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Post subject: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Reverb
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:29 am
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I'm getting a new amp in a month. Which should I get for studio recording? I may play small coffee shop show but it is for solo work and not in a band situation. I like the weight and size of the Princeton but I have yet to come by one in a shop. The Deluxe have fallen in love with but it is heavier and I will not use the normal channel. What say you?


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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:44 am
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Buying an amp is like buying a house -- it makes more economic sense to grow into one than it does to grow out of one.

Your requirements may change in the future but there is little "growth" potential in a Princeton Reverb. IMO, the Deluxe Reverb is the more sensible choice.

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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:46 am
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For studio, I'd get a vintage blackface Champ or Princeton.

For live, you might want the Deluxe Reverb. Princeton Reverb doesn't do a very pleasant distortion.

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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:37 am
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I am digging my Fender Mustang Floor for recording. Great tone in the mixes, dead silent and very flexible and it has a small footprint. When I am hunting for inspiration or a sound in my head it is a lot easier for me to work with the Fender Floor than hooking up and un-hooking up and miking amps to try and find a sound. After I find the sound I sometimes dial my tube amps in for the mix, but most of the time the tracks I do with the Fender Floor sit pretty good in the mix, so I keep just them...

I also have a Fender Blues Deluxe and a Fender Blues Deville 4 x 10 for moving the air around. Both of those are pretty big amps. So my other amp is an Egnater Tweaker 15 head with a 1 x12 cab and a 2 x12 cab for flexibility and lightness.

The Tweaker's effects loop is a lot more effects friendly than both of the Fender's, so I use it a lot more in my studio because of the noise level. But for spreading the sound around, the Blues Deluxe and the Blues Deville are hard to beat.

I am also an effects hound, so I have a Zoom G5 that I use for modulation, delay, reverb, vibrato, tremolo, rotary and a zillion other things, plus a sixty second looper built into the pedal. I run this through the effects loops of the amps. I recently sold all of my boutique pedals in favor of the small footprint of the Zoom G5. For dirt I am using a Hardwire CM2, Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet and a Big Muff with Tone Wicker.

If I had to make a choice for just one solution for recording and gigging with something light my first choice, I would go with an Egnater Tweaker 40 head with a 1 x12 cab with a C-Rex in it a Zoom G5, the dirt pedals straight into the amp and a SM 57.

Second choice, but a little heavier would be the Blues Deluxe with a C-Rex, Zoom G5, dirt pedals straight into the amp and a SM 57. Which I already have for that purpose.

The Zoom G5 is ok for recording, but it lacks the tone of the Fender Floor's amp modeling..

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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:31 pm
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I'm biased, but I'd get the Princeton. Both are great amps, but if you're only playing at home or at a coffee shop, the Princeton has all the volume you'd ever need.

Instead of buying a reissue, get a used silverface Princeton Reverb. The Pull-boost models are often discounted, but as long as you don't use that useless feature, they sound great.

Once you have a Princeton Reverb, then you can start acquiring other Fender amps - the key thing is to think of this as your first Fender, not your last...

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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:04 am
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nedorama wrote:
Once you have a Princeton Reverb, then you can start acquiring other Fender amps - the key thing is to think of this as your first Fender, not your last...


:mrgreen:

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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:30 am
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nedorama wrote:
Once you have a Princeton Reverb, then you can start acquiring other Fender amps - the key thing is to think of this as your first Fender, not your last...


Yep, might as well just come to accept it. 8) I am unfamiliar with this "last" word of which you speak.


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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:11 am
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I have had Hot Rod series and S.S. Fender's but never owned a Vintage Series. I do want my search to end for a Fender amp so I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a DRRI. A little heavy but I think it will work for me. I always love the sound when I plug in.


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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:44 pm
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http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R ... ogId=10053

This makes carrying any size amp a breeze. Seriously, one of the best band investments I've made over the years. I can carry a Bandmaster and Showman plus 2 powered monitors in 1 trip. Drum kit in another.

The other item I'd suggest is the Ultimate Support Genesis Amp-150 Guitar stand. lets you tilt your amp back so your ears instead of your ankles hear your amp. The rest of the band will thank you...

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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:06 pm
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I have used one of those before at a BOTB and I agree it was really helpful. Good idea.


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Post subject: Re: Studio Recording: '65 Princeton Reverb or '65 Deluxe Rev
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:13 am
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I used to deliver office furniture for a living. & hand trucks definitely make a huge difference. There are lighter ones than the one posted which would work very well also. I have a light weight collapsing hand truck that I use for my DRRI. Yea, even the DRRI is a bit heavey for my sick back. :lol:


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