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[Lazarus1140]

Louis Electric Columbia Reverb

I was expecting magic. Let me change strings and take a little more time to see if I can find it. If I may start with a slight negative - I wasn't expecting no standy. It is supposed to be based on a pre-CBS Princeton enhanced with a mid control and a 12" speaker. I will say that the fit and finish are beyond excellent, and it is a surprisingly loud 18W with the 6V6s. More to follow. I may have time to play Saturday.

 

[dystrust]

Re: NAD

Louis Electric Columbia Reverb

I was expecting magic. Let me change strings and take a little more time to see if I can find it. If I may start with a slight negative - I wasn't expecting no standy. It is supposed to be based on a pre-CBS Princeton enhanced with a mid control and a 12" speaker. I will say that the fit and finish are beyond excellent, and it is a surprisingly loud 18W with the 6V6s. More to follow. I may have time to play Saturday.

IIRC a pre-CBS Princeton is tube-rectified, so it really doesn't need a standby switch due to the slower ramp up of supply voltage.

 

[jeremy]

Re: NAD

does yours have the 4k8k switch? princetons are cool, especially with 12's and louis electric sure knows how to build an amp but ive always preferred the deluxe reverbs over the princetons. maybe the bigger iron or different voltages or ??? still, id think that amp should sound pretty damn good. stock speaker?

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: NAD

my tech, who has an EE masters degree FWIW, advises me to never use the standby on any amp...says it does more harm than good.

also not sure why anyone needs or would want a mid control on a Fender Princeton clone? The original circuit is teh immaculate conception, and that amp is nigh impossible to get for less than 3 thou now, and for good reason- it's stock tone is blessed.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: NAD

does yours have the 4k8k switch? princetons are cool, especially with 12's and louis electric sure knows how to build an amp but ive always preferred the deluxe reverbs over the princetons. maybe the bigger iron or different voltages or ??? still, id think that amp should sound pretty damn good. stock speaker?

Currently the stock speaker is A jUPITER 12LC. It hasnt had a chance to break in. I'v really only played about an hour. I have a C=Rex I might drop in for comparsison.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: NAD

my tech, who has an EE masters degree FWIW, advises me to never use the standby on any amp...says it does more harm than good.

also not sure why anyone needs or would want a mid control on a Fender Princeton clone? The original circuit is teh immaculate conception, and that amp is nigh impossible to get for less than 3 thou now, and for good reason- it's stock tone is blessed.

I don't know anything about stand-bys ... it's just what I'm accustomed to. Regarding the added mid control - that is one of the most common differences between the original and the many boutique near clones. The tone with the mid dialed back is glorious, and the tone with the added mids is glorious with a hint of punch thrown in. With my limited time on the amp I prefer treble on about six with mids on 3 and bass on 4.

The main thing for me is that I'm not chasing the tone of a pre-CBS Princeton that I've never owned nor heard. I just wanted a single channel blackface clean tone that I like. Ultimately, I may like the cathode biased Brown Princeton better .... but we shall see. No doubt, the two in stereo might kill the GAS for good.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: NAD

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: NAD

...but actually, congrats. I love Princetons and Princeton-mod amps.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: NAD

does yours have the 4k8k switch?

yes, but I think it's only for 6L6s

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: NAD

IIRC a pre-CBS Princeton is tube-rectified, so it really doesn't need a standby switch due to the slower ramp up of supply voltage.

I didn't know that.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: NAD

Did you buy it from Louis Electric or on the used market?

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: NAD

Did you buy it from Louis Electric or on the used market?

I purchased it new from Destroy All Guitars. After spending about 5 hours with it this morning I am really stoked. I mean, I am about 95% blown away. I've never bought a pedal (after thirty or forty tries) that came as close to meeting my expectations. Now, if I ever get around to building my Allen Brown Sugar I'll have access to the full range of early American tones that suit the stuff I play.

 

[Mincer]

Re: NAD

I love 2-6v6 amps. I have a Mesa Blue Angel, which is in their Dual Rect series, although you can switch between 2-6v6s or 4-EL84s or use all 6 power tubes. It uses both a SS & Tube rectifier at the same time.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: NAD

I love 2-6v6 amps. I have a Mesa Blue Angel, which is in their Dual Rect series, although you can switch between 2-6v6s or 4-EL84s or use all 6 power tubes. It uses both a SS & Tube rectifier at the same time.

This one will except 6L6s which might be fun to try, but for now, the only dives I play in hold less than 100 people, and the 6V6s will easily cut past a drummer with the volume on 5.

 

[Mincer]

Re: NAD

This one will except 6L6s which might be fun to try, but for now, the only dives I play in hold less than 100 people, and the 6V6s will easily cut past a drummer with the volume on 5.

Oh yeah, easily. 2-6v6s are very loud. It is the setting I use the most, and to get that to distort, it has to be really loud (although that sounds great). I still wind up using a pedal to push it- usually an 805.

 

[Lazarus1140]

Re: NAD

Oh yeah, easily. 2-6v6s are very loud. It is the setting I use the most, and to get that to distort, it has to be really loud (although that sounds great). I still wind up using a pedal to push it- usually an 805.

I've tried a Wampler Ecstasy for a little OD and a Jetter Gold 45/100 for a little extra heat and it sounds so good (stacked) that I couldn't stop playing. Now it's after midnight and I'm still at the office because I couldn't put the guitar down this morning.