Gitfiddler Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Last week I dropped off my '86 Fender Princeton Reverb II at my friendly amp repair dude, Billy at Music and More Guitars. The amp is in great shape overall, but the pots were getting scratchy, and after 30 years, it probably needed a pro to give it a check up. Well yesterday I get a series of excited text messages from Billy, telling me that the amp only needed a few adjustments, misc. soldering, tweaking, DeOx and a few other technical things far above my pay grade. The reason he was so excited was what he saw after removing the EV12L and amp chassis. He was simply gushing with how well made these point-to-point amps were done back in the Fullerton factory. Gut shots for our amp aficionados.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesultra Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Nice! I had one of those PRII amps about 15 years ago (along with a Super Champ). Should have kept them both, they were bulletproof amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 wow! those are quite well done! Almost wouldn't expect to see that in an amplifier made during the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schundog Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Very clean! Nice amp, Tim. I didn't know they had Lead Level, Master, and Presence knobs. Glad to hear that no major repairs were required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yooper Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Very nice. Rivera, no doubt. I imagine it sounds like a souped up Super Champ through a 12 inch speaker, or maybe a Deluxe Reverb. Those RIveras certainly redefined Fender amps for a brief period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Very nice. Rivera, no doubt. I imagine it sounds like a souped up Super Champ through a 12 inch speaker, or maybe a Deluxe Reverb. Those RIveras certainly redefined Fender amps for a brief period. Yes, Princeton Reverb II's are part of the so-called Paul Rivera, Ed Jahns era of Fender. To me this amp sounds like the 'love-child' of a Super Champ and Deluxe Reverb! They have quite a cult following on the net including a dedicated website and Facebook site. http://www.stratopastor.org.uk/strato/amps/prii/PRII_hub.html https://www.facebook.com/princetonreverbii/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Its funny, every time I look inside the concert I think its a mess. Maybe its not as bad as I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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