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Any guitarists own the THu Fend 68Prince (‘68 Fender Princeston) rig?
Searching YouTube for the best Fender amplifiers, I’ve noticed a number of posters are really smitten with the Princeston.
How does the Overloud 68Prince rig compare with the other Fender rigs in their store?
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This is my opinion and my opinion only. I did get the 68 Princeton Rig quite a while ago, and it is a good rig, but I’ve never come back to it. To me, it seemed a bit dry and boring, without much of a spacial or 3D quality to it. It can get excellent sounds for sure, but I always reach for other Fender rigs. I think some other forum members like it a lot, which wouldn’t surprise me.
The important thing to note here is that the rig is for a “Fender '68 Custom Princeton Reverb”, which is a re-issue amp that was released in 2014. The release was successful, but the amp is not vintage correct and is wired for less headroom and less negative feedback. Not to mention 2014 components and speaker. There already exists the ‘65 Princeton re-issue, from the same re-issue line that also has the ‘65 twin reverb re-issue, and that ‘65 Princeton is apparently better than the 2014 ‘68 re-issue. But who knows for sure. All this to say, when you mention that people have been smitten with the Princetons, are you sure they’re talking about the 2014 re-issue, or the original 1968, or a Princeton from other years…
A quick run down of some of the other fender rigs..
the Bassman50 rig is an actual 1970 Silverface. Can be deep and rich but also twangy and scooped. Amazing clean sound, great edge of breakup for that Tom Petty Neil Young The Boss kerranging. It also has fantastic overdrive sounds, kind of like early to mid 70s OD/Dist, vintage approaching modern. Pristine clean, edge of breakup, all the way up to hard rock with plenty of gain on tap.
the Tremolux rig is an actual 1963 Tremolux. Beautiful chime and jangle, great clean tones, glassy, can get that rough around the edges early vintage distortion. No patches with tremolo so you must use the “amp trem” pedal sim which is great. To me this rig has the pre CBS Fendery jangle.
the Super Reverb rig is from the ‘65 re-issue line BUT it was modded with the old vintage caps, transformers, and speaker. So it’s like an actual vintage spec SRev. Great rig, if anything it’s a little moody and dark. Definitely the darkest of the rigs. But the sound has space and dimension for sure.
the Edge rig is a $2,000 custom tweed deluxe that’s impossible to find. It’s a recent release but a limited run. It’s rowdy, scooped, and slightly compressed. Sounds great kind of like a scooped Vox AC 15/30. Perhaps just a dash too compressed.
the Fender Twin rig is a ‘65 re-issue Twin Reverb, doesn’t say what year, could be 2018 or 1992 for all I know. Very good rig with lots of headroom. When pushed into low gain overdrive and saturation, it sounds fantastic almost like a Tone Bender or turbine engine type of overdrive, thick and textural, not like distortion at all. In general the rigs that are based on the ‘65 re-issue line do it justice.
I don’t have the silverface bundle yet, but I think this covers most of the fender rigs. Hope this helps. The rig whisperer over and out..
Another thing to bear in mind when listening to vintage Princetons is that the Princeton and Princeton Reverb are very different beasts. The latter has an extra preamp tube which drives the reverb, and breaks up much more easily than the non-reverb model.
These reviews are amazing.
Just sold my Princeton Reverb today. I should have done a comparison before it went!
@TimRussell: Yes! There are innumerable Fender Princeton models. I owned a Princeton Chorus solid-state amp back in the 90’s. It was like a bad Roland Jazz Chorus knock-off. 🙄
As always, @JoyceRoadStudios comes through with the extraordinarily detailed breakdown on the Overloud Fenders we all know and love. Will definitely email that to myself for recommendations the next time Thu has a rig sale!
I’ve seen a number of Princeton recommendations from time to time on the net, but what really got me curious was when YouTuber Philip McKnight announced on his “Know Your Gear” live chat Friday that if he could only have only one “desert island amp,” his silver face Princeton would be the one — and he had Friedmans, a BadCat, a PRS, a Fender Deluxe and a Tone King is Imperial to choose from. I found that to be a rather surprising choice.