So I had my lucky break of the year and stumbled upon a DEAD MINT all original '72 Princeton Reverb (all original tubes/caps/speaker/vinyl cover... everything!) that had literally been sitting in a closet since the 70's not being used.
Once I got the inch of dust off and took it to Detroit amp guru Danny Russell to get it cleaned/couple solder joints touched up/tightened up, it's like the amp stumbled right out of a time capsule. Caps were still good (tech said it had obviously been in a good climate/humidity), tubes were still good, speaker still good.
I'm really liking the cleans, but once you push it in to heavy overdrive (which is a lot earlier on the amp than I expected not having played one before), the mids/bass can't seem to get out of the way of that little 10" speaker. It just kind of folds in on itself at high/distorted volumes. You can cut the bass out but then it just gets kinda shrill and empty. I understand from what I've read it's just the properties of the speaker itself.
So I'm in a quandry in that I'd like to put in a new speaker if that will help with the issue, but man... this thing is such a "NOS" amp that I hate to even touch anything on it since I could turn it right now for twice what I bought it for and it could end up in a museum someday and put my kids through college if it stays in such pristine condition
Would you have any qualms about de-originifying (yeah, I make up words) a classic example of a classic amp like this? If so, have any good speaker suggestions for the issue I mentioned?
Once I got the inch of dust off and took it to Detroit amp guru Danny Russell to get it cleaned/couple solder joints touched up/tightened up, it's like the amp stumbled right out of a time capsule. Caps were still good (tech said it had obviously been in a good climate/humidity), tubes were still good, speaker still good.
I'm really liking the cleans, but once you push it in to heavy overdrive (which is a lot earlier on the amp than I expected not having played one before), the mids/bass can't seem to get out of the way of that little 10" speaker. It just kind of folds in on itself at high/distorted volumes. You can cut the bass out but then it just gets kinda shrill and empty. I understand from what I've read it's just the properties of the speaker itself.
So I'm in a quandry in that I'd like to put in a new speaker if that will help with the issue, but man... this thing is such a "NOS" amp that I hate to even touch anything on it since I could turn it right now for twice what I bought it for and it could end up in a museum someday and put my kids through college if it stays in such pristine condition
Would you have any qualms about de-originifying (yeah, I make up words) a classic example of a classic amp like this? If so, have any good speaker suggestions for the issue I mentioned?