1952 Fender Princeton “TV Tweed” Amp Demo
Listen for the symphonic harmonics at the end. General opinion is that Jazz and the Blues/Early Rock and Roll sound great on tweeds, but since I can't play any of the above, here's a silly stab at it. The amp deserves better. It makes my 1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom sound like a totally different animal.
Nice I got a old Gibson Tube Amp I try to put it on Tommorrow using my New Starfire – Charles
Guild Starfires, great guitars!
Awesome tone!!! Sounds very nice!
Nice Amp
this would sound better if you hadn’t put brand new strings on your guitar
The crappy onboard mic on my point and shoot camera doesn’t help either. It’s much deeper and richer in person.
great sounding amp! what were the controls on the guitar and amp set at when you recordid this?
Amp – Tone at 1 o’clock, Vol at noon.
Les Paul – middle position, everything cranked.
6sj7 or 6sl7 pre amp tube ?
6SL7, love those Octals!
very nice sound, and don’t be so hard on your guitar playing!
sounds really nice-mellow and crisp. how much did you pay for that if i may ask, i have no idea what they’re worth but more than blackface fenders i bet
Actually less than any blackfaces bigger than a vibro champ, since this is like a tweed champ. Under a thousand bucks – they make for great recording amps too!
Those ’symphonic harmonics’ sound so good. I’m glad you pointed them out. Nice
it matches the table and bed too !!! lol
please record this thing cranked. usually i hate youtube videos recorded on cameras and shit but even through that this amp sounds amazing. i bet it sounds incredible being pushed
sweet!
Stunning amplifier. I’m building one of these as a project at the moment, I love 40s and early 50s era fenders….or any tube amp using Octal pre-amp tubes. it’s not everyones thing….But it’s definetly mine.
Thank you for posting the only 5B2 Princeton video I can find on the web!
Nice amp, I like these better than the later 12a*7 pre amp models, those early tubes IMHO far outway the others in tone,
Great clip thanks
FenderAmpFreak
What kind of guitar/pickups are you using here? I like the tone. I’ve got a ‘51 tv-front Pro that I love. People are just now coming around to these early tweeds. The one you’ve got here looks and sounds really nice. Great job!
@dallasblues74 it’s a ‘76 Les Paul Custom, probably has late T-Tops in it. Pretty clean for a Paul!
@Jahnli Wow! That is definitely cleaner than I would’ve expected from a Les Paul. Great tone!
tasty sound
@Jahnli It is very clean for a Les Paul. I bet my Telecaster would sound like glass through this thing, love it