'66 Fender Princeton Reverb

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• JimCampilongo

  March 2013 edited March 2013

  Hi Piotr -
  
  Congratulations on the amp! I'm sorry, I don't have an opinion about
  
  "... electrolitic caps in your amp? I've read it should be done in 46 yo amp but Im a bit worried it may change the tone..."
  
  Other opinions?
  
  
  
  
• Jazzhole

  March 2013

  There is a good site called
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  Mike Pascale is very knowledgeable on vintage fender amps,that's all he works on!
  If I can figure out how to post a link I will,
  
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• Bohema

  March 2013

  Hi!
  Thanks for the reply and link! I will check it out for sure.
  
  Cheers,
  Piotr
• clavan

  March 2013

  Thanks for the link.
  Great video Fender Factory 1959
  
  Nice :-)
  Regards
  Clavan
• cwilliams

  March 2013 edited March 2013

  I just got 66 princeton too. If yours sounds great I wouldn't change anything until it doesn't sound good.
  
  Mine was a lemon when I got it so I swapped tubes, speakers and had the board re-soddered. If you go to a good tech you should be able to play for them so they know your style and tell them what your looking for.
  
  My skinny fingers are naturally trebly so most decisions were based around getting a darker tone. I also wanted the most headroom I could get so that was a guiding force.
  
  I think each of us is so unique that you gotta do a little exploring and see what works for your style.
  
  I'm sure Jim came to his current tube/speaker/bias decisions through a lot of exploring.