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Post by cowboycoalminer on Feb 21, 2016 22:18:10 GMT -6
Any of you guys used these? I'm thinking of buying one used but I'd rather get some opinions first. Thanks
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Post by wiz on Feb 21, 2016 22:27:03 GMT -6
which one... I have the 65 one.. used it live for years... I guess you are alluding to the 68...
I havent played it...
I do love my 65 though..
best princeton I have played, Tone King Imprerial... I own one, was just tracking through it actually... 8)
Its too pretty to take out and play though 8)
cheers
Wiz
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Post by Martin John Butler on Feb 21, 2016 23:20:59 GMT -6
That Tone King IS a monster, pricey, but the real deal. Best "Princeton" ever. How much are they askingcowboy?
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Post by popmann on Feb 22, 2016 9:30:31 GMT -6
Ok--first, I've not played the new Princeton. That out of the way, Fender mostly makes sad amps now compared to boutique builders. Unlike guitars, where they still do really well, at least on the mid/upper end....the amps, save some Custom Shop hugely overpriced things are dispo-so-amps. Not bad. I still think a HRDIII is the most popula selling amp on the planet for a reason--it'll do a huge range of tone really well for what $450-750 depending on speakers and such? But, when it breaks, you throw it away and buy a new one, as the repair bill will be comparable.
Meanwhile, boutique builders are killing. You want a great Fender style boutique build? THere's a guy in Nashville that's been trying to sell his Fralin model VVT 1x15 combo forever on CL. He's asking like $1200, which he won't get. I mean--that's the downside of boutique amps....or the upside if you're buying used--they lose tons of value driving them off the lot.
Also--if you want to PLAY the Tone King, World Music Nashville, right up the road from my house, carries them. I can't imagine just buying an amp based on anything besides me plugging MY axe into it and playing....call'em ahead to make sure they have the specific model in stock, but....worth the drive, me thinks. You're just in southern KY, right? So....hour? Hour and a half away?
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Post by Johnkenn on Feb 22, 2016 9:52:13 GMT -6
I had that '68 Custom Deluxe and it sounded really great - big noise floor, though. They have the '68 Princeton too.
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Post by Martin John Butler on Feb 22, 2016 12:22:03 GMT -6
* holy cow, I had completely confused the Tone King, (a very nice amp) and the Louis Electric amps. Louis Electric has a "Princetone" that is absolutely the best "Princeton" you'll find, but... and this is a big BUT... their next model up, the Columbia is just something in another universe. It's the only fender type amp I'd take over my all time favorite, the 66' Super Reverb. The Colombia would be my last Fender if I could afford it.
Funny you should mention that John. My friend lent me his Fender Excelsior. It's a 12 W. with a 15" speaker. It sounds OK, but mushy on the low end, and if you plug any pedal into it, the noise is so loud as to render it unusable. I need a new amp too. I'm considering a Bad Cat Cougar. It's the lower end model, but it has some chime and gets nice and chunky the way a Matchless can.
If budget weren't an issue, for chimey Marshall/Matchless tones, I'd buy the the Blankenship Leeds 21. The Leeds 21 sounds like the best Marshall 100 you ever heard, (Allman Bros.Live at the Fillmore?), but only 21 W. perfectly touch sensitive, no pedals needed. I'd love to have both the Louis Colombia and the Blankenship.
This video demonstrates the Princetone. Imagine something even better than this, and you get the Colombia.
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Post by Martin John Butler on Feb 25, 2016 11:07:54 GMT -6
Here's a second video, same Princetone amp. Pass through the jive talk, at the end is a pretty good tele sound. One guy's a mediocre player, one's good.
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