Fender Princeton

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The Fender Princeton was a guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was introduced in 1947 and was discontinued in 1979.^[1] After Fender introduced the Champ Amp in 1948, the Princeton occupied the next to the bottom spot in the Fender line. Fender Princetons (as well as their sister amp the Princeton Reverb) from the early models into the 1970's models are highly valued particularly as recording amplifiers.

It is particularly famous as the basis for Mesa Boogie's Mark I, which is a heavily hotrodded Princeton equipped with modified preamp and a Bassman transformer, allowing it to output high gain, 60 watts.

In 2006, Fender revived the Princeton name, under "Princeton Recording-Amp" (Pro-tube series) and "Princeton 650" (under Dyna-touch III series). The Princeton recording Amp is basically a blackface princeton with build in overdrive, compressor, and power attenuator.

[edit] See also

• Fender Princeton Reverb
• White Amp

[edit] References

1. ^ Teagle, J. and Sprung, J.: Fender Amps: The First Fifty Years