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Topic: Used a BF Princeton Reverb on the gig... |
Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 15 Feb 2020 12:46 pm |
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| After all this fuss about my small amps I went out and bought a 1970 Twin with a 15†JBL today 🙄🤪💪 only because it was $500😂 |
Yeah, early silverface Twin Reverbs are, IMO, the best deal in tube amps out there, by far. Even blackface sell for not a lot more than half of what blackface Princeton, Deluxe, or Vibrolux Reverbs typically go for these days, which is how I got my '66 Twin. I don't think there is a better sounding pedal steel amp out there than a properly dialed-in non-Master-Volume Twin. And for archtop guitar - that Twin is, by far, the best amp I've ever played through.
To be sure, they are not light. But neither is a stock Session/NV 400. And I think a Session 500 is even heavier - at least the one I have is. |
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Ken Metcalf
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San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2020 8:33 am
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We saw Carco Clave at the Dallas convention.
He played steel on the big stage with an SM-58 into a old Tweed Champ.
Sounded fantastic.
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Little Walter PF-89.
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2020 9:10 am
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| He played steel on the big stage with an SM-58 into a old Tweed Champ. |
Since we're talking tweed Champs, here's a video of a live studio recording we did with one high quality stereo microphone. I used a tweed champ. It was an experiment by the producer to see satisfy his curiosity and see if it could still be done. We basically had to mix ourselves!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcf6kqvsXu8
I loved that tweed Champ so much I went out and bought the Mojotone clone kit and built one myself! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJV4QYywfqc
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Dave Zirbel-
Sierra S-10 (Built by Ross Shafer),ZB, Fender 400 guitars, various tube and SS amps |
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Ken Metcalf
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San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2020 3:38 pm
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Very nice Dave
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MSA 12 String E9th/B6th Universal.
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David Farrell
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San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 17 May 2023 6:34 am
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I have a silver face Princeton Reverb in a Mather cabinet that has a 15" speaker. I love this amp! I've played lots of gigs with it. When I need to, I just put a mic on it.
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Dave
Fender pedal steels, amps & guitars. '73 Sho~Bud PRO 1 CUSTOM. Emmons ReSound'65 S-10 4x5. |
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