Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

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Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby dubtrub » Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:57 am

Rockabouly wrote:It's not an original, this amp was made by a friend (it's his job), the guitarist of this band :
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My Princeton is very fabulous. :D Great tone 8-)

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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? ;)
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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby Rockabouly » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:02 pm

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. :oops:

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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby Rockabouly » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:18 pm

It's not a kit, he rebuilt from a vintage amp...
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no sorry, not rebuilt, he built a clone of an original Blackface.

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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby dubtrub » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:27 pm

That's great to breath new life into an old amp. Look's like he did a clean job on the electronics.
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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby Rockabouly » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:42 pm

raaaah my english :oops:
Hum... He uses the original schematic and he has an original,
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he uses finest components, and he built an amp like an original :)

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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby GattonFan » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:46 pm

Your English is fine - much better than my French - so don't be embarassed about it. We'll get the message. ;)
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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby dubtrub » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:50 pm

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.
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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby dellison » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:19 am

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.

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Re: Rockabouly's Princeton Reverb

Postby Rockabouly » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:41 pm

The sound is wonderful, sorry but better than the reissue :oops: . But the reissue is really good, I like it.
After many test, he chose a Weber 10A125... and I trust him. :)


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