Fender Princeton Reverb
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[edit] Fender Princeton Reverb
The Fender Princeton Reverb is a guitar amplifier combo, essentially a Princeton with built-in reverb and vibrato. The 12 Watt Blackface version was introduced in 1964 and available until 1967, in 1968 it was changed to silverface with a drip edge around the grill cloth added and removed in 1969 and a change in circuitry; The rectifier was changed from a 5ar4 to a 5u4gb during the silverface years along with a change in bias resistor value, a "boost" pull switch to the volume control pot was added in 1977. In 1980 and 1981 the silverface version was cosmetically changed back to the Blackface. It was discontinued in 1981.[1]
[edit] Fender Princeton Reverb II
This Paul Rivera-specified Fender guitar amplifier, introduced in 1982, a completely different and significantly more powerful amplifier[2], replaced the Princeton Reverb.[1] Designed by Ed Jahns, it featured a built-in reverb, treble boost and mid boost controls, and a switchable lead (overdrive) effect. The Princeton Reverb II was removed from the Fender pricelist in 1986.
The development of the Princeton amplifier, from its inception as a 4-watt practice amp in 1948, can be tracked by working through http://ampwares.com attached to the sales website of the commercial firm "Mojotone".
[edit] Reissue
In Summer 2008, Fender reissued the Princeton Reverb. While it is based on the Blackface version, and utilizes a tube rectifier and a tube reverb, it uses printed circuit boards instead of turret boards.
[edit] Specifications (Princeton Reverb, 1964-81)
- Preamp tubes: three 7025 (a/k/a 12AX7), one 12AT7
- Output tubes: two 6V6GT, fixed-bias
- Rectifier: 5AR4 (blackface) 5u4gb (silverface)
- Controls: volume, treble, bass, reverb, speed, intensity
- Output: 12 to 15 Watts RMS
- Speaker: 10" speaker (Jensen C10R, Jensen C10N, Oxford 10L5 or Oxford 10J4)
[edit] Specifications (Princeton Reverb II, 1982-86)
- Preamp tubes: three 7025 (a/k/a 12AX7), one 12AT7
- Output tubes: two 6V6GTA, fixed-bias
- Rectifier: solid-state
- Controls: volume (pull for lead), treble (pull for boost), middle (pull for boost), bass, reverb, lead volume, master volume, presence
- optional 2-button footswitch (lead, reverb)
- Output: 22 Watts RMS
- Speaker: 12" Fender Blue label made by Pyle and later re-sourced from Eminence; factory upgrade option for EV speaker
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hunter, Dave (December 2008). "The "Silverface" Princeton Reverb". Vintage Guitar magazine 23 (2): 38.
- ^ Teagle, J. and Sprung, J.: Fender Amps: The First Fifty Years, p.52
