Fender RI upgrades.

[ChasFred]

OK so I watched the video below and a lot of what this gentleman says makes good sense to me.
So I plan to take my '68 reissue Princeton Reverb and do a lot of the changes he does in the video.

I know there are several people on here with some Fender RI style amps. I do believe the video has PLENTY of good information.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

I say do what makes ya happy. What i do wonder about is ,ive been around Fender amps my whole life thanks to my Father but ive never seen a Blue power jewel before . Damn learn somethin new all the time.

 

[ChasFred]

I say do what makes ya happy. What i do wonder about is ,ive been around Fender amps my whole life thanks to my Father but ive never seen a Blue power jewel before . Damn learn somethin new all the time.

There was a amp repair guy back in Jacksonville who would change the lamp lens on all the units he worked on to GREEN. It was his trade mark. This may be the same thing here.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

OK so I watched the video below and a lot of what this gentleman says makes good sense to me.
So I plan to take my '68 reissue Princeton Reverb and do a lot of the changes he does in the video.

I know there are several people on here with some Fender RI style amps. I do believe the video has PLENTY of good information.

I would not follow Psionic, it really doesn't impress me as being very experienced.

I would use Fromel instead, the mods are better thought out and make a bigger improvement.

Fender '65 Princeton Reverb Reissue Modifications

One of Fender's most classic amplifiers remains a favorite to this day and the Princeton Reverb Reissue is perhaps the most successful of the reissue series. Our mods take the PRRI back to the glory days of the black panel era and adds a couple of the most famous mods done to this amp over time...

fromelelectronics.com

1. The stock filter caps are not very good, and I would go with F&T.
2. I would go for a good speaker right away.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

There was a amp repair guy back in Jacksonville who would change the lamp lens on all the units he worked on to GREEN. It was his trade mark. This may be the same thing here.

That's just goofy. Put money into things that have results:
Like purple snakeskin tolex.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

1973-'74, I played bass in a band where each of the guitarists used a blackface Bassman.
One of them had a purple pilot light jewel; that was really exotic back then.
We all thought it was just about the coolest thing we'd ever seen on an amp.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

1973-'74, I played bass in a band where each of the guitarists used a blackface Bassman.
One of them had a purple pilot light jewel; that was really exotic back then.
We all thought it was just about the coolest thing we'd ever seen on an amp.

Purple has waaaay more sustain.