5F2A - Tweed Princeton: Any love?
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Lewguitar
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Re: 5F2A - Tweed Princeton: Any love?
I have one. It's the amp I used to take lessons on in 1966 or so. I went back to that music store in Detroit around 1976 or so and it was still there in the lesson room. So I bought it. Mine is in a Harvard cabinet - something Fender did do sometimes. I put a 10" Weber P10RT in the cab. Sure sounds good to me - I use it for lap steel. Basically a tweed Champ with a tone control added.
I have one. It's the amp I used to take lessons on in 1966 or so. I went back to that music store in Detroit around 1976 or so and it was still there in the lesson room. So I bought it. Mine is in a Harvard cabinet - something Fender did do sometimes. I put a 10" Weber P10RT in the cab. Sure sounds good to me - I use it for lap steel. Basically a tweed Champ with a tone control added.
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Re: 5F2A - Tweed Princeton: Any love?
I've been contemplating building a Tweed amp for a few months now. Any of the small Tweed (Champ, Princeton, Harvard, Deluxe) have their high points and low points. I think that if a Single Ended amp is what you are looking for, the extra Tweed style tone control provides some flexibility on both ends of travel, and you can use a pot with an integrated switch to completely remove it from the circuit. Additionally, I'd add a switch to remove the Negative Feedback Loop (more similar to the Deluxe style). Then you'd have a multidimensional Tweed amp with a few cool options.
Another option is Dave Hunter's Two Stroke, it's a Single Ended amp with elements of a few of the smaller Tweed Amps. Victoria builds a version if you are buying, not building.
I've been contemplating building a Tweed amp for a few months now. Any of the small Tweed (Champ, Princeton, Harvard, Deluxe) have their high points and low points. I think that if a Single Ended amp is what you are looking for, the extra Tweed style tone control provides some flexibility on both ends of travel, and you can use a pot with an integrated switch to completely remove it from the circuit. Additionally, I'd add a switch to remove the Negative Feedback Loop (more similar to the Deluxe style). Then you'd have a multidimensional Tweed amp with a few cool options.
Another option is Dave Hunter's Two Stroke, it's a Single Ended amp with elements of a few of the smaller Tweed Amps. Victoria builds a version if you are buying, not building.
dr.barlo
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Re: 5F2A - Tweed Princeton: Any love?
Cool!
Hi Jeremy....
Exactly!
In fact, I am thinking of running a 1x12 with a Mesa V30...
Thanks for the suggestions. Lemme digest this, check it out in detail! I appreciate the suggestions man, this is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for!
:yourock:
Hi Lew.
That amp looks awesome.
And I am sure it sounds great.
I am thinking of doing this with a Hammond tranny, and run it into a 1x12 open cab with a Mesa V30. I kinda like this combination with my 5e3 clone, very nice indeed. This 5F2A is due to my love of them single ended tweeds.
B
Cool!
Hi Jeremy....
Exactly!
In fact, I am thinking of running a 1x12 with a Mesa V30...
Thanks for the suggestions. Lemme digest this, check it out in detail! I appreciate the suggestions man, this is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for!
:yourock:
I have one. It's the amp I used to take lessons on in 1966 or so. I went back to that music store in Detroit around 1976 or so and it was still there in the lesson room. So I bought it. Mine is in a Harvard cabinet - something Fender did do sometimes. I put a 10" Weber P10RT in the cab. Sure sounds good to me - I use it for lap steel. Basically a tweed Champ with a tone control added.
Hi Lew.
That amp looks awesome.
And I am sure it sounds great.
I am thinking of doing this with a Hammond tranny, and run it into a 1x12 open cab with a Mesa V30. I kinda like this combination with my 5e3 clone, very nice indeed. This 5F2A is due to my love of them single ended tweeds.
B
Lewguitar
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Re: 5F2A - Tweed Princeton: Any love?
That would probably sound really good.
I'll tell you the truth tho: I wish my Princeton was a Harvard with two 6V6 tubes.
A few Princeton chassis got put in leftover Harvard cabinets at the end of the tweed era.
That was cool because then the Princeton could be matched with a 10" speaker.
But still...I wouldn't mind a little more gas.
Steve Cropper played all of that great guitar on the Stax sessions through a tweed Harvard and I wish my Princeton in a Harvard cabinet was a Harvard chassis in a Harvard cabinet.
Cool!
Hi Jeremy....
Exactly!
In fact, I am thinking of running a 1x12 with a Mesa V30...
Thanks for the suggestions. Lemme digest this, check it out in detail! I appreciate the suggestions man, this is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for!
:yourock:
Hi Lew.
That amp looks awesome.
And I am sure it sounds great.
I am thinking of doing this with a Hammond tranny, and run it into a 1x12 open cab with a Mesa V30. I kinda like this combination with my 5e3 clone, very nice indeed. This 5F2A is due to my love of them single ended tweeds.
B
That would probably sound really good.
I'll tell you the truth tho: I wish my Princeton was a Harvard with two 6V6 tubes.
A few Princeton chassis got put in leftover Harvard cabinets at the end of the tweed era.
That was cool because then the Princeton could be matched with a 10" speaker.
But still...I wouldn't mind a little more gas.
Steve Cropper played all of that great guitar on the Stax sessions through a tweed Harvard and I wish my Princeton in a Harvard cabinet was a Harvard chassis in a Harvard cabinet.
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