EUGENE EDWARDS: Hi, Eugene Edwards.
This beautiful amp here to my side
is the hand-wired 64 custom Princeton Reverb.
The Princeton is simply one the most versatile
and beloved guitar amps of all time.
It's the perfect size for guitarists
who want a moderately powered amp for any stage or studio
situation.
I myself have done entire albums with just one Princeton,
and I would just adjust it according to each song.
I've also done entire club gigs with just a Princeton,
couple of pedals.
If you want the sound guy to love you, bring a Princeton.
And in the modern pedal board era,
it's the perfect platform for tone building.
The 64 Princeton joins the 64 Deluxe Reverb
as another great hand wired amp offering from Fender.
I really love this amp.
The performance up top was all amp.
In the settings, I was using some tremolo or vibrato
and some reverb.
We'll add in some pedals later.
Let's take a quick look at the front control
panel, high and low inputs, volume, treble, bass, reverb,
and for the tremolo or vibrato, speed and intensity controls.
I'm personally a fan of anything that
comes with a intensity control.
As far as the key features go, it's
about the hardwired circuitry.
In fact, this is a AA1164 circuit with tube-driven spring
reverb and tremolo.
Let's take a look at the reverb.
I'm going to play something, and then
slowly increase the reverb so you can really
hear what's under the hood.
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Now let's listen to the tremolo.
I'm going to turn it on with the included foot switch,
and then again, I'll play a riff.
And then I'll slowly increase the speed and intensity
as we go along.
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On the tech side, here's a rundown
of some of the key components.
Now it looks like an eye chart to me, so pay attention.
But this is what makes this amp sound so special.
Fender vintage blue tone capacitors, three 12AX7 and one
12AT7 preamp tubes, 5AR4/GZ34 rectified tube, and a match
pair of 6V6 power tubes.
The amp has 12 watts of output power through a 10 inch
Jensen Alnico P10-R speaker.
Warm clean tones and moderate breakup when we push the amp.
And another factor in the glorious tone, the amp
features a solid pine cabinet for resonance
and lighter weight.
If you look closely at the grill,
you can see it has a lightly aged silver grill cloth.
And to keep it looking nice, we threw
in an extra heavy textured vinyl cover.
OK, more tones.
Before I add pedals, I want you all
to hear how the amp sounds when we push it into overdrive.
This is all amp.
No pedals added, not yet.
I'm going to start with volume at three,
and then I'm going to turn it up to eight.
And when I do that, I'm going to lower the base control from six
down to three.
OK, so here we are at just a volume of three.
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Now let's add in some pedals to show how well the amp behaves
or misbehaves.
I've switched over to an ultra stratocaster,
and I've brought the volume of the amp down to three
before it gets into breakup territory.
We're going to start with the mirror image delay
and the pinwheel rotary pedal.
And that'll add some distortion as I play along.
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And there's your look at the Fender 64 custom Princeton
Reverb, a beautiful looking and sounding
hand-wired amp for classic Fender
tones or new modern tones with pedals.
And it's a great addition to any collection.
For more info on this amp and the entire line of Fender amps,
please visit fender.com and stay tuned for more videos.
Cheers.
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