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Post subject: Problem with Princeton Recording Amp
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:37 pm
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This morning I was playing for about an hour when the highs started to cut out along with a slight drop in volume. As soon as I noticed the problem i started turning knobs, the attenuator was unresponsive - it had no effect at all. I unplugged the amp for a few minutes then tried again. Within 5 minutes the problem started again. Anyway, i took the amp back to the dealership since it's under warranty. Have any of you Princeton Recording Amp owners had any problems?


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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:55 am
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This amp has an inherent design flaw.
When using the amp cranked and adjusting the T.I.P.A. down for more than 15 minutes the amp will overheat and cause it to sound terrible, cut in and out, at times it might even sound like a helicopter.
I have returned mine three times for repair since owning it.
The Warranty Repair Tech phoned "Ed" - a tech at Fender, and "Ed" told him "This amp is for light duty only and can't be used for prolonged periods of time." - which is quite contrary to the ads that Fender put out on this amp that tells you to crank it up for full tube output and then turn it down to play the desired tone at lower volumes or even using a headphone.
One year and a half ago when I first talked with Fender about this, they acted like they have never heard of this problem...now they basically own up to it and product has been discontinued.
If you use this amp without the T.I.P.A. volume reduction, it should work fine as normal, which defeats the extra $200 price you paid for the TIPA in the first place, and at 15 screaming watts, night time, bedroom or soft recording is impossible.
There is nothing wrong with your amp...it is broken by design and I am waiting until 2012 before I can start filing a "Lemon" clause in my warranty...to which I suspect, they will take issue.
I feel like Fender ripped me off as well as Musician's Friend.


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Post subject: Re: Problem with Princeton Recording Amp
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:21 am
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I have two of these. On both the reverb has stopped working. Its not a spring reverb and hard to fix. I do not use any more.


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Post subject: Re: Problem with Princeton Recording Amp
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:47 pm
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They still make these? I knew they had problems but I thought it would have been rectified by now. The overheating problem was pretty much since its inception.

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