Vintage Fender Amp Shootout
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I like the tonality of the silverface the best,and like you said, cleaning up the 'low farty sounds' with a new speaker probably knocked it out of the park,,,I think I may have to hunt for a SF Princeton now! cool comparison , fellas!
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Turn down the bass when you turn up the amp.
Blackface (and silverface in this case) amps aren't really known for awesome drive; they are better at the edge of drive. They were designed to be clean originally.
The tweed and brown amps do better, generally (again not by design).
When you "play the amp" like that you gotta work with it somewhat because again, it's not a Marshall. The right guitar, the right pick, the right picking technique, the right tone settings, etc. Nice vid!
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I bet you gotta crank it damn LOUD to hear it break up.
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The 75 Princeton has a much warmer sweeter tone. The re-issue sounds okay, but almost sounds like overcompansating highs trying to get that classic Fender chimey, glassy tone. The 64 rips when overdriven, but sounds like it needs some work.
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the deluxe sounded really compressed. I also liked the silverface.
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The Deluxe all the way!
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I thought the deluxe was 22 watts, same as the reverb model. imo I think the silverface princeton sounded best as far as tone, glad you cleaned up that farty sound. I bet it sounds great now. The deluxe maybe sounded best though, it's a different tone from the prince but very nice, a little more trelbly and thin sounded compared to the prince though. at least through this mic in this vid. good test.
1963 brown tolex deluxe amp
1975 silver face princeton reverb
1964 black face princeton reverb reissue
All Original speaker, caps and down to 2 prong on deluxe
aaoklee 3 years ago
Just wondering what your impression is about the three amps. Also...is that the NEW Princeton reissue and if so how do you feel it holds up against the silver face?
fabbola 3 years ago
sorry for the late reply, I think the New reissue Princeton is very good and controlled... must be the speaker. I now have a weber replacement in the 1975 Princeton and the sound quality improved by a lot. Less farty sounding on the lows.
aaoklee 3 years ago