Photos of my project

GrampaTbird · Tadpole Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 27

Hey all as promised I have finally finished my Walnut cabinet project, the amp is a Fender Princeton Reverb 1979 Silverface this amp BLEW away an old 1968 PR with new tubes and a full tune up. Don't let the silverface scare you off, its one hell of an amp.
I really enjoyed doing this project it had several delays but I would do it again and may in the future, it was quite enjoyable.

I bought the Princeton Reverb because my friend said I would love it
and believe me I do, it is a great amp and now a nice piece of furniture in my home.

Thanks all for the support and encouragement.

The first 3 are of the construction phase.

This is where I used Fender aged grill cloth but, it seemed too bright
so I opted to go with a warmer cane grill cloth.

tw001_tw · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:58 am Post subject:

EXCELLENT WORK!!!!!

You did an absolute great job on that cabinet! You certainly got it going on
in the wood shop!

best regards,
-tw

SAguitar · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:32 am Post subject:

Wow! That is freakin' beautiful! That's got to be the best looking Princeton on the planet! Cool

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firedude · Big Hamster Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 93 Location: texas

Beeee....u......tee.........ful....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's the nicest I,ve ever seen. Great job.

BoutiqueMusic · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject:

That is beautiful. The cane grill cloth really completes the look.

GrampaTbird · Tadpole Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 27

Thank you all kindly, I appreciate the compliments.

Also I had to make a tube label befitting, I found a custom style and
printed it on aged parchment paper and tested the ink with the polyurethane
it didn't run or affect it so I deco poshed it in place with a few coats of polyurethane.

I bought this amp originally on ebay and I believe it must have
come from estate of the original owner, it was mildly dirty no rips or tears, came with a foot switch and a Victoria cover, the face plate looks excellent with very few marks. I believe it has all the original tubes all of which say fender. But the bottom line as we all know is the sound, my name says it all and I dig the old school fender tones, with the 12" it sounds HUGE, the sustain simply doesn't quit. It, however is slightly less punchy than with the 10".
None the less I am quite happy with the whole project.
Thanks again for your comments and compliments.
Very Happy

SAguitar · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:06 am Post subject:

Grampa, you really went whole hog with this one, even to the extent of the tube chart. That's cool. And I really agree with you about the 12" versus the 10". That would definitely be my choice, and I'd sacrifice a little punch for it.

Way to go! Cool

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owwdatune · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:20 am Post subject:

what a neat package & a perfect amp for it.... Very Happy

....i wish more peeps would resurrect their amps with this type of project---i'm so tired of seeing old scuffed-torn-ratty looking amps...for the sake of nostalgia ??....i don't know...but i love what you've done G-tbird.....the cane makes it super classy---thanks for sharing it with us Cool

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owwdatune · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:26 am Post subject:

BTW Gramps.....very good craftsmanship.....and i know from my own projects that the best benefit is the sound is so much more alive without tolex smothering the amp like a blanket....good for you Cool

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GrampaTbird · Tadpole Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 27

I appreciate all the great comments guys, I had to replace the tubes as I noticed a bit of hi clipping, I suppose pushing the new 12" speaker took all the old tubes had to offer so I dropped a full set of JJ's in it from the guys at EuroTubes.com, the set had 1 bad tube but they told me to trash can it and sent me another straight away, I would highly recommend them for that alone. I had a similar experience with Triode.com they made me send the defective tube back at my expense. Anyhow, thanks again for all the nice words.

nigelwright7557 · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:06 am Post subject:

Great stuff !

My only comment would be about shock mounting the amp to cut down vibration from the speaker but perhaps this has already been done ?