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Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:57 am
by dubtrub
Rockabouly wrote:It's not an original, this amp was made by a friend (it's his job), the guitarist of this band :
http://www.myspace.com/thebuttshakersMy Princeton is very fabulous.
Great tone
Rockabouly,
I'd like to hear more about this amp. You said your friend built it. Is it built from a kit, scratch built or rebuilt from a vintage Princeton amp? I've built a couple of projects and have considered building a PR. Any info and additional pics would be great.
BTW, I listened to your friends band and really liked their music. Those button pins with the letter 'B' and a crown on them wouldn't haven't any significance to BB King would it?
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:02 pm
by Rockabouly
dubtrub wrote:BTW, I listened to your friends band and really liked their music. Those button pins with the letter 'B' and a crown on them wouldn't haven't any significance to BB King would it?
Hum...
I don't know but I don't think
Ok, I'm going to try to speak about this amp, but let me the time, because my english and my guitar technical vocabulary is no good.
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:18 pm
by Rockabouly
It's not a kit, he rebuilt from a vintage amp...
no sorry, not rebuilt, he built a clone of an original Blackface.
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:27 pm
by dubtrub
That's great to breath new life into an old amp. Look's like he did a clean job on the electronics.
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:42 pm
by Rockabouly
raaaah my english
Hum... He uses the original schematic and he has an original,
he uses finest components, and he built an amp like an original
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:46 pm
by GattonFan
Your English is fine - much better than my French - so don't be embarassed about it. We'll get the message.
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:50 pm
by dubtrub
OK, I see that he copied an original using it and the schematics to make your replica. No wonder it looks new. I love it. He did an outstanding job. Nice looking Gibson too.
Your English is just fine.
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:19 am
by dellison
Wow that's really cool! So he basically restored a vintage amp and hand wired it then, nicely done! How does it sound compared to the originals? Are you using the original speaker or a replacement?
I have the reissue and I am VERY happy with it. I wish it had the power plug on the back like the original but I guess it isn't allowed anymore so they had to drop it. That darn little amp sounds amazing and is pretty versatile.
Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:41 pm
by Rockabouly
The sound is wonderful, sorry but better than the reissue
. But the reissue is really good, I like it.
After many test, he chose a Weber 10A125... and I trust him.
