Princeton Reverb for HOME practice? (it's loud!)

ruger9

Just wondering if alot of folks here who have various Princetons, if they have much trouble using them at home? Especially the guys who like to get the dirt from the amp? I know the PR is considered a "low wattage" amp, but we all know it's plenty loud...

Just wondering, do you simply turn down and deal with the drop in gain?

Or leave the amp cranked up and use the guitar volume to control overall volume, again just dealing with gain drop?

Or use an attenuator or dirt box to get drive at lower volumes?

And I'm not talking "bedroom volume" here- I quit chasing that a long time ago (with tubes amps- the SS modeling amps like the GDEC are fantastic for this).- I turn up pretty loud at home, not gig volume, but certainly loud enough the entire house, and maybe even a few neighbors, can tell I'm playing.

What do you do?

cwilliams

If I want gain at practice volume I use an of od pedal. I gotta have my amp louuuddd to get dirt.

awp

Same as cwilliams. If I want dirt at home I use an OD pedal.

Having said that I just recently swapped my v1 from the Groove Tubes Sovtek to a Tung-Sol. There is a bit more bite on it now but it would still be really darn loud to get what I'd call dirt from the amp alone.

ruger9

When I say "dirt" I'm not talking about alot- certainly not more than the PR can provide on 10 (which isn't particularly "dirty"- more of a heavenly semi-dirty, which is my favorite tone). How does the volume "work" on the PRRI- I know some of these amps only get loud until a certain number, then just get dirtier, but not much louder.

I wouldn't be looking for more dirt than the PRRI can provide on 10.

I'm asking this stuff because I think I finally want to get a PRRI, but no on locally has them "we're not stocking amps over $500 because they're not selling".. Sure, I could drive someplace further away, and surely will, this is just part of my preliminary research.

Ryan

My PRRI starts to break up at 5-6 if you start playing hard enough, but I've been told I have a light touch. And for me, 8-10 doesn't add too much volume, just more dirt. As far as practicing in my apartment, I've never had it louder than 3. If I want dirt, I use a Fulltone OCD, which I think is a very amp-like pedal and touch sensitive.

Luie

Look for a 5 w Vibro Champ. Its also a bit loud, but you can crank it to dirtyness without having to worry to much about neibourgs.

And it sounds really sweet with the right tube/bias

One from the 70'tees is afordable

ruger9

I'm not looking for a "quiet" practice amp- I use the GDEC for that. I want a Princeton (finally) because of JC. Just wondering how loud it is when you get it up into it's sweet spot... I've heard it still sounds sweet when cranked DOWN to home (altho not so-called "bedroom") volume levels.