Dating a silverface princeton reverb

We tend to select guitar amps to cover in Sound On Sound because they either use new technology or are particularly suitable for recording in a typical project—studio setup. Well, this one uses unashamedly old technology, albeit with a bit of a twist, but it certainly scores very heavily on the latter point. The name is derived from the profile of the aluminium angle used to trim the baffle, which looks like roof flashing used to keep rain water away from walls. Negative feedback is used to reduce noise and distortion, and also to help keep amplifier circuits stable, but most Fender tube amps are inherently stable anyway, so you can reduce the negative feedback all the way down to zero if you want, in order to benefit from a bit more gain and a more gradual transition into distortion, albeit at the expense of a little more noise. Rear connections.

The Fender Princeton Reverb is a guitar amplifier combo, essentially a Princeton with built-in reverb and vibrato. The 12 Watt Blackface version was introduced in and available until ; in it was changed to the Silverface version with a drip edge around the grill cloth. Amps produced after the end of saw a change in circuitry, the removal of the drip edge and a change in the rectifier from a 5AR4 to a 5U4GB along with a change in bias resistor value; a "boost" pull switch to the volume control pot was added in In and the Silverface version was cosmetically changed back to the Blackface. It was discontinued in This Paul Rivera-specified Fender guitar amplifier was introduced in to replace the Princeton Reverb.

This article updates information from research started in and most recently published in The progress of this type of work is slow, hence the long hiatus, however, a lot of new data have been collected regarding Fender amplifiers, including production numbers. Advances have been made with regards to the production of tolex amps and it appears that much of this information can be applied to late s tweed amps as well. In addition, the dating-by-serial number tables have been revised and are more accurate. The bad news is that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done on the silverface amps.

Blackface amps were immediately popular upon release and used on numerous famous recordings. They continue to be a backline and recording mainstay of musicians who seek a great, chimey Fender clean and, when pushed, a classic overdriven tone. Fender offered a full range of amps in their Blackface line, ranging from the diminutive Champ to the massive Twin Reverb. Cosmetically, the amps featured the aforementioned black control panels with white lettering, black tolex protective covering, and silver thread grill cloth.