1974 Fender Princeton Reverb Ready to ROCK!

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Well...I finally got the Princeton Reverb done. It has been re-capped, cleaned, and a speaker change.

I left all the original tone caps because they were all fine. It still has all the original tubes except the Reverb tube which was replaced with a NOS RCA 12AT7.

The original speaker is fine, but I want to preserve it.

This thing cleaned up real nice and now I know WHY people covet these old tube amps! My god what a beautiful sound! I can even make cool sounds...

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Great amp. I had a couple of the black face amps from before that. My Vox AC 30 was a 1969. I skipped over the great silver face days. I only played a couple at jams but I never Learned about them. Very very nice and have fun.
 
The old amps are really backwards compared with the modern stuff but I really dig them.
When you open up the back and see all the dust it does look creepy. The signs that say you will die if you touch anything. A cold fear and thoughts of black lung come to mind.
 
syscokid said:
Very cool pics. Carbon Comp City! Amp looks likes it's in really good condition.

Speaker is interesting... Tell me more!
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Well...I was worried about killing the original speaker and I want it intact for posterity sake.

So I did some Google searching and stumbled on a thread where a speaker shootout for this
exact amp had been done. They had conducted a poll across at least 6 forums and this Weber
won out and pretty handily at that.

My amp tech also has the speaker in his Princeton Reverb and recommended it. I have to say
it sounds fantastic and I got it slightly used to an outstanding price...

...and to your second post. Yes, there is a modern 3 prong, properly grounded chord and the
so called "Death" cap has been removed.
 
Sp8ctre said:
You could be right, but the Weber sounds fantastic!
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I bet it does. Weber have been around, and have been making quality speakers for a long time.

I have a Weber 12" Blue Dog (ceramic) in my modified Carvin Vintage 16. The amp's Voxy vibe and this speaker match up very well. I would like to try the alnico version one day.
 
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The amp from that era on for a few years was the Fender Concert. I borrowed one from a guy that lived in my building in New York. It was a 12X1 and very powerful. I looked to buy one but there were not many around. I found one that needed too much work and it had the same layout as my Fender Ultimate Chorus. That was a very loud solid state amp with a 2X12 speaker set up. The Concert model I could not come close to picking it up.
Did these Concert Amps have a good review?
 
Sp8ctre said:
You could be right, but the Weber sounds fantastic!
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Weber make great speakers. I like that they offer variations on each model, early breakup, late breakup, brighter etc. Depending on the amp, I like alnico speakers, love the way they compress when pushed.
Congrats on getting that amp up & running properly. Cheers

Edit: I should have said this when I first posted, the Weber 8A125 that I put in my 5F1 champ build took something in the vicinity of 40 ~ 50 hours to break in properly. Maybe the fact that its a 20 watt speaker & the amp is only putting out 5 watts had something to do with it taking so long. Great speaker though. Cheers
 
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That is awesome!
Vintage guitars dont really ring my bell.
Vintage amps, especially the Fenders and some of the Marshalls I know something about really do.
 
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