1968 Fender Princeton Reverb

[Mary Pardise]

http://www.qrp.pops.net/fender-princeton.asp

This was the lastest amp we had on our workbench. I did not
want uncle to give this back to the owner.

Happy New Year!

Mary

[Dave Curtis, dB AudioTech]

Hey, is that my old AG-9 on your bench?

[Mary Pardise]

Yes it is!

cheers,
Mary

[Bruce / Mission Amps]

Originally Posted by Mary Pardise

Yes it is!

cheers,
Mary

You sure? It looks more like my old Heathkit

[Dave Curtis, dB AudioTech]

IIRC, mine was the AG-9A. It went the way of eBay last year, after I picked up the IG-18.

[Rick Erickson]

So what did he do with the old speaker? I have a '68 Princeton Reverb I'm rebuilding that could use that. You said he only wanted to spend $200.00, did you mean just for the parts, or did he expect you to install them for that price too? When the new quad cap fails - and I expect it will within a year, I would recommend installing individual 22uF/500V caps inside the chassis. I won't order those "Mallory clones" anymore. I have seen too many of them fail way too soon, usually it's the internal common ground connection that goes and the amp develops a ground loop type hum. This has occured with fresh installs on my bench. Don't even get me started on the quality & relaibility of the tubes that are being shipped to me lately....

RE

[Dave Curtis, dB AudioTech]

Originally Posted by Rick Erickson

So what did he do with the old speaker? I have a '68 Princeton Reverb I'm rebuilding that could use that. You said he only wanted to spend $200.00, did you mean just for the parts, or did he expect you to install them for that price too? When the new quad cap fails - and I expect it will within a year, I would recommend installing individual 22uF/500V caps inside the chassis. I won't order those "Mallory clones" anymore. I have seen too many of them fail way too soon, usually it's the internal common ground connection that goes and the amp develops a ground loop type hum. This has occured with fresh installs on my bench. Don't even get me started on the quality & relaibility of the tubes that are being shipped to me lately....

RE

I've put them in 4 or 5 V-series Ampegs as well as other amps, including my S-C AU33 (I haven't done my VT22; it's on the list). I haven't had problems with them; customers are happy. Also, If you source your tubes from someone who burns them in and screens them, you'll have better luck; and yes, they cost more.

[Bruce / Mission Amps]

Originally Posted by Rick Erickson

So what did he do with the old speaker? I have a '68 Princeton Reverb I'm rebuilding that could use that. You said he only wanted to spend $200.00, did you mean just for the parts, or did he expect you to install them for that price too? When the new quad cap fails - and I expect it will within a year, I would recommend installing individual 22uF/500V caps inside the chassis. I won't order those "Mallory clones" anymore. I have seen too many of them fail way too soon, usually it's the internal common ground connection that goes and the amp develops a ground loop type hum. This has occured with fresh installs on my bench...

RE

Hmmm that is interesting.... from the last five or six AES multicaps I've used in the last few months, I've had one or two of those caps go bad too.
Before that... many seemed to be a little less efficient as 4 cheap, Asian 22uF@450v caps!
I wonder if there was bad production run that nobody has tied together.
Besides all that... they are stupidly expensive.

[Dave Curtis, dB AudioTech]

Originally Posted by Bruce / Mission Amps

Hmmm that is interesting.... from the last five or six AES multicaps I've used in the last few months, I've had one or two of those caps go bad too.
Before that... many seemed to be a little less efficient as 4 cheap, Asian 22uF@450v caps!
I wonder if there was bad production run that nobody has tied together.
Besides all that... they are stupidly expensive.

Very true, and that's why it's been quite a while since I've used them. Likely a QC problem and I was lucky. Consensus duly noted.

[Luthin You]

Hey all , I'm new here and totally love it!A guy walked in the other day with a '65 BFprinceton reverb, completely original and working perfectly.Apart from the tubes , it's a complete virgin, still shiny on the inside.Man I'm in love!How much would of these be worth?

[mxvin]

Hello.....new to the board....

saw the post about the 68 Princeton. Figured I'd chime in.
I got my 68 last year. It is a typical "grannies attic" type story. All original and untouched. Not played much at all. A 9.5 out of 10. It had a nasty hum. Wound up being the cap can. I replaced with a Weber can but I gutted the orig Mallory and placed it over the Weber can. I wanted to keep the orig look.