender Princeton Reverb (-AMP!)

It’s like a broken drum ……   YOU CAN’T BEAT IT!


Seriously, at one point in time I had a ‘74 Deluxe Reverb (purchased NEW!) and my original early ‘65 no logo PR.

Both are Fender perfection as far as what they can do. Still have the PR.

 

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Great score!  I've got a '71 PR that is now housed in a larger cabinet sporting a 12" ceramic Tone Tubby speaker.  Glorious tones!  There's a reason it is one of the most recorded amps in history.  

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17 hours ago, Greg G said:

This ‘69 Princeton Reverb was at an independent music store. Didn’t break the bank. It looks as if it was just set aside for years. Really dusty. Had a replacement speaker, which I’ve replaced. It was all original except the power cord, speaker and 2 tubes. 5 of 7 tubes were original RCAs with ‘67 & ‘68 date codes. Has all nos RCAs in it now. I sent the chassis off and had it serviced. Cleaned all the dust bunnies out of the cabinet & cleaned the tolex. Just finished reassembling it and am getting acquainted with it. I had briefly posted pics of it in the “ask the experts” when I was looking for a tech. Apologies if you’ve seen it before. But this time it’s functional. Sorry for the crummy phone pics. Any love for the PR?

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Nice!  Cool score!

I had Marsh build me a blackface Princeton clone a couple years ago. Sounds amazing and I put that same speaker in mine. 

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Though I've never owned one, thinking back, I've never heard a negative comment. 

Closest I've ever gotten was a splendid Mesa Subway Blues - at least in spec, a very close analog (EL84s though).

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Never played one, but I am sure it's great! Looks beautiful too. I have an early 80s Fender Super Champ that does the Princeton thing very well. Love it.

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3 hours ago, Disturber said:

Never played one, but I am sure it's great! Looks beautiful too. I have an early 80s Fender Super Champ that does the Princeton thing very well. Love it.

Like Tim said, you can almost hear the 'chime'.

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