Members NixerX Posted May 15, 2011 Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 So my pops calls me to tell me that he has acquired a fender Princeton amp. Since he don't play he asked if I wanted it. I asked if it had tubes and it does so I say {censored} yea. Here is where you come in. I never owned a fender so isk {censored} about them...tell me what you can from this info: Is blackface Has tremolo Has an olson electric loudspeaker, unsure of size. Bestow upon me ur brainz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thesinner66 Posted May 15, 2011 Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 It's not as valuable as a Princeton Reverb. But It's a great small combo amp. It's still worth about $700 bucks though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted May 15, 2011 Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 A blackface Princeton is a fine amp, the speaker doesn't sound original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted May 15, 2011 Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 its {censored}. send it so me, you cover shipping and ill send you $20. PM me for adress. k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ComingApart Posted May 15, 2011 Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 http://www.ampwares.com/amp.asp?id=73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted May 15, 2011 Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 j- go get it. plug it in-- put your guitar with the lowest gain pickups through it, roll the volume back to 0- turn it ALL the way up, and roll up your volume. if SOMEWHERE along the throw of the volume knob you don't burst into tears with joy, either IT is broken, or your ears are dunno what an 'olsen' speaker is-- but find yourself a decent jensen 10, and that thing could cover your clean tones forever, and your kerrang midgainers as well... man would i love to have one of those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted May 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 j- go get it. plug it in-- put your guitar with the lowest gain pickups through it, roll the volume back to 0- turn it ALL the way up, and roll up your volume. if SOMEWHERE along the throw of the volume knob you don't burst into tears with joy, either IT is broken, or your ears are dunno what an 'olsen' speaker is-- but find yourself a decent jensen 10, and that thing could cover your clean tones forever, and your kerrang midgainers as well... man would i love to have one of those! Hey NH! Judging by the videos Ive just watched that little bugger seems like the PERFECT amp for a jazz / fusion combo group. Ive been thinking on getting one together once the wife and I move out to Oregon in a few years. Its pretty cool because the tones im hearing are exactly the clean tones I try to dial in on any amp m/ The back story is the previous owner (Jeff was his name) Died of thread cancer (RIP). my dad and his lady are neighbors with this woman, they were helping jeff's wife part with some things of his. Dad said he saw her putting this thing out on the curb for trash day . Dad scooped it up saying that He knew someone that would appreciate the amp if it were alright with her. She said that was a MUCH better fate because she knew her husband loved that amp..she just didn't know what else to do with it or even how to use it enough to sell it. Poor lady. Not to be a greedy ungrateful chump but I had to ask my pops...if he had an amp he must have had a guitar to plug into it. dad said he would inquire about a guitar. I mean its not right to let a potential 60's fender rot away is it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted May 15, 2011 Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 Hey NH! Judging by the videos Ive just watched that little bugger seems like the PERFECT amp for a jazz / fusion combo group. Ive been thinking on getting one together once the wife and I move out to Oregon in a few years. Its pretty cool because the tones im hearing are exactly the clean tones I try to dial in on any amp m/ The back story is the previous owner (Jeff was his name) Died of thread cancer (RIP). my dad and his lady are neighbors with this woman, they were helping jeff's wife part with some things of his. Dad said he saw her putting this thing out on the curb for trash day . Dad scooped it up saying that He knew someone that would appreciate the amp if it were alright with her. She said that was a MUCH better fate because she knew her husband loved that amp..she just didn't know what else to do with it or even how to use it enough to sell it. Poor lady. Not to be a greedy ungrateful chump but I had to ask my pops...if he had an amp he must have had a guitar to plug into it. dad said he would inquire about a guitar. I mean its not right to let a potential 60's fender rot away is it?! aw MAN-- SO glad it didn't end up at the dump! What a bummer of a way to get an amp-- but i'm sure that the guy who owned it would MUCH rather see you with it than know it went to waste. Glad you can give it a second life-- have a tech give it a going over when you get it-- it may need a little love in the cap section, for sure.. but i suspect it'll be a seriously awesome recording amp. 12 watts is pretty much perfect for some mean rock tones too if you dump the bass on it. nothin beats an amp that does nuttin' FINALLY got the soil tests back, and planting up starts in the next week or so! woot! i'm still sore from busting up rye this season... but definitely got my organic material numbers up! freakin' unbelievable too-- all i needed to add was boron and a pound of sul-po-mag to the ENTIRE garden ?! heyull yeah.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted May 16, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 aw MAN-- SO glad it didn't end up at the dump! What a bummer of a way to get an amp-- but i'm sure that the guy who owned it would MUCH rather see you with it than know it went to waste. Glad you can give it a second life-- have a tech give it a going over when you get it-- it may need a little love in the cap section, for sure.. but i suspect it'll be a seriously awesome recording amp. 12 watts is pretty much perfect for some mean rock tones too if you dump the bass on it. nothin beats an amp that does nuttin' FINALLY got the soil tests back, and planting up starts in the next week or so! woot! i'm still sore from busting up rye this season... but definitely got my organic material numbers up! freakin' unbelievable too-- all i needed to add was boron and a pound of sul-po-mag to the ENTIRE garden ?! heyull yeah.. Dude thats great!! FINALLY! its only been a couple years of work! That is great! I know that to be certified organic up here its not easy. MOFGA is pretty stringent and rightly too I might add. You know how I feel about GMO and Organic. Im rank hippy in that regard! Im stoked! Here are some cell photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Ron Burgandy Posted May 16, 2011 Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 Holy {censored} she was going to dump it??? So sorry for her loss, and glad to hear it's going to a good home. Keep it forever. It may not be exactly what you need right now, but I guarantee you at one point in your life you will be DROOOOOLING over the tone it produces. One of the best managable Fender combos from that era. Just loud enough, just the right breakup, just enough clean to record with, and the overdriven tones will make a grown man blush. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted May 16, 2011 Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 DAMN.. that's NICE! while diggin' around looking for 'olsen speaker' i found this, which i'll repost: "If memory serves, Olson was a electronic catalogue house rather than a speaker manufacturer. So somebody else made it and Olson just put their name on it. If you look around the speaker rim or on the back of the cone you may see some numbers like "67-6628" or "220-6734". These are codes from the actual maker. The first would mean "67" for Eminence and "6628" would mean it was made in 1966 during the 28th week. The second would mean Jensen, 34th week of 1967. You can look up speaker mfg codes at http://www.webervst.com or if you find some on the speakers just check back here and I'll look 'em up for you. What the heck, I'm sure Ted Weber won't mind if I steal his copy!:tongue: I'll just paste it here for everyone! 24 Becker 277 Emerson 748 Russell 67 Eminence 280 Raytheon 756 Universal 101 Admiral 285 ROLA 767 Quincy 119 Automatic Manufacturing 286 Ross 787 Sonatone 125 Bendix 296 Solar 789 McGregor 130 Matsu{censored}a 308 Stromberg 794 Harman Kardon 130 Panasonic 328 Utah 795 Atlas 137 C.T.S. 336 Western Electric 828 Midland 145 Cinaudagraph 343 Zenith 840 Ampex 145 Consolidated 371 Best 847 University 150 Crescent 391 Altec Lansing 918 Oaktron 169 Hitachi 416 Heath 1056 Fisher 185 Motorola 433 Cleveland 1059 Channel 188 General Electric 449 Wilder 1098 Pyle 220 Jensen 465 Oxford 1113 Acoustic Fiber Sounde 232 Magnavox 466 Delco 1149 Curtis Mathes 240 JW Davis 549 Midwest 1191 Micro Magnet 245 National 575 Heppner 1279 WeberVST 252 Operadio 589 Bogen 252 Dukane 649 Electro-Voice 260 Philco 706 Pioneer 270 Quam-Nichols 719 Carbonneau 274 RCA 742 Esquire 277 Radio Speaker These numerical prefixes are called EIA codes, from "Electronic Industries Association". Pretty well all parts had such codes. They are a great tool to figure out which company made that great output transformer in your 1964 BF Twin Reverb or whatever. The last part of the number helps to date your amp. If the vol/tone controls have a code telling you they were made by CTS in the 30th week of 1962 you can bet that your amp was build within a few weeks of that point. Manufacturers can never afford to let parts inventory get old when they have to pay the bill within 30 days. So those pots came in the Fender door and likely were put into an amp very quickly. The sooner the amp was shipped to a dealer the faster Leo received his money so he could pay the bills and feed his kids with what was left over." hopefully you can figure out what an olson ACTUALLY is argh.. i'm envious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregs1020 Posted May 16, 2011 Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 you scored. big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted May 16, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 you scored. big. Thank you! I hope you are right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Assy- Posted May 16, 2011 Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 Sweet. Don't ever sell it, or if you do pass it on way cheap for someone you know to enjoy. I wouldn't feel right trying to put one over on someone with material like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted May 16, 2011 Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 I'm so jealous bro, an old Princeton is my dream clean amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregs1020 Posted May 16, 2011 Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 oh i'm right. that's some studio gold right there. congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thesinner66 Posted May 16, 2011 Members Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yeah. That's exactly like mine. Get a reverb pedal and you're golden for the Fender sound at a low volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NixerX Posted May 17, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2011 Yeah. That's exactly like mine. Get a reverb pedal and you're golden for the Fender sound at a low volume. Ill probably plug into it more than my axefx from what everyone here is saying!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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