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Re: Princeton Reverb

1/7/2000 12:40 AM
Bob	Re: Princeton Reverb Benjamin, Thanks for your reply. This conversation (and others on this forum) seem to be spinning into a battle between the preservationists and the great unwashed (hey, some guy just chained himself to my Silverface Fender Super Six with a sign: 'Stop him before he mods again!!' - too bad; I think I'll leave him there). I'm a professional musician and I have been for several decades. I own alot of amps; I don't drill on my Tweed amps or my Blackface amps either, but carefully thought out and executed mods, are completely reversible. (I even bag, label and file the original parts). Fender amps were designed to appeal to a wide variety of players, a one size fits all approach. We all have our own needs from an amp. I'm stylizing this amp to fit my own needs and sonic philosophy. This amp in question was sitting and gathering dust. I could've sold it but I didn't. At the time I initially modded it, silverfaces were as common as muck. People couldn't give them away (I paid less than $100.00 for it). Times have changed and hindsight is 20/20. Would I do it again? I don't really know. I never thought I'd see 70's Stratocasters with that horrible Thick Skin finish selling for $2500.00 and up (not that they're all bad; just most are). Now this amp plays a role in my 'arsenal' of amps; it gets used, it gets heard and it gets played. Alot of musicians come up to me and comment on this amp all the time, almost all positive. It has a magnificent sound. It also has a hum and I will eventually find it and fix it. I will some day pass this amp onto another player who appreciates this amp's unique sonic signature. And it will continue to make music people hear, not while away its time in a closet ,garage or basement. This is an implement for making music not a Smithsonian piece. There are literally hundreds of thousands of these amps out there. It meets no definition of rare. I saw it as an ideal platform at the time. After all, its my amp. No one likes to see old Strats or Teles or 5F6-A Bassmans with routes and holes in them. But who is to determine what is the politically correct thing to do? How far do you go with all of this? Can I mod my Red Knob twin or will that be too dear in future? I went to the Clapton auction and he auctioned off a tweed twin that had a hole drilled in the chrome panel. Should we go find him and string him up? Maybe the government could appoint a 'Mod Czar'; I hear Spiro Agnew is looking for work! How do others feel? Thanks for reading my rant! Have Drill, Will Mod Wire Bob, Los Angeles

1/7/2000 12:40 AM

Bob

Re: Princeton Reverb

Benjamin,
Thanks for your reply. This conversation (and others on this forum) seem to be spinning into a battle between the preservationists and the great unwashed (hey, some guy just chained himself to my Silverface Fender Super Six with a sign: 'Stop him before he mods again!!' - too bad; I think I'll leave him there). I'm a professional musician and I have been for several decades. I own alot of amps; I don't drill on my Tweed amps or my Blackface amps either, but carefully thought out and executed mods, are completely reversible. (I even bag, label and file the original parts). Fender amps were designed to appeal to a wide variety of players, a one size fits all approach. We all have our own needs from an amp. I'm stylizing this amp to fit my own needs and sonic philosophy. This amp in question was sitting and gathering dust. I could've sold it but I didn't. At the time I initially modded it, silverfaces were as common as muck. People couldn't give them away (I paid less than $100.00 for it). Times have changed and hindsight is 20/20. Would I do it again? I don't really know. I never thought I'd see 70's Stratocasters with that horrible Thick Skin finish selling for $2500.00 and up (not that they're all bad; just most are). Now this amp plays a role in my 'arsenal' of amps; it gets used, it gets heard and it gets played. Alot of musicians come up to me and comment on this amp all the time, almost all positive. It has a magnificent sound. It also has a hum and I will eventually find it and fix it. I will some day pass this amp onto another player who appreciates this amp's unique sonic signature. And it will continue to make music people hear, not while away its time in a closet ,garage or basement. This is an implement for making music not a Smithsonian piece. There are literally hundreds of thousands of these amps out there. It meets no definition of rare. I saw it as an ideal platform at the time. After all, its my amp. No one likes to see old Strats or Teles or 5F6-A Bassmans with routes and holes in them. But who is to determine what is the politically correct thing to do? How far do you go with all of this? Can I mod my Red Knob twin or will that be too dear in future? I went to the Clapton auction and he auctioned off a tweed twin that had a hole drilled in the chrome panel. Should we go find him and string him up? Maybe the government could appoint a 'Mod Czar'; I hear Spiro Agnew is looking for work! How do others feel? Thanks for reading my rant!

Have Drill, Will Mod
Wire Bob, Los Angeles

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Graywater Hey Bob,While I ten... -- 1/7/2000 5:04 PM
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